Donny being Donny. But if he were wise, he would not be alienating conservatives, since—if by some miracle he gets the nomination—he would need their support, even if they need to hold their noses while pulling the lever.
This grumpy old man would not HAVE to hold his nose to pull a lever for The Donald. While The Donald is no conservative, he is a good many parts of being libertarian in his outlook, and he is saying, essentially, that is is a darned good thing to BE an American, and we need to revive this love, faith and abiding belief in what it means to stand for all that is good and positive about America.
If The Donald is alienating the Establishment Republicans, I do not necessarily see that as a bad thing. It certainly builds up his stock with the “middle” and millions of people who feel themselves disenfranchised by the two national parties. Hell, The Donald could potentially pull a lot of support from what have been traditionally whole blocs of voters who have defaulted to Democrats for years.
Remember “Reagan Democrats”? We may be seeing that phenomenon again.
For me, even if he’s nice to conservatives, if he wins the nomination, I’m not going to vote for him. I don’t vote for liberals.
Please check out who the self-proclaimed Very Conservative and Somewhat Conservative people voted for in this poll.
It's on page two in a box with vote breakdown.
This is going to be a rude awakening for those who think only moderate Republicans support Trump.
Trump: 41 - 45
Cruz: 26 - 8