I cherry-picked your post, but I suggest everyone read the entire message.. You have HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD, because that is the hurdle we face in this movement to win anything in the future..
Frankly, I have become a bit more pragmatic when considering we have stooped to electing a Marxist as our President and a Congress that proudly claim to be Communist, and Socialist..
The one single point we all, "ALL", agree upon is Fiscal Conservatism! That is the waters edge, where we begin to diverge into factions, and have punished those who believe in divergent social morays, and matters..
We need a coalescing force to bring these divergent views together for a temporary commitment with an agreement to desist from destroying each other to win..
For many of us, our social conservative views are what drives us. I would not exactly be motivated to walk the streets because of different views on marginal tax rates. If the Republican Party decides that it is more important to support, as you say, “divergent social morays (sic)”, then I may decide that it is more important to work in my garden than to make it to the polling booth. You may not like it. The Republican hierarchy may not like it. But that is how it is. And that is how it will be.
Social liberalism guarantees fiscal liberalism, regardless of what libertarians claim or fantasize about.
Voting is universal in America, the war against traditional American values, Christianity, and morality destroys individuals and families and communities, and creates more and more liberal, big government voters.
Look at who votes how, social conservatives vote conservative, social liberals vote liberal, with rare exceptions.
These are gut wrenching times for arch-conservatives, and this IS that web site, so pooping where we eat is not going to happen.
Yes, I want cohesion around our pick and want it EARLY, and not to not go wobbly on him. I want all the help we can get from the Libertarians to do just that.
Our pick is going to be Cruz, but grant it, disillusioned Democrats and moderate Republicans will tend toward Christie first and Rand Paul, second. That is, if dems are inclined to switch at all. Paul reportedly gets points with young adults generally and that means energy, and a good ground game always follows energy.
I don’t expect to see America restored to her glory days of pre George HW Bush, or to ever see the Christian nation I grew up in, again. Americans swamped into the workforce, pleasure and entertainment and failed utterly at vigilance. Irretrievable, probably.
It’s a question of how far do I, as a voter, want to fall in this last chance election, before all choices in the future equally ascend from hell and I can’t vote for anyone.
Then, along came Cruz, and there is hope.