Rep. Walter Jones of NC...stands out...
And, IMHO..Lindsay Graham is one.
Single women tend to treat abortion as their single issue basis for voting, and HEO seems to do the same.
(posted earlier: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1547711/posts)
McCain
1. Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R.I.)
Once approached by Democratic Leader Harry Reid to switch parties, Chafee has long supported liberal policies. He backs legal abortion, gay rights, federal-funded health care, strict environmental protections and a higher minimum wage. Opposes ANWR drilling. Also was the only Republican in Congress not to endorse the President’s reelection and one of three who tried to gut Bush’s tax cuts.
2. Sen. Olympia Snowe (Maine)
A self-described “centrist,” Snowe scored a 100% pro-choice voting record as scored by NARAL and consistently votes with Democrats on social issues.
3. Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.)
“Snarlin’ Arlen” warned Bush not to nominate judges who might overturn Roe v. Wade, joined Chaffee reducing tax cuts and supported Democrats on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, HMO and overtime regulation. Also opposed school choice in Washington, D.C.
4. Sen. Susan Collins (Maine)
Voted with liberals on the 1999 tax cut, campaign finance reform and the partial-birth abortion ban. Also advocated “pay-as-you-go” tax cuts with spending increases in 2004, leading to a budget never agreed upon between the House and Senate.
5. Rep. Christopher Shays (Conn.)
He led the House fight for McCain-Feingold campaign finance “reform.” He’s also prone to back environmental causes, gun control and abortion rights. He had no GOP challenger in 2004, but narrowly escaped defeat, 52% to 48%, by a Democratic opponent in the general election.
6. Gov. George Pataki (N.Y.)
Helped unions raise pay and unionize Indian casinos. Has said, “I believe in a limited government, low taxes, a tough approach to crime. ... But I also believe in an activist government. I’m not one of those laissez-faire types.”
7. Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (N.Y.)
Over the course of his 23-year career, he’s gained considerable power (chairman of the Science Committee), despite amassing one of the most liberal voting records of any House Republican. Fought back conservative challengers in 2000 and 2002 and could face a GOP challenge in ’06.
8. Gov. Mitt Romney (Mass.)
Has said, “I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country.” Supports civil unions and stringent gun laws. After visiting Houston, he criticized the city’s aesthetics, saying, “This is what happens when you don’t have zoning.”
9. Rep. Michael Castle (Del.)
As president of the moderate Republican Main Street Partnership and key player in the so-called Tuesday Group lunches, he is a ring-leader of RINOs. He’s teamed with Democrats to make federal funding of embryonic stem cell research one of his top priorities.
10. Rep. Jim Leach (Iowa)
One of only six House Republicans to vote against the Iraq War resolution in 2002, he was also the only Republican to vote against President Bush’s 2003 tax cuts. His support for environmental causes and abortion rights has won him liberal fans.
Try not to notice that two of these lamebrains have been put forward as presidential candidates in 08 by many "conservatives" here on FR.
John McAsshat for sure.
Every one of these should be targetted
...for defeat in the next election, I mean. :p
Here's my pics, in addition to the list.
Gov. Robert Taft of Ohio. No explanation necessary.
Former Gov. Christie Todd Whitman. Again, no explanation necessary. Her ridiculous book is what bumps her back up on the list.
Gov. Kenny Guinn of Nevada. Big tax increaser, and he got the courts to order it to boot.
Rebel, if you notice the list all come from blue states except Iowa.
More socially conservative Republicans would not be elected under any circumstances State wide in NY, Massachusetts, RI or Maine.
The great state of Maine has got to be perplexin' about its wimmin pols...
The absence of John McCain's name on this list renders it useless and irrelevant and will probably cause me to rethink re-upping with H.E.
Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM). Co-sponsors every federal minimum wage increase with Ted Kennedy - every time.
So many RINOs, so little time... Voinivich and Dewine (Ohio), Bass and Sununu (NH), just to name a few more to add to the list. Seems kind of frivolous to have House members on the list since they are only 1 vote in 435, but Human Events started the list that way.
The acronym RINO hardly needs further elaboration at FR. Neither need you add (Grand Old Party)after GOP.
Bill Frist. Where the hell is that ^$&*%$*%^#$% spineless waste of oxygen Bill Frist on this list?
From the large number of names put on this list, it seems to me that it would be easier to make a list of conservative republicans? IMHO, we desparately need term limits to break up this good old boy network of politicians who concern themselves mostly with getting re-elected!
They left out the OBVIOUS #1 on the RINO parade - Sen. John McCain. The author even dings one congressman for supporting McCain-Feingold but fails to name the RINO who personifies McCain-Feingold, namely McCain!
McCain may not be as liberal as some of the others named here but in terms of thwarting Bush's agenda, whether it be on the Wat on Terror, or tax cuts, or the budget or the nuclear option on judges, the #1 thorn in the side is always John McCain.
Leaving him off a list of Top 10 RINOs is like leaving Nolan Ryan off a list of Top 10 strikeout pitchers.
Just a glaringly obvious omission which makes the entire exercise worthless.
Boehlert's #7. I wouldn't be surprised that, judged by his voting record alone, he would be even higher on the list, but his relative obscurity pushed him down in the rankings. Unfair! ;-)