[Theophilus]

Wilson misses the point that Trumps appeal is also derived from the abject disgust we feel from the betrayal of so called conservatives...

I don't think he misses it completely: "... two things that the Republican establishment has resolutely refused to do..."

But your's is a very good point. It's like a Gresham's Law for politics. We've had a train of absolutely wicked impostors leading the GOP since Reagan (I include W) but I've always been optimistic that someday we'd get a real conservative candidate. However, the impostors have apparently, by quantitative dilution, succeeded in destroying what "conservative" means.

[Nicojones]

” the impostors have apparently, by quantitative dilution, succeeded in destroying what “conservative” means.”

Exactly. Well put.