Be careful what you wish for. What is a RINO but a democrat with an “R” behind their name. These switches just move the center of the republican party to the left and corrupt it from the inside even more.
A tiger cannot change its stripes no matter what color you paint it.....
Winston Churchill said that a young person who is not a liberal has no heart and an old person who is not a conservative has no brain.
Do you think his assumption that experience can teach people and change their outlook is wrong?
I will gladly entertain the possibility that ex-Democrats may become more conservative. Not everybody is on auto-pilot. Some people reflect and reconsider.
You're so right.There aren't any Strom Thurmond-type Demonrats left in the South.
Some of that is true but in most Mississippi counties you had to be a democrat to get elected to local office. That’s what’s changing in Mississippi. We will always have the un-principled politician that will run and adopt the platform or idealogy of a political party not because the believe, but only that it expediates their holding office. Newt Gingrich ran as a Republican when it was not likely any Republican could win in his district, he sold the message of Conservatism and the Republican party. We need more like Newt but I do welcome these new Republicans to the Mississippi Republican party. There wouldn’t be much of a Republican party in Mississippi without the party switches, Republicans now hold 7 of 8 statewide elected offices, the House, the Senate, 2 of 3 Psc seats and 3 of 3 Transportation Commission seats, both US Senate seats and 3 of 4 Congressional seats.
Congratulations. At least someone gets it. 7 more RINO’s added to the party.
This started in the congress back in the 90’s. It is nothing more than an infiltration if you ask me. Over all these people will always be democrats and liberals.