Can Someone Please Explain to Me Who's
a 'RINO' and Who's Not a 'RINO' in the
Republican Party?
Red State,
by
Mike Miller
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
1/9/2023 10:36:45 AM
As I’ve said in the past, I’ve never been a fan of the silliness of labeling political opponents. This is not to be confused with humorous “nicknames” — the most clever of which I enjoy, and have coined a few — but rather attempting to paint an adversary into a particular corner defined by you. Third-party “you,” that is. And of course, the most popular label by far among certain factions of the Republican Party is “RINO.”
The definition of “RINO” — Republican in Name Only — not only used to be easy to understand; it was easy to identify Republicans who fit the RINO mold. In the 1990s,
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Kate318 1/9/2023 10:43:23 AM (No. 1374202)
Gosh, Mike, what a snarky little article, headlined by a RINO’s question.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
seamusm 1/9/2023 10:47:03 AM (No. 1374206)
If WE as republicans hope to win back control of all three branches of our government we will need to stop labelling those who don't run lock-step in a Nazi goosestep of uniform priorities as anything but 'fellow Republicans'. If we are viewed by Independents and suburban woman as argumentative name-callers we will never win back that political control and we will never have the power to restore American values and health while wresting back our country from ALL those in and out of government who hate the USA.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 1/9/2023 10:52:30 AM (No. 1374211)
Well, given that RINO's are actually the vast majority of the Republican Party now, I can sort of understand Mike's confusion.
Perhaps Mike would prefer " The Republican wing of the Uniparty"?
Or my favorite: DIABLOS
(Democrats In All But Label Only)
(Which 'purely by coincidence means Devils' in spanish)
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Axeman 1/9/2023 10:59:15 AM (No. 1374223)
That's easy to answer:
The ones who fight their own party members who oppose the Demzis harder than they fight the Demzis.
Those ones are RINOs.
The ones truly fighting for American people and not for the Federal Government, well, are there any?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 1/9/2023 11:09:43 AM (No. 1374229)
RINOs are for big government, never ending wars, a never-balanced budget, and mock Biblical morality.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
itsonlyme 1/9/2023 11:12:39 AM (No. 1374232)
Ask highly qualified members of the RINO Hall Of Fame - Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitt "Pierre Delecto" Romney.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
smokincol 1/9/2023 11:14:46 AM (No. 1374234)
Hey, Bucko, if you have to ask, you're not one of us!!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Sanchin 1/9/2023 11:16:06 AM (No. 1374237)
The GOP now that it has a slim majority in the House has about 14 to 18 months to validate its continued relevance. I suspect these months will result in caving into the Democrats and showing ineffectual leadership. I would like to be wrong!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
PChristopher 1/9/2023 11:16:08 AM (No. 1374238)
If you have to ask, you're either clueless....or a RINO.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
stablemoney 1/9/2023 11:17:48 AM (No. 1374241)
My thanks to the 20 Republicans that stood up to the uniparty and demanded the rules be restored to pre-Pelosi, so that members have a voice in what is passed in the House. The 20 Republicans are the only ones with the courage to stand up for this country.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
TrueBlueWfan 1/9/2023 11:19:03 AM (No. 1374243)
I can usually spot one the second they promise to "reach across the aisle". The onky time a dem reaches across the aisle is to smack a republican.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
mjm 1/9/2023 11:28:46 AM (No. 1374258)
Mike just because you label yourself a "Constitutional Conservative" doesn't make you one. If you were you'd see the majority of the Republican Party seems to be following the Democrats script...big government, bailouts, etc. Instead of leading they have learned the art of the compromise which has turned this country into a third world hellhole. Haven't you noticed the Democrats NEVER compromise with Republicans but we do with them and fight like hell against our own party. To make it easy for you to understand instead of calling them RINO's call them "Right of Center" Democrats because that is what they are. True Republicans are limited government and willing to fight.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Dr. Constant 1/9/2023 11:43:46 AM (No. 1374269)
It's simple, a RINO is anyone who fails your personal party purity test.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
judy 1/9/2023 11:48:15 AM (No. 1374273)
Ask the 18 republicans who voted with Schumer for the multi trillion $$$ mess w/o reading the bill what a rino is!!!!
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 1/9/2023 12:08:39 PM (No. 1374299)
By the end of this year Gaetz will be proven right about McCarthy and his followers. There's a sinister reason the man wanted the job his moving into the Speaker's office speaks volumes about it.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Right Time 1/9/2023 12:20:07 PM (No. 1374319)
Mike Miller’s RINO horn is showing. No mention of the House rule changes (back to what they were before the Evil Pelosi undid them) that through 14 ballots the Freedom Caucus was able to get McCarthy to agree to.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
DW626 1/9/2023 12:21:45 PM (No. 1374325)
They’re all RINOS until proven otherwise.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
lftrn97 1/9/2023 12:29:26 PM (No. 1374331)
#11 "reach across the aisle" has always driven me nuts. True compromise requires both parties to reach to the middle of the aisle.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
David Key 1/9/2023 12:55:02 PM (No. 1374345)
Individuals can agree to disagree. The RINO is a person who runs as a conservative and governs as a democrat lite. If the person consistently crosses over and votes to raise taxes and spending, who only appears in the major media to slam fellow Republicans, who votes more consistently with Democrats.... This is a RINO. Look at who voted for the massive over spending budgets of the last few decades, these are RINO's. Who rarely has anything bad to say about the Democrats but always manages to slam the Republican base and conservative legislator's, these are RINO's. What presidents are kissing up to the Clintons, and the O'bama's these were/are RINO's.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
GustoGrabber 1/9/2023 1:05:08 PM (No. 1374355)
If you don't think God and the Constitution have made this the greatest nation in history, the exporter and defender of the rights of individuals to live freely and pursue God or something else as they see fit, then you are.
If you think Government is cool and important and fixes things and makes life better for people you don't know, then you are.
If you think principled people are goose stepping Nazis, you probably hang with different people who value political conformity, free shrimp and open bar happy hours with lobbyists.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
msjena 1/9/2023 1:07:45 PM (No. 1374356)
RINOs: Murkowski, Collins, Romney, Kasich, Paul Ryan, Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, Red State.
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"If you have to ask you're never going to know."
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