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Do RINO's run the country? (1 Viewer)

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I just heard this term for the first time while watching Hannity and Colmes:
Republicans In Name Only
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It came up while discussing the upcoming Republican primary in Rhode Island. Apparantly, the between the two Republican's running, Chaffey and Laffee, one is a RINO, the other is not.

Since I haven't been a Republican for over 20 years, I thought I would ask the conservative leadership of DP to tell me who, in their opinion, are these RINO's? And why is it said they run the Republican party?
 
I dont think I count as "conservative leadership" but ill chime in. This expression i've heard used by PTSDkid quite often to describe those who are slightly moderate.

Its my opinion that any conservative that has strayed from the Barry Goldwater camp are RINO's. We need more Barry Goldwater republicans. That was a man you could respect regardless of your political offilation, he was always so consistent in his position.
 
How about these RINO's:
  • aquapub
  • Stinger
  • easy65
  • pstdkid
  • TOT
  • ProudAmerican
  • stsburns
  • Calm2Chaos
  • Stu Gahtze (who?)
The wannabe elephants.
 
The Right wing radicals have stolen the name Republican and are trying to claim the traditions of the Republican party. for years I was a registered republican. It was not until after Reagan's second term that I became aware of the Right Wing Conspiracy to destroy our constitution and our rights. We use to want to help America, and the people, now the right wing wants to control and enslave the minds and bodies of Americans. American use to be a Capitalist country, now we re becoming a country that is ruled by the Rich and we are creating subservience from the poor. The Goal for the present Government is to create wealth for the already rich, and destroy the middle class, and destroy the schools so the people will only know the lies and propaganda that comes form Fox and MSNBC.

The Right Wing Radicals act like and want to be a new royalty, or a new ruling class like the houses of the middle ages. We can call them Lord Cheney, Duke Jeb, King George, Duke Gingritch,The Earl of Ohio, etc.
 
Originally posted by dragonslayer
The Right wing radicals have stolen the name Republican and are trying to claim the traditions of the Republican party. for years I was a registered republican. It was not until after Reagan's second term that I became aware of the Right Wing Conspiracy to destroy our constitution and our rights. We use to want to help America, and the people, now the right wing wants to control and enslave the minds and bodies of Americans. American use to be a Capitalist country, now we re becoming a country that is ruled by the Rich and we are creating subservience from the poor. The Goal for the present Government is to create wealth for the already rich, and destroy the middle class, and destroy the schools so the people will only know the lies and propaganda that comes form Fox and MSNBC.

The Right Wing Radicals act like and want to be a new royalty, or a new ruling class like the houses of the middle ages. We can call them Lord Cheney, Duke Jeb, King George, Duke Gingritch,The Earl of Ohio, etc.
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That's the Great Neo Con!
 
What we have is a two party system with very little difference between the two. People with money are running the country. As far as I'm concerned the President's office is mostly "public face" and the real movers and shakers are those you don't see.

That's why you can easily have someone like me call themselves a south park republican while a neigbor with very similar beliefs might call themselves a tree hugging liberal. The differences are all in our mind but we cling to them as if it matters. Money runs not just our country but the global world. Voting for president is only slightly more important than voting for MTV's video of the year. In the end the real people who run shite behind the scenes are going to do what they are going to do while we bicker amoungst ourselves over the trivial.

Forget are the RINOS running the country. The real question is which shiteheads exactly are running the world? Bet your arse we didn't vote for them.
 
I'm surprised that a man with your political awareness wouldn't have heard of the RINO term before this. Everyone of the responses so far have been way off target. How could you possibly think that a "Republican in name only" would be running this country? Chaffee and Susan Collins of Maine are two prime examples of RINO's. Refer to my post "Moderate Politics is a Joke" to get a take on what I think about these party traitors. Remember the RINO 'Jumping Jim Jeffords' from Vermont? So if RINO's are moderates--they must be a 'JOKE'. John McCain is slipping ever so closer to becoming a uselsss RINO. It would be a shock to our NEOCON friends to find out that its really the RINO's who are runing this country. LOL!
 
"RINO's" is the term that radical right-wingers have coined to label anyone who hasn't bought into their highjacking of the Republican party. It is just another of the right-wing talking points/part of their propoganda.

Are RINO's running this country? Hardly. Bush is not even close to a RINO. He is a handpuppet of the radical right. There are many in that group that want to label Bush a RINO because his failure as president has tainted their once never-ending love for him to the point that they don't want to be associated with him.

I also wouldn't say that RINO's are "Moderates", although Moderate Republicans could comprise part of the group. "RINO's" would comprise anyone who is even slightly to the right of the radical right-wing which would include hard-core conservative Republicans and Moderate Republicans.

In short (to the neocon/right-wingers) - a RINO is anyone who refers to themselves as a Republican but is not a radical right-winger.

In Truth - RINOS are the radical right who have stolen the name Republican from a party that once represented some good ideas. They have perverted the name "Republican".
 
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"RINO's" is the term that radical right-wingers have coined to label anyone who hasn't bought into their highjacking of the Republican party. It is just another of the right-wing talking points/part of their propoganda.

***Hijacking the Republican party? We are what we are...conservative pro Americans. We are the team of conservatives that helped give George Bush the most votes for a presidential election in our nation's history...that's who have hijacked the country's best interest. How is it propaganda to label a RINO as being a moderate, or as being one that doesn't have the best interest of it's majority party or of the majority of Americans who voted Republican?

Are RINO's running this country? Hardly. Bush is not even close to a RINO. He is a handpuppet of the radical right. There are many in that group that want to label Bush a RINO because his failure as president has tainted their once never-ending love for him to the point that they don't want to be associated with him.

***Well, you are right that Bush is not a RINO. And how has Bush failed as a president? Have you been looking at his favorability and job performance ratings as of late? Have you noticed how the economy continues to boom, or how gas prices are getting so low that you'll be able to ditch that 3-wheel bicycle in lieu of a gas guzzling SUV for transportation purposes, or that his tax cutting policies are actually putting more of your own money into your pockets, or how the Republicans have put forth the bill in Congress to erect a 700 mile long wall on our Southwestern border, or that all of the Democrat cries of administration foul play is smashing back into their faces with that Joe Wilson farce, with that Tom Delay farce..etc, etc? Just turn on your TV and look at all the good news for this country as Republicans and Bush are rising in the polls just before election day. Where have I heard, "It's the economy stupid?" Well, the economy is booming, and the concern over Iraq and terrorism is and will always be something that only the Republicans can handle. Imagine a John Kerry as president. Imagine what if anything that cut-and-run specialist would do under the pressure and threat of terrorism. Scary...ain't it? Remember, no homeland terrorist attacks since 9/11.

IIn short (to the neocon/right-wingers) - a RINO is anyone who refers to themselves as a Republican but is not a radical right-winger.

***I'm sure those 5 million plus people that voted for Bush would gladly be called a radical right winger. Methinks a radical right winger would be the only one able to fend this country from terrorism. What is the opposite of a radical right winger? Well, its a lefty pacifist dove, of course. Which one would you trust to fight off terrorism? LOL!

In Truth - RINOS are the radical right who have stolen the name Republican from a party that once represented some good ideas. They have perverted the name "Republican".
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***Please tell us of those 'good ideas' that the Republicans once had.
 
When I hear the term "conservative", I think of the policies of Reagan. Today's policies are far different.
 
Billo_Really said:
I just heard this term for the first time while watching Hannity and Colmes:
It came up while discussing the upcoming Republican primary in Rhode Island. Apparantly, the between the two Republican's running, Chaffey and Laffee, one is a RINO, the other is not.

Since I haven't been a Republican for over 20 years, I thought I would ask the conservative leadership of DP to tell me who, in their opinion, are these RINO's? And why is it said they run the Republican party?
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I'm not voting on this, cuz I don't have an exact answer, but I'll answer what I think a RINO is. Actually, this is what El Rushbo says they are.

A RINO is a "McCaine Republican" or a "Rockefeller Republican". They are "anti-tax cut, anti-drilling for oil in ANWR, they are anti-conservative agenda". They are "cut-and-runners". They face a little bit of democrat opposition and then bend over to grab their ankles. They mostly vote democrat, like Lincoln Chaffey. They don't ever want to offend anybody. In fact, Bush is kinda like a RINO. He spends like crazy, has too much gov't, and believes in amnesty for illegal immigrants, just because he's afraid to lose the hispanic vote.

So basically a RINO is just someone who is disguised as a Republican, but they don't really believe in the conservative agenda, which is the backbone of the Republican Party.

To get info on what a "True-Conservative" is and believes, just read Newt Gingrich's new book, or become a subsriber at www.rushlimbaugh.com
 
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