[PermaRag]

Many Rats who see the light and become Republicans (for whatever the Republican label is worth nowadays) are more conservative than lots of politicians who have "always" been Republicans.

For example, solidly conservative Georgia rep. Nathan Deal, who switched away from the DemoNazis back in 1995 is FAR more conservative than ANY so-called Republican Represenatative or Senator from the Northeast.

Ex-Rat Sen. Richard Shelby may not be 100% perfect, but he's FAR more conservative than many of his Republican colleagues. The list goes on (Phil Gramm, some guy named Ronald Reagan....)

Nate Deal is no "RINO" but schmucks like Olympia Snowe sure as hell are.

[MSF BU]

You can add Sam Hall and George Wallace Jr. to the list.