Oh, for Heavens' sake! EVERY one of the people on this board who opposes Trump is more conservative than ANY of you zealots. Calling us liberals when YOU support the hard core liberal is delusional.
I guess it must be your guilty conscience screaming at you that you're supporting a bad guy that makes you falsely accuse as you do.
I've come to the conclusion that there are two rough groups that both claim to be 'conservative', but which have radically differing ideals of that it means.
The first is the old American notion of conservative, that being in the vein of our founding fathers - who were what is now considered the "Classic Liberal".
IE: a political ideology that values the freedom of individuals — including the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and markets — as well as limited government. (It developed in 18th-century Europe and drew on the economic writings of Adam Smith and the growing notion of social progress.)
Whereas the second group generally believes in the modern European notion of conservatism.
IE: a political ideology focused mainly on national interests and upholding cultural/ethnic identity. These generally reject notions of individualism, liberalism, and egalitarianism.
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These two are, in my view, diametrically opposed... yet reside in one party. No matter what happens in November, the Republican party will shrink greatly. For the two cannot coexist anymore.
If Trump wins, look for a modest uptick in the Democrat rolls, as they are not polar opposes to the American conservative (ie: classic liberal).
If Hillary wins, the Euro-conservatives will be pushed back into the wilderness. Registered Republicans will decrease with an uptick in Independents. For the Euro-conservative cannot deal with Democrats as they cannot tolerate those not of own ethnic/racial/religious group.