>>Agreed with the exception that RINOS ARE the enemy!<<
A reminder of the current de-facto rules:
1) “My” candidate is the only Conservative candidate.
2) All other candidates and their followers are RINOs.
3) If you say anything “I” perceive as “bad” towards “my” candidate, you are a Romney-loving, DU/KOS posting, Socialist/Commie TROLL.
This is what passes for “discourse” these days on FR.
I don't like Santorum, Romney, Huntsman, Pawlenty and their ilk. I do like Cain and Bachmann but they haven't done well IMO in the debates.
Newt is not a RINO but no start for other reasons.
Perry seems to copy W too much for my liking. Not that W wasn't a good manager but the country needs a leader now.
As far as your #3 goes, I am not calling people who disagree with me DU/KOS posting, Socialist/Commie TROLLs. Others have their opinions and I have mine.
In fact I would wager that no matter what our political alliances are most FReepers are on the same page.
That said I will not vote for anyone who even smells like a RINO. I've held my nose and pulled the lever too many times before.
It's exactly the same type of discourse that has gone on ever since the beginning of FR. Those early freepers were saying the same thing.
Ask any of the 97 & 98 Alphas, and they will verify.