Well, you’re an army of one with your RINO definition.
And I loathe Rick Perry. Abhor, loathe, etc. I cannot envision voting for him.
He's your biggest RINO.
Or, Strom Thurmond ~ another one; Richard Shelby ~ another one!
I say we need to STOP RUNNING people who were actually active, practicing Democrat politicians from running as Republicans, and that's irrespective of their ideological inclinations.
We've busted up the Solid South. We've retaken the House a couple of times. We now run the majority of state legislatures.
The Republican party has its own body of talent that can win elections, and we don't need to run the other variety.
Here's the deal, you let RINOs in when you don't need them there are others who will take that to mean that the Republican party has no need to maintain a Conservative ideological position. You'll see people like Hatch, Snowe. Rubio, Lugar, Alexander, Graham, Mikulski and others think the Party Imprimatur on policies MEANS NOTHING.
These people get away with this because you aren't even prepared to defend the integrity of your language ~ of your own terminology.
You don't really think someone like Lugar worries about being called a RINO do you? He fears being called a Liberal!