You misunderestimate the mental gymnastics conservatives are capable of. Remember, this is the party that believes Democrats are racist like Nazis despite the fact that minorities are overwhelmingly Democrat, and Democrats elected a black president... twice.
Ted Cruz can't be president because his views are too radical to win a general election. He is also not likable. McCarthy didn't win the president, and Cruz won't either.
Not to mention is in ineligible be cause he wasn't born here.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.