[imabadboy99]

I wonder if he still worships “mother erffff”

[cowboyusa]

I would have voted for John Schmidtz.

[HIDEK6]

One small tidbit for rejoicing.

[dfwgator]

With “Republicans” like that, who needs Democrats?

[Deplorable American1776]

Another RINO is dead..but I bet he'll be voting Democrat forever..

Or until Vote ID laws are based in California...

[Rockingham]

In the 1970s, I asked a staunchly conservative friend of mine who was a longtime Hill staffer who was the most honest and truthful member of Congress. Without hesitation, he said “Pete McCloskey.” My friend often disagreed with McCloskey politically but described him as a straight arrow and pleasant to deal with.

[x]

After losing to Pombo, who had spent most of his tenure in Washington attempting to undo the Endangered Species Act

Pombo was a property rights guy. It's understandable that environmentalists would hate him and there were a lot of things wrong with him, but that's definitely false and a cheap shot.

[9YearLurker]

A RINO’s RINO.

[Luke21]

A nasty fellow and a Rino’s Rino.

[oldplayer]

I was a California semi-hippie who registered Republican in my first election in 1972 because of Pete’s McCloskey’s statements and insights regarding his personal experiences in the Viet Nam War.

He became marginalized and more liberal later. I did not.

[Thapsus_epiphany]

No matter his registration, he was never a republican.
Anyone who joins the GOP in order to turn the party into the Democrat Party is obviously not a republican, just like today’s RINOs.
Disavow them, kick them out of the party and move on.