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

[falfa]

Case in point: during the conviction trial of President Clinton, Senator Lott allowed extremely constrictive rules that would in effect not allow the House Managers to present their case. No witnesses, etc.

In that regards, other nominees would have to be Senator Fred Thompson of Tennessee and Senator Stevens of Alaska. According to David Schippers, they sat with their heads in there heads and stared at the table while the Dems dictated the terms of the Senate proceedings. Schippers said the closest thing to an ally the house managers had in the room was Loserman!

[Rockinfreakapotamus]

I just recieved my email on this today. RINO nomination thread continues (click) here.

[Rockinfreakapotamus]

I think with the 100-0 airline 'security' boondoggle vote, ALL 49 Rep Senators need to be nominated. Probably 90% of the House deserves nomination. I.e., there aren't many 'R' politicians who aren't RINOs in one way or another.

[IM2Phat4U]

Stephen Moore on Rush Limbaugh Show today with Walt Williams.