Well, no it's not. I fully appreciate Cruz and what he stands for, as with Trump. My ego has no dog in this hunt, I care only about what I see as good for the nation. Its the same with most of us here.
And the only reason you catch criticism here is because you sho' nuff dish it out.
Naw... It's more because I am vocal and all y'all can't get my goat. Many true blue conservatives are gone, banned for losing their mind in a Tumpy gang driveby, or just walked off, because they could not stand the nonstop Tumper tantrums and rah rah fanboi nonsense.
There are some in the Tump tribe that I respect for their principles, you among them. Smoke, Bigun, and others. But hard core Tumpists are not for Conservatism. The sell is not for principles, but for populism. And over and over I have been excoriated because I will stand on principled Conservatism and nothing else.
But there is a reason for that. Compromising principles is necessarily compromising the very fabric of reality. 'It's working, even though we're spending bajillions of dollars!!' Well, no it's NOT. And the reason why should be thoroughly self-evident. It is readily apparent that suspension of disbelief has been applied. Reality bent to fit the narrative.
It is no longer reason.