‘... We have mediocre candidates ...’
Wow. The most exciting primary in the history of our nation. Trump devastating Hillary with a few tweets. Low-info patriots flocking to see him.
‘Mediocre.’
Hey that’s fine. I believe Trump wants unfair criticism from conservatives. He gave us assurances and now his low-key assurances to us are getting buried by fear-mongering, hysteria, and name-calling.
That way — he’s anti-establishment no matter how you look at it. Many conservatives, however, will lose their seat at the table when he’s elected.
Ah, let me be clear, I did not say mediocre campaigners. Nor did I say mediocre persons.
Ben Carson is a tremendous quality person. So is my Pastor. But I’d want neither as President (except maybe as an alternative to Hillary or Bernie!)
Trump comes out anti-GOPe and strong on immigration: His policy paper on immigration is mostly quite good. But, where are the words “freedom”, “constitution”, and so on, when he talks (or puts out position papers)? I sometimes almost feel like Worf in Star Trek when he says to Korris (a renegade Klingon wanting to relive past glories) “Where are the words duty, honor, and loyalty, without which a warrior is NOTHING.” Beyond all that... Trump has me cheering one minute, face palming the next.
Then we have Cruz: He has a mostly good history of conservatism, is good on many (but not all issues), knows his Constitution and is a good debater (in content, anyway.) However, he often comes off as harsh and unlikable, and, can he attract anyone besides hardcore conservatives? I’m not asking him to compromise principles, but he seems to have little of the Reagan capacity to make conservatism attractive to more people.
Fiorina can take apart Hillary like no one’s tomorrow, but there’s her past at HP, and inability to get traction as well.
And so on.
You say: “Many conservatives, however, will lose their seat at the table when he’s (Trump) elected.” To be replaced by...???
If Trump or Cruz wins the nomination — seems likely at this point — there’s no question I’d vote for either of them, short of Zell Miller (assuming he’s not gone senile) appearing out of the blue. But Cruz and Trump are both rolls of the dice: If she makes it to the general election, Hillary’s probably surmounted her legal problems, and would likely beat Cruz. Trump can beat Hillary, but, can he govern without a like minded Congress? Will he zig, or zag? And how will he deal with the bureaucracy?