@Right_in_Virginia
For you alone my dear!
I'll say again ... I agree with the basic conservative principles: minimal government interference, a return to Federalism, a strong national and global defense, including law and order at home and defined, protected borders. I am for freedom of speech, for all opinions, the elimination of protected classes of citizenship, and a slaying of the victim mentality and a return to personal responsibility (although I don't know how we legislate this). On social issues, I stand firmly behind the rights of the unborn.
The other social issues ... I am not inclined to fight. Fighting gives them a spotlight and prestige they do not deserve. These other social issues are not a political battle worth more blood and deeper isolation. We should teach our children, set an example-- but not demand a candidate support part of the government's role is to enforce our personal beliefs--as deeply held at they may be.
I think everything that was listed in the post I responded to is the endgame---hence my rainbows and lollipops reply. There is no magic wand or magic candidate to bring all that about.
But it
was Donald Trump, not Ted Cruz, not Jeb Bush, not Rand Paul, not Marco Rubio, not Ben Carson, not Chris Christie, not John Kasich, not Carly Fiorina, not Scott Walker, not Lindsey Graham, not Bobby Jindal, not Rick Santorum, not Mike Huckabee, not George Pataki and not Jim Gilmore - - -
who figured out a way to get us back on the field and in the game.
"Conservatives" can hate the coach, even hate the ones who support him, but that's not a good enough reason not to pull with the team and help the President win as many games as we can.
So, please, enough with the demands for conservative purity and immediate results. Enough with holding on to a hurt from nearly a year ago. It was politics. If you can't stand the heat, get the hell out of the kitchen.