Posted on 06/28/2014 3:38:13 AM PDT by OldRanchHand
RINO – Republican In Name Only – is a term used to describe people who are not truly Republican, they just run as a Republican on the ballot to get elected. Is Chris McDaniel a RINO?
He claims he is a lifelong Republican, but…
He voted in the Democratic Primary
“Records show conservative Republican U.S. Senate candidate Chris McDaniel voted as a Democrat in the 2003 state primary.” –Associated Press 11/13/2013
Chris McDaniel denied it. But, “McDaniel’s campaign spokesman Keith Plunkett said it is possible McDaniel voted in the 2003 Democratic primary.”
Mississippi’s Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann confirms it: “I looked at [the records], and they show he voted Democrat when Haley Barbour, Amy Tuck, Tate Reeves and Stacey Pickering were running in the Republican Primary. They also show he didn’t vote in the presidential election in 2004 — when Bush was running — and didn’t vote in the Republican Primary in 2008.”
So, Chris McDaniel says he is a lifelong Republican. But he voted in the Democratic Primary; didn’t vote in an important Republican Primary, and when liberal Democrat Senator John Kerry was running against President George W. Bush…he didn’t vote at all.
Chris McDaniel, he says one thing, his record says something else.
Which Party Is It?
When Chris McDaniel first ran for his office in 2007, Ryan Walters, one of his top advisers on his campaign committee was just four years prior the Vice Chairman of the Mississippi Reform Party and served on the Reform Party National Committee.
In 2012, Chris McDaniel was a featured speaker at the Mississippi Constitution Party’s State Convention.
And in April, when faced with criticisms of the Libertarian Party, he tried to make amends with that organization, he said, “I defended the Libertarian party on many occasions, despite objections from some on the political right.”
So which is it, Chris? Reform Party or Constitution Party or Republican Party or Libertarian Party or Democratic Party?
Perhaps we’ll never know, because as McDaniel said to the Libertarians, “the longer I serve in government, the more my positions evolve.”
Editorial
The Carthaginian – November 21, 2013 Editorial: McDaniel can’t cry ‘Liar’
A few years back a new newspaper editor moved into a South Delta town and began pumping life into the local weekly with lively news that evoked some consternation.
It led to some serious name calling against the scribe, culminating, the story goes, with a elderly farmer walking through the door of the newspaper and inquiring, “Are you the fellow everyone’s calling a ***-**-*-*****?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Well,” the old farmer rejoined, “ain’t nobody calling you a liar.”
Chris McDaniel, Tea Party hopeful for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Sen. Thad Cochran, has taken issue with reports he has, in times past, voted a Democratic Party ticket or skipped major Republican Party votes.
After initial confusion in his reply, it came out that state maintained computer records did show McDaniel had voted in a Democratic Party primary and skipped a GOP primary.
That apparently being a grave insult to his conservative credentials, McDaniel or his mouthpieces countered that he had to vote Democratic to vote in local elections, that perhaps someone had struck a wrong key and his vote was improperly recorded, that Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, a rumored GOP aspirant to the Senate seat, was playing politics at state expense.
The key now is, he ain’t calling nobody a liar.
Many, many times.
Good riddance to GOP-e trolls.
No, dear. You’ve been very, very goooood!
I’m not.
I am the Eggmander.
Goo goo goo joob.
*Apocalypse Bunneh is very happy bunneh*
I need to find an image for that...
Even after the cool snake pic?
And I didn't even pee on him?
I haz a sad.
Its gonna get worse. Kittehs need to keep those claws and teeth sharp and swift!
Remember........this is AP.
Dammit. I meant to include you for Apocalypse Bunneh.
There he is!
Thanks!
That looks about right. The Democrat donkey poops and the GOPe elephant spews, uh, stuff to any voter still gullible enough to believe he’s getting a Hershey bar.
Wasn't there somebody a while back who made a similar accusation?
Yes. They’re thick and fast during the primary elections and the generals as well.
Well, you just did, darlin’, and he certainly does look very happy!
It’s a great graphic for the ZOT threads. Good job.
Hello stranger. It is very nice to see you again. I’ve been missing you on the ZOT threads, and on FR in general.
Hope you and the kids are well.
All the kitties are on the ball around here. You’re one of my best kitties, sweetie. ;-)
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