“The enemy of my enemy is still not my friend, and won’t get my vote.”
So, you’ll just sit back and let your enemy (continue to) have control over the direction of this country? Congratulations, you are part of the problem that the Republican Party has had for decades. No disrespect intended, I am sure that you have thought this through and have the best of intentions, but you’ve probably left something out of your thought process. Many of us (and I was once guilty of this) have thrown out the good because we were waiting for the perfect - that is how we got Bill Clinton in the first place, because Bush 41 made some big mistakes (from a conservative P.O.V.) and we were ticked off enough to stay home or vote for Perot as a protest.
Part of the problem is that business as usual just ain’t gonna cut it anymore. Business as usual is what got us into this mess. Pols and those with influence over them being that Davos Man and caving in to (whether slowly or quickly) the siren song of internationalism. We need a dramatic change, someone in charge who actually gives a damn about THIS nation, not our external enemies like Iran and China, someone who understands IN HIS BONES that Islam is THE great enemy of all of Western Civilization, and not some ideal where all the nations get along like lions and sheep after the Messiah comes. That day might be worth working toward, but not at the expense of our security (military or economic) or that of our allies. No, we need a nationalist leader, and the only one out there who I believe has a real shot at being elected (there’s another thing that we all need to consider) is Trump.
We also do need someone who understands that government is not the answer to all things, and that government itself has to be run at least somewhat like each household in this country - which is to say, in an economically-sound manner. Of all of the candidates out there this year, Trump is the ONLY one with any kind of significant business experience. He knows that if he ran his affairs like the government did, he’d be a nobody because he’d be broke.
Frankly, from an ideological point of view, I like Cruz better (although I have some problems with his long-standing H1B visa stance, and his recent conversion to being a hard-liner on immigration)...but he has no realistic shot at winning many states in the East and Midwest that are critical to getting over 270.
I used to view Trump as both a clown and as a distraction - but I listened to what he was saying (not how, but what). I observed his willingness to gore a lot of oxen across the political spectrum, and I liked it (because I’ve been saying or thinking the same things). I observed his staying power, despite the GOPe and media offensive against him - and I LIKE that. This is someone who is an unabashed patriot, someone with the guts to tell it like it is, and who resonates with MANY people across the spectrum (because, yes, even many Dem voters love their country before their party, and he appeals to a LOT of independents and people who’ve never voted, or haven’t voted in 20 years because they don’t think it matters). So, he’s not perfect, ideologically speaking - name someone who IS! Even Reagan made his mistakes, gave in too easily to the other side, and he was the best President in my lifetime by far - and probably since Coolidge. No one is perfect, NO ONE - you play the hand you’re dealt. If your high card is a Jack instead of an Ace well, deal with it. That’s where, IMHO, we are right now.
Is Trump our generation’s Reagan, or Washington? Maybe in some ways and certainly not in a lot of other ways. But who else out there, WITH A SIGNIFICANT CHANCE TO WIN, offers this country the chance to return to those policies that made it great, and which the liberals and our enemies both hate and fear? No one but Trump, IMHO.
Is Trump our generation’s Reagan, or Washington?
Washington certainly had a lot of flaws. He was the original real-estate speculator and used his positions in government to further his own interest of buying land cheap and selling dear. The misuse of government position is not a good thing, but the national mania against people who make money is not helpful either. And of course we discredit the Muslims for still practicing slavery, but this one of the greatest of our founding fathers was a slave owner.
Perhaps Jesus Christ will return one day, but even he had his petulant moments.