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Trump exposes the fake conservatives every time they come out and support Trump over Cruz.

You are being used. I'm as conservative as they come and I would be happy with a Trump presidency. In fact, I would be ecstatic. But it is not because I believe Trump is conservative in all things, but because I believe Trump would take us in the direction of my conservative goals better than anyone else who is running as they are all establishment candidates. I want Trump to break the system and build the wall.

I say you are being used because you have been trained to associate the word "conservative" with a particular image and set of behaviors, and then your tribal instincts compel you to support only those who pander to those specific things. So, a candidate merely has to rattle off some key words, pay lip service to some traditional positions, et voila, he is your guy. Whether that candidate then governs as a conservative later is another question (anyone remember George W Bush?). Because you are beholden to such a precisely defined image of "conservative", you can be manipulated by anyone who panders to that image. That person then goes on to do the same ol, same ol, but you feel satisfied that you supported the correct candidate.

One of the fascinating things about Trump is that he doesn't seem to give a damn about pandering to the Right despite the fact that he is running as a Republican. He isn't pandering to anyone. He doesn't appear to be playing the game at all, at least not by the establishment's rules. As president, Trump may do some liberal things. I recognize this. But EVERY president has done that in my lifetime, INCLUDING REAGAN. We will never get a pure conservative who can govern purely. Trump will also most likely do things that are wildly conservative, like buck the left-wing anti-American race lobby and build a wall and stop the in-flow of muslims. THIS IS SOMETHING NO OTHER CANDIDATE WOULD EVER DO, regardless of that candidate's pandering to the right. I guarantee Cruz would not do this, except as a token effort.

There you have it.