I don't care what you say this election is about. For me it's about a return to conservatism. I am immovable on that. If that makes me an egghead conservative, then I wear it proudly.
If this were just another presidential year when we had the standard squishy candidates like McCain, Dole or Romney to choose from, then I wouldn't be so disgusted by the Trump phenomenon. But we do have a true constitutional conservative in the race this time, so we have a legitimate candidate to rally behind rather than someone the establishment has chosen for us. That's what makes this whole Trump thing so disgusting. We could be on the verge of squandering a rare opportunity to turn this ship around, but instead we're mesmerized by the shiny object.
I am listening to Rush and am very disappointed. He blabs on about what the people are pissed about, but he can't separate out the GOPe from the other non-Trump people. He never addresses us. When he generalizes, he lumps the solid conservatives in with the establishment. INFURIATING! BTW, I have my own ideas about why Limbaugh, Hannity and, to a lesser degree, Levin are so timid about standing up to the non-conservative Trump. I think they're afraid they won't be able to run in Trump's social circles if they call him on his faux conservatism. I have lost a great deal of respect for them, not to mention trust.
"The people" aren't the only ones pissed. I couldn't be more pissed at the disgusting development that is the Trump candidacy.
Good luck with that after you get a hundred million newly minted democrats. I doubt you are really a true blue conservative, in fact I doubt there are many at all. True conservatism requires a moral electorate and we are anything but that.
Sarah Palin has suffered more ridicule from True Conservatives than any human should have to and yet you find the time to heap on more.
The only conclusion I can draw is that the very ideology "Conservatism" as represented by Buckley / Kirk / Goldwater / Reagan and now Cruz is opaque or irrelevant to many who, for some reason, claim to be Conservative.
Cognitive dissonance...is there a cure?
(Great tagline)