Letter: I'm no RINO

The Concord Monitor, Concord NH ^ | 2008-12-22 | Richard L. Fortin

[rabscuttle385]

I have closely researched the constitution and bylaws of the Republican State Committee, and nowhere do I find a provision for designating registered Republicans as RINOs (Republicans in name only). So who is it that has the authority to make such a designation?

The RINO designation is being bandied about by certain self-appointed Reagan Republicans as though they have the sole claim to be real Republicans. Was it not Ronald Reagan who popularized the phrase "the big tent," under which all Republicans to the left or right were welcome? Now we have this shrinking minority of so-called Reagan Republicans claiming that they have the authority to tag certain members of our party as RINOs.

I have been called a RINO because I do not always march in lock step with all that my party dictates. I am registered Republican, and I challenge anyone who does not like it to try to remove my party designation. They will have a fight on their hands that they will lose.

RICHARD L. FORTIN

Manchester

[buccaneer81]

And Lowell Weicher

Not since 1990. He's ACP. Unless he switched back at some point after serving as governor.

[buccaneer81]

Going around calling everyone RINO is a game of self aggrandizement that self righteous, intolerant people like to play to feel superior.

Feel free to drift to the left, then.

[dalereed]

Being from the North East there is a 99.9% probability that he’s a RINO!!