Posted on 11/04/2010 9:18:47 AM PDT by JimWayne
Don't blame the Democrats for the defeat of Christine O'Doneell and Sharon Angle. The RINOs have worked hard and worked WITH the Dims to make sure that the Tea Party candidates would not win.
In Delaware, it was Karl Rove who opposed O'Donnell. In Nevada, it was a state level RINO who supported the Democrat. In Alaska, RINOs have done everything to prevent Joe Miller from winning. You can be sure that Ken Buck must have been done in by RINOs like Karl Rove.
A suggestion to hit back at them - deny RINOs the right to post on FR. If anyone brings up the claim that it is better to support a "winnable" anti-life and pro-spending candidate instead of a Tea Party candidate, how about showing zero tolerance and kicking them out instantly even if they have been around for 10 years. Surely, GOP officials use FR to their benefit. Why not pay back in their own coin? If they don't support us, why should we support them?
Do you have a list of folks you would like to see purged?
Maybe if they're just semi-questionable we could just have a yellow star sewn on their jackets or something.
Riiiiiight, Jim. That’ll work. Will you be the arbiter of such swift and subjective justice?
Will you suggest I be banned for breaking the news to you that Christine O’Donnell was an awful, awful candidate? (Note: This is not to say that Castle or Coons was a good candidate.) Just because COD said a few platitudes that we agreed with doesn’t mean there was more than half a brain in her head.
While I think we share the same cynicism with our Federal government and just what will change now, I think your idea of purging FR is a tad bit ridiculous.
Riiiiiight, Jim. That’ll work. Will you be the arbiter of such swift and subjective justice?
Will you suggest I be banned for breaking the news to you that Christine O’Donnell was an awful, awful candidate? (Note: This is not to say that Castle or Coons was a good candidate.) Just because COD said a few platitudes that we agreed with doesn’t mean there was more than half a brain in her head.
While I think we share the same cynicism with our Federal government and just what will change now, I think your idea of purging FR is a tad bit ridiculous.
WE HAVE A WINNER! (in my opinion)
Thank you.
“I’ll give you an “A” for attitude.”
I’ll give him an “A” too. “A”lmost sane. Almost.
the best way to debunk poor ideas is to air them out. Kind of like the idea of trying to gag people with ideas that don’t agree with your own. Let them post. if the ideas are rubbish they may even learn why.
I will criticize the party in one respect. A month out Buck had a solid lead in the media polls. The left began carpet bombing us with Buck attack ads, ridiculous, over the top stuff. But it went largely unanswered. We really could have used some of that money the NRSC dumped into California and it might have made a difference in what proved a very tight race.
Because the point of this site (as I understand it) is to:
1) share information and analysis about the news
2) coordinate activism locally (and nationally)
3) raise awareness about specific government actions that get glossed over elsewhere (going through the full text of the amnesty bill for example)
4) place for people to talk about various topics (religon, pets, prayer for loved ones, personal news, science news, medical news, history, tv shows etc.)
This site shouldn’t try to be an echo chamber and as long as you avoid serious trolling, profanity, racism, personal attacks, or threats of violence you should be allowed to post.
People have issues with candidates sometimes you can’t hate them for it. From what I’ve seen everyone on this site piled on Murkowski for what she did. Angle shot herself in the foot a few times with some of her remarks (hispanics look like asians). O’Donnell has some legitimate issues that raise red flags and her campaign was less than professional (”I’m not a witch...”).
Yea sure if Karl Rove comes out and identifies his FR screen name go ahead flame away at him but otherwise chillout and focus on making sure the GOP stays on target and doesn’t sell out (like they did the last time).
Because the point of this site (as I understand it) is to:
1) share information and analysis about the news
2) coordinate activism locally (and nationally)
3) raise awareness about specific government actions that get glossed over elsewhere (going through the full text of the amnesty bill for example)
4) place for people to talk about various topics (religon, pets, prayer for loved ones, personal news, science news, medical news, history, tv shows etc.)
This site shouldn’t try to be an echo chamber and as long as you avoid serious trolling, profanity, racism, personal attacks, or threats of violence you should be allowed to post.
People have issues with candidates sometimes you can’t hate them for it. From what I’ve seen everyone on this site piled on Murkowski for what she did. Angle shot herself in the foot a few times with some of her remarks (hispanics look like asians). O’Donnell has some legitimate issues that raise red flags and her campaign was less than professional (”I’m not a witch...”).
Yea sure if Karl Rove comes out and identifies his FR screen name go ahead flame away at him but otherwise chillout and focus on making sure the GOP stays on target and doesn’t sell out (like they did the last time).
that attitude is seen on this site more and more...and it’ll just prove what the democrats say, if you don’t agree 100% with the right wingers, get out. The rude and pure nasty comments on this site and the my way is the only way is why people are leaving.
In this bitterly divided conservative world we live in, the use of the term "RINO" is applied regularly to various politicians, pundits, organizations, and Freepers disqualifying them as conservative.
In order to help define who is and is not a RINO, I have compiled a list from various Freeper sources that will hopefully lend guidance to the novice Freeper that may be confused, or the previously deeply conservative Freeper that now finds themselves or someone they support, labeled as RINO.
This is by no means a definitive list, and I hope other Freepers will help expand it.
You are a RINO, if you claim you are a Republican and :
You have been a Democrat..... appeared with, worked on legislation with, or agreed with any Democrat on any Dem sponsored issue, at any time.
You support anything besides closing the border and deporting illegals in the immigration debate.
You support any gun regulations
You have ever addressed homosexuals, enjoyed a homosexual's music, or acknowledged homosexuals in any manner. Support of civil unions is undeniably RINO.
You are pro-choice, have ever been pro-choice, supported legislation that allows any abortions, supported anyone that is in any way pro-choice.
You did not support letting the economy collapse in 2008.
You have ever been diplomatic with Muslims when addressing them.
You have ever advised caution in response to a knee jerk conservative issue.
You have ever resigned from an elected office.
You do not believe China is a dire and existential threat.
You believe the earth has warmed, not that humans caused it, just that it has warmed.
You support public transportation, hybrids, electric cars, CFLs, or any other green thing.
You support any environmental regulations.
You support any taxes except tariffs.
You support having the Federal Reserve in charge of monetary policy.
You support free trade, particularly trade agreements and the WTO.
You believe job losses are not due to cheap offshore labor.
You believe procuring federal money for your local area is normal.
You support the right of Presidents to appoint whom they wish as judges.
You donate to the Republican Party, especially the RNC.
You are from the Northeast
You think extending unemployment benefits is the right thing to do.
You are an elected Republican and you did not:
Refuse any earmarks.
Cut SS and Medicare.
Freeze spending.
Cut the budget deficit.
Cut the national debt.
Eliminate the DOE, DHS, Education.
Pass voter ID legislation.
Close the border.
Open everywhere to oil and NG drilling.
Attack Democrats loudly and daily.
Call for Obama's impeachment.
You are an elected Republican and you did:
Say anything nice about Obama or a Democrat
Sign any legislation that might be misused by liberals at a later date.
Vote for TARP.
Get elected in a liberal state.
Vote for or endorse NCLB and Part D.
Support any home ownership incentives.
You are... or support, vote for, agree with, endorse or were an advisor to:
John McCain
Mitt Romney
Rudy Guiliani
Mike Huckabee
Sarah Palin
Mitch McConnell
Fred Thompson
Lindsey Graham
George Bush
George HW Bush
Haley Barbour
Bob Dole
Newt Gingrich
Trent Lott
Mitch McConnell
Tom Delay
Schwartzenegger
Rick Perry
Kay Baily Hutchinson
John Kyl
John Boehner
Chris Christie
Scott Brown
Scott Thune
Paul Ryan
Vitter
Lisa Murkowski
Ron Paul
Marco Rubio
Meg Whitman
Carly Fiorina
Karl Rove
Condoleeza Rice
Dick Cheney
Laura Bush
Ann Coulter
Hannity
Rush
Glenn Beck
Don Rumsfeld
Harriet Meiers
Dick Armey
Olympia Snowe
Susan Collins
Darrell Issa
John Kasich
Mike DeWine
The NRA
The Chamber of Commerce
The Heritage Foundation
The NFIB
(This is just a short list...for noobies, it is safe to assume that anyone that is a Republican is a RINO, except for Jim Demint, Jeff Sessions, and Michelle Bachmann and you can't really be sure about them....DeMint endorsed Romney for instance).
Also for noobs, remember this. Circumstances surrounding a RINO's depravity are not to be considered....re: George Bush is a RINO because he called Islam a ROP, although at his hands, we killed more Muslim fanatics than any other time in modern history, removed the Taliban from power, and deep sixed Saddam... or.... because he proposed TARP even though he believed without it our economy would crash...or....Sarah Palin is a RINO because she quit as Governor of Alaska, even though lib operatives were destroying her financially.
If you are still confused, you can always consider anyone popular enough to be elected (besides a Democrat) statewide in a liberal state, or nationally, a RINO. Being able to raise large sums of money is another tell tale sign of a RINO, as is public service longer than eight years.
Most important is what to do with RINOs!
RINOs should not be allowed to post on FR.
If an identified RINO is running against a Dem, you should not vote...unless it's for a third party nobody or the Democrat opponent.
When considering whether to vote for a candidate and you cannot decide if they are a RINO or not, the safest thing is to not vote either.
This means that you will never allow a pernicious RINO to subvert our nation sometime in the future because of your vote. Democrats will be solely to blame then for our demise, which will happen more rapidly and usher in a conservative Golden Age.
I hope this primer will help Freepers and conservatives identify RINOs and treat them accordingly!
It seems there may be a hitch in your hypothesis. Who is the one to determine what defines a RINO? Given there is really no concrete list of what the Republican platform is other then the ambiguous list of smaller government, increased security, and less intrusion, very few can agree on what that actually entails. The tighter that list is defined the fewer there will be that can be included under the Republican banner.
That, in essence is the struggle that the Republican Party has today. Even organized religions cannot come to a strict common ground on homosexuals, gays, or abortion that all within those religions can agree on let alone act in a cohesive manner on.
We could end up with such a small number of who we believe should be included in the Party that we are totally nullified as a group.
Perhaps the star could be programmed by the Admins to show up next to the screen name in each post by anyone who has shown “RINO-like” tendencies. That will allow all the ‘correct-thinking’ people to immediately know who has been flirting with ‘crime-think’.
Seriously, though, the proposal in the above ‘article’ is something I would expect from those on the far left. I am more than a little disappointed that a person who, by virtue of his membership at FreeRepublic, purports to be a conservative and a patriot, would come up with such a scheme.
I don’t know, maybe the FREE in Free Republic?
That is what a liberal would do: silence those with whom (s)he disagrees.
We’re better than that. But it does mean we have to listen to stupidities.
How about you show us your hit list?
I think that’s pretty much an ongoing process here.
Below is from George Washington’s Farewell Address!
Warns against the party system.
“It serves to distract the Public Councils, and
enfeeble the Public Administration....
agitates the Community with ill-founded jealousies
and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one....
against another....
it opens the door to foreign influence and corruption.
thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected
to the policy and will of another.”
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