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We've been infiltrated by politicians who don't believe in conservatism. A purge will be good for our party if we can throw more RINOs overboard. At this point the Democrats are already getting whatever they want. We need to be able to come back strong and principled with a fire the RINOs will not permit, when the public tires of their experiment with socialism.

I am not fond of the term RINO because it somehow only gets used for moderates, and I don't think that is quite fair.

I think there is room in the party for some moderates. Norm Coleman is an example of a good moderate. He was strong on pro-life issues and the war, supeprb on the UN OIl for Food investigation, but was more with the democrats on green issues. HOWEVER, he wasn't a spy or a saboteur. He made it plain from the outset that he would be voting as his constituents in Minnesota wished on global warming issues. That's ok with me, because he said it up front, allowing the party to make arrangements to accommodate his vote.

Specter, on the other hand, keeps people guessing, and even when it is shown that he is not backed by his constituents, and even when he has been proven wrong, he still votes against the GOP.

But the absolute worst thing, to me, is that he has been working actively with the democrats for some time, and was no doubt reporting what happened in GOP caucus meetings to the democrats. That is dishonorable and there is no excusing it.