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Mike Huckabee wants to ban the term 'RINO'
Washington Examiner ^ | 01/14/2014 | Charlie Spiering

Posted on 01/14/2014 11:17:19 AM PST by theruleshavechanged

"Many of you used a term that I’d like to see outlawed from the vernacular of the party: RINO," he said, calling it a "pejorative term" that questioned one's purity.

Huckabee pointed out that he got a tweet from someone who complained that he was a RINO, which upset him.

"With all due respect, I’ve fought in the trenches of Republican politics for over two decades, but I wouldn’t pretend that I’m lord over determining who the real Republicans are versus the so-called RINOs," he said.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1stamendment; 2016; exposetherinos; fauxnews; firstamendment; freedomtosayrino; gopestablishment; huckabee; mikehuckabee; mikehuckster; notanotherrino; rino
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To: theruleshavechanged
Mike Huckabee wants to ban the term 'RINO'

Of course he does. Goober was six months into his failed presidential run before he recognized that 80% of conservatives did not consider him a conservative, by any stretch.

He never did get a clue what it really means. He still thinks nanny-state socialist religious tyranny is conservative. It is not.

61 posted on 01/14/2014 11:42:37 AM PST by meadsjn
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To: theruleshavechanged

No problem. Vichy Republican is a better fit.


62 posted on 01/14/2014 11:43:32 AM PST by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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To: theruleshavechanged

Huckster, don’t fight it. Wear your RINO horns proudly. They fit you well. Bob


63 posted on 01/14/2014 11:43:53 AM PST by alstewartfan (A century later I scan the equator on my Egyptian couch. Al Stewart)
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To: theruleshavechanged

Mike approached me on the beach not to long ago and we chatted for about ten minutes, nothing too serious and asked him if I could come by his house and “talk” more in depth on various things which he replied “certainly”.

Guess it’s time to go by there.


64 posted on 01/14/2014 11:44:15 AM PST by diverteach (If I find liberals in heaven after my death.....I WILL BE PISSED!!!)
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To: Billthedrill

“Now, what sort of a person wants to ban words, Mr. Huckabee? I’ll give you a hint - it isn’t a conservative.”

Never trust a “minister” who plays a Bass!


65 posted on 01/14/2014 11:44:58 AM PST by vette6387
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To: theruleshavechanged

RINOs are those who either don’t know the ideological divide, or don’t live on the right side of it, or don’t admit that this is a completely ideological realpolitik we are living out at the present time.

It’s time that this stark reality be brought to bear on ALL politics, but especially at the national level.


66 posted on 01/14/2014 11:45:05 AM PST by Migraine (Diversity is great -- until it happens to YOU..)
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To: theruleshavechanged

Huckabee is a RINO...of course he does not like the term...


67 posted on 01/14/2014 11:47:05 AM PST by SeminoleCounty (Amnesty And Not Ending ObamaCare Will Kill GOP In 2014)
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To: theruleshavechanged
"With all due respect, I’ve fought in the trenches of Republican politics for over two decades, but I wouldn’t pretend that I’m lord over determining who the real Republicans are versus the so-called RINOs," he said.

Well, here's a hint Mike: Any senator with a letter "R" behind his/her name that voted with Barney Frank and Harry Reid and against the GOP position more than 10% of the time would qualify as a RINO.

68 posted on 01/14/2014 11:47:42 AM PST by VRWCmember
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To: Mechanicos
DIABLO: Democrat In All But Label Only

YES! That is one that should stick well and is the truth.

69 posted on 01/14/2014 11:49:20 AM PST by OldMissileer
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To: theruleshavechanged

Banning the term RINO is an attack on FREE SPEECH, just like all political correct agendas.


70 posted on 01/14/2014 11:49:31 AM PST by BuffaloJack (Democrats believe in a two-party system—the masters and the slaves.)
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To: diverteach

“I said, ‘Let’s not stand out here like this.
What would the neighbors think?
Why don’t we just step inside,
And I’ll fix us both a drink.’”

Touching. Very touching.

Bob


71 posted on 01/14/2014 11:51:31 AM PST by alstewartfan (A century later I scan the equator on my Egyptian couch. Al Stewart)
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To: theruleshavechanged
Of course it's a pejorative, Mike. You dink. That's the point!

And BTW, Huck old boy...go back and read the 1st amendment.

72 posted on 01/14/2014 11:52:15 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it." - George Orwell)
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To: theruleshavechanged

He would prefer to replace it with loser...like the last two Rino’s that have run and lost.


73 posted on 01/14/2014 11:52:36 AM PST by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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To: theruleshavechanged

"I'm NOT a RINO."

74 posted on 01/14/2014 11:53:24 AM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: theruleshavechanged

If he wants to get rid of the term RINO then maybe he should do something to get rid of RINOs.


75 posted on 01/14/2014 11:54:07 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: theruleshavechanged

“” I wouldn’t pretend that I’m lord over determining who the real Republicans are versus the so-called RINOs,” Huckabee said.”


Mike,
It is not difficult to spot a RINO. Just compare the voting record vs the Democrats. Heritage’s Scorecard has done it for you.


76 posted on 01/14/2014 11:58:56 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: theruleshavechanged

He’s right. We should do a “FIND and REPLACE”.

Was: RINO
Is: DUMBO


77 posted on 01/14/2014 11:59:11 AM PST by InterceptPoint
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To: Enterprise

Especially when one of your pardoned ex-cons goes out west and shoots a couple of policemen in cold blood.

The back story was that the Huckster asked a bunch of black ministers what it would take for them to bus in their congregations to vote for him, and they said, “Pardon our guys!” So he did. And they did. And the pardoned thugs went right back to their old ways.


78 posted on 01/14/2014 12:04:28 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: VAFreedom
You posted it before I could. I decided sometime ago that "this" is the Republican party, I as a dyed-in-the-wool traditional conservative am the one who is the outsider now.
79 posted on 01/14/2014 12:04:32 PM PST by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: Uncle Chip

I remember when the liberals stopped using the term “liberal” because it was starting to stink. Republicans sometimes referred to it mockingly as the “L” word. So the MSM tried to shift over to “progressive” for a fresh start. The disguise only lasted a couple of years (we conservatives can be maddeningly slow to catch on) because the stink was still there.

Huckabee has now revealed his true colors. Stinko.


80 posted on 01/14/2014 12:06:46 PM PST by Liberty Wins ( The average lefty is synapse challenged)
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