A good many of those who voted for The Donald did so not because he was some kind of conservative, but because he looks and acts like the sort of person who will actively DO SOMETHING about the mess in Washington, and restore the America people always knew it could be again.
If conservative principles are the means by which that vision of America could be restored, fine, but the question comes up, just what IS “conservative” supposed to mean, anyway? Many who style themselves to be “conservative” don’t have the courage of their supposed convictions, and fold like a badly made cheap tent when confronted by challenges to that set of values.
The Donald blows up “political correctness”, and this is what has built his most impressive mobilization of opinion.
A bull in a china shop would have something to learn from The Donald.
“A bull in a china shop would have something to learn from The Donald.”
Cold War joke: when Red China displaced Taiwan in the U.N., it was said that there was now a China in the bull shop.
Anyway, FUPR!!
Show me 2 meaningful things so called “conservatives” such as Cruz have accomplished...
Obamacare defunded?
Budget deficits eliminated?
National debt reduced?
Food stamps reduced?
Foreign Trade deficits reduced from ONE TRILLION $$ EVERY YEAR?
Wall built?
Muslim imigration without proper vetting stopped?
All Illegals deported?
ISIS defeated?
Whisky Tango Foxtrot have the conservatives accomplished with majority in both houses?
On June 17, I posted the following:
Early on, Newt Gingrich may have made the most insightful observation, as reported on the Fox Radio web site:"“I don’t think of Trump as a traditional conservative but I think what Trump is, is an anti-left, anti-political correctness, anti-stupidity American nationalist. I think he may do more to break up the left than any conservative in our lifetime except maybe Reagan.” - -Newt Gingrich on whether Trump is a conservative.A major reason for Trump's ability to attract voters and to arouse ordinary citizens is that Trump expresses, as do the millions of citizens who react positively to his politically "incorrect" statements, a visceral reaction to the consequences of:- decades of coercive "progressive" control and pretended superiority among "elitists";
- years of declining wages and economic freedom for their families; lack of freedom to choose the best schools for their children;
- lack of a perception of safety in a land which, for over 200 years relied on "freedom through strength," now perceived as weak and apologetic for having been known as the literal "breadbasket" of the world and a welcome refuge for the world's oppressed individuals;
- failure to protect and promote the Constitution as the "supreme law" of the land, limiting the powers of government, including the Executive and other elected officials.
- increasing censorship of speech imposed by phony "political correctness rules";
- increasing emphasis on coercively eliminating population increases by killing the unborn, but, at the same time, encouraging population increases through illegal immigration;
- and on and on and on . . . .