[Common Tator]

There are about 17 or 18 states that are quite conservative. It really ticks me off that one of them elected a real RINO in Lindsay Graham. They did not need to elect a RINO is South Carolina.

There are about 17 or 18 states that are quite liberal. They elect liberals.

That leaves about 16 or 17 states that are evenly divided. Sometimes they elect DINOS and some times they elect RINOS. In these evenly divided states the moderates hold sway.

That is they almost always elect either a RINO or a DINO. That means the senate always has about 36 Conservatives and 36 Liberals. The remainder are some combination of RINOS and DINOS.

So what do fools always want to do? Throw out the RINOS and DINOS. And just once in our history has the Republican party managed to throw out all the RINOS. The result was LBJ and the passage of his great society. With the RINOS all gone, there was nothing left but DINOS and the Senate was filibuster proof.

And who did we have to thank for giveing the Democrats everything they ever wanted? Barry Goldwater that's who.

With over 60 seats in the Senate and total control of the HOuse the democrats were able to pass legislations that they had been waiting 40 years to pass.

Now again we have the Conservatives so anxious to give the Democrats every thing they want. And what do they want? Socialized medicine. Well when you get it, I hope you don't have enough money to travel to Singapore to get good medical treatment.

But just like the Goldwater fools from a generation ago.. you will talk about the stupid voters. But it is not the voters that are supid. It is the conservatives that are too stupid to know how the system works.

I hope your learn something from your defeat... but I would not bet on it.

[AFPhys]

CT: I just looked at that ACU scorecard link in Post#16 above. Do you have any idea why they have Graham rated so high?

South Carolina	Member	2005	2004	YOS	Life
	GRAHAM	96	92	11	91

[BillyBoy]

>> It really ticks me off that one of them elected a real RINO in Lindsay Graham. They did not need to elect a RINO is South Carolina <<

Lindsay Graham has a lifetime conservative rating of about 90% and led the fight to impeach Clinton (gotta love how freepers insist Harris get nominated for her "heroic" actions in 2000, but we're supposed to lynch Lindsey Graham and forget about his truly heroic actions in 1998). The fact you and a handful of other fanatical "die-Graham-die" gang are consumed with hatred over him because he voted the wrong way on issue or two and is nice to McCain (J.D. Hayworth, freeper icon, also adores McCain, but you people overlook that) does not make him a "RINO"

If Graham's record makes him a RINO, then roughly 85% of the Republican Senators are RINOs. You guys might as well start your own party if the bar of 90% conservative isn't "good enough" for you.

A commie like Linc Chaffee and his 80% liberal rating is a RINO. Graham is a lifelong conservative, although the Ned Lamont wing of the GOP is convinced anyone who doesn't agree with them 100% of time is an evil maxist scumbag and must be "purged"

Graham-hating "Republicans" = Lieberman-hating Democrats.

[StJacques]

Common Tator, may I ease your pain just a little to say that I share your outrage with absolutely #!!@*&%#&@@:@$%%$ so-called "conservatives" who are all too willing to give control of the Congress over to the Democrats just to vent their anger at not getting what they want on just fill in whichever issue you want here .

The very security of the U.S. and our place in the world is at stake, as well as domestic fiscal integrity (your point), and on and on and ....

Anyone who wants to give Congress to the Democrats is a TROLL!

[Old_Mil]

The Reagan revolution was not a result of leadership from your wing of the party. It was a turning to conservatism by the nation after 4 years of Carter liberalism illustrated to the country what the fruits of liberalism are.