The Tea Party helped create the largest GOP midterm landslide in modern political history. Tea Party people took a lot of flack over it in the last couple of years by the hate mongers in the democrat party, the media and even fellow republicans including this forum.
Well, it depends on what caused it. One could argue that apathy caused the "landslide", as we had the lowest voter turnout in 70 years in 2014. The fact is when voters show up, you guys tend to lose.
Everyone said the Tea Party movement was dead and not many people defended the Tea Party except for myself and a couple of others. Now all of a sudden we get lectures from people who claim to be conservatives about not supporting the presumed GOP candidate.
While I think the term "Conservative" has become meaningless, as it represents a coalition of Libertarians, Religious Zealots, Plutocrats and Neo-Con Imperialists, I see all of these groups having genuine reservations about the Trumpster. Trump's support comes from nativists. Other groups have glommed onto him because everyone loves a winner..
But the NeoCons are concerned that Trump has rejected the Bush Doctrine of projecting military force in the middle east and protecting the Zionist Entity.
The Plutocrats are concerned Trumps protectionist policies will hurt their ability to make money.
The Libertarians are genuinely concerned about Trump's willingness to use government force to acheive goals.
And "Values Voters" (assholes who want to impose their bronze age superstitions on the rest of us) are concerned Trump doesn't hate the gays and the abortions as much as they do... and he likes to have lots of sex with lots of women.
Frankly I smell a rat. You can support a candidate or stay home but when you claim to be a conservative republican and take the time to try to convince other people not to support the GOP candidate it looks like a cheap Alinsky trick.
Frankly, a lot of the Conservatives I've argue with here for years like Rabbi and others are just as conservative as you are. Are you saying they cleverly pretended to be Conservatives for years here, just in case you got out there and decided to support a Reality TV Rodeo Clown?
Anyway they said the same thing about the big Hollywood lib who ran for president a couple of years ago but Reagan worked out pretty well.
You mean other than creating Al Qaeda, destroying the American Middle Class, and tripling the National debt?