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

[Clemenza]

See my post #70. Peter King reminds me of a typically corrupt Lawn Guyland RINO a la the Gulotta gang. He is a whore to the unions, a "friend of Hillary," and has a homosexual crush on McCain. More proof that the NY GOP is the worst outside of New Jersey and Massachusetts.

[KLT]

You know..NC, he does look very much like Jackie Mason..BWAHAHA!

[KC_Conspirator]

I agree with KC; Jeffords was indeed RINO.... and proved it.

There are some other good candidates, but no one, and I mean no one, comes even close to the despicable Mr. "30 Pieces of Silver" Jeffords. He ran as a Republican, using Republican money, using Republican resources, yet stabs the party in the back in favor of a chairmanship and the hopes of more pork for his state.

[KLT]

What? No Chris Shays?

So nominate Shays RK, it would be great to see how he does!

[harpseal]

On this one I have to go with John McCain as he is the most prominent of RINOs.

Stay well - stay safe - Stay armed - yorktown

[Mudboy Slim]

Hey VA FReepers...I just nominated Senator Jawn Wahnah (post #76) for RINO of the Year!! Can I get a second, third, fourth....?!

Let's Resolve to Retire VA's BackStabbing AntiConservative in this year's primary!!

FReegards...MUD

[Clemenza]

Lazio - he made Hillary a winner and cost the Republicans 3 to 4 seats in the Senate.

That is the smartest thing you have ever said Tuco. Lazio was a lightweight from a Congressional District that continually elects morons. Lazio succeeded Al Gore's boyfriend Tom Downey and was in turn succeeded in 2000 by Steve Israel.

The only thing dumber than NY politicians are the idiots who support them.

[toenail]

"Are you by any chance related to Inspector Harry Callahan?"

No. Why do you ask?

[Clemenza]

Chris Shays used to be good on regulatory issues, but now all he does is join King, McCain, Warner, et. al. in bashing conservatives.

[Clemenza]

Freeper by that name posted something similar the other day.

[Ward Smythe]

Mud, Mud, Mud....same song, different verse....

BTW - don't you owe me lunch?

[Aurelius]

Great cartoon. Next frame should show him mounting a horse, or maybe a jackass, named "The (non-existent) Gunshow Loophole".

Obviously McCain should be the hands sown winner of the award.

Just thought Chaffee deserved a Dishonorable Mention.

[toenail]

It's not hidden knowledge. I'm waiting for Bush's "How To Win Friends and Influence People by Giving Your [Putative] Enemies Everything They Want" book.

[Aurelius]

Hands down

[Clemenza]

REMEMBER FREEPERS, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TRUE MODERATE AND A RINO:

Moderate Republican: Jim Edgar, Rudy Giuliani, Gordon Smith

RINO: Lowell Weicker, Howard Baker, Christie Whitman

[Skel]

Nationally-McCain

Locally here in the PRCa-Riordan

[eleni121]

Lazio ran because you know who decided to drop out. Rudy would have beat Hitlery. He seems to be pretty healthy these days. What's the scoop on that?

[Clemenza]

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