Surrounded by RINOs: RINOs to the Left of me and RINOs to the Right of me

FreeRepublic and others (links provided) | 11.07.07 | FreeRepublic and others

[VR-21]

"POE...Purity of Essense...POE..."

Have you ever seen a RINO drink a glass of water?

[HHKrepublican_2]

Sure! Get Rid of everyone who disagrees with you, and then everything you say will be true!

[Realism]

Hmmm.... Maybe a Republicrat party should be formed and fashioned for the moderates of both parties. It would be interesting to see if the far right and left could compete.

[fireforeffect]

“me and about 100 others.”

Sounds about right.

[mnehring]

Bad vote, wrong move, which is why he isn’t to the very right on that chart. But you will be hard pressed to find any candidate that doesn’t have one or two bad votes. Even Duncan Hunter voted for the 527 provision of CFR.

[Blue Highway]

Sure! Get Rid of everyone who disagrees with you, and then everything you say will be true!

Sounds like a trick right out of Hillary's bag there.

[Edit35]

Actually, most Republicans realize that the most intractable rock-ribbed conservative candidate is NOT always the one who can win general elections.

I'm sure it pains you (and me also) to admit that the key to winning in 2008 is to pick the MOST conservative candidate as possible ... who also has the resources, the personality, the financial support, the likability, and the personal ethics to get 51-percent of the vote in the general election.

Unfortunately, the most conservative candidate does not always mean the best candidate.

It's really that simple.

There is a point, of course, for myself and for most Republicans that even the most likable Republican candidate is unacceptable ... if they betray too many conservative-GOP principals.

To me, Guliani falls in that camp.

Mitt Romney, on the other hand, supports and exudes many of the great conservative virtues that made the GOP a great patriotic party.

Is Romney perfect? No.

No candidate is perfect. (Reagan passed amnesty in 1986, and raised taxes in 1987, passed a pro-abortion plan in CA in 1967, and did nothing when the US Marines were attacked in Lebanon in 1983)

Still, many people see him as the ultimate conservative Republican candidate.

Thus it will be with Romney, I believe.

[Parley Baer]

This thread is a perfect example of why the dimocRATS are going to win and the country will take a hard turn to the left. To many Republicans will sit out the election because their guy is not the nominee.

[Blue Highway]

Hmmm.... Maybe a Republicrat party should be formed and fashioned for the moderates of both parties. It would be interesting to see if the far right and left could compete.

That's pretty much what we have with the Republicans right now being 99% RINOS. Same goes with the old Democrats being taken over by the far left, someone like Zell Miller or Joe Lieberman would represent maybe 1% of what their party used to stand for.

[hunter112]

Because there are better "Conservatives" to pick from.

Anybody able to even eke out 5% of the vote? Even if 100% of all FReepers were to support Hunter, he'd not even reach 4%.

Fred Thompson is not as 'perfect' as Duncan Hunter, but at least he has a shot at winning the nomination. He does NOT deserve to be on the same list with Rooty.

[stockstrader]

Hmmm.... Maybe a Republicrat party should be formed and fashioned for the moderates of both parties. It would be interesting to see if the far right and left could compete.

Yep, the Republican Party has been moving to the left for years now.

If you want to accelerate that movement to the left--so that we can FINALLY achieve the LIBERAL NIRVANA of TWO political parties BOTH to the left of center (while destroying what's left of the CONSERVATIVE IDENTITY of the Republican Party)...

a LIBERAL like Rudy is the RIGHT MAN AT THE RIGHT TIME!!!

[Blue Highway]

There is a point, of course, for myself and for most Republicans that even the most likable Republican candidate is unacceptable ... if they betray too many conservative-GOP principals.

To me, Guliani falls in that camp.

Mitt Romney, on the other hand, supports and exudes many of the great conservative virtues that made the GOP a great patriotic party.

I'd agree with most everything except the last paragraph. I think if you substitute Fred Thompson's name for Mitt Romney, we'd be in agreeance 100%. Can you tell me why you prefer Romney over Thompson? Romney seems to want to be all things to all people, and the last person running for president that sounded like was John F Kerry.

[sageb1]

Wow.

[avacado]

We are at War with the Democrats!

RUMSFELD: "You have to go to war with the army you've got, not the one you want!"

Soldiers do not leave the battle field in a hissy fit while their brethren turn to corpses!

[Blue Highway]

I really hope before the Iowa Caucuses, Hunter can be a big enough man and realize he cannot win in 2008, and will team up and support Thompson, and be a part of his administration. If they form that kind of alliance now, most conservatives would jump on board, and then Romney, McCain would fall by the wayside. Leaving Rudy vs. Thompson/Hunter. Then it would be a Conservative vs. RINO and that would be great to see Rudy struggle to TRY to be more conservative even knowing it would be smoke and mirrors, and he would then realize he was running for the wrong party, and should have run as a Democrat.

[wastedyears]

http://ontheissues.org/Duncan_Hunter.htm

Hunter is farther to the right.

[cripplecreek]

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Hunter voted for CFR? Oh, I’m going to have to look that up.

[roses of sharon]

I think we should purge everyone who doesn’t agree with me 100% of the time

No Valin, we should purge anyone who doesn't agree with ME 100% of the time, lol!

[mnehring]

Yes, Duncan is the furthest Right, but what is the chance that even if you convince ever Freeper he polls over 1%-2%? All we are doing is splitting up the conservatives so Rudy walks away with the pop-culture/war only votes. Fred is the most Conservative who is within striking distance of Rudy and can do the most damage if we actually do something crazy and unite.