Thanks for the reply and I appreciate your thoughts.
To me, Ted’s fatal flaw is that he has already been painted into a corner. He did this to himself and he has zero room to move. Unfortunately, there are not enough purists to give him a victory in the general election.
Trump can win and he will do a lot of good things. Maybe not everything the religious right wants, but plenty of what Americans want.
Ted would have been better off staying with Donald and getting the VP slot. He’s young enough and being the VP to Trump would have been great for credibility and learning how to appeal to *everyone*.
Oh, that old saw.
Can't non-purists vote for a purist for a change?
That has been the chief beef of conservatives, so much so that many have been accused of staying home last time and getting Duh-1 back in (not that I believe that, I think fraud was the deciding factor). So why are Conservatives willing to shed their values and jump on the bandwagon?
Is it because he steps on all the right toes? Because he disses the people who 'need it'?
Because he is brash?
Or because he is good at making deals and marketing?
As I have said, he already dealt away 10% of your MPG in Iowa and said he would have the EPA enforce that (which means he isn't getting rid of the EPA). What's on the table next to get the Donald to the White Hut? Private property? RKBA? What will he be willing to trade (of yours and mine--he has his) to make the deal?
If sticking with someone of principle is being a "purist", If defending the Constitution of the United States and Bill of Rights makes me a "purist", then I wear the badge proudly.
It just saddens me that so many of my fellow Americans seem to be ashamed of that.