What is disappointing (to me) is seeing so many people duped by a loud mouth charlatan in the first place, and then these same people quickly discard the opinions of proven conservative voices (Malkin, Will, VDH) who dare to point our that the emperor is buck naked. Trump is doing a fine job of stirring the pot and putting red meat on the table, but to place him at the head of the conservative movement is simply asinine and goes against everything he had done and said in the past.
DT isn’t the head of the conservative movement by a long shot. He is a populist with a conservative bent who might, just might, be able to parse together enough people across the political spectrum to get himself elected and actually be able to implement something remotely resembling conservatism.
The uniparty is going to hand us two menu choices:jebito or piaps. Or an indistinguishable clone of either. DT is actually challenging that, and has a chance of allowing us a different choice.
Is DT as conservative as Ted Cruz? No. But Ted Cruz is running anywhere between 5th and 7th in gop polls. Fair or not, he is just not connecting with people. If by some miracle he starts to get some traction, he will be the recipient of the same coordinated, vitriolic attacks that DT is. With neither the resources nor the decades of street smarts necessary to prevail. Summary: Ted Cruz will not be the gop nominee nor will he be President in 2017.
Again, the uniparty has a table set for us. And a menu with two names on it: jebito and piaps. Sadly, I don’t think that even DT will be able to prevail against the combined forces of the media, the government, and the uniparty. He has a chance, but not a great one.