Posted on 12/11/2001 10:07:00 AM PST by KLT
We are taking nominations for our first-ever RINO (Republican in Name Only) of the year award. This award will recognize a Republican who has advanced egregious anti-growth, anti-freedom or anti-free-market policies. The "winner" may be a member of Congress or any other state or local elected official. (Sorry, our economically challenged Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill is not an elected official, so he is ineligible.)
Here are some front-runners who have already been nominated:
Governor Don Sundquist of Tennessee for repeatedly trying to enact a State income tax.
Rep. Greg Ganske (Iowa), a Republican sponsor of the Democratic bill to federalize 30,000 airport workers.
Sen. Mike Enzi, for co-sponsoring the Internet tax bill.
Sen. John McCain, for voting for a key amendment by Democratic Leader Tom Daschle and for offering his own amendment that would have gutted the Bush tax cut.
California Assemblyman Mike Briggs, for making it possible for Gov. Gray Davis to pass his tax increase budget this year.
Please fax (202-955-9466) or e-mail your nominations by 12/19/2001. You should include a few sentences about your nominee's anti-growth efforts in 2001. If you have particularly dumb quotes from the nominee that attempt to explain his actions, please include this information. We will then have a poll of our members and our Board will make the selection from the finalists.
Thank you for your nominations.
Stephen Moore
President
Club for Growth
1776 K St. NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006
SteveMoore@clubforgrowth.org
202-955-5500
202-955-9466 fax
Unfortunately, there are not enough of us.
He has also said he's against profiling.
It's a tradeoff, you see. Our safety for his political correctness (since he always stays nice and safe with his security detail).
OMG, who told you? ;)
I give Lazio credit for going up against her. In fact, Rush mentioned today about the debate in which Lazio walked toward "her" to ask her to sign a pledge--the man was crucified as giving the appearance he was threatening her.
So help me, I can't see a Dem losing a race unless there is a glitch why they can't count dead, twice, and otherwise stuff the ballot boxes.
Actually, I thought you were trying to make some deep point about Republicanism and skewing the use of the term "left of"...LOL!! I was psyched to start arguin' Right vs. Left...AGAIN!!
FReegards...MUD
Yeah there are...a bunch of us are just over here trying to keep the RINOs from turning the GOP into the RepublicRAT Party, but we know where our FRiends are. Actually, I'm more of a libertarian, but Harry Browne's doin' such a gawdawful job giving that word a black eye, I'm lyin' low until we get ourselves a real Leader.
FReegards...MUD
Thanks for the reminders. Unfortunately, I just had lunch.
BTW, I never have been a Pataki fan, either now or when he first ran for governor. But his election supports the point that I was trying to make: If the Conservative Party in New York had been able to hijack the Republican Party as it tries to do on a national level, then Pataki never would have received the Republican nomination and Mario Cuhomo would probably still be governor.
Taxes? Because of Pataki, I'm only paying 8.75% state income tax, 7.25% sales tax, and a real property tax that now approaches $7000 a year. (I think I'm going to lose my lunch again.)
Despite whay you might think, the gun laws here are not all that restrictive once you move away from New York City. A handgun carry permit is still difficult to obtain, but by no means impossible under the appropriate circumstances.
At first, I thought he'd have to be disqualified, due to his no longer being a RIN(O). But, the more I think about it, you're right. Jeffords was a RINO for part of the year, and thus merits consideration. And, although your summary doesn't even begin to quantify the damage done to the party -- giving total control of the Senate agenda and committees to the Dems -- it easily makes the case for his overwhelming deservedness of the award.
Their continued ridiculous antics led me to register "no affiliation".
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