Rebrand the RINOs, Have Fun, Win $100+

Pascal Fervor ^ | December 27, 2010 | Pascal Fervor

[Avoiding_Sulla]

***Update: Now $125 thanks to Joan of Argghh!

I've been complaining for some time now that the label Republican In Name Only, and its acronym, RINO, are ineffectual to say the least.

My topmost reason is that a dichotomy exists in the word republican. Conservatives think of republicans as representing the people who elected them, with an eye fixed on protecting and preserving the American constitution with its limits on government and its recognition of personal rights. Progressives think of republicans as elitist and doing what they think is right no matter what the common folk think, and "The Constitution is only a piece of paper."

When conservatives see the "Progressive" subversive wing dominating the party and the decisions it makes, they get really rankled. But simply using the term RINO and intending that to be taken as disparaging by the arrogant politicians does not get the job done. The elitist either laughs at the ill-conceived acronym or looks down at the one who hurls RINO and sniffs "that's the kind of know-nothing who needs me to make the decisions." The elitist may be slightly annoyed by our intentions, but is neither insulted nor embarrassed.

So here's the contest. Come up with a variety of suggestions for an acronym to replace RINO. Here's some guidelines.

• The letters it stands for should be easily understood. It might include words like republican, or subversive, or corrupt, or elite, or evil, or globalist. I don't really know what combination will work, that's why I decided to fund a contest.
• It should be an easy word to repeat. 
• It should be fun to repeat. FOOLs or DOPEs would be great if it could be tied to our subversives.
• It should be a word that people will not feel embarrassed using. CRAPO (Corrupt Republican Aiding the Puppet Obama) for instance seems to me not ready for prime time. 
• It should be a word that penetrates the hide of an arrogant SOB.
• It should be timeless. When Obama is out of Office, a word like CRAPO will lose any punch it might have had (if it ever did.)
• It may or may not have a good image associated with it. RINOs has rhinos. ASPs (All Sell-out Politicians) has serpents.
• Enter as often as the muse inspires you, but do not spam.
• Most of all, have fun inventing this new acronym. If you win, that's a bonus. 
• Post all suggestions in the comments. Email me only if your comment does not appear. It may have gone to moderation or spam. Blogger has done both without my knowledge.

I'll decide which new acronym gets $100 from me. My decision is final. I do not yet have a closing date for this contest. I'll decide that soon.

Currently in the lead is SKUNCs.

Statists Knowingly Undermining National Charters

It has great imagery, is clean both up-front and underlying, and also picks on how all contemporary subversives appear to be globalists. 

Bonus: no pol likes being known as a skunk even if they secretly don't mind at all.

SKUNC also has versatility:

• S: Statist, Subversive, Socialist
• K: Knowingly, Kleptocrat
• U: Undermining
• NC: Nation & Constitution, National Constitution, National Charters

PF is grateful to blog owners who have endorsed this campaign.

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[Avoiding_Sulla]

It has to be fit for talk radio.

[Logic n' Reason]

OK....

Liberal
Imitating
Artificial
Republican

LIAR

Of course, the plural would be LIARs!

How's that?

[editor-surveyor]

There’s always a catch!

[editor-surveyor]

LIAR would be good, except that “liberal” is way too soft an accusation.
.

[Logic n' Reason]

LIAR would be good, except that “liberal” is way too soft an accusation.

Hey! I gave it a shot.

[kevkrom]

DECLASSE:

Defeatist
Entrenched (or Enabling)
Corrupt
Liberal
A**hat
Self-
Styled
Elitists

[kevkrom]

Can someone post the above on my behalf? Even with NoScript completely disabled, I can’t seem to get the page to load correctly to post comments there.

[Avoiding_Sulla]

LIAR was previously submitted.

GuardDuck said...

Oh, better yet: LIAR Liberal Impersonating A Republican Succinct, simple and accurate.

December 29, 2010 5:49 PM

It's not bad, but the Left and Statists have pretty much thrown off their soft (liberal squish) disguise for knuckle-dragging thug rule in the Chicago style. Like that of SEIU.

If only the liberals would feel the mugging quicker and switch sides like many former liberals already have.

Maybe if we succeed with coming up with a good rotten name to call those at the top of the GOP, many of the remaining liberals will finally see the disgusting anti-liberal nature of their Leftists.

[Avoiding_Sulla]

It’s up. It’s not clear who did it for you.

[Avoiding_Sulla]

Oh, I’d forgotten that guard duck had posted earlier than that which I linked in my previous comment.

Here it is:

GuardDuck said...

LIARS

Left Inclined Artificial Republican Statesman
December 28, 2010 10:52 PM

Its underlying words are closer to yours than his second one was.

Great minds think alike. Keep talking like that and maybe you’ll help break the lock which the LIARs have on the GOP.

[kevkrom]

I was able to get it to work from my phone. Oh my, the advances in technology, when my phone is more capable than my desktop PC!

[CounterCounterCulture]

Oh, what the heck... brainstorming off the top of my head...

CSY - Constitution-shredding Yokels (or Yahoos)

Pronounced "Sissy" ("Sissies" for plural CSYs)

Of course it's more for the combination of leftists and Republican-posers (RINOs)

[Avoiding_Sulla]

You're a good man. Remember this?

Sadly, this "RepublicRats™" cartoon is really dated. CSYs are so brazen today, it's no longer humorous, if it ever was.

[Logic n' Reason]

Oh, I’d forgotten that guard duck had posted earlier than that which I linked in my previous comment.
Here it is:
GuardDuck said...
LIARS
Left Inclined Artificial Republican Statesman
December 28, 2010 10:52 PM
Its underlying words are closer to yours than his second one was.
Great minds think alike. Keep talking like that and maybe you’ll help break the lock which the LIARs have on the GOP.

Hey...I didn't read Guard Duck's posting either....he and I must think alike....after all, we got the most important part correct.... LIAR

The rest is just semantics!

Guard Duck is a pip, ain't he???

[Avoiding_Sulla]

“Guard Duck is a pip, ain’t he???”

I’ve a feeling that “pip” started out as an acronym. Could it be “Pretty Intuitive Person” or “—Irritating—”? I suspect a good deal of both. LOL. (Exactly the way they oughta be.)

[calcowgirl]

Bumping your thread!

(I’m no good at this kind of stuff).

:-)

[Avoiding_Sulla]

Thanks for the bump. Sorry to hear it’s not your type of contest.

Does this mean you would prefer not to indulge in stringing together a bunch of descriptive nouns and adjectives and adverbs and branding them onto the foreheads of subversives?

One would think that the moby SKUNCs who have been attacking you and FRiends all these years have supplied you with more than sufficient examples. :)

[calcowgirl]

LOL. I can think of a few examples.
But to brand them would require contact
— and I’d rather not share the same air with those miscreants.

[Yorlik803]

You would get my vote....