[gtsamson]

Noticed that, did you?

What exactly is a RINO? By that, I mean what policies does a Republican have to support in order to be considered a RINO?

[Nervous Tick]

>> What exactly is a RINO?

We should get one thing straight. I am NOT a republican. I am a conservative. I support the Republican party exactly to the extent that they represent my views.

Currently, they don’t very well. Not very well at all.

[Richard Kimball]

Actually, a RINO is pretty much what a Republican was before Reagan, other than the Goldwater wing, which was pretty small. It's the Rockefeller wing of the party. Old money rich, socially liberal, primarily pushing legislation to benefit large businesses and corporations.

The Republican hierarchy didn't like Reagan, and in fact, pushed Bush I on him as VP. They tried to push Gerald Ford on him, and insist that Ford actually be installed as a "co-president" to reign in Reagan's "dangerous tendencies."

The Republican hierarchy endured Reagan, and those of us they consider to be beneath them who voted for Reagan, and were more than happy to take our votes. However, they neither like us nor care to be associated with us. Their current plan is to throw us out and get people who won't vote Republican because of our stance on being pro-life or supporting the right to keep and bear arms to replace us.

They run that way every election until they start getting creamed, then they come back to us. I'm starting to feel like a battered wife.