[onyx]

The Hollow Man (Rush Limbaugh, Cruz & Conservatism)
March 13, 2016

The dif­fer­ence between Ted Cruz and Don­ald Trump is that Ted Cruz looks out at a crowd and sees him­self, while Trump looks into a mir­ror and sees the crowd. Trump may be crude, inar­tic­u­late, and occa­sion­ally boor­ish, but he looks back to an older, bet­ter Amer­ica, the essence of which is its peo­ple, its cit­i­zens, them­selves crude, inar­tic­u­late, and occa­sion­ally boor­ish; but who, like Trump, are ani­mated by a vig­or­ous spirit that, once unleashed, will make Amer­ica great again. Trump is the means; the vot­ers are the end.

Rush was cor­rect — con­ser­vatism, prop­erly artic­u­lated, will win every time. But con­ser­vatism is more than a set of bul­let points. It is ulti­mately a form of trust, in peo­ple, and that, if left alone, they can man­age to get things right. Trump may not have all of the bul­let points in line, but the trust is there. Trust is the ulti­mate gift — if a can­di­date shows that he trusts the peo­ple, the peo­ple will trust him in return. Cruz finally could not trust, could not give, and so receives noth­ing back. And so he grasps at the only hand being held out to him, the cold, dead hand of the estab­lish­ment, that destroys every­thing it touches.

[Pelham]

well said

[HombreSecreto]

Well said. Thanks for this comment!

[rodguy911]

Great post onyx.