"The Last Field Of Honor!"

Two hundred and eleven years ago,on a field of honor in Weehawken, New Jersey, two men stood 100 paces apart,and at the signal of their seconds, leveled their dueling pistols at each other ,and fired.The man known as Alexander Hamilton fired first,his pistol possessed of a hair trigger to insure accuracy.And yet, despite this precaution,at the last moment,Hamilton lifted his arm and fired his shot into the trees above his opponent,deliberately missing his first volley. This was not an uncommon practice for a 19th Century duel..Often,both combatants would meet on the field, and convinced that their honor had been upheld,would then fire their shots into the ground,a mutual sign of respect for the opponents courage. This time, however,at this moment, near the shores of New Jersey,a different scenario would be played out. This time,the deliberately missed shot, of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton,would not be seen as an honorable act,but as a moment of weakness to be exploited by his opponent ,whose murderous purpose and intent had not diminished in the wake of the Hamilton misfire. As the Hamilton volley struck the trees above the dueling field,his opponent,former Vice President and failed candidate for the New York Governorship, Aaron Burr,carefully leveled the muzzle of his pistol at his noble opponent and fired .
Burr's shot punctured Hamilton's side, rupturing his liver, and fracturing several ribs in the process.Almost instinctively,Burr ran to his fallen foe, perhaps instantly regretting the action that decades of political battle and rancor had wrought. Then, as full realization of what he had done fully registered ,Burr gathered himself,straightened,and was then pulled away from the fallen Hamilton by his dueling seconds to a waiting boat that would take Burr across the river, putting much needed distance between himself, and his crime.
And Hamilton too, would be quickly carried to a waiting boat by his seconds ,unconscious and bleeding profusely,and would cling to life for a mere 24 hours, before succumbing to wounds indeed most mortal.
With one pistol shot, a political bloodfeud that had spanned decades, was finally ended forever with the death of Founding Father Hamilton,and the political death of his opponent Aaron Burr,who, in the wake of the duel,would be charged with murder and treason,attempt a Militia backed Monarchy takeover of the territories of Louisiana, would flee the country, and, in the end,never again ascend to political power and position. Burr may have ended the political taunts and attacks of Federalist Hamilton,but, by so doing,he had also brought to an end his own political future as well.
Alexander Hamilton's death at the hands of Aaron Burr, had served it's greater purpose.Aaron Burr, Democratic Republican,political rival and mortal enemy of Federalist Alexander Hamilton,and threat to every freedom loving man, woman, and child, of this Free Republic , would never again hold political office , and would ultimately die in obscurity,wishing to his dying day,that he had not fought that duel with Hamilton, and had instead found the wisdom to realize that the world was large enough ,for both Hamilton and Burr to exist in .And, as for Hamilton, he had no regrets .He had opposed Burr's political ambitions since the days when they both served in the Continental Army, under General George Washington.Hamilton, a strict Constitutional Central Government Federalist,viewed Democratic Republican Burr,as a collaborator and sympathizer with the English Monarchy , who sought to overthrow Sovreign State rule through a British backed military coup ,and bring an end to this fledgling Republic called America.
Alexander Hamilton opposed Burr's run for the Senate, blocked Burr's run for the Presidency, blocked his Second Term run for the Vice-Presidency, and blocked his run for Governor of New York as well. Alexander Hamilton considered it his "sacred duty"to protect the nation from the tyranny of a Burr rise to political power .Burr was a threat to the future of the Republic,and a British collaborator and double agent ,seeking to destroy from within,this Free Republic, and Hamilton knew Burr must be stopped, in print, in legislation, on the campaign trail, and on the field of honor, if necessary.
Aaron Burr, former General in the Continental Army, and former Vice President under Thomas Jefferson, was a dangerous leftist threat to the Republic,and Burr must be stopped,simple as that, by hook or by crook, by any means necessary. It was Alexander Hamilton's duty,as a Founding Father of the Free Republic,and creator of free market capitalism,Federal banking, and free trade systems, to stop Aaron Burr , no matter what the cost or consequences may be.
For,like his fellow Founding Fathers,Hamilton dedicated his life, not to King,and Country, like Burr,but to God, Liberty, and the Republic.
Now, two hundred and eleven years later,We the People of Hamilton's Free Republic,have a similar choice to make. To stand and fight against the enemies of the Republic, or surrender to tyranny, forevermore.
Former Massachusetts Governor and 2012 Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney, has made his choice.He has come out of self imposed political exile to oppose a man that he does indeed see as a threat to our Republic.The man opposed is Donald J. Trump, Republican Presidential Candidate who, in the wake of both Super Tuesday and Super Saturday as well, still maintains a considerable State Delegate lead over his remaining three Republican opponents, with only Ted Cruz,offering any viable competition for the nomination.
Since the Iowa Caucus, Cruz has held his own, winning comfortably in both caucus states, and those states designated as closed primaries as well. No surprise there. For, despite all the talk of Trump's unstoppable march to the Republican nomination,the political reality is that he is maintaining his 100 point delegate lead, simply due to Liberal Democrat crossover voters, who are mesmerized by his lowbrow "reality t.v.star" status,and who also see Trump as the nominee who will, most likely, lose to their Democrat Party candidate, Hillary Clinton,in the General Election. How true. Trump has a 68% disapproval rating among Republicans Nationwide,due to his extensive Liberal Democrat past, and lack of any discernable conservative principles, or values.There are three things in life that are certain, death, taxes, and the fact that Donald Trump cannot win the General Election against Hillary Clinton. And, make no mistake, the Democrats are well aware of this fact,and despite their worship of him now, will revert to form in the General Election, and vote for Hillary. They know she must win, if the Democrat Socialist Entitlement Agenda is to be advanced , and the House and Senate returned to Democrat control.
They will have Trump as the Republican nominee, because his Primary Victory will ensure the future of the Democrat Party, simple as that.
But, fortunately, the Trump Army , though formidable indeed,is strongly opposed by genuine Conservative Republicans who see the ugly truth behind the Trump phenomenom,  and like Hamilton, have dedicated their lives and fortunes, to stopping him.
Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is the latest of these men to enter the fray, and despite criticism from both Republican and Democrat alike, has unleashed all hell on Trump, taking a cue from Cruz and Rubio,attacking him from all angles, but especially focusing on Trump's questionable business record that includes four bankrupt casinos,a failed airline and, most egregious of all, a multi-faceted ponzi scheme known as Trump University,that defrauded thousands of gullible ,middle class people out of millions of dollars. Add to this the failure of lesser business ventures such as Trump Steaks, Trump Vodka, Trump Magazine, and Trump Water, and you have a clear picture of the true business genius behind the Trump fortune.Trump is a scam artist, who inherited a fortune from his Father's Empire,and despite his business failures, continued to make money by essentially creating faux businesses, and then, selling them,for a profit. Trump is a talented, gold plated,house flipper, simple as that, and Romney ,a man who knows how to create wealth, considered it his patriotic duty, to come forward, now, and expose him, before it was too late.
Like Hamilton ,200 years earlier, Romney saw the threat to the future of the Republic that a Trump Presidency represented, and dedicated himself to stopping him, and destroying his political ambitions, no matter what the cost to his personal life, professional image, or political stock.Romney understands that even if attacking Trump costs him everything he's worked for, everything that he is, or is perceived to be, he is willing to pay that price, because deep down,he knows it's worth the sacrifice.He knows , like our Founders did, that all Americans must be willing to sacrifice , and lay down their lives, if necessary, to save the last, best hope for humanity, the Shining City on a Hill,that must always remain, always endure,if the world is to survive.
And, Mitt is not alone .There are other patriots who have, for many months now, led this fight to save the Republican Party and the Republic as well, from this Democrat Double Agent , this faux Republican called Trump.Three of them,are still dueling with Trump ,for the Republican Nomination. Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and John Kasich , still remain in the arena,and none yet, has shown signs of surrendering the nomination to Trump and his rabid army who will see him the victor, and will tolerate no other.
And, as Debate and Primary State battles rage on, there appears to be a weakening in the Trump armor. The twin pronged attacks by Cruz and Rubio on every level against Trump,are slowly but surely,working. Trump still leads , but Cruz is winning too, and is now, thanks to more closed primary states , steadily gaining on Trump, with the current delegate count having Trump at 416, and Cruz right behind, at 386.And, more closed Republican dominated primary states still remain to be counted.
The shifting political tides began to build in intensity and focus, starting with the Debate prelude to Super Tuesday, .There Cruz and Rubio took advantage of the thinning field of competition, and focused all attacks on Trump , with noticable results. Trump was shaken  by the truth that was exposed in the assaults,and the Super Tuesday results told the story.Both Trump and Rubio scored two state wins,with Cruz actually , for the first time, winning more delegate points than Trump.And Rubio scored as well,winning the late counted caucus state of Minnesota .Rubio had scored a win finally, due in no small part to his laser like attack on Trump and his relentless ground campaign.Rubio had found the formula to victory, but it seemed to be a discovery made too late in the game to give him the commanding leads of Trump and Cruz.But, at least he had scored a win,unlike the other optimistic underdog Kasich, who was still pinning all his hopes on a big win in Ohio, and possibly even Florida.Not very likely. Like Rubio, Kasich has nearly run out of time to mount a successful comeback,and unlike Rubio, has failed to score even one win.However, like Rubio, Kasich's fight is not in vain, and has an ulterior, strategic motive.
Both Rubio and Kasich still stand reasonably good chances of winning their home states of Forida and Ohio,with Kasich actually leading Trump in Ohio polls at this time.
The purpose behind their fight then,must be to act as blockers,to draw the fire away from Cruz,deny Trump winner take all delegate wins in Florida and Ohio, allow Cruz to gain on Trump with wins in the closed primary states, enter into the convention with a nominee still not chosen, and then, leave the nomination decision to the convention delegate themselves. Cruz will obviously be that choice, since only he has won against Trump, not withstanding the Rubio victories in  Minnesota and Puerto Rico.
But, with a Ohio going to Kasich, and Florida to Rubio, Cruz will continue to gain in closed primary states , as he did on Super Tuesday, winning two states, and even more delegates than Trump, and scoring Idaho,on Super Saturday as well. The bottom line?If only Republicans are allowed to vote, in all Republican primaries, Cruz would win the nomination ,easily.
And, Cruz can still win it, if he keeps to the winning formula that he now has,namely, continuing to expose Trump's lack of political substance conservative credentials,and legitimate business skills, while continuing to aggressively promote his own iron clad, unbeatable , conservative agenda.
Ted Cruz, can win.
In the end, conservatism always wins,
All it takes is the guts, courage, and character to believe in it, live it, and promote it,like Alexander Hamilton did, as though your life, and the life of your nation,depends on it,because, it does.
Mitt Romney has shown this courage, by risking all, to oppose Trump.
Ted Cruz, has shown this courage as well, his Senate voting record and aggressively conservative Presidential campaign, proves it.
So too, does Rubio,who has risked his image and credibility , by attacking Trump relentlessly.
So too, does Kasich, who must realize by now, that he cannot win, yet ,also knows he must forge ahead, if he is to deny Trump a delegate victory at the convention.
Hamilton stopped the treasonous Burr, and it cost him, his life.
After shooting Alexander Hamilton,Aaron Burr ,although avoiding jail, would fail at a militia backed coup in Louisiana, and fail to  hold political office ,ever again.
The sacrifices of both Kasich and Rubio will be much less fatalistic, but just as important ,for if the Republic is to survive,if Hillary is to be beaten, Trump must be denied the nomination, and Cruz, the perfect conservative fighting machine,crowned the victor by the Republican Convention delegates.
There are those who say that conspiring to deny the delegate count leader the nomination , in order to choose a candidate more acceptable to the Republican Party, would be a grievious subversion of the People's will, and could result in a permanently shattered Republican Party.
Shattered,by who?
By Liberal Democrat double agent voters who have crossed into Republican Party primaries, in order to elect a Liberal Democrat, reality show t.v. star, rather than the choice of true conservative Republicans?
Let their will be thwarted,
Let Trump supporters walk out,
For , in truth,they would have no business being there , to begin with.
They are not Conservative,
They are not Republicans,
They are Liberal Democrats,whose Party agenda has damaged our nation for decades , and for that reason, they must be beaten, now,if the Republic is to endure.
And, when the Trump cult has fled the convention floor, who shall remain?
Those who stand for conservatism,
Those who stand for the Republic,
Those who demand an end, to destructive Democrat rule,and the rebirth of  Republican rule,
Those who embrace America, as the Shining City on a Hill, that Reagan envisioned,
Those who will have a Conservative Republican Presidency, or they will have none at all.
The final Republican Debate , held in Florida, is now over,
The final duel, on this last field of honor,
What hath been wrought?
While the tone was muted, and all remaining candidates seemed more subdued, putting aside the personal attacks and savage invective, one thing remained the same,from the previous debate,
There were three men on that stage,whose experience, foreign policy knowledge, and core conservative principles,would make them excellent Presidents,
Presidents to be reckoned with,
Presidents who would restore America to her former greatness
And then, there was one man on that stage, whose Liberal Democrat past,incoherent, and inconsistent policy stance,lack of national security or foreign policy knowledge, and questionable business practices, .
Make him a dangerous choice for President,
A choice that, for the sake of the Republic's future, must not be.
Trump believes that Putin is a strong leader, and that China showed strength, by slaughtering protesting students,
Trump believes the Iran deal can be fixed,
Trump refuses to take sides, in the Israel Palestinian conflict,
Trump believes that Obamacare should be replaced, with a mandatory , government controlled healthcare system,
Trump says he will work with the Democrats whose policies have damaged our nation, and wants to "unite" the two Parties.
Trump encourages those at his rallies to punch protestors, which has resulted in repeated assaults and violence, at all Trump venues, and a massive riot at the cancelled Trump rally in Detroit as well.
Is this the man the Republican convention Delegates , should choose , as the Leader of their Party?
The final duel is now, part of History, and all four, of the remaining candidates, still stand, still survive,
As the battle rages on , in the remaining States, ,
A Battle,to save the Republic,
In the end, who shall remain?
Those who stand with the Republic,
Those who stand with Conservatism,
Those who stand on this,
The Last Field of Honor,
With a Man called Cruz!