[Hoot Gibson]

I know you don't like Trump and I can dispassionately accept that. But, how do you know ^^this? I saw film footage today taken at his two scheduled rallies in Iowa. The line to see Trump literally went out of sight on a side walk going over the top of a hill. And when I say out of sight, it was at least the length of a football field. And for the record, it was cold today in Iowa, 28 degrees with a stiff 25 mph gusting wind.

By the time the Kentucky primary happens, Super Tuesday will be in the books and we will likely have an excellent picture about what's going down. I mean, we have mountains of evidence where Hillary is concerned along with an FBI investigation of which Director Comey has recently decided to "broaden." And we don't have to wonder one whit where Sanders is concerned. On the other hand, we are looking at either Cruz or Trump as the Republican nominee. Like Skinny has said, folks may have a twinge of nervousness where Trump is concerned. And yet, that twinge compared to the record of those on the left and the past 7 years seems more like a no brainer to me.

Trump will depress conservative turnout because so many of us are fed up with holding our noses every four years to vote for a RINO. Trump will tack to the left during the general election and maybe he will pick up enough support from liberals and independents to win the general election. Maybe "know" is too strong of a word, but this has been the pattern of every election since at least 1992. I am confident that Trump will not maintain his conservative act after he has sewn up the nomination.

Trump is already struggling to stay in character as a "conservative" Republican and the first caucus has not even been held. Once he has the nomination in hand, there will be nothing to constrain Trump from pandering to liberals because he will not lose many Republicans to Bernie or Hillary.

This election is a golden opportunity for Republicans and it would be a shame if they nominate a liberal to run in a campaign that would be very difficult for a true conservative to lose.

Do yourself a favor and check out Trump's record prior to June and then ask yourself how much different his positions were before he started considering entering a presidential campaign in 2012 compared to those of Hillary and Obama.

I can understand settling for the lesser of two evils. I did so in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012. In 1992 I cast a protest vote for Perot. I promised myself that I will not be forced to choose between evils again after watching Romney hand the last election to Obama. I am going to keep that promise.