Art of Conservatism---A Choice, not an  echo, 2016
March 22, 2016

Take a look at who is left standing (as this is being written, in March, 2016) in the Presidential race. What an array of choices! Look at the four, just look at 'em! Think about it. The candidates left standing are as unalike as can be. Well, almost.

Let's see.... we have a communist who refuses to admit it, even though he spent his honeymoon with his second wife, in both Cuba and in Russia (read that, Moscow.... now there's you're romantic getaway spot, ummmm-ummm!) and his platform consists of how to steal from those who've earned wealth and give to those who haven't earned any of it, not with cash, mind you, but with free 'stuff'.

We have one (can you believe? One) Establishment candidate who is not a Republican, but who is a felon-in-waiting, assuming that someone (anyone!) has the courage, the cajonas, the unmitigated gall to indict her for violations involving money-laundering, and secrets security violations, and who knows what all, a candidate whose most attractive trait is that she's is a woman (that's why those in my circle who will admit it are voting for her), a trait which disguises to those who love her, her greed for wealth and lust for power. And a voice which..... but I digress.

Then there's the candidate who is, for lack of a better word, a chameleon, a populist who is pushing the right buttons on a huge amount of the population, a trait, the trait, which has propelled him to the top, and earned him the hatred of the Establishment of both major political parties.

And finally, we have a candidate, who believes in America and in the Constitution, and who has enraged the Establishment by fighting them tooth and nail for their playing fast and loose with said Constitution, when what they do flies in the face of said Constitution. And he is hated to the point where there are those who are willing to destroy him (and his same-party opponent) are willing to destroy the country as well.

There you have it: Sanders, Clinton, Trump, Cruz. A choice, not an echo, all the way around, just like in 1964. The memory of that, right there, should be enough to make you Establishment types absolutely cringe. I hope so. Cringe away, cowards. Cringe away, conspirators. Cringe away, you who have now revealed yourself as being into power for yourselves rather than for this country, rather than for We The People. A plague on all your Establishment houses! Yes, that includes all you Bushes out there in political land. Cringe!

 By this time you should have an idea of where I stand in the Presidential race. Well, mostly. Ted Cruz really is my number one. But make no mistake, if Trump is nominated, I'll support him, at the ballot box. He's made it plain that he doesn't need any more help from me. No problem. You who read this, if you care a whit about this country, would do well to do the same. Remember, it's as simple as “ABC”--Anybody But Clinton.

But Cruz is another story. Why do I support him? Why should you support him? Read above. The constitution is why. To swipe from an old James Carvelle quote, “It's The Constitution, stupid!” Well, it's the economy, too, stupid, But both Cruz' (and Trump's) have the platform planks needed to reduce the amount of Federal over-regulation which has been killing this country's economy (by design, I'd suggest) for the past eight years. Getting this country back to its Constitutional roots is, in my experience, the best way to get this country back to economic health, and all of the things it would bring to us, to our security, and our well-being. Proof: Remember Reagan?

My father had a saying which would apply here: “Nobody loves him except the people.” That could be said about Donald Trump. It can be said in spades about Ted Cruz. Who else has the better credentials to be President? The more you know about how all the candidates stand on the important matters affect this country, affecting We The People, the more you have to agree. Cruz. Trump a close second. Sanders, don't make us laugh. Clinton? Felon-in-waiting. Prison. Enough said.

 For Art of Conservatism, I'm Art Reis.