Posted on 02/03/2008 12:28:15 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
A former Talk-Show host on this station once announced a "RINO Hunt" at election time. "Time to purge the party of anybody who isn't a lock-step conservative," he said. So this host went ‘a huntin’. And he laughed with glee every time a Republican moderate lost an election. "That'll teach 'em," he said.
Ok, if you say so. But I just checked: It’s been four years since his great "RINO Hunt," and each of those seats, where he was so gleeful to see the “Republican In Name Only” lose, is now occupied by a Democrat. Now, why was he so happy again?
RINOS get elected because they reflect the personality of the district or state they represent. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island was a big-time RINO. "Real" Republicans always went after him with fury. "Too damned liberal," they would say. Finally, they got him. His political career ended in November of 2006. That Senate seat is now held by a Democrat. And the Senate is controlled by the Democrats. By one seat. 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?
I live in one of the most liberal Congressional Districts in the country. For 16 years we had a Republican Congresswoman. Connie Morella was to the Left of Jim Webb, but she felt at home in the big tent of the GOP, and Montgomery voters felt at ease with her. Eventually re-districting and RINO hunters bagged her, and now I am represented by a Congressman close in philosophy to Dennis Kucinich. Tell me again, angry conservatives, how this is better?
Northern Virginia – you are next. For the last six years you have been belly-aching about those awful RINOs John Warner and Tom Davis. Well, neither is running for re-election this year. But instead of getting your "True Reagan Conservative," you are going to end up with two Democrats who will hold that House seat and that Senate seat for decades, if they want to.
I guess that brings us to John McCain. Yes, he introduced McCain-Feingold, an imperfect solution to the problem we all acknowledge of money-controlling politicians. Yes, he introduced McCain-Kennedy, a very flawed bill trying to address, however awkwardly, the problem of illegal immigration. Heck, without McCain-Kennedy, I doubt immigration would even be a topic in the Republican debates this Fall.
And yes, he was a leader of the "Gang of 14" which got Justices Roberts and Alito confirmed by an ornery Senate. Which makes him a RINO. Which makes this “open season” on him. Please re-read the first four paragraphs of this opus, then close your eyes and imagine the House and Senate with huge Democratic majorities. Then ask yourself this: "Which would you rather see in the White House, a RINO or a Democrat?" If you say "Democrat," go get your RINO rifle out.
But don't say I didn't warn you.
Poor Chris - his time slot on WMAL keeps geeting moved so he doesn’t know who or what he is other than a whiner. Constance, a tired old granny, was redistricted out of her seat. Al Wynn, who’s district is split between Prince George’s and Mongomery County so that MD will have a black congressman for the DC Area and a safe seat for Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, is in danger of losing his seat to someone more liberalm than he is.
Wonder if Chris will blame the Rhinos for that loss.
That would be par for Chris’s “View from the pooper” analysis.
An article for you to consider.
William Kristol at the NYT (a wall only broken down because conservatives have influence and insisted on holding the line against hypocracy). Note the last line.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/opinion/04kristol.html?_r=2&ref=opinion&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
The Democrats will make a race against McCain about him being a war-monger and mentally unstable.
Two things that are a particularly dangerous combination.
Believe me, McCain is the worst possible person the GOP could choose.
Romney on the other hand would be very strong.
The Democrats can’t use Iraq against Romney.
Republicans ought to be thinking more strategically like this.
I wouldn’t trust anything coming from William Kristol, especially when he’s writing it for his new pals at the New York Times.
Tomorrow I will cast my vote for Romney, but should McCain win the Republican primary, in November I will cast my vote for McCain instead of the true evil that is Hillary! or Obama.
McCain may not be a perfect conservative, but he is at least as conservative as President Bush.
I used to think it would be okay and just let the Democrats win, to teach the Republican Party a lesson, but both hillary! and Obama are too dangerous to be in the Oval Office...especially with Pelosi and Reid controlling congress.
I have not ruled out voting for Romney. If he’s the candidate, I will surely vote for him.
You need to vote for Romney in the primary to stop Insane McCain.
Well, here is something else to consider, then.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120209536777639949.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries
BTW, you’d be hard pressed to find a person who does not think William Kristol is a conservative. I happen to think that having his opinions on the pages of the NYTimes is important. Not because I give a whit about the Times but because it is more honest to have opposing viewpoints in the paper, rather than everyone stumping for the Dems. I also think it advances conservative causes. He speaks clearly and makes excellent points. Libs will have to reckon with them; not be able to simply avoid them.
I’m an Indy... (don’t gag).
Can’t vote in primaries in NYC.
I dont want the ruin of our country. Note I said I am supporting Romney hoping it wont happen. I am conviced the the other four loser in the election would cause us much misery but not destroy us. It’s called looking for the silver lining. I’d prefer to not have the cloud though. So let’s see McCain and the other ecomnomic idiots go down in flames!
Who could ever tell the difference?
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