VOTE IN YOUR NOMINEE FOR RINO OF THE YEAR!

CLUB FOR GROWTH ^ | 12-11-01 | STEVE MOORE

[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

[VMI70]

Oh, and thanks for the heads up. FReegards,

[glock rocks]

I know why McCain is hated, but why Lott?

lott is a VINO.

vertibrate in name only.

a chevy axle suppository might have helped a few years back. too late now.

[MoJo2001]

Jeffords, McCain, Chafee, Snowe, Michael Bloomberg, gosh..there are just so darn many! Who has time for that?

[glock rocks]

I'd like to change my vote from McCain to Jeffords.

naw. jeffords just preempted mccains vile maneuvers. jeffords did us two favors

- he just took the money and ran leaving no question what he was up to,
- and he didn't give mcpain the mantle of supreme extorter (i.e. clipped his lyin wings).

[Jeff Smith]

I heard Chris Mathews(of MSNBC) is going to run against Specter!

[Snow Bunny]

Thanks KLT!!!!!! GREAT to see you my friend.... I would pick McCain! He is a traitor to the Rep. party in so many ways.

Barf alert always for McCain!
Barf alert always for McCain!
Barf alert always for McCain!
Barf alert always for McCain!
Barf alert always for McCain!
Barf alert always for McCain!
Barf alert always for McCain!
Barf alert always for McCain!
Barf alert always for McCain!
Barf alert always for McCain!

[Nitro]

I'll go with Jeffords!

[leprechaun9]

In New Jersey, ACTING (a bad actor) GOVERNOR DIFIASCO!

He supported DemocRAT Mc Greedy for Governor.

[KLT]

Hey Guys, Bump this on your Bump lists...Lets Bump this Baby....

[Torie]

This marriage bore a child. Maybe you have good sources, and what you say is true, including the ratting out blackmail to which you alluded, but I hope you don't mind if I remain skeptical.

[goldilucky]

Sorry I'm an independant and I don't anything about those candidates.

[Snow Bunny]

Bump

[TruthWillWin]

Isn't it interesting that a DINO is very rare. Trafficant is the only one I can come up with.

[xp38]

Zell Miller?

[StoneColdGOP]

"LIBERAL DICK" RIORDAN

[Clemenza]

Zell Miller?

I know many call him "Zig-Zag Zell" but I have always found Zell to be a DINO. He would be a moderatly conservative Republican a la Dick Lugar (although Zell is better than Lugar on guns) if he converted, which he would never do.

Georgia has produced some real "prizes" (Jimmy Carter and Wyche Fowler anyone?), although there have been some great moderate and conservative Dems from that area as well. One of my personal favorites was the late Larry McDonald, who unfortunatly passed away in the Korean Air flight in 1983.

[Gophack]

Jeffords by a mile.

He's no longer a Republican, therefore not a RINO

[Gophack]

bump!

[Mudboy Slim]

"I actually consider myself a "conservatarian" which I define as a person who has conservative views, but doesn't force those views upon someone else or give a rat's a$$ what someone else does in the privacy of his own home, as long as his conduct does not directly infringe upon the rights of another person."

Well, that pretty well describes me as well...but that's also my description of "libertarian"!!
Where do you differentiate between "conservatarian" and "libertarian", my FRiend?

FReegards...MUD

[Mudboy Slim]

"Paxon dropped out because he's gay and Newt was going to rat him out."

Hunh?! And FYI...no yer not the most conservative member of FR...I AM!!

Keep trying, though...MUD