So far as I know, the only complaint against Jim DeMint is that he endorsed Mitt Romney early in the 2008 election cycle.
I wasn’t talking about ethanol. I don’t think that a single issue could possibly make someone a “RINO” — frankly, I don’t think republicans have a stated single position on ethanol anyway, so how could someone on one side of the issue or the other be a fake republican because of it?
Maybe you meant he was a false conservative, rather than a false republican. Because if Rick Santorum isn’t a republican, nobody is.
I listed more than a single issue in the case of Santorum. See my first post. If my analysis is correct that Santorum wants to raise his profile to be the VP running mate of Mitt Romney in the event that he will be the GOP candidate, that too should be held against Santorum.
We know this game quite well. A RINO, picks another RINO who knows to press the right buttons and has masqueraded well as a conservative. At that point, we are supposed to tolerate people like Mitt Romney.
Maybe you meant he was a false conservative, rather than a false republican.
On FR and other sites for conservatives, the term RINO is used to mean someone who is not a conservative, but a "moderate" or a "liberal." There is no use splitting hairs and figuring out the literal meaning of words. The point is that Santorum is a moderate and a fake conservative. Why is he even running this time? Here is why (or so I think, which is why I made the post hoping that others will see through his game).
If conservative votes get split during the primaries, then it is possible that Romney might end up being first past the post in many states. If that happens, who do you think will be his running mate? Mark my words: it will be Rick Santorum.