“I hate to pop anyone’s ballon, but a bunch of these RINOs are not just Republicans who have sold out or gone astray - they are LITERALLY RINOs. They are committed life-long Leftists - simply wearing a disguise.”
Very true. Politics is nothing but a career for most of them. If you live in a super conservative area of Texas or Arizona, you cannot get the job by being a democrat. So you say a few republican sounding things, and then do what you want once in DC. The GOP shuck and jive covers you. There are LOTS of republicans that would have been pleased to hold office as a democrat if they happened to live in a place like Illinois, Maryland, New York, etc.
“There are LOTS of republicans that would have been pleased to hold office as a democrat if they happened to live in a place like Illinois, Maryland, New York, etc.”
What amazes me is the Republican self-loathing attitude here on FR, where conservative Republicans call ourselves “the stupid party” or talk about how gullible we are for letting these RINOs fool us.
Then the Trolls come out and say we shouldn’t vote for a Republican again because they are just “assistant Democrats”.
As soon as we buy that logic, we are indeed “the stupid party”.
No, we need to accept that as conservatives, we will get lied to all the time - the Left is entirely made up of liars.
It goes with the territory that we will be the victim of liars - It’s not our fault we get fooled any more than it’s someone’s fault they are the victim of a mugging, a car-jacking, or a home invasion.
We aren’t the bad guys - in fact we have a lot to be proud of for being honest, for wanting to drain the swamp and follow the Constitution. Our parents raised us right. We see past all the gaslighting and yet we still get rolled by these shameless liars.
That’s tough - it goes with the territory - we just need to learn better self-defense and be tougher about making them pay when we catch them in a lie.
The point is we can’t quit the game just because the other side lies and cheats.
We can’t just say “that’s it - I’m never voting for a Republican again” - only trolls say that.