[little jeremiah]

BTW, my definition of RINO ordinarily requires that a candidate have run for office before as a Democrat ~

Your definition of RINO is peculiarly your own. Everyone else considers it to mean exactly what you think it doesn't mean:

RINOism has nothing whatsoever to do with ideology ~ it has to do with partisan political affiliations!

You live in your own mind too much. No one else anywhere thinks RINO means someone who used to run as a Dem and won. It has to do with holding liberal positions on issues. Sheesh.

[muawiyah]

Sorry jack, we were using RINO way back when I was studying government 101 in 1962.

Your memory doesn't run back that far.

The texts we were using, including one of them by V.O.Key described the process and provided the name.

It's not peculiarly my own, it is the definition and some of you people are IGNANT beyond belief. Didn't you ever study things in school, or look at history, or care?

[muawiyah]

BTW, people who hold so-called "Liberal positions on issues" are best described as Liberals.

Your shallow attempt to protect Rick Perry from criticism WON'T WORK. Your boy isn't going to get a shot at the Presidency.