Did our number one Conservative get the nomination in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, or 2012?
Folks, I like Cruz. What does it take for you to understand that Democrats plus “moderate” Republicans voting in our primaries and caucuses don’t equate to the most Conservative guy getting the nomination?
Take 2008 for instance. Let me see a show of hands for the people that think John McCain was the leading Conservative. I see one way in the back. Oh, that guy is asking for an emergency glass of water. Ok. McCain was the lest desireable man to Conservatives. THINK ABOUT THAT.
Those of you who think Cruz is going to Cruz right into the nomination are living in a fantasy world.
IT WON’T HAPPEN.
IN 2007 we thought McCain was done. In 2011 we thought Romney was done. In 2015, some folks think other “moderate” Republicans are done. If Trump were out of the picture, Cruz would be trounced by the same folks trying to take Trump down.
That’s an undeniable fact.
We have since Reagan’s 1984 election, not fielded a Conservative Nominee.
If have just explained why.
what happened in last elections was that multiple CONSERVATIVES split the vote in the primaries and let a moderate go right up the middle...each time.
This go ‘round needs to be different and the solid conservative groups (tea party coalition, family research council, etc) have already been meeting and discussing just this issue and have determined they will get behind the solid conservative early. I say that will be Cruz and he WILL be our nominee.
The GOPE operatives here and other places are trying to enable a direct Cruz v. Trump fight where they would split their votes enabling an outcome of Jeb Bush to slip ahead of both of them.
It’s unabashed ploy that’s not going to work.
Correctomundo DO! Problem here on FR is too many don’t look outside their own sphere. Freepers are not going to elect the next president, but if some of them work at it hard enough, they may keep Trump from winning and give us another 8 years (that is if the country lasts that long) of a Hillary, Biden, Sanders, or one of the other Communists that have taken up residence in the RAT party today. At the very least, Trump is not the latest GOPe “$hit Sandwich,” unlike Dole, W( and his worthless father), McLame and Mittens.
And we didn't field any before him either. Ford, Nixon and Eisenhower were moderates. Goldwater was a libertarian.