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Posted on 10/17/2011 8:01:30 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
Gee, no one has mentioned Snowe and Collins.
“Georgette Mosbacher, she pretty well embodies EVERYTHING that is wrong with RINOs.
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Ding, Ding, Ding, we have a winner! The Georgettes of the GOP are the real problem because they work behind the scenes and control the money giving from the “country club set.”
From VA:
John Warner
George Allen
Bob McDonnell
The two Texas Senators
Mike Murphy
The people who said that enforcing our immigration laws will cause us to lose elections.
Rick Perry
Anyone who uses the terms (or some similar paraphrase)
“Now is not the time to stick to ideology”
“We should all get behind the nominee”
“Wooing independents is what wins elections”
“Compassionate Conservatism”
I’m sure there are more but that’s a good start.
What about “kinder and gentler”?
Eric Cantor
I believe that you are making my point: “Thus, a Conservative IS the Middle-of-the-Road political position in America.” when you describe how very isolated people are within the Beltway: “ - - - the tendency to “get along” increases as they become further embedded into the political, social, and cultural arenas. - - - “
David Castagnetti, Alex Vogel, Mitch Feuer, Robert Griner, Mike Fulton, Sam Geduldig, Clark Lytle etc... Basically all the K street pimps who keep their elected “whores” in line.
Please expound as to who these people are and who they support. I am a political junkie and I have never heard of ANY of these people. I really want to be educated.
I’d certainly put that on the list. “Reach across the aisle” is another one.
The way I see it, our political world is divided up into two parties: Republican and Democrat.
In reality though, there are three schools of thought:
1) Liberal Democrat
2) Liberal Republican
3) Conservative Republican
There are some other fringes out there - full out communists, libertarians and others but for the most part, it’s those three schools of thought.
The conservatives want (among other things) federal government to shrink - to get back to doing what the Constitution says is the proper role for government and leave the rest to the States or localities. In general, to follow the motto of local governments tend to govern best as they are closest to the people.
The liberal republicans are happy with big government as long as they are in power. Very often they act like liberals while cloaking themselves in the language of conservatism. They are the “compassionate conservatives” or “establishment republicans”. They are the ones who “reach across the aisle to their good friend... a liberal democrat”. They are the deal makers. The gang of 14 types. They are happy to keep the government growing along because their gravy train is setup properly.
Every single democrat - all of them - are liberals. They want government to provide for them, determine what’s best for them, and prevent them from any harm (i.e. ramifications of bad decisions, physical harm from products etc...)
Who is the establishment? All liberal republicans and all democrats. They are easy to spot. They look and talk like smarmy politicians.
In almost all debates and arguments, the liberals on both sides gang up on and outnumber the conservatives. This is when government grows. If the liberal democrats win the argument, the government grows a lot. If liberal conservatives win the argument, the government grows a little.
Conservatives, like Ronald Reagan and the TEA Party, are the only two things in the last 30 years which have been even mildly effective at stemming the growth of government.
Romney
Perry
McCain
All of the Bush’s
Rove
Gingrich
Huntsman
Coulter
Kristol
Brooks
Collins
Snowe
Lugar
McConnell
Boehner
Christie
Scott Brown
Dana Perrino
I’m sure there are more - thousands more - but look at that list. They are Liberals. They are plenty happy with big government as long as they are in power. They could turn Democrat at any moment and it wouldn’t change a thing.
Straight from the Mehlman,Vogel, Castagnetti website:
“Like most of our kind, we’re made up of veterans of The Hill and the executive branches of government. Top people, in fact. But we differ in that we’ve served on both sides of the political aisle in senior positions, and we can reach deep into and across both sides of the aisle. Effectively.”
Sounds like MVC has defined the RINO for us. I particularly love the phrases “our kind”, “served on both sides” and “reach deep”. My prize bull serves on both sides of the pasture.
Anyone supported by the GOP’s biggest water-carrier: Hugh Hewitt.-
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