They don’t call themselves Alt-conservatives.
And btw, some of the least conservative members of the GOPe call themselves conservstives. Is that a magical talisman? Are these RINOs the good guys, because they associate themselves with the right word?
Which brings me back to Cruz. I was told he was the most conservative candidate in the field. Certainly he made that claim for himself. Shouldn’t FR have stuck with him to the bitter end, since he grasped the value of going by the right designation?
Okay, then ‘alt-Conservative’ is a wasted title. It isn’t what they claim to be. If that’s the case, then I have no problem with it. The title was used to address a group. If that group doesn’t claim that title, then fine.
If it’s just an internet site like FR, then no problem at all.
Of course the GOPe called themselves Conservatives. The MSM went along so it could label anyone else as a kook.
Trump was a kook. Anyone who supported him was a kook. Ahhh, nope!
Trump and his followers had it right.
No, that talisman doesn’t cut it. You are eighter a Conservative or you’re not, and the GOPe weren’t.
Well sure he made that claim. I just never quite bought it. He troubled me shortly after I started paying attention to him. I stopped all support around October 2015.
I don’t think FR should have stuck with him. (reason rather clear)
People have to do more than claim they are Conservative. They have to conduct themselves as one. Some of the things Cruz had been involved in, left me unable to see him as a Conservative. I was not buying that he was being truthful either.
Good old open borders Bush thought he was a Conservative. I never bought that. He was a globalist.
We have to be discerning regarding politicians claims.
I haven’t seen the majority of people on FR buy the idea that the GOPe or the RNC were ‘Conservative First’ entities.
We didn’t have to come up with another name for Conservatives. We just outed the folks who were claiming to be, but weren’t.