Posted on 01/21/2016 7:27:45 PM PST by TBBT
It isn't that Cruz is just as good -- it's that Trump exhibits every evidence of being a life-long left-leaning moderate. He's self-absorbed, even ridiculous. A lot of people here sucked it up and voted for Romney last time, and went home sick at heart.
Fewer are going to suck up this time to accepting that the Republican party is entitled to a conservative's vote (which is essentially the stand being taken) if Trump pans out the disaster that he's looking like, and the conversation on FR is reflecting it now. Romney Redux.
No matter how great if feels, you know that anger and vengeance are bad things to follow. It's what any good parent would teach a child. Rather follow someone whose appeal is optimism and workable solutions.
Cruz appeals to my desire to see Constitutional limited government principles restored to America, the Republican party, and conservatism.
I'll leave the guy who appeals to anger and vengeance behind.
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