Simply not true. The videos or writings are out there going back less than to the ‘80s showing Trump holding the opposite positions on amnesty, abortion, taxes and gun control to name a few.
I didn’t fall in that trap. Rick Santorum would’ve met my conservative credential test as well to name one. Newt Gingrich did last time as well.
The vote victories mean nothing as far as deciding who’s conservative. By that logic, McCain and Romney were the most conservative the last 2 times.
We need to be honest about who these people are, if you’re going to have any hope of influencing them and holding their feet to the fire once they’re elected. Bush got some criticism from the right during his tenure, including on the Harriet Miers court nomination. It’s the job of conservatives to hold all elected officials accountable.
Why didn't your Conservative Savior win?
The Cruz supporters have been preaching the sermon for months that "Conservatism Wins All."
And yet he lost big time.
Do you have any self reflection? Ask yourself:
"Ted Cruz is the personification of Conservatism, but he lost. Why?"
I don't hate Cruz. I like his ideology. But he has zero charisma or sales pitch. He would have been a disaster.
American "Conservatism" has morphed into such a weirdo philosophy that I don't think any of its followers have the capacity to win anything. They not only don't know how to fight effectively, but seek to avoid fighting to remain polite.
The PERFECT example of this is the other day when Cruz wanted to debate the Trump supporters in the street.
That was absolutely EMBARRASSING. What the hell was he thinking? He wanted to DEBATE a group of protesters?
There is a LOT that goes into winning in the political arena. Ideology is just ONE facet that is required.
You can't be completely incompetent with the media, image, message, slogans, optics, personality, charisma, and attack strategy.
My goodness, Donald Trump labeled him as "Lyin' Ted", an illegal alien Canadian, and there were stories out there about him having affairs, and that his dad was involved with the Kennedy assassination!!!!
That was just from a presidential primary election, when he was going against other Republicans! He couldn't defend himself.
What the hell do you think the DEMOCRATS would do to him?
I've been saying it since last year. President Ted Cruz would be completely marginalized in about a month from a constant onslaught of "racist! sexist! bigot! hater!" etc etc.
And his only response would be to pathetically explain it away. "I'm not a racist, let me debate you on that. Exhibit A......"
Cruz constantly talked about the Constitution. When there are 100 million Americans out of work, do you think they give a rat's ass about the Constitution?
Do you think Trump would have somebody like Glenn Beck at his rallies making a fool of himself?
There are many reasons why Cruz lost. It wasn't his Conservative credentials.