[defconw]

I am tired of the RINO designation, one does not have to be a conservative to be a Republican. The term is used to bully people who don't live up to the unrealistic expectations of a few people who call themselves Republicans. They are trying to hijack the party and I will not sit by and allow it.

Furthermore the more someone is called a RINO or a liberal the more inclined I am to support them. They must be doing something right in my estimation. The insistence on ideological purity is reminiscent not only of the modern Democrat Party but also the totalitarian regimes of the past. It is a road to disaster. Fortunately our Party leadership understands this.

[Dominick]

I am tired of the RINO designation, one does not have to be a conservative to be a Republican.

You have to be a conservative to get my vote. When faced with a Crist type RINO and Jim Davis who is a Democrat, it gives me a chance to look at the records and actually CONSIDER voting for a 'Rat. That should not happen.

They both want to permit arbitrary killing of children, they both want to increase state spending, they both have socialist plans for insurance/disaster recovery and they both are pandering to immigration. So how does it benefit me as a conservative? My "conservative" GOP leaders work for the election of Bill Nelson over Harris. Screaming she can't win is deplorable. It is even more maddening to me when Bush spouts it too.

It is not totalitarianism, it is party discipline. If you want to be a Republican, there are some non-negotiable issues. A "cut and run" republican would not be tolerated. There are other non-negotiable issues.

Gallagher pandered the conservative line, and it was not believable. We should have had a real conservative there running, but nobody has developed for that role.

I am a Republican, because I am a conservative. I work actively for Republican goals because the candidates match my goals. If Crist comes out more leftist than Davis, then I have to vote my ideology.