The Truth About Mike Castle's Extreme Liberal Voting Record

Red Meat Conservative ^ | 09/13/10 | Daniel

[red meat conservative]

As we battle for the heart and sole of the Republican Part, it is unfortunate that some on our side are distorting Mike Castle's record in an attempt to make him more palatable to conservative voters. They have such disdain for conservative challenger Christine O'Donnell, and desire any chance to have another Senator with an R next to their name, that they are willing to lie about Castle's 20+ year career in Washington. They naively believe that there is an advantage to having 51 seats that are fully controlled by people like Castle, who are to the left of Arlen Specter, as opposed to 50 seats that are not held hostage by socialist extremists.

Have these people learned nothing about the policy and politics of the Republican Party over the past 16 years? What is the purpose of winning back control of both houses of congress if it will lead to the same results as last time? In other words, we will have a slim majority that is held hostage by RINO Senators, in which we will receive the blame for wrongheaded policies that result from initiatives that are anything but Republican! Then we will get crushed in the next election and keep repeating the vicious cycle that was 1995-2006. We need run and govern as conservatives or not run at all.

[RC Clayton]

The term RINO is thrown apart haphazardly around here. Tell me, what does a person have to support in order to be considered a RINO.

[CynicalBear]

>>Tell me, what does a person have to support in order to be considered a RINO.<<

Actually when forced to think about it one needs to consider whether or not we can call someone a RINO given we really don’t know what the GOP really stands for any more. The term is used to denote someone who is not in line with Republican issues but the issues of the Republican Party have become pretty cloudy.

Personally I would say that anyone who does not strongly support constitutional rights and right to life issues would certainly not be in line with what the Party USED to stand for. But, there ya go, is that what the party platform says any more.

So. Bottom line is that RINO could be a term that is as foggy as calling someone a Republican. Seems we need to restate what the Republican platform is.

Thanks, thanks for making things more foggy for me. Pffft.

:-)