Thanks George you RINO POS.
Posted on 10/16/2006 4:45:27 AM PDT by mcg2000
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.
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I was surpised at Gov. Mitt Romney.
All this means is the conservatives are ripping the GOP apart.
When will the CONV start their own PARTY !!!!!!
RINO though he is, Shays did earn a couple of points in my book last week with his slam of Ted Kennedy.
Thanks George you RINO POS.
The time to hunt RINOs is during primary season.
The Republican party, unfortunately, gives them lot$ of cover.
9 out of ten left wing liberal republicans from the northeast - what a surprise. Just proves that corner of the country doesn't belong in the USA any more. Give 'em to Quebec.
My crappy senator has to be number eleven!
Hagal
Nothing wrong with this. Good quote and very accurate.
oops....Hagal=Hagel
Yeah but you come from the home of POS Dems Jimmy Carter and....Cynthia McKinney. So look a little closer to home, OK Hoss?
Where's John S. McShame (RINO-Media)? How about Rudy Guilliani, whose only claims to conservatism are his tough-on-crime and tough-on-terrorist stands? Toss in his successor, Michael Bloomberg, who has no claim to conservatism.
And how much "R"NC/"R"SCC/White House capital has gone to the primary re-election bids of #1 and #3 on this list?
Shays and Romney are definitely RINOs. But not in the top ten. Shays has had some redeeming actions, including some of his committee work. And Romney is Romney because Romney is in Massachussetts.
John McCain is definitely in the top ten. Also, Nancy Johnson (House of Reps - CT) belongs on the list (only GOPer to vote against the Born Alive act)
Lincoln Chaffee is a communist. Susan Collins is an anti-social Conservative, as is snarlin' Arlen. Nevertheless, both were instrumental in confirming the President's USSC nominees.
Mitt Romney is probably the most conservative electable Presidential candidate.
I sometimes wonder if our social conservative brothers and sisters here realize that their unqualified endorsement is the kiss of death in 3/4 of the country.
He shouldn't be there... replace him with McCain. This list is flawed.
For example, I love cowboys, and do not consider 'being a cowboy' anything but a compliment. Liberal loonies do consider it a slam.
They're Democrats. You don't want to start on the Democrats from the northeast. What's the matter baby, did I touch a nerve?
It's gonna be 2A till I die. Romney, gun grabbers..no thanks.
You guys have it all wrong. Tom Tancredo is a RINO. Ron Paul is a RINO. There are a few others. But this list, along with W for that matter, is a list of TRUE Republicans. Ever since Lincoln the Republican Party has pushed centralized control over all aspects of life from DC at the price of state and individual rights. Somehow they have managed to hoodwink a lot of people into thinking of them as the conservative party.
Romney is no RINO, while he has in the past stated that he is for keeping abortion legal, he has since tightened up that statement with the standard rape/incest/lom addition. I find it hard to believe he would jepordize conservative support for a 2nd term if he is elected by appointing libs to the court, besides with the new media and a GOP congress it's not a problem.
Additionally you'll find many conservatives while not supportive of civil unions will tolerate them, as long as they are not considered marriage, and do not provide the benefits of marriage. Plus you need to remember where Mitt is governing,it's not as though he's out in the heartland, he has a Dem controlled legislature, and an overwhelmingly independant/democrat electorate, its not as though he could avoid supporting civil unions in some form.
I think this needs a closer look, I am not convinced. I know he had a "moment" recently that changed somewhat his abortion stance. Then again, i have never voted with abortion in mind, he is against gay marriage, i don't really care if they do civil unions, and the gun thing seems ambiguous.
I think he would be good on WOT and he is against amnesty for illegals, that is what i care about that i think a president could influence somewhat.
Hell no...and I know where the NE is coming from...but thems that dont see it in their own back yard, need to look closer, a-fore they criticise others......
and yes you were talking Repubs....but it needs to be brought out that there is plenty of Leftist bolshevic SOB's all over the country that need to be addressed....as far as our NE Dems....they are the true POS's that you claim...no question.
McCain
Hagel
Graham
However, McCain and Bloomberg definitely belong on this list. Especially Bloomberg -- since he is a true RINO by definition (he was a Democrat and only changed his party affiliation to avoid a primary battle in New York City's 2001 mayoral race). The fact that neither of these guys is on this list makes wonder if the author has a hidden agenda here.
I believe thats the sentiment. We can clean up the party in the primaries. Additionally, we have to stop focusing on the RINOs but focus on the CINOs (Conservatives in name only.) Cinos are so-called Conservatives democrats that are elected from red states and red districts. The Cinos run on a Conservative platforms but will vote with the democrats in blocking conservative judges. Bush won 31 states with 62 senators yet we need blue state republicans to hold the majority. They are never with us on the tough votes. The northern Republicans can't be with us all the time.
Thank you for including that blankety-blank RINO.
The 2008 Republican candidate is hereby served notice: he will not get conservative support unless he throws this one out of Rep Hdq on his RINO tail.
"Mitt Romney is probably the most conservative electable Presidential candidate."
If he is a gun grabber and/or baby killer, my kind of republican will never support him.
At least with a demo, you know your enemy.
Keep that up and the GOP will end up like the Democrat party. A purest political party will never win elections, and will never get their agenda passed into law.... Think about it
"Then God help us."
I know, I know. THAT dude is the best we can do?
Not a bad list. The only problem is, I could easily come up with a Top 50 Rino list in about 15 minutes...
Jersey is the same, RINO ridden, without a name on the list. But I absolutely refuse to learn French.
I'm not a big fan of Mitt Romney, although he seems more normal in person that on TV, where I think he looks like an android.
But in order to get what you want, since you don't have 51% of the voters on your side, you have to elect people who can help you incrementally.
In 2008, I think the tickets are Giuliani/Allen or Giuliani/Kyl, less likely Romney/Vitter or Romney/Thompson vs. Clinton/Obama.
There's no question that with the GOP side of that equation, some of what you want will come true.
Those Democrats are going to put you in a reeducation camp.
The preponderance of New England RINOs deserves an explanation.
New Englanders will dutifully vote for King Kong if he was running as a RINO.
And you would get a blank stare if you commented, "My, that candidate was hairy wasn't he."
NE is the land where PC orginated.
PC'ists just can't bear to utter a discouraging word about anyone or anything........anything goes with these types.
Giuliani cannot win the primary, Romney can. I'm a Romney cheerleader and I openly admit it, because so far there is no one else with their hat in the ring that is as acceptable.
"Those Democrats are going to put you in a reeducation camp."
When fear of the opposition makes you changes your mind about what you believe, and who you will vote for..you already are a Democrat.
What you believe and who you will (should) vote for are about as far apart as they can possibly be.
If McCain is there, Pansy Graham isn't too far behind!
Why is that?
Hegel????????????????????????
"Hegel????"
Why would a German idealist philosopher of the early nineteenth century be on a RINO list?
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