[Huck]

Anyone who sponsored or signed or voted for McCain/Feingold.

[Graybeard58]

Posting one line vanities in News/Current Events is a tell tale sign.

[fr_freak]

I think that's one of those things where, if you have to ask, you probably are a RINO.

[West Coast Conservative]

RINO = a Republican who takes liberal positions on key issues, such as abortion or the war.

[wardaddy]

They call anyone who doesn’t share their views on race or miimigration or Islam a racist or bigot?

[ImpBill]

These days it is pretty simple.

Congressman/Senator (fill in the blank) (R)

[Blue Highway]

When he looks like this:

[wardaddy]

They refer to social conservatives as “you people”?

They are the former harpies from here who fled to Wideawakes and Darwin Central and are now crawling back forked tail tucked tween hindquarters.

[gpapa]

RINO - Republicans in Name Only

http://www.wethepeopleforpresident.com/rino.asp

[SandRat]

[Clemenza]

They tawk with a Noo Yawk accent, vacation in the Hamptons, and room with homosexuals. Also, look for a tendency to marry trashy women.

[lesser_satan]

[Jet Jaguar]

Those that sue gun companies while Mayor and then claim they are as pro gun as anyone else.

[svcw]

Any Republican not as conservative as I am.

[roamer_1]

Anyone who ever voted against Pro-Life positions.
Anyone who voted for the immigration bill.
Anyone who has ever uttered the term "path to citizenship"
Anyone who has ever voted for gun control.
Anyone who thinks National Health Care is a right.
Anyone who is for smoking bans on private property.
Anyone who is willing to give up anything for "free trade"
Anyone who panders to independents to "expand the party"
Anyone who can't understand people who stand on principle.

[Hawk1976]

Apologizes to liberals for taking a conservative position.

Ignores conservatives when taking a liberal position.

Refers to anybody opposed to unchecked immigration as “those bigots”

Thinks massively expanding federal government is a sign of “fiscal restraint”

Campaigns against guns and then says he proudly supports them.

Creates an unworkable state universal healthcare program, then claims he won’t on the federal level.

Becomes angry when after claiming to be conservative is shown to have never supported a conservative cause.

Displays an uncanny ability to pretend legislation isn’t something it openly contains.

Likes working with Democrats over those “right-wing extremists”

Supports abortion, then pretends not to like it.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Sure. Just take a look at any Repub in Utah. They have the R in their title but they’re a bunch of pro-illegal immigration, tax-and-spend liberals.

[SaxxonWoods]

I’m in agreement with the sentiment in all the posts so far, but RINO isn’t the proper acronym. It should be CINO, for Conservative In Name Only. With the heavy majority of Republicans leaning moderate, it is we conservatives who are now the RINOS.

[wildbill]

He or She doesn’t agree with YOU!

[cradle of freedom]

I think anyone who puts career and money before principle is a RINO. The money issues are a good way of telling because the RINOs have learned to impersonate real Republicans with the social issues. The RINOs are not as embarassed as they used to be to express conservative social values because they now know that there are millions of values voters out there. But RINOs are weak on fiscal conservatism because heck it’s somebody elses money and they are in bed with anyone who will pay their way, just like a kept woman. RINOs support open borders though they claim to value national security. The reason is that when push comes to shove money trumps everything. That is what a RINO is all about money, money, money. They sell out our border security and they sell out our future by being wasteful and they also sell out our economic strength by bad trade deals that benefit their fat cat friends.