However, I disagree that Armey is a big part of the problem or a RINO.
What made it even funnier was when one of the democrat leaders (like a John Kerry or somebody of his "stature" in the party) was complaining and criticizing Armey about it, and he said (verbatim) "Dick Armey can call Barney Fife 'Barney Fag' and then call it a slip of the tongue, ..."
So this oh so eloquent and pompous democrat criticized Armey for a slip of the tongue for referring to Barney Frank with the wrong name while referring to Barney Frank with the name of an inept fictional deputy that can't be trusted with more than one bullet for his gun. Hilarious.