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I sure hope Cruz is right. The only person I wouldn’t vote for would be Trump, even though I held my nose and voted for Romney. But Trump is even worse and less conservative than Romney and should actually be running as a libertarian. This would be the first election in my life in which I did not vote.

I'm in the same place, although Trump is not the only one I wouldn't vote for. There are others, but Trump's the only one "conservative" people are going ape over.

I've seen (and been on the receiving end of) some very ugly things, even very vile and profane things posted by FReepers who dislike whoever takes issue with Trump. This adoration parallels what we saw in 2008 when BO was the candidate. There's a messiah-type reverence for Trump that I could never have imagined "conservatives" engaging in. It's frightening.

I'm encouraged by the conservatives I know in real life. None of my conservative friends or family members are the least bit enamored with Trump. I'm not sure if they'll skip voting as you and I will, but, knowing their commitment to conservatism, I would be surprised if they felt desperate enough to vote for him. We've all been through the desperation of voting for someone whose not a true conservative enough times that I'd feel safe making a friendly wager that they wouldn't participate were Trump the nominee.

P.S. Remember how good Trump's judgment was in '08? He was all in for Romney, wasn't he? And now he's slamming Romney left and right. It wasn't that Trump's judgment was lacking. That could NEVER be the case! It was that Mitt let us down.

It’s not adoration or messiah-like reverence, though. That’s what it looks like to people who don’t understand how deeply we care about the issues and how much we have been longing for someone to come along who is independent and dealing with these issues head-on, with no obligations to anyone but us.

“I’ve seen (and been on the receiving end of) some very ugly things, even very vile and profane things posted by FReepers who dislike whoever takes issue with Trump.”

Some of us who support Trump have received the same treatment from those who don’t support him.

We’re all grown ups.

P.S. Remember how good Trump's judgment was in '08? He was all in for Romney, wasn't he? And now he's slamming Romney left and right

As Ted Cruz would say...."that's exactly right".

And it is....When Trump decided some weeks before he announced, he and advisors began to create his campaign political look, as you would pick a suit for a event. If the event was a breast cancer fundraiser, you might consider pink! (for example)

This is obviously not the only political stance that was rebuilt from scratch.

One can only hope that in the end, common sense and a degree of "show me" attitude will eventually win the day. But like I said, it's only a hope.