Posted on 04/29/2014 1:56:57 PM PDT by entropy12
To entertain myself, I will drop in to some of the liberal web sites such as DU, Politico etc.
I have observed viewpoints from extreme left to not so extreme left to almost left of center. But rarely, if ever, I have seen the word DINO thrown around.
Actually there are more registered democrats than republicans in the country. And democrats are a more diverse conglomeration ranging from rich white liberals, blue collar, blacks, Hispanics, militant feminists, recent immigrants, yuppies, Muslims, welfare dependents, etc.
Yet, it is rare for one democrat to turn on another. Whereas I see the word RINO used constantly. Whatever happened to Reagan's 11th commandment (or was it Buckley's commandment)?
On conservative blog sites such as FR, what I see is we dislike more candidates than we like by a ratio of 10:1. I wonder if this is a smart policy.
Good point Entropy12. President Reagan's an icon around here but we sometimes forget his 80/20 ally rule:
“My eighty-percent friend is not my twenty-percent enemy” "The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally — not a 20 percent traitor” (or, “My eighty-percent friend is not my twenty-percent enemy") is credited to Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), but it’s not known when he said it. “My old boss Ronald Reagan used to say, ‘Somebody who agrees with me 80 percent of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20 percent traitor,’” said Haley Barbour, a one-time Reagan political aide, in 1993. The saying means that no one agrees with everyone on everything; slight disagreements are to be expected.
Yes, Lieberman was run out, but he still votes lock-step with the Rats.
Conservatives could have prevented this but instead sat on the sidelines.
Very good observation, MNDude!
Great quote, had not seen that.
But I’ve said on FR for a decade that Democrats will rally around 70% agreement and FReepers will shred each other over 5% disagreement.
You do understand that there are literally only a handful of DINOs left in Congress...don’t you? And they are DOMINATED by the progressive DimocRATS who vastly outnumber them. And the number of DINOs in Congress continues to decrease with every election.
However, in the Republican caucus in Congress, the GOPe congressional leadership RINOs currently rule over the caucus and, at best, pay lip service to the conservative agenda. In recent elections the number of true conservative Republicans has been increasing in Congress so the RINOs have to be very “slippery” to advance the RINO agenda as the DimocRATS’ junior partners. The percentage of RINOs in the Republican caucus has been decreasing and the tipping point may come after the 2014 (and certainly by the 2016 election). The GOPe RINOs and their supporters understand this very clearly which is why they are making war on the Tea Party and other constitutional conservatives. Control of the Republican congressional caucus may be decided by a handful of votes after this year’s election which is why this struggle is ongoing.
By the way, you aren’t advocating that the constitutional conservatives in the Republican Party UNILATERALLY DISARM (i.e., stop pointing out that RINOs are in fact RINOs) while the GOPe continues its war on constitutional conservatives, are you?
What I would prefer is to win elections, period.
Because when you lose an election, you no power to push for any conservative agenda. We should always support the most conservative and electable candidate in all primaries.
When general election comes around, I do not see the wisdom of letting the “DOMINATED by the progressive DimocRATS” (your description) win by abstaining your vote. With the exception of a few really liberal republicans, in my opinion most other republicans are preferably to those “DOMINATED by the progressive DimocRATS”.
DING, DING, DING!!!
We have a winner!
Correct 2 out of 538! Just shows how united and hypocritical democrats are.
Too bad it allows them to win the White House and Senate and almost all big city governments.
I do not mean to imply here there is zero dissension between all democrats. I was simply comparing the magnitudes of dissension.
You are too limited in your interpretation of the word “they”. I’m pretty sure the original post referred to both RAT and Pub politicians, at least that’s how I take it.
There is astonishing discipline amid the Dem ranks.
I do not think Obama is responsible for it, but he sure benefits from it.
He thinks he is a bad azz wannabe street thug gangsta, when he is really a pansified wimp boy candy azz.
Pelosi was trained by the East Coast mob, Obama by the Chicago mob, and Dingy Harry by the Nevada mob.
Boehner was trained to sell auto parts while playing golf with the manufacturers purchasing agents.
“What I would prefer is to win elections, period....”
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Sorry, I think in the primary season we need to “make war” on the RINOs by trying our best to let the Republican primary voters know what the RINOs really are.
The term “electable candidate” (e.g., Gerald Ford, Bob Dole, John McCain, Romney) is a term that the GOP establishment (and the league of RINO protectors) uses to beat down support for conservative candidates.
So, when I see a RINO Amnesty advocate (e.g., Renee Ellmers) being supported by the GOPe I’m going to cry RINO, RINO, RINO, RINO, RINO, RINO, RINO, RINO until the cows come home. That’s the only way we’ll gradually replace the RINOs in red districts with true constitutional conservatives (such as Frank Roche http://frankrocheforcongress.com/ ).
The number of RINOs in the Republican congressional caucus has been decreasing as the number of True constitutional conservatives in the caucus has been increasing. We have to maintain the momentum of that change. We’re approaching the tipping point in the caucus and, once we reach that point, we can get rid of the RINOs currently running the GOP and replace them with conservatives. And THAT will be a breath of fresh air.
Agreed on making war. Also “electable” to me does not come from the GOPe. A candidate who looks good on TV, is good on his feet in answering gotcha questions which means is knowledgeable on issues, and most of all believes in a smaller, less intrusive government, I can always support.
Obama is the epitome of a narcissistic, vain, lazy, self-admiring, conceited, egotistic and incompetent person.
Other than he is fine.
I agree that there are less DINO’s in office than RINO’s.
I have to laugh about the idea of Democrats being “disciplined” or “loyal” or whatever. They’re a bunch of screaming, backstabbing, underhanded, hyporitical liars - and that’s the ones who get along. Their party seems “unified” because no pat of it agrees with any other part of it - the same way a gravel bed appears “unified,” from far enough away.
Rats live on fear and punishment and rewards. There is no loyalty in these creatures. The money and perks have to constantly flow, all the time, or they will turn against each other. They live in a world of endless treachery and psychological violence shading into madness. They are always afraid, always scheming, always hurting each other, kicking each other out, buying each other off. They trust nobody - least of all their own, because they know they have no “own.” Every one of them is instantly expendable at a every moment, and they all know it because they constantly remind each other of it by destroying each other. They live lives of sheer terror.
That’s why they are so rigid and erupt into rage when a conservative tries to talk issues with them. They don’t give a DAMN about issues - they ONLY care about obedience, and not getting destroyed, and not being interpreted as a “traitor,” and getting their perks and money while living another day. Democrats already live in hell, a hell of their own making. They have no peace, ever. They slam down anti-depressants, they drink like fish, their relationships are constantly shredded and they eat the souls of their own families and children in order to get what they want.
They are completely, totally insane.
I’ve never heard or seen the word DINO until this moment here, did you just invent it?
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