As I said to another poster, I never understood why so many people can (correctly) call McCain, Romney, and Jeb "RINOs" but then rush to the defense of George W., who was every bit as liberal as his brother, McCain, and Romney on most issues.
Seems to me that it takes a great deal of doublethink to attack Romney as "RINO scum" in one breath and then praise George W. Bush to the skies in the next.
Measuring conservatism is a lost art...In the insular FR environment anyone who shouts I am more conservative than you seems to rule the day.Once night falls a new game is started.
I think the whole RINO meme is a stupid waste of time.
Compared to a lot of Republicans Romney and McCaine ARE on the right and compared to others they ARE on the left ..so who is the Republican in name only?
Bush was a decent honorable man (that followed Bill Clinton who was pond scum) whether you or anyone liked this or that policy means nothing. He did what he thought was right and you cannot ask for more from any human.
The big “TRUE CONSERVATIVE” everyone on FR seeks is a fantasy...Once you find him and coronate him you will find lots people on here who don’t think he is conservative enough