I've come to the realization that the Party Label of some Republicans doesn't stand for anything in their voting.
You vote for what you think is a counter-issue representative, and you get a Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, Lindsay Graham, George Voinovich, John McCain, etc., that votes with the Democrats when it comes down to the wire. A slim Majority means no progress on conservative issues, so long as RINO's keep getting elected simply because there is an "R" next to their name.
Think about it.
At least if the Democrat wins, you don't have false hope of an (R) voting with the conservative values when you need him(her).....
But your premise is false.
That's not why RINOs get elected.
No, what you get is the D voting 99 - 100% with their party and NEVER reaching across the aisle to acknowledge or even attempt to work with Republicans.
Yes, we have some horrible RINOs in the Senate, but, at least every once in a while, they do vote with their party.
This reasoning is so flawed, IMO. Funny thing is, up until the healthcare vote, there were those deemed bluedog Democrats, who may have voted NO, but, Pelosi threatened them. So, they towed the party line.
That’s what you get with a D. Total party goosestep. I think this must be the kind of thinking that allowed the Hitlers and Mussolinis to come to power. No politician is 100% truthful, regardless of whether there is an R or D beside the name.
These RINOS are deal makers, they are not even motivated by genuine beliefs. McCain has been making deals with the Dems for all of these years so that they will give him payback when he wants it. They horse trade. McCain votes with the Dems to act as a “beard” to give them cover on controversial bills so that the Dems can clain that it was “bipartisan”. In exchange they will throw some pork to McCain who will hand the pork over to his crony supporters. The crony supporters will thank him by continuing to give money to McCain’s campaign chest. The law allows politicians to keep any money that is left over in their campaign chest when they retire. It is all a merry-go-round of cronyism with the taxpayers money.