You were a Cruz supporter...and as Cruz has made quite clear, there's not an iota of a difference between Cruz and Trump on the issues.
I know. And because of that, I will have a very hard time voting for Cruz, if I ever have the chance again. He has sullied his good name and lost what, 10 points at the ACU to prove it.
I'll never stop claiming that which is obvious on its face...Trump governed as Conservatively as any President in post WW2 America. Neither he...nor Cruz...nor Reagan...could have balanced the budge in 2017-2020 within the political context they faced. Yet...on every other issue...from Right to Life, to Second Ammendment rights, to free speech and Judiciary appointments...Trump was every bit the Conservative Reagan was. You simply lack an understanding of history...and of historical context...if you are arguing otherwise. Or perhaps you're just too stubborn to admit ever being wrong.
I easily admit when I am wrong - I am not wrong.
And it is not even a matter of balancing the budget - It is a matter of spending at TWICE the rate of Democrats. It is preposterous to write that off.
And Reagan's legacy is still very much with us, written in LAW - Even as Tumpy's is - Written in law and liberal as hell. Nearly everything you could point at that was conservative in Tump is now gone - Washed away. Nothing.
Your principles are no more a guiding light for you than the rest of us here on this board...we are all here because we care and fight for conservatism. Trump fought for the very principles you claim to support,
No, he did not. He threw candy from the front of the parade. I said long ago it was worthless
and soon to be gone, and here we are.
and you stood down and failed to fight with him against this Commie takeover...basically makes you a Conscientious Objector...you won't fight because our Conservative leader doesn't perfectly align with you on every single issue.
No one is looking for perfection. Literally outspending the Democrats is no where near excusable. On that alone, for the egregious harm done in that alone, there is no way in hell you can stand on that bullcrap.
Wahhh...grow up...no candidate, conservative or otherwise, is going to match with any of us on every single damn issue. Most of us have the courage to put our big boy pants on and fight anyway...because the GENERAL cause of conservative is more important than each fragment of a difference you have with the President and your fellow conservatives. If those of us who don't get EVERYTHING we want from a candidate take our ball and go home...we lose. Its that damn simple.
No, YOU grow up. The whole purpose of Conservatism in politics is to support the immovable principles of the conservative factions - ALL of them. That is what we are here for. That IS the general cause. And it would be little surprise that Tumpy lost support from fiscal conservatives and libertarian minded conservatives. He stood against what they care about. He threw em under the bus. For that he gets to lose. Tough sh*t, there it is.
You're right here, the party IS wholly ineffective. Because every time we put forward a strong and assertive candidate, the circular firing squad forms and we commit political hari-kari. Don't pretend you're not part of that idiotic process...you are embodying it right now as we type.
NONSENSE. He sure as hell wasn't strong and assertive when it comes to fiscal conservatism and libertarianism. No, he was strong and assertive AGAINST them. And no, I am not part of anything. I am directly opposed. And the fallout of this unparalleled waste of time should show you why.
Without a party in lockstep with Conservative principles, you will continue to lose every time. Chasing after princes and making them martyrs is nothing less than absurdity. If y'all were serious I would not oppose you. But you are not. Cherry-picking, just like the moderates - and using the very same arguments against me. IDENTICAL to McCain and Romney acolytes. Is it any wonder I can't see a difference.
Your logic makes Reagan out to be a liberal stooge. Trump cut more government regulations than ANY president before him...he fought for what could be achieved, and would have fought for more and better minimalizing of government in a 2nd term...and likely will have that chance in 2024.
What he cut was still but a pittance. And likely it is all right back again.
No he would not have minimalized anything.- He would have spent even more money. It's what he does.
Yes. Conservative principles can and will fix it. If we win elections. The actions of you and your ilk are ensuring that we do not win...which means nothing conservative will be achieved and liberalism will dominate and potentially destroy the nation. Way to go....great strategy.
NOTHING! Y'all have won NOTHING in thirty damn years. That dog don't hunt. It ain't me at fault - It's y'all. I walked off for non-performance and there ain't a single damn thing that's changed. You got NOTHING. AGAIN. Four years - Two of em with both houses - and nothing. The whole thing an utter waste of time.
That I predicted it should not be a surprise, or an offense.
Your need to build a straw man is revealing of your argument's lack of depth and coherence. I have no prince. No one who supports Trump sees him as such....you are just mouthing an idiotic liberal meme to attack Trump voters. What we see in Trump is a man who fights FEROCIOUSLY...and effectively...for Conservatives and conservatism. Period.
Yes, indeed you DO. And it is a strategy that will never bear fruit. One man, no matter who he is, is not going to be effective, so I don't give a crap how ferociously he 'fights'. He will get nothing done. That's the problem with princes. You need a whole damn party on the same damn page. The minute you ain't got that, you'll get nothing. So the minute you compromise on those principles y'all claim to support is the very minute you have a party on more than one page... and you will lose. Period. No matter which prince you follow.
And that is precisely what happened again. Unity is found in those principles. That is what they are FOR. Unity in anything else is nothing but wasted motion. And here we are, again.