Conservatism is not social conservatism: where does the Constitution render an opinion either way? It doesn’t.
Republicanism as it has been practiced since Hoover is not fiscal conservatism. No one can credibly make that claim. Hoover spent too much. Eisenhower spent too much. Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush, Bush. You can’t claim to believe one thing and act in another way. Tax cuts stimulate economic growth, but increases in spending are increases in spending. Period. This point cannot be debated in my view.
The only net reduction we have seen was with a centrist Democrat, and an aggressive Republican congress, of the sort we have not seen since the late 90’s, and certainly not from 2001 to 2007. when the Democrats were able to reclaim Congress by credibly claiming to be more fiscally conservative.
There is a lot of useless vanity, unwarranted self congratulation, and detachment from reality in the Republican Party. Virtually everyone at every level who has an R behind their name deserves to lose their job.
This is why Trump. He may not be a conservative, but he is what he is, and there is at least a chance he may make some very needed changes in the direction of this country. I am sick of liars and cowards. I donated heavily in 2014 relative to my means, and since about six months after that election I have been literally swearing at every Republican operative who has called me. With friends like that, who needs enemies?
We are seeing how fucking arrogant many of these people are. They are saying that if they don’t get their way, they will sit out. They will vote for Hillary. Such people believe nothing. They stand for nothing. And it is good that they are finally showing their true colors.
I am very conservative, but I will be the first to admit that many conservatives are fucking assholes. They don’t speak for me.
I call myself a Liberal, and that is what I am. I know my history. I have thought through my views. I have educated myself on economics. I have no desire to tell anyone else what to do, and ask for the same courtesy in return. That is all.