“Remember when that used to be enough to call a man “conservative”? Now these people want attachments added to the basic life and religious issues, to such a degree that no one anywhere, who is not openly a holy roller may serve their cultish tendencies. It will never stop. The goal post will forever be moving. It is suicide.”
Here is the money portion of that statement:
“...to such a degree that no one anywhere, who is not openly a holy roller may serve their cultish tendencies.”
THAT ASPECT IS CENTRAL TO THE REAL ISSUE THAT THE CRUZ SUPPORTERS HAVE WITH TRUMP ... To them Conservative = Holy Roller.
If you are one who “wears his religion on his sleeve,” making a public display of how “morally upright” you are (think of the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican), then you just can never be a TRUE conservative. You must be a Trojan Horse, an infiltrator, insincere, etc ...
SO, the truth is that more than a few of these rabid-rant Cruz supporters are religious bigots. I guess my reference to the Church of the Purists was closer to the truth than I may have first appreciated.
I believe you have the picture. In spades. It isn’t going to sell, nationally, and Cruz will have to repair it after he flogs it through the proper states. Just like wobbling on immigration, HB1, TPA, TPP, he will find a way to dilute his IOWA pastoral tactic, to hawk for votes.