Nobody. Is. Going. To. Pay. Attention. To. Your. Distinctions.
When a RINO makes the news, he’s going to be called a RINO (by conservatives) and no one is going to go back to your playbook of terms-analysis and study the question of whether or not he’s “really” a RINO.
Why can’t you see that?
I see that quite clearly, and so do others.
Time to give it up. If you did any research on the net you'd have found that I already covered the situation where we had Conservative Southern Democrats turning into RINOs. It's nothing new. Now it's become a big deal to you guys because you don't want us to know how Deal ended up in Republican politics.
BTW, I still wouldn't trust him.
You have more patience than I do!! Good luck with this person... I have thrown up my hands in dispair and disgust as there seems to be no reasoning with him.
You might try a definition : "The term implies that, despite party affiliation, RINO politicians are not "authentic" Republicans. The label is usually acquired because a politician's political actions, policies, positions on certain issues or voting records are considered to be at variance with some part of the Republican party platform. [1]
I have vowed to stop replying or trying to "reason" with him as one cannot reason with the unreasonable.... [edit]