[Belteshazzar]

I don’t have a candidate. I am too busy trying to weigh the flaws of the remaining contenders and thinking about 1) how this will play out in the general election campaign, and 2) what each would bring to the table in terms of the actual governing of this nation.

And, yes, to state the obvious, the party of total corruption (that would be the dems), offers nothing, worse than nothing, just more of the same soul-eating destruction visited on this nation by the likes of Barack Obama and his many sycophants, whether succeeded by Hillary the Corrupt or by Bernie the Clueless.

And, yes, I do think a number of things need to be burned down. But equally I know that something must be built or rebuilt on the burnt ground. In other words, it is one thing to despise the current administration, which I do, and to be disheartened and angry with the republican opposition to it, which I am, but another to be confident that what comes next will actually be better. Caution is in order.

[Las Vegas Ron]

And, yes, I do think a number of things need to be burned down. But equally I know that something must be built or rebuilt on the burnt ground. In other words, it is one thing to despise the current administration, which I do, and to be disheartened and angry with the republican opposition to it, which I am, but another to be confident that what comes next will actually be better. Caution is in order.

Solid post, I agree with you entirely.

Indeed, if we burn it down we best make sure it gets rebuilt properly.

Can it or will it be done, I don't know. But one thing is for sure, it looks like we don't have a choice, seems to me it's better now rather than later.

The longer we wait the more difficult the task will be, imo.

Thanks for a great post, that's the FR I love and miss.

[INVAR]

And, yes, I do think a number of things need to be burned down. But equally I know that something must be built or rebuilt on the burnt ground. In other words, it is one thing to despise the current administration, which I do, and to be disheartened and angry with the republican opposition to it, which I am, but another to be confident that what comes next will actually be better. Caution is in order.

I think that is one of the main ingredients for Trump's popularity. I know early on I was chortling with glee at his relentless exposure of the Establishment, but as time is passing, I'm getting more alarmed at what he seems to be turning into.

It's not just a political party that needs to be burned to the ground and rebuilt - it's the entire system that has been irrevocably corrupted, perverted and fundamentally transformed in this post-Constitutional country via the velvet coup that we ignored.

Indeed, what comes after razing a corrupt government and their institutions and parties to the ground is historically, much worse for the mobs of people who put their faith in strong men to do so.

Caution indeed, but too many have tossed that to the wind. A zealous mob that gets more and more excited when insults and personal assaults are offered by their chosen ruler against fellow candidates in their own party, is a very frightening portent of what will come later. A mob often mimics the spirit exhibited by their chosen leader.

I'm not too hopeful for what may come after the necessary bulldozing of the Establishment, considering a majority of us cannot even agree on what the definition of freedom, Conservatism or foundational principles are. The vitriol expressed on this board in the last week alone against devout Christians indicates that the once respected moral values that made a Republic possible, no longer exist in enough of this people to maintain one.