Obviously we are going to have to send the Union Army back down there to he'p you people work this out.
You have to remember that the term RINO was being used decades ago before Ronald Reagan came along. In fact, in those days we used to differentiate between "Rockefeller Republican" and "RINO" and "Eastern Wing of the Republican Establishment".
A RINO is a Democrat who runs in a predominantly Democrat area under the Republican label. The purpose is to deny a regular machine Democrat a position in Congress or a state legislature, or sometimes a Governorship or a Mayorality. This frequently happens with city council elections.
A Liberal is a mind-numbed, knee-jerk, robot-like adherent or advocate of various discredited and antiquated Leftwing nostrums and notions. A RINO does not need to be a Liberal, nor are all Liberal Republicans RINOs. Some of them are just unpleasant people who can't get elected as Democrats.
Lol FRiend!
For those interested in the actual truth, below is the Deal investigation report:
OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS – Review No. 09-1022 – SUBJECT: Representative Nathan Deal
http://oce.house.gov/disclosures/Review_No_09-1022_Referral_to_Standards.pdf
Wow, muawiyah. I’ve never read such an over-analysis of the term RINO. You’re going to have to take that act on the road. Maybe after a couple of decades of speeches around the country you’ll convince one or two other people of your definition of RINO.
In the meantime, “Republican In Name Only” signifies exactly what the rest of us THINK it signifies:
Someone in the Republican Party who is way too liberal to BE in the Republican Party.
Your analysis might be historically correct, but give it a break, man. When people think RINO they think “liberal Republican” and all your analysis isn’t going to change that.