Sigh, indeed. You just don't get it, do you Titan?
It seems you think ANY criticism of a Republican official on this forum means the freeper is automatically calling them a "RINO". Not so. McClintock is a fine conservative. His endorsement of Poisoner is wrong. McClintock is human and is not perfect 100% of the time. The same is true of any other conservative politician. Ronald Reagan was the greatest President in my lifetime. But I certainly won't defend or support his endorsement of Richard Schweicker for VP in 1976. Sarah Palin is a solid conservative but has made some endorsements I don't like. And so on, and so on.
In fact, the only person on this forum who seems to bring up the word "RINO" on these threads is you. I think you're projecting. You seem desperate to "prove" that any ounce of criticism posted on FR is proof that we hate someone and we're out to "get" them and purify the GOP. Very thin-skinned. Only you seem to think a freeper is claiming so-and-so is a RINO scumbag if the poster offers anything less than gushing praise for everything that person does.
“His endorsement of Poisoner is wrong.”
Who do you support, btw?
CA-Sen. 2010: Palin Defends Fiorina Endorsement at SBA List Breakfast (RINO Alert)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2513647/posts
If I had a dollar for every time Sarah Palin has been called “not Conservative” or a “RINO” at Free Republic by the haters..........I'd be Mitt Romney.
-—”Only you seem to think a freeper is claiming so-and-so is a RINO scumbag if the poster offers anything less than gushing praise for everything that person does.”-—
Why do you even take the time to post such nonsense? You know the Sarah haters are blasting her on every freaking thread, sometimes to the point of dehumanizing her. Trying to pretend they aren't calling her a “RINO Scumbag” or worse is willful blindness, or dishonesty.
She has been called an “Enemy of the USA” by some at FR, a “whore,” a “ditz”, a “fraud,” “stupid,” “scum,” “less coherent than a trained monkey,” an “airhead,” a “RINO”
Heck, here's just a partial list:
“I was going to vote for Sarah Palin, but now she's lost ALL of her Conservative credentials by endorsing McCain.”
“I can't believe Sarah Palin is throwing Conservatives under the bus for John McCain! Now I'll never vote for her!”
“She can't WIN! She quit on Alaska, and that's all her opponents need to say!”
“She didn't outright say that she wants to deport every illegal alien in her first 100 days of office, so that means she supports total amnesty and open borders! What a RINO! Why she didn't even spit on John McCain right in the middle of a campaign speech when the topic of immigration was mentioned, so how could she be a REAL Conservative?”
“I was thrilled when John McCain picked her as his running mate, but now she's tarnished goods. That's just a fact.”
“I was open to supporting her, but this (insert latest bullcrap spin on latest bullcrap accusation of the day against Palin) is a deal-breaker for me!”
“Jim Demint for President in 2012! I don't care if he's completely ruled it out!”
“I care about the USA, and Palin is now the enemy.”—stephenjohnbanker
“She IS a quitter. She IS a political lightening rod. She is damaged goods”-—PSYCHO-FREEP
“What’s the difference between John McCain and Sarah Palin? Lipstick”-—UCFRoadWarrior
“Palin IS all for Amnesty”-—PSYCHO-FREEP
“Palin is rapidly proving her incompetence as a Conservative. She is also a terrible speaker”-—PSYCHO-FREEP
“Now, I'm thinking she's not worth backing herself”-—A2J
“Palinbots”—Man50D
“I think Palin’s fifteen minutes are up.”-—Uri’el-2012
“Sounds like as airhead”-—indylindy
“Bye bye Sarah”-—unkus
“Palin is not the real problem around here. Her supporters on FR are. They are no different than the O admin”-—indylindy
“rabid Palin worshippers”-—indylindy
“Sarah, YOU stick around and listen. Maybe YOU’ll learn something.”-—DManA
“she’s just another wannabe”-—dps.inspect
“i have very serious doubts about Palin”-—wyowolf
“I got off the Palin bus five or six stops back.”—noumenon
“I refuse to vote for her. Is she stupid, blackmailed, or bribed”-—little jeremiah
“Her quitting the Alaskan governourship under pressure shows that she doesn’t have what it takes”-— Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
“A trained monkey could have had a more coherent answer”-—pissant
“She is nothing more than a double talking politician and because of it she will never be our nominee”-—tatown
“As near as I can tell she has a popularity addiction it seems and is NOT good POTUS material”-—cva66snipe
“PalinStinians”-—UCFRoadWarrior
“She is no better than Myth Romney”-—Frantzie
“I will NOT support her for any elective office.”-—Mariner
“Palin’s toast now”-—pissant
“I’ve lost my respect for Sara Palin”-—concernedforusa
“Her list of poor judgements (being generous) keeps growing.”-—School of Rational Thought
“Sarah Palin has a degree in journalism? Why oh why doesn’t she get some decent help with writing and with speeches??”-—molybdenum
“Yes, she is not the conservative her supporters claim she is”-—UCFRoadWarrior
“(On Palin) the friend of my enemy is also my enemy.”-—stockpirate
“she isn’t up to the Presidency.”-—MEGoody
Palin haters aren't offering “criticism,” they are trying to detroy her, on a personal level if needed. Do I need to bring-in some of the comments about her family and “what a bad mother she is?”
And calling Sarah a RINO is an out and out LIE.
If this is the road FR wants to go down- where every conservative who endorses a RINO gets kicked to the curb- there will be no more conservatives left.