Surrounded by RINOs: RINOs to the Left of me and RINOs to the Right of me

FreeRepublic and others (links provided) | 11.07.07 | FreeRepublic and others

[JWinNC]

If we go by the OnTheIssues.org placement, then Thompson and all the following are conservatives and not RINOs:

Romney, McCain, Huckabee, Hunter, Graham, Lott, Hatch, and maybe some more, that’s as far as I got... I’m just saying.

jw

[Rick.Donaldson]

/snicker

[mnehring]

OnTheIssues has one catch in that it relies on voting records mostly. If there is no actual vote record, they mark it as right in the middle, so if someone was, for example, a mayor, it may show them as moderate on an issue instead of left based on their standing. They are good for senators and congressmen because they weigh votes.

[JWinNC]

Yeah, but my point is, regardless of how they score it, their grid does not identify RINOs and appears, at least to me, to not accurately place anyone... other than to give a very vague notion of left/right/up/down. There is no real analysis behind it. McCain for example, while having enough “conservative” votes to keep him in the conservative “box” has done more than enough clearly non-conservative things to throw him out.

Peace,
jw

[mnehring]

It doesn’t identify RINO, it identifies conservative vs liberal > authoritian vs populist voting records. The RINO label really is dependent on those who are placing the label and what they consider key issues. For some here, a person could have a 90% Conservative voting record and be wong on one thing and they are labeled a RINO (see Thompson) for others, they could have a 50% conservative voting record and be held up by some as the perfect Constitutional Conservative (Paul)

[WinOne4TheGipper]

Well, I’m pretty sure there’s somewhere we disagree, so he’s got to be a RINO!

[Resolute Conservative]

or SecDef either is a win-win.

[Califreak]

Heck, Reagan himself wouldn’t be conservative enough for me.

LOL!

[Resolute Conservative]

We can only hope but there are those here still failing to see the writing on the wall.

[JWinNC]

Agreed.

[Verbosus]

Am I supposed to take this thread seriously with Fred Thompson on the list as a RINO? This has got to be a joke, but I’m not hanging around in this thread for the punch line.

[Shryke]

If your post is what I think it is, you’ve done well so far.

[Rick.Donaldson]

Yeah! SecDef. Auesum.

[trisham]

Take a nap. Or something.

[trisham]

That was a good movie.

[rface]

I try to walk the fine line of barely detectable sarcasm ....

[stephenjohnbanker]

BUMP

[El Cid]

Although Ahnold deserves to be in the ‘RINO’ category (actually he is more of a Democrat - although in this State - Democrats are closer to communists, so perhaps its fair to call him ‘RINO’), I still prefer him over Davis - and you have to tip your hat to him for having a good sense of humor, and ‘reasonable leadership’ capabilities (although how you lead a State that is hell-bent to drive off a cliff, is beyond me...).

[Shryke]

Barely? More like BEAR-ly. How many people understand what’s going on so far?

[MARTIAL MONK]

It is and he/she has.