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The Demise of "The RINO" (Or: Be Careful What You Ask For)
WMAL ^ | February 1, 2008 | Chris Core

Posted on 02/03/2008 12:28:15 PM PST by Tennessee Nana

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Here we are ..

Stuck in the middle with Obama...

1 posted on 02/03/2008 12:28:17 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Tennessee Nana

Speaking of RINOS...

If McCain is the GOP nominee, then Republican will get blown out of Congress. This race isn’t just about president. It is also for one-third of the Senate and all of the House.

Liberals will come out to vote for... Democrats.
Moderates will come out to vote for McCain and... Democrats.
Conservatives will stay home and not vote for anyone.

When it’s all over, Democrats will have a filibuster-proof Super Majority in the Senate, and margins so wide in the House that the liberals will run amok.
Republican governors will fall across the country.

This is what McCain brings to the GOP ticket. This is his unseen legacy in the GOP.


2 posted on 02/03/2008 12:30:08 PM PST by counterpunch (McCain/Kennedy '08)
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To: Tennessee Nana

Since there is no difference between a Democrap and a RINO — who cares?


3 posted on 02/03/2008 12:34:41 PM PST by dark_lord (DemonRat Political Platform: (1) Death to America (2) Up with Treason)
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To: Tennessee Nana
" ... Now, why was he so happy again? ... "


Probably because he finally realized that to hold ones nose while voting for a Democrat in Republican clothing only brings one closer to servitude.

The sooner the better, then we can really fight it out for freedom.

Just a wild ass guess, mind you.


McCain

Romney

Huckabee

Obama

Clinton

Paul

All other fringers

4 posted on 02/03/2008 12:38:13 PM PST by G.Mason (And what is intelligence if not the craft of out-thinking our adversaries?)
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To: dark_lord

McCain is poised to lose on Tuesday. He gave an AWFUL perf at the Simi Valley Debate and that seems to be the concensus. He’s just a mean, Napoleonic liberal who’s masquerading as a Repub. The GOP should have kicked him out years ago, but no one had the cojones. Well, Mitt and the base will do JUST THAT COME TUESDAY!!


5 posted on 02/03/2008 12:40:10 PM PST by levotb
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To: dark_lord

I care. There is a difference. And no, I don’t like RINOs. But Democrat majorities empower Liberals and weaken Conservatives. Republican majorities, even if composed of some RINOs, empower Conservatives and weaken Liberals.


6 posted on 02/03/2008 12:40:34 PM PST by TSchmereL ("Rust but terrify.")
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To: Tennessee Nana

Where’s the barf alert ? Chafee was going to switch parties regardless, especially with his being the one seat difference between minority and majority status, and after he was rightfully defeated, I was the one that broke the story on FR last year that he did leave the GOP.


7 posted on 02/03/2008 12:41:40 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
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To: Tennessee Nana

8 posted on 02/03/2008 12:47:16 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 (This site has been invaded by trolls!)
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To: Tennessee Nana

I wonder if the base is actually large enough to make a difference in an election.

It’s kind of funny. For all the noise, the so-called “base” of conservative ideological purists is so small it can’t even influence a Republican primary. Maybe it’s time to start calling it the BINO—Base in Name Only.


9 posted on 02/03/2008 12:48:00 PM PST by RedRover (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Sorry

BARF ALERT

I just saw this on RINOs and posted it

It does have some valid points

Too often we chose the nice guy for our nominee in local elections and he gets eaten by the dirty fighting Democrat..

His tiniest picadillo (like late paid taxes due to high hospital bills) are potrayed as the assasination of the president and there he goes


10 posted on 02/03/2008 12:54:22 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: TornadoAlley3

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Some Botox and he’ll look like that other RINO


11 posted on 02/03/2008 12:55:17 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: RedRover

They hate us and we hate them. They are closer to being the permanent minority, which is what they want anyway.


12 posted on 02/03/2008 12:56:44 PM PST by darkangel82 (And the band played on....)
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To: Tennessee Nana
I vote for secession.
13 posted on 02/03/2008 12:57:40 PM PST by Sybeck1 (Mitt's Profits Financed John's Patriotism.........)
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To: GunsareOK; Jimmy Valentine's brother; bmwcyle; sauropod; cindy-true-supporter; kburi; kristinn; ...

What do you think? Chris Core, who can’t see pass the polyps in his colon, thinks Morella lost to Van Hollen because conservatives went RINO hunting. LOL!


14 posted on 02/03/2008 12:57:47 PM PST by BufordP (Had Mexicans flown planes into the World Trade Center, Jorge Bush would have surrendered.)
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To: Sybeck1

LOL


15 posted on 02/03/2008 12:58:06 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Tennessee Nana
Well done, RINO hunters. Chafee was the only possible Republican who could win in Rhode Island, but because he could not pass your "purity" test, Harry Reid is Majority Leader. Remind me again why this makes sense?

Because RINOs in the congress were forcing the party towards liberal leadership policy like indulging in indiscriminate spending and earmarks galore in their brazen attempt to remain in power for life by buying our votes. Yes, I know that Democrats are no better, but the result of the RINOs has been the discrediting of the Republican party and what it stands for, an overall weakening of support from the base, and perhaps irreperable damage to the coalition that made the party a winner for decades. With them in power, we were slouching towards a de-facto one party system. And because of them, not only did we lose their seats, we saw previously safe seats in other areas lost because conservatives wouldnt come out to vote for a party gone astray. Remember that lesson before you pull the lever for McCain in a primary.

16 posted on 02/03/2008 1:03:08 PM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: TSchmereL
I hate to disagree, but I’m going to.

The only difference between a RINO and a full-fledged liberal democrat is that a RINO has a (R) behind his/her name.

That’s it. McCain is nothing more than a political Benedict Arnold.

Why is it that there are no “Maverick” democrats who vote and align themselves with Republicans/Conservatives? Oh, that’s right, the democrat/socialist/move-on-.org base would never vote them back into office again.

17 posted on 02/03/2008 1:04:53 PM PST by adm5 (Reagan/Bush '84)
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To: RedRover

The base is actually much larger than the MSM would have you believe. That’s why they are pushing McCain. Hoping that conservatives will believe them and rebel against the party in disgust. If we do that, they win. If we try to get out the vote on a grassroots level for the next few days, we can defeat Mc Cain, and thereby defeat the Dems. Without Romney, we can’t win in November. Period

Go to www.MittRomney.com/CallatHome
today and do something to elect the best candidate to win against Bill/Hill or Obama


18 posted on 02/03/2008 1:05:17 PM PST by adc (Rush '08All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently oppos)
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To: dark_lord
Since there is no difference between a Democrap and a RINO — who cares?

I'd rather have a Republican as Senate Majority Leader and one as Speaker of the House. Even if some of the House and Senate members are Rinos.

19 posted on 02/03/2008 1:06:26 PM PST by gitmo (From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.)
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To: TSchmereL

When RINO’s are in office conservatives are not allowed to speak.


20 posted on 02/03/2008 1:08:39 PM PST by donna (If America is not a Christian nation, it will be part of the Islamic nation. Take your pick.)
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