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

[mnehring]

Just the 527 provision.

[Diogenesis]

Fear not, FReepers. It is time to purge the RINOs and the impact of the MSM.

[mnehring]

HR513- 109th Congress (527 Reform Act)

[ravingnutter]

My thought exactly. It’s amazing the level the DH supporters will stoop to, isn’t it? I thought about hitting the abuse button, but it’s too much fun to read the replies.

[hunter112]

I agree with everything you said, except Hunter as Vice President. I'd rather see him as Secretary of Defense with the power to really take the fight to our enemies, rather than sitting in a useless job. Let him be Veep during the second Thompson term, by that point, we may well have vanquished our enemies, and Thompson's age/health will be an issue.

So, who do we get to be Vice President during Thompson's first term? Dick Cheney, of course! It will make moonbat heads explode! :)

[Tanniker Smith]

Defining some of these guys as RINOs reminds me of that old definition for "zealot".

A "zealot" is someone who does what God would do if God had all the facts.

Defining a RINO is someone who doesn't agree with a conservative zealot (and not necessarily with a conservative in general) means a large Crash of RINOs in the offing.

[Realism]

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

Since theres nothing wrong with the Conservative agenda and name calling doesn't seem to be attracting voters. It must either be a conspiracy within the Republican party or an evil plot orchestrated by the democrats.

[Blue Highway]

Ok perfect example. I’d vote for that ticket any day of the week!

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Are you talking about a strategy vote where they decide what the final bill will look like? Here is the final roll call

Your Thompson was part of this crowd in the Senate: Democrats voting no: Breaux (D-LA), Nelson (D-NE)
Republicans voting yes: Chafee (R-RI), Cochran (R-MS), Collins (R-ME), Domenici (R-NM), Fitzgerald (R-IL),

In fact he was a co-sponsor of the legislation.

Legislative History: On 22 January 2001, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) introduced S.27 (LOC). Eventually, the bill would have 41 sponsors:

Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI] - 1/22/2001
Sen Cochran, Thad [MS] - 1/22/2001
Sen Levin, Carl [MI] - 1/22/2001
Sen Thompson, Fred [TN] - 1/22/2001
Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT] - 1/22/2001
Sen Collins, Susan M. [ME] - 1/22/2001
Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY] - 1/22/2001
Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] - 1/22/2001
Sen Wellstone, Paul D. [MN] - 1/22/2001
Sen Jeffords, James M. [VT] - 1/22/2001
Sen Reed, Jack [RI] - 1/22/2001
Sen Durbin, Richard [IL] - 1/22/2001
Sen Wyden, Ron [OR] - 1/22/2001
Sen Kohl, Herb [WI] - 1/22/2001
Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] - 1/22/2001
Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] - 1/22/2001
Sen Stabenow, Debbie [MI] - 1/22/2001
Sen Cantwell, Maria [WA] - 1/22/2001
Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] - 1/22/2001
Sen Dayton, Mark [MN] - 1/22/2001
Sen Corzine, Jon S. [NJ] - 1/22/2001
Sen Cleland, Max [GA] - 1/23/2001
Sen Nelson, Bill [FL] - 1/23/2001
Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. [MD] - 1/24/2001
Sen Carper, Thomas R. [DE] - 1/24/2001
Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] - 1/24/2001
Sen Lincoln, Blanche L. [AR] - 1/25/2001
Sen Carnahan, Jean [MO] - 1/30/2001
Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM] - 1/30/2001
Sen Bayh, Evan [IN] - 1/30/2001
Sen Johnson, Tim [SD] - 2/8/2001
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] - 2/8/2001
Sen Sarbanes, Paul S. [MD] - 2/8/2001
Sen Reid, Harry [NV] - 2/8/2001
Sen Miller, Zell [GA] - 2/27/2001
Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] - 2/27/2001
Sen Edwards, John [NC] - 3/8/2001
Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND] - 3/14/2001
Sen Landrieu, Mary L. [LA] - 3/14/2001
Sen Graham, Bob [FL] - 3/15/2001
Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] - 3/30/2001

Thanks for reminding me of just what a significant roll Thompson played in getting Campaign Finance Reform passed.

[gunservative]

It would help if solid conservatives would challenge lifer RINOs in primaries rather than just rubber stamping the re-election because of the fear of going up a giant war chest. It can be done. 2008 and 2010 will be the years to try.

[mnehring]

Nope, HR513 from 109th, it looks like the one you posted is HR2356 from the 108th.

http://www.theorator.com/bills109/hr513.html

Another one of the CFR bills that looked good at the time, and instead just gave more power to MoveOn and other 527s. Either way, as I said, Thompson was wrong to support it, but it doesn't change his overall Conservative record.

[Valin]

RINO! :-)

[wastedyears]

So let’s unite under Hunter, who has an extensive history in Congress to stand on?

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Here is the roll call of the bill you mentioned. Notice how reversed it is to the original supporters of the CFR? That's because it was just an effort to keep everyone playing by the same awful rules. No way has Hunter ever supported Campaign Finance Reform -- neither have most Republicans.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

You are misrepresenting that.

[mnehring]

Because the ‘lets’ in ‘lets unite’ if you are talking about the audience here may move Hunter up from 1% to 1.1%

[WinOne4TheGipper]

Is there a similar chart for other candidates?

[mnehring]

http://www.ontheissues.org has all of them.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

Duncan Hunter isn’t conservative enough for me. He’s a damned RINO.