It was the "Dinocons" who supported Nixon but were abandoned by the RINOs when Goldwater was the GOP nominee. It was the "Dinocons" who gave us Reagan, despite RINO objections that he was "unelectable." After Reagan's success, Bush I was such a wondrous moderate he couldn't get re-elected even with the fall of the Soviet Union and GW-I. After only two years of Clinton, a conservative charge took Congress. In response to that success, the RINOs offered Dole... After eight years of Clinton, the GOP abandoned "unelectable" conservatives for Bush II "because he can win. " Bush's squishy conservatism and "bipartisanship" have since empowered the Democrats, leaving the GOP in nearly total disarray despite the continuing outrage of public treason from the Democrats.
After successful Republican conservative governors in California (Reagan and Deukmejian), the RINOs proffered Wilson, who absolutely stiffed any conservative downticket GOP nominee and destroyed the local party infrastructure by turning the ground game into a feeding frenzy of mediot consultants. The "Dinocons" bailed out Pete Wilson anyway, and then got screwed by the RINOs when Bill Simon was the Party nominee. So when the "Dinocons" backed Schwarzenegger, what did he do? Well, he allied himself with the Democrats and withdrew ALL party support from the down-ticket Republican nominees.
See a pattern? We're tired of your BS.
I second that emotion.
Hi Carry: Great summary.