Conservatives Must Not Squander This Opportunity

Townhall.com ^ | February 19, 2016 | Davvvid Limbaugh

[bigbob]

We’ve seen what happens when ideology and blind ambition are valued more than experience. Besides, he can’t even convince his brother that Rubio isn’t a “full-throated conservative”.

[samtheman]

Will vote for Cruz in the General Election. Voting tomorrow for DJT for perhaps the only time I will have the opportunity.

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I will vote for Trump in the primary in my state when the time comes but I agree with you, I would vote for Cruz if he wins the nomination, though I will be very, very worried about a series of demorats eligibility lawsuits in a large number of jurisdictions around the country making a Cruz general election victory virtually impossible.

[Kenny]

Cruz is a phony. Yes, he was and is for legalization of illegals already here. Will send you links if you like. but here's where he argued for more power for Obama because his pro-corporate donors said to:

Ted Cruz joins the establishment

He was sent to Washington to fight Obama, not to advocate for more power.

[iontheball]

Let’s take a look at South Caroline voter demographic tabulations after their primary and extrapolate who would be most ‘electable’ on the national plain.

[wattsgnu]

Rush and Levin have said nothing but great things about Cruz and his being a true conservative. And as for why Cruz isn’t attacking jeb as another freeper asked, he is not leading or even in the top 3 in SC polls. Plain and simple. You go after the leader the most.

[shelterguy]

“” Voting tomorrow for DJT for perhaps the only time I will have the opportunity. And that’s an opportunity this Constitutional conservative doesn’t want to miss.””””

I’ve never had the chance to vote for a New York liberal, either.

[Sybeck1]

What happens to Cruz if he places 3rd or even 4th tomorrow?

[teeman8r]

every cruz supporter will back trump if he wins the nomination... I am sure of it

[DaveyB]

Among the Trump supporters is a large contingent of folks who do not embrace conservative ideals, but rather oppose conservatism. They support Trump so that they can commit character assassinations against conservatives even on formerly conservative forums like this one. Their purpose is to thwart a conservative resurgence and hijack the tea-party anti-establishment energy. Anti-establishment for genuine conservatives means to defeat the wolves in sheep's clothing especially within the Republican party and to reform the bureaucracies. For many in the Trump camp it means to destroy the conservative agenda and philosophy and replace it with nationalism. It is not liberty or justice that motivates them, but better jobs and defiance of the status quo.

In many respects they are working Hegel's dialectical materialism that is the foundation of Marx and Engles political philosophy. They see the world of republicans and democrats as the thesis and Trump as the antithesis and they hope by electing Trump a new and better synthesis will improve their lives. Many here have compared Trump to a wrecking ball, an instrument of destruction not of precision. They hope to remove the thesis to make room for the synthesis, but what would they put in place of a robust conservative rule? A virtual monarch seems to be the consensus and that is an antithesis to our founding.

Conservative philosophy sees the unchangeable virtues of liberty and justice as the goals of government. When those higher virtues are manifest then prosperity and the general equity of society will improve. It is not a battle of evolving ideals but the constant pursuit of the highest ideals.

Trump's rise is the result of failed republican opposition to socialism and ironically the socialism taught in the public schools. The electorate seem to hold the philosophy that underpins socialism but do not like the policies of socialists. It is the dialectic philosophy that makes Sanders and Trump front-runners. What is not clearly understood is that as the new philosophy is implemented the old one of liberty and justice is displaced and may not return for a very long time.

[laotzu]

taking their toys going home and complaining

Yea..they are just children. Not thoughtful and mature like us.

We don't need their kind anyway. Insult them until they come around.

[LoneStar42]

BTTT

[Resettozero]

I've never had the chance to vote for a New York liberal, either.

A Yankee blowhard. Believe me, I know where you're coming from.

But I've made my decision, with the help of certain Cruz FR operatives a couple of weeks ago.

So, yes, this Constitutional conservative (not a Republican Party contributor ever), intends to vote for "a New York liberal" tomorrow. Not the only South Carolina conservative who intends to do so either.

[going hot]

Davvvid Limbaugh

Appears his lower lip stuck to his upper arcades.

[skeeter]

x2

[Resettozero]

Davvvid Limbaugh Appears his lower lip stuck to his upper arcades.

One doesn't have to have good hearing in order to have good ears. You've got a keen ear.

[Jane Long]

Yes.

[KansasGirl]

How ironic that Ted Cruz is being punished by people because few of his colleagues would stand with him against the establishment. He has, with his actions, demonstrated himself to be a far sharper thorn in the establishment's side than Trump and his rhetoric. Cruz is the guy that stood up to the establishment from the inside and proved he could not be pressured by his peers to go along to get along. Isn't that what the grass roots have been craving all these years?

Exactly!

[IAMNO1]

“Cruz was a cipher for all their discontent and with him gone what's left besides taking their toys going home and complaining,”

Contrary to that notion, lots of Cruz supporters here (such as I) have expressed a willingness and intention to support the nominee no matter who it is, as have many Trump supporters. Trump is my 2nd choice for the general (just barely), but what does that even mean, as I'd vote for ANY Republican nominee over a dumb Dim?

[Kaslin]

[KansasGirl]

If Trump is unabashedly pro-America, how could he support all those America hating liberals for all those years?