Really? Why don't you tell that to Jim Robinson?
Nice nuke! This should be good!
Republicans come in various degrees of conservatism....always have, probably always will. There have always been Republicans who were far, far, far to the left of President Bush.
A RINO is one who doesn't act like a Republican of any stripe (people like John McCain and Lindsay Graham).
President Bush did many conservative things and held the line in many ways - our national defense, the defense of the sanctity of life, refusing to raise taxes.
He was not, therefore a RINO.
And as I've told you before, if you use that term as a pejorative against everyone, it becomes meaningless, and can't be used against anyone.
You, in your overuse and abuse of the term have rendered it meaningless. Words mean things......or at least they're supposed to.
Besides which, your hero Ron Paul is far more of a RINO than George Bush is. In fact, he's not really a Republican at all, is he? And he certainly has some liberal views that most conservatives find disturbing.
George W. Bush, is, in fact, at the very least, the second most conservative President in American history.....and he is most certainly a Republican.
(Don't bother with the hackneyed Meirs line, Alito's on the bench, nominated by Bush).
I repeat.......RINO's don't get awarded by conservative organizations for their stellar conservative judges. Bush has been.
My favorite Jim Rob post!