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The fact that you are so bent on a third party, and apparently not for Repubs like Ted Cruz, or Walker, proven conservatives, speaks volumes. Like I said, liberaltarians are not conservatives, and have been against the Repubs and for third party all along. No surprise there.

The fact that you posted this shows rather convincingly that you don't read what you respond to. No surprise there.

Nothing I wrote implied that I am "bent on a third party". Rather, I refuse to blindly parrot the Rovian-like conventional wisdom that 3rd party candidacies cannot win, and inevitably lead to a Democratic victory -- since the evidence is exactly the opposite. If you must know, Cruz is my first choice. Walker would probably be my second, at least under ordinary circumstances. But these are not ordinary times, and I, like many conservatives, have come to the conclusion that we need someone with the Patton-like qualities of Trump in order to annihilate the fetid swamp called DC, before conservatism has any chance whatsoever.

You seem to stand for doing the same thing again and again, while pretending that it is doing some kind of good. But it isn't. The Republican primary process is a hopelessly unlevel playing surface, tilted overwhelmingly in favor of the establishment's selected candidate. Even potentially great candidates like Cruz have little chance. The establishment learned very well from their mistakes in letting Reagan slip through the cracks. They won't let it happen again.

Forget all of the arguments about ideology, and the arguments about who takes better positions on the issues, since they simply don't matter. You, as a conservative voter, have two choices: President Hillary!, or President Trump. There is no 3rd choice. Bush would get annihilated in the general. The top-tier conservatives cannot get past Florida, barring a miracle (I would love to be wrong on this, but I think the mechanics of the Republican primary process are designed specifically to prevent a candidate like Cruz, or Walker). Trump, on the other hand, is not only capable of getting past Florida, he is teetering on the edge of being the favorite. And if the Republican party resort to their usual tricks, and force Trump's hand, then Trump has more than a puncher's chance of winning a 3-way with Hillary! and Jeb!

So, your choice: President Hillary!, or President Trump.

This from someone who wants Cruz to run 2nd fiddle to Trump. This tips your hand, were you a conservative you would be pulling for Cruz all along, not Trump, as number one on a third party ticket. All we have from Trump are a bunch of words, with Cruz we have a proven track record of his conservatism. If you were a true conservative you would be pulling for Cruz...or Walker.

I really wonder what people like you are doing on a conservative site like FR. Pulling for somebody questionable whether he even is conservative. If you were a true conservative you would be pulling for the most conservative option.

With the survival of the nation at stake, it is no time to play third party games, with a conservative as 2nd fiddle. In VP position, which everybody knows is a non-entity.