I’ve appreciated all the information I’ve gotten from Medved regarding religion, pop culture and especially the Israeli/palestinian age old conflict. But I lost all respect for him regarding conservative politics when he jumped on the bandwagon supporting illegal immigration. Thats the major reason why he supports McLame and the major reason why I consider McLame a democrap rather than just a stupid RINO...........
Medved, you ignorant slut.
Majority or governing parties demand more of their representatives than minority or opposition parties. So Republicans are stricter about ideology than the Democrats have been. That may change if the Democrats win the next election.
Thirty years ago, there was a real difference between the average Northeastern Republican Representative and "real RINOs" like John Lindsay or Charles Goodell, Edward Brooke, Jacob Javits or George Aiken.
Nowadays, just about any Republican who can get elected in this part of the country is called a RINO. That's tantamount to writing off an entire region of the country.
Several years ago we had a governor who run the state 14 billion into the red by spending tax money from the dot com bubble before it was collected, supported gun control and the gay agenda.
We mounted a recall, organized, signed petitions and voted him out of office. It was a great demonstration of democracy in action.
Problem is, we elected a guy who claims to be a republican who supports the gay agenda and gun control and who has run the state 14 billion into the red by spending tax money from the housing bubble before it was collected.
No more RINOs, no more pseudo cons.
Medved appears to be a Huckabee shill.
My only concern about the ‘RINO’ wars is that the term is tossed about every time someone says something someone else disagrees with. It is used as the insult designed to end arguments when actual facts don’t seem to suffice. It is the label placed on someone so as to marginalize them and impugn their credibility.
I hate it (the term RINO) in the manner it is often used on FR because it is a weak argument - it is simply name calling. It does nothing to further the discussion of issues, the debate on principal, and the education of the populace about what core conservatism really is.
There seems to be an unwritten motto - when you are losing a debate, pull the RINO card. When you disagree with someone - pull the RINO card. When you prefer one candidate over another - pull the RINO card. It smacks of intellectual laziness, and I for one am tired of it.
That said - I must disagree with Mr. Medved. It is not in fact a RINO hunt that we are on. Rather, it is a conservative hunt. And that, Kind Sir, we will not abandon.
/Soap-Box
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Medved doesn't get that, because he is a Huckabeetle.
How does it help the party if politicians or office-holders stray from the party and join with the opposition on important issues they should agree with?
I generally like Medved, but if an (R) is acting like anything but an (R) why should we, the base, continue to support them?
When they don't agree with the party platform, and adopt the agenda of liberals, they are the opposition. Why do you (Mr. Medved) support them just because they put an (R) next to their name?
Absolutely. The Jeffords business is a perfect example of why such people should be out of the party.
Would Medved "allege" that Jeffords is a conservative? What a retard this guy is. Just like his liberal counterpart Frank Rich, he should have stuck with movie reviews.
To say either Jeffords or Chafee agree with even 20% of the Republican platform would be a big stretch.
Can we all at least see the MSM and Faux GOP are pushing whatever candidates can divide the party.
They are pushing liberal RINOs, not a candidate that can unite this party.
The more left this party moves, the more inclined I am to stop voting.
Please, do not tell me to hold my nose. I have done it, and absolutley nothing changed. Y’all want a socialist? Have at it. Probably be best if you can pin the misery on a Democrat.
Medved is such a total jerk.
Chafee and Leiberman voted virtually the same.
I don’t care what Medved has to say about movies and I sure has hell don’t care what he has to say about us calling some republicans RINO’s!
Whew.... I like Michael but he really jumped the shark here.