Well, here’s my defense, then.
In 2002 I was a crazy liberal who only supported Bush because of 9/11. In 2004 I was a moderate who voted Bush because Kerry was THAT bad, but I was still all-in for gay rights, pro-Muslim, and all kinds of crap like that. And now I’m here. Dealing with 2004-2016 MESS that the establishment and the Dems have handed us has solidified me as anti-DC, pro-REAL marriage, and pro-life.
If I can change from the twit that I was into who I am now, I know that Trump can change as well. What you see as flip-flopping, I see as a businessman whose attention has been turned to the state of the country. And so the go-along liberalism that you just sort of take on when you’re surrounded by liberals in NYC (or that I was surrounded by in St. Louis) is giving way to, if not ‘orthodox’ conservatism, at least anti-leftism, especially now that his political attention has turned away from whose palms he needs to grease to get the current project built, and more towards what he can do about a country that’s teetering on the edge of the abyss.
It is my opinion that Trump is the best choice to handle the mess that the country is in, but I’m not going to begrudge any Cruz supporter his opinion as well, provided that no matter who wins we pitch in and pull together in the general.
I have to hand it to you. You gave a reasoned explanation. Doesn’t matter whether I agree. I simply appreciate a reasoned dialogue and not cyber-ranting at each other. You may have even moved me toward supporting Trump if he’s the nominee, which I was ready to do until the attacks on Cruz started. I’ve noticed that Trump has toned some of that stuff down, so maybe he’s thinking a little more about future alliances that the party will need to beat the Dems.
On that note, you’d think the Dems can be beat easily by any half-decent Republican candidate, but I don’t take for granted their chicanery, voter fraud on a mass scale and their shock troops in the MSM to get them over the finish line, even if the choice is a lunatic old socialist or a criminal broom-riding harridan.
I appreciated that post. Yes, people can change. I hope we always give each other permission to grow up, without being tricked if the change is just political theater. That’s what’s hard to tell.