I use the "RINO" label for candidates who, with no executive or political experience of their own, do things like seek advisors who are in favor of repealing tax cuts.
I use the "RINO" label for candidates who have said they are ashamed to call themselves Republican.
I use the "RINO" label for candidates who donate money to Democrats.
I use the "RINO" label for candidates who seek the assistance of environmentalist wackos whose life's goal is to destroy the pork industry in America.
Don't you? And if not, why not?
I use the "RINO" label for candidates who have said they are ashamed to call themselves Republican.
Arnold has taken heat for his comment about being ashamed of being a Republican during the Clinton impeachment hearings. I don't agree with him in that context. But I think I understand how he could say this, because I have to say that watching the incivility and strident low-intelligence of the foaming-mouth puritan contingent on FR over the past couple of weeks, if this is "conservatism," I'm ashamed to be a conservative.
San Mateo County Supervisor Jerry Hill switched his political allegiance on Tuesday, dropping the GOP for the Democratic Party. In re-registering as a Democrat, the two-term supervisor cited several departures from what he perceives as Republican philosophy -- plus his opposition to the recall election.
Hill said in a statement that the Republican Party has become one that ``works to limit civil rights, weaken environmental protections, restrict personal freedoms, and the latest tactic is to hijack the results of honest and fair elections with the abuse of the recall process.''
``I can no longer align myself with people who represent these extreme points of view on issues that are very important to me and many Californians,'' Hill said.
Hill, who had been the lone Republican on the board of supervisors, joins four other Democrats on the five-member body.
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