Well, Rudy on the average certainly isn't a liberal. He's a fiscal, domestic and foreign policy conservative that supports strict constructionist judges.
And about this term "RINO". Using the term implies that ALL "real Republicans" agree 100% of the time. Do you really think that. And who determines who the "real Republicans" are anyways?
"And who determines who the "real Republicans" are anyways?"
I think that is done when they create the party platform.
It lets people know what "Real" Republicans stand for.
Wouldn't you think that a "real Republican" would have to agree with the MAJORITY of the party platform?
Or, failing that, AT LEAST THE most important, deeply held conservative, LIFE/CONSTITUTIONAL issues like being Pro-Life and Pro 2nd Amendment?