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*Senator [[Roger Wicker]] of Mississippi for supporting [[Barack Hussein Obama#National Defense|NDAA 2012]], an act that strips Americans of their constitutional rights.<ref name="NDAA">http://www.dailypaul.com/198522/senators-who-voted-yea-for-ndaa-indefinite-detention-of-us-citizens-no-trial</ref> | *Senator [[Roger Wicker]] of Mississippi for supporting [[Barack Hussein Obama#National Defense|NDAA 2012]], an act that strips Americans of their constitutional rights.<ref name="NDAA">http://www.dailypaul.com/198522/senators-who-voted-yea-for-ndaa-indefinite-detention-of-us-citizens-no-trial</ref> | ||
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=== Members of the U.S. House of Representatives === | === Members of the U.S. House of Representatives === |
Revision as of 12:51, August 9, 2013
A RINO (Republican in Name Only) is an officeholder or candidate who is a member of the Republican Party, but holds views to the political left of most Republican voters. The term "RINO" describes politicians who claim to be Republican but are in fact liberal, and therefore generally debase the winning conservative coalition base of the Republican Party.
RINOs are often Republican only to the extent it serves their own interests, and will abandon conservative principles as soon as it is in their own interests to do so. RINOs often provide support for raising taxes, abortion as a right, gay rights and gun control. Some RINOs have connections with Planned Parenthood or corporations that support goals of population control; other RINOs pay lip service to pro-life values while in practice not advancing those values.
Double standards by RINOs are common: a birther comment by Romney during his campaign was supposedly a "nothing", but Todd Akin's pro-life comment would somehow "absolutely" could cost RINOs control of the U.S. Senate![1]
RINOs, like Democrats, typically come from states in New England, the Mid-Atlantic; or states on the Left Coast. A less-used term is cafeteria conservative, for a person who picks and chooses which conservative principles to believe, as a person might choose foods in a cafeteria instead of ordering the full-course menu selected by the chef at most restaurants.[2] In contrast to RINO's and cafeteria conservatives, movement conservatives understand that since conservative philosophy is a coherent whole, it is untenable to discard part of it without discarding all of it.
The RINO targets of attack argue they follow middle of the road policies and are not liberals; they claim they get results, and insist that without them the Congress would be totally controlled by liberal Democrats and Republicans would rarely have any success. Conservatives respond that in the heyday of "Rockefeller liberalism" in the GOP the Democrats always controlled Congress, and the GOP only took power when Newt Gingrich launched a national conservative "Contract with America" in 1994, ending 40 years of Democratic control of the House. The notion that we need to elect Democrat-lite type of politicians is false. The election cycles of 2010 and 2012 proved that many RINO candidates are unelectable. RINO candidates wasted millions of dollars; Carly Fiorina, Meg Whitman, Scott Brown, Linda McMahon, and many others could not connect with the people in liberal blue states.
In recent Republican primaries, voters have been rejecting establishment RINOs in favor of those with stronger conservative principles. Their commitment to self and not party is evident in their refusal to endorse the candidate that beats them. In some instances, they refuse the will of the voters and their party by running for office on an independent ticket. It is important to vote for someone who's more conservative on the issues rather than for a Republican because anyone can join a party and be they can be RINOs.
Contents
RINOs currently holding political office
Government Secretaries
- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel of Nebraska
- Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood
U.S. Senators
- Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, for supporting excessive government spending and being a RINO Backer.
- Senator Susan Collins of Maine for supporting abortion [3], amnesty [4] gun control [5] and the homosexual agenda [6]
- Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina for supporting amnesty [7], the drone program [8], arming the rebels in Syria and the NSA program[9]
- Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska for supporting same-sex "marriage" [10], earmark spending, cronyism and amnesty
- Senator Mark Kirk of Illinois for supporting gun control, amnesty, abortion[11], and same-sex "marriage"
- Senator John McCain of Arizona
- Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia
- Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa
- Senator Mike Crapo of Idaho for supporting environmental regulation [12]
- Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee for supporting amnesty and Common Core
- Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee for supporting amnesty
- Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama for supporting gun control [13] and opposing the impeachment of Bill Clinton
- Senator Johnny Isakson of Georgia
- Senator Marco Rubio of Florida for supporting amnesty[14]
- Senator John Hoeven of North Dakota for supporting government spending[15] and amnesty
- Senator Dean Heller of Nevada for supporting embryonic stem cell research[16] and amnesty
- Senator Rob Portman of Ohio for supporting gay marriage[17]
- Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina, for supporting homosexuals serving in the military.[18]
- Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, for supporting civil unions for homosexuals, the DREAM Act, TARP, voting for Eric Holder, and insulting the Tea Party.[19]
- Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona, for supporting homosexuals serving in the military and giving amnesty to illegal immigrants.[20]
- Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania for supporting gun control[21]
- Senator Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire for supporting amnesty
- Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma for supporting gun control [22]
- Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming for supporting NDAA 2012, an act that strips Americans of their constitutional rights.[23]
- Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri for supporting NDAA 2012, an act that strips Americans of their constitutional rights.[23]
- Senator John Boozman of Arkansas for supporting NDAA 2012, an act that strips Americans of their constitutional rights.[23]
- Senator Daniel Coats of Indiana for supporting NDAA 2012, an act that strips Americans of their constitutional rights.[23]
- Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi for supporting NDAA 2012, an act that strips Americans of their constitutional rights.[23]
- Senator John Cornyn of Texas for supporting NDAA 2012, an act that strips Americans of their constitutional rights.[23]
- Senator Michael Enzi of Wyoming for supporting NDAA 2012, an act that strips Americans of their constitutional rights.[23]
- Senator John Hoeven of North Dakota for supporting NDAA 2012, an act that strips Americans of their constitutional rights.[23]
- Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma for supporting NDAA 2012, an act that strips Americans of their constitutional rights.[23]
- Senator John Isakson of Georgia for supporting NDAA 2012, an act that strips Americans of their constitutional rights.[23]
- Senator Mike Johanns of Nebraska for supporting NDAA 2012, an act that strips Americans of their constitutional rights.[23]
- Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin for supporting NDAA 2012, an act that strips Americans of their constitutional rights.[23]
- Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas for supporting NDAA 2012, an act that strips Americans of their constitutional rights.[23]
- Senator James Risch of Idaho for supporting NDAA 2012, an act that strips Americans of their constitutional rights.[23]
- Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas for supporting NDAA 2012, an act that strips Americans of their constitutional rights.[23]
- Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama for supporting NDAA 2012, an act that strips Americans of their constitutional rights.[23]
- Senator John Thune of South Dakota for supporting NDAA 2012, an act that strips Americans of their constitutional rights.[23]
- Senator David Vitter of Louisiana for supporting NDAA 2012, an act that strips Americans of their constitutional rights.[23]
- Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi for supporting NDAA 2012, an act that strips Americans of their constitutional rights.[23]
- Senator Jeffrey Chiesa of New Jersey, nominated by the RINO Chris Christie and supports him.
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House John Boehner of Ohio for abandoning his princapals in favor of "bipartisan compromise"
- Rep. David Dreier of California
- Rep. Scott Rigell of Virginia
- Rep. Candice Miller of Michigan
- Rep. Peter King of New York for supporting the NSA domestic spying program. [24]
- Rep. Chris Gibson of New York for being the most liberal Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives [25]
- Rep. Michael Simpson of Idaho
- Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, for her support of the homosexual agenda[26]
- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida
- Rep. Aaron Schock of Illinois
- Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California
- Rep. Renee Ellmers of North Carolina
- Rep. Frank Lucas of Oklahoma
- Rep. Rick Crawford of Arkansas
- Rep. Kristi Noem of South Dakota
- Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan
- Rep. Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia for defending purges by Boehner and supporting the NSA program
- Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan for opposing the Defense of Marriage Act [27]
Governors
- Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey
- Governor Rick Scott of Florida
- Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona for supporting unconstitutional ObamaCare[28]
- Governor Jack Dalrymple of North Dakota for supporting unconstitutional ObamaCare[29]
- Governor Brian Sandoval of Nevada for supporting unconstitutional ObamaCare[30]
- Governor John Kasich of Ohio for supporting unconstitutional ObamaCare
- Governor Rick Snyder of Michigan for supporting unconstitutional ObamaCare
- Governor Susana Martinez of New Mexico for supporting unconstitutional ObamaCare
- Governor Bob McDonnell of Virginia
Federal Judges
- Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts after his support of gutting Arizona's immigration law and yet being the swing vote responsible for keeping Obamacare upheld. As Supreme Court Justices officially have no party, he is more of a "conservative in name only".
Local Legislators
- State Senator Allan Kittleman of Maryland, for promoting homosexual special rights[31]
- Texas Speaker of the House Joe Straus
RINOs currently not holding political office
Executive Officials
- Former President Theodore Roosevelt, because he regulated the economy and used social justice.
- Former President George H.W. Bush for claiming he wouldn't raise taxes and subsequently raising them
- Former President Richard Nixon for establishing the Environmental Protection Agency and supporting affirmative action
- Former President Gerald Ford for supporting same-sex "marriage"
- Former President George W. Bush for supporting government spending, increasing the size of government, and for filling his cabinet with a litany of other RINOs.[32] Failed at child rearing.[33]
- Former Vice-President and Senator Nelson Rockefeller of New York
- Former Vice President Dick Cheney, for supporting the Homosexual Agenda, being a Neocon and supporting the NSA domestic spying program.
Government Secretaries
- Former Senator and HUD Secretary Mel Martinez of Florida
- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell
- Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge.
- Former Press Secretary Scott McClellan
- Former Press Secretary James Brady, for being a major gun control advocate
- Former Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, for supporting the Homosexual Agenda.
- Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, for supporting DADT repeal and being pro-abortion.
- Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, for supporting DADT repeal and failing to condemn same-sex "marriage" and abortion.
- Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, for defending Barack Obama's handling of Benghazi [34]
U.S. Senators
- Former Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts
- Former Senator George Voinovich of Ohio
- Former Senator Alan Simpson of Wyoming
- Former Senator Gordon Smith of Oregon
- Former Senator Bob Dole of Kansas for claiming that Reagan couldn't make it in the current Republican Party.
- Former Senator Charles Mathias of Maryland
- Former Senator Bob Bennett of Utah
- Former Senator Olympia J. Snowe of Maine
- Former Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas
- Former Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana
- Former Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona, for supporting the homosexual agenda and abortion.
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Former Congressman Steve LaTourette of Ohio
- Former Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida
- Former Congressman David Rivera of Florida
- Former Congressman Christopher Shays of Connecticut
- Former Congressman Tom Campbell of California
- Former Congressman and Governor Michael Castle of Delaware
- Former Congressman Joseph Cao of Louisiana
- Former Congressman Joe Scarborough of Florida
- Former Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn of Washington
Governors
- Former Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. of Utah
- Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California
- Former Governor Linda Lingle of Hawaii
- Former Governor Mitch Daniels of Indiana
- Former Governor George Pataki of New York
- Former Governor and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christine Todd Whitman of New Jersey
Mayors
- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani
Former RINOs who have since left the Republican Party
- Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson supports same-sex marriage and abortion (although he opposes abortion once the fetus becomes viable outside the mother's body). After switching to the Libertarian Party in 2012 to run for President, he openly admitted that he governed New Mexico for eight years as a RINO, even using the phrase "Republican in name only" on multiple occasions. The Libertarian Party is liberal on social issues (with the exception that they support gun rights) but are fiscally very conservative.
- Former Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania supported ObamaCare and switched from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party to give the latter a 60-40 edge in the Senate and allow them to enact cloture on the Republican filibuster.
- Former Senator Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, who became an Independent in 2007. Turned Democrat in 2013.[35]
- Former Senator Lowell Weicker of Connecticut, who left the party and formed his own local one in 1990, then became an Independent in 1995.
- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who became an Independent in 2007. As it is not possible to campaign as an Independent in New York State, Bloomberg runs on the line of the Independence Party of New York.
- Former Senator Jim Jeffords of Vermont, who left the Party and became a Democrat in 2001, giving control of the Senate to the Democrats.
- Former Governor Charlie Crist of Florida, who became an independent in 2010 after it was clear he would lose his Senate bid. Crist joined the Democratic Party in 2012.
- Former Representative John Anderson of Illinois, who became an Independent after losing his party's presidential primary in 1980.
- Former Governor Buddy Roemer of Louisiana, who became an Independent after losing his party's presidential primary in 2012.
RINO McCain
A majority of conservatives distrust RINO John McCain even though many of his policies are that of a true conservative. Key RINO principles rejected by McCain include support for gay rights, support for abortion, and support for earmarks. He has positioned his career as a bipartisan moderate, reaching across the aisle whenever possible. This is also his downfall. The era of reaching across the aisle passed -- when statist, socialist Democrats became Senators. His major political blunders mostly came during the 21st century political period. He was against both the Reagan and Bush tax cuts, and employed class warfare rhetoric in trying to stop the tax cuts from taking effect. His support for amnesty was the complete opposite of what conservatives wanted. He has always complained about enhanced interrogation techniques, calling them "torture". In non-election years, he likes to trash conservative positions and icons in order to get the media's and Democrats' approval. However, during the election he refused to go after Barack Hussein Obama's associations with Jeremiah Wright. He believes in the junk science known as global warming, and has supported cap-and-trade programs. Another Middle East war, without a goal, without full commitment to win, without Congressional approval- McCain supports the President. It didn't stop there and in July 2011, he called the Tea Party, the people that care about fiscal sanity in Washington, they are "hobbits".
The sacrifices he has made serving this country cannot be overlooked. John McCain has earned war hero status but also the status as a D.C. zero.
References
- ↑ http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/08/todd-akin-rape-missouri-senate-race-reince-priebus-/1#.UDpUhNZlQ7s
- ↑ James Carville & Mary Matalin: He Said, She Said
- ↑ http://www.ontheissues.org/Social/Susan_Collins_Abortion.htm
- ↑ http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/immigration-roll-call-vote-93531.html
- ↑ http://www.sofmag.com/roll-call-vote-manchin-toomey-amendment
- ↑ http://www.ontheissues.org/Domestic/Susan_Collins_Civil_Rights.htm#06n-HRC
- ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/01/tea-party-lindsey-graham_n_3530569.html
- ↑ http://www.mediaite.com/tv/lindsey-graham-dismisses-rand-paul-on-drones-judicial-involvement-would-be-worst-thing-in-the-world/
- ↑ http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/lindsey-graham-nsa-tracking-phones-92330.html
- ↑ http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/lisa-murkowski-gay-marriage-stance-93047.html
- ↑ http://www.ontheissues.org/social/Mark_Kirk_Abortion.htm
- ↑ http://www.crapo.senate.gov/issues/environment/environment_natural_resources.cfm
- ↑ http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=102&session=1&vote=00125
- ↑ http://cnsnews.com/news/article/candidate-marco-rubio-2010-earned-path-citizenship-basically-code-amnesty
- ↑ http://www.ontheissues.org/domestic/John_Hoeven_Jobs.htm
- ↑ http://www.ontheissues.org/social/Dean_Heller_Abortion.htm
- ↑ http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/15/ohio-sen-portman-now-supports-gay-marriage/
- ↑ http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1210/46578.html
- ↑ http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/56112240-90/civil-com-gay-hatch.html.csp
- ↑ http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/is-jeff-flake-arizonas-next-john-mccain/
- ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/04/17/manchin-toomey-gun-amendment-fails/
- ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/01/25/tom-coburn-talking-with-democrats-about-background-check-bill/
- ↑ 23.00 23.01 23.02 23.03 23.04 23.05 23.06 23.07 23.08 23.09 23.10 23.11 23.12 23.13 23.14 23.15 23.16 23.17 23.18 http://www.dailypaul.com/198522/senators-who-voted-yea-for-ndaa-indefinite-detention-of-us-citizens-no-trial
- ↑ http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2013/07/25/Steve-King-NSA-Survelliance-Essential,
- ↑ .http://alloveralbany.com/archive/2013/02/21/chris-gibson-ranked-as-most-liberal-republican-in
- ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/23/ileana-roslehtinen-become_n_977464.html
- ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/29/justin-amash-doma-repeal_n_2981622.html
- ↑ http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/06/19/how-tea-party-hero-jan-brewer-saved-obamacare-in-arizona.html
- ↑ http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/governor-jack-dalrymple-signs-obamacare-expansion-of-medicaid-into-law/
- ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/12/brian-sandoval-nevada-medicaid-expansion_n_2284478.html
- ↑ GOP senator announces support for Md. same-sex marriage bill
- ↑ Such as Dick Cheney, Collin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice and Paul Wolfowitz.
- ↑ As can seen by this video (Warning: Contains no graphic content but might still be unsuitable for children)
- ↑ http://www.csmonitor.com /USA/Politics/2013/0512/Robert-Gates-Obama-made-right-decisions-night-of-Benghazi-attack
- ↑ http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/lincoln-chafee-to-switch-parties-sources-say-91994.html
External Links
See Also
- RINO Backers
- PLINO - pro-life in name only
- XINO - Christian in name only
- Republican Party
- Moderate Republican
- Conservative Democrat
- Blue Dog Democrat
- Reagan Democrat
- Catholic in name only
- Liberal media conservative