It's better to lose than to win with RINOs

Published on September 16, 2010 By taltamir In Politics

It is better that we lose to the Democrats than a Republican win with RINOs. RINO stands for Republican In Name Only, it refers to liberals who are chosen by the republican party as their candidates, that is done because republicans have been operating under the quite flawed policy that stated "Pick the most conservative candidate that can win". So they will pick a highly liberal candidate who is slightly less liberal than the opponent to run in liberal states, for the purpose of securing a Republican victory.

This is a disastrous policy!

Neither history books nor the man on the street knows whether the conservatives or liberals are in power... what they know and record is which party is in power. With RINOs you can have the utterly disastrous situation of a Republican majority, but a conservative minority. Where a republican congress is passing things like bail outs, hand outs, pork, spending, tax hikes, nationalization, and other socialist and harmful legislation. People will look and see mounting debt and spending and will say "gee, conservatives don't know how to manage the economy". Even though it is not conservatives, it is a republican congress with a liberal majority.

We need to have blame properly assigned. If the republicans win the coming election with RINOs than they will NOT be able to fix anything, and will take blame for a continuously worsening economy, and then in 2012 democrats will come back into power. Sure, it will be disastrous for Democrats to remain in power for 2 more years... but it will be better in the long term. We could properly assign blame, people and history books will show that socialism, uncontrolled spending, and rising taxes harm the economy, and we could properly take control in 2012 and actually fix the problems we face.

While the above is the biggest issue and reason to lose rather then win with RINOs, it is not the only reason. The other is that the endorsement of RINOs is seen as a betrayal of conservative principles, it leads people to say that "the two parties are really mostly the same" and results in conservatives who simply refuse to vote at all. It reduces the trust of people in the republican party, as they are seen as sellouts who care nothing for the people's plight, only for their own personal authority.

Comments (Page 2)

Leauki

on Sep 21, 2010

The Democrats bank on those petty disagreements to garner votes. One only has to ask themselves when in modern history has a major politician's personal views on evolution or creationism impacted jobs, spending, foreign policy? Keep them focused on something that is of little consequence in the real world then sucker punch them after they have your vote.

I am thinking that George W. Bush's views on evolution (he understands it) certainly influenced his understanding of religious fundamentalism and helped him differentiate between normal Muslims and the fundamentalists, a distinction that both those on his right and his left are often incapable of making. (The right often believes that all Muslims are terrorists and that this is a war between Christianity and Islam while the left often believes that all Muslims are by definition innocent and that everything is Israel's or the Jews' fault; also George W. Bush's for liberating Iraq.)

While many left-wingers thought (for some insane reason) that GWB was a Christian fundamentalist, I realised after one year of his being in office that he was not.

I happen to think that this is of major consequences.

Leauki, you being Jewish should understand that clearly enough. The majority of Jews in the US vote Democrat, and are repeatedly kicked to the curb for their effort. Perhaps some aren't happy if unless they are suffering (in a sense. Bush didn't get their votes either, but IMO had their interests more at heart than Obama has.

I totally agree.

However, that won't convince the large number of moderates for whom Israel is not as important as a public education system that doesn't teach magic and alchemy.

Reagan got a majority of Jewish votes. But Bush was sold to the Jews as a Christian fundamentalist by the left. For some reason that worked. Many American Jews want to be "intellectuals" and try to agree with other intellectuals. If that surprises you remember that the majority intellectuals will be the ones who decide whom to kill when things go bad. It's safer to agree with them.

And I am not seeing the stable support for Israel and Iraq in the Tea Party. I do see it among "RINOs" though.

One might not like moose hunters, but is it wise to overlook the whole package when one is sitting down to a steak dinner?

Obama should have remembered that peace is made by living together, not by seperating people.

Dr Guy

on Sep 21, 2010

Yes, but they have had them for a longer time. I am not just now losing them.

how long? I know you know more about America than most living here, but I suspect you just over stepped your knowledge.

Really? Even though you commented on so many of my blog postings where I wrote about the racists in the Democratic party and why therefor I wouldn't have voted for Obama?

And we have disagreed on many things there. Your dislike for the America left is due to one (and a very valid one) concern that does have to do with Racism. But it is much broader than that and I have differed with you on that.

You remind me of the people in the old OS/2 newsgroups who attacked me because I was constantly complaining about OS/2 and never about Windows. It didn't occur to them that I complained about the shortcomings of the product I use, not the product I had already decided against earlier.

This is attacking? I debate you when I disagree with you, and I congratulate you when I agree with you. That is an attack? You really should get some canned "news" shows from the states so you can see what an attack is (another shameless plug - read my Olbermann blog).

I'll happily vote for a Creationist if (s)he is against racism (in a real sense, not a politically correct sense).

But that doesn't mean that I have to abandon one of my positions.

After my previous visit, I got to thinking of one of the ironies of your positions. I know you love to debate KFC and Lula, but the truth is they are your biggest supporters (as a group).

I am not a creationist, but like Lula (and KFC used to be), I am a Catholic. And very conservative. Creationism does not offend me because they do not make laws (nor will they - but the same cannot be said about racists - look at Byrd and Obama).

Are the Paulians a plank of the party yet?

I have a litmus test for people I might vote for.

The Paulians are not creationists. They are libertarians. And I agree with most of their planks. You will not see a creationist plank with the Tea Party (again it is against their core and most do not care!), but it serves the left well - they use it like a parent uses the boogeyman to a misbehaving child. Both are pure fiction.

Dr Guy

on Sep 21, 2010

(The right often believes that all Muslims are terrorists and that this is a war between Christianity and Islam while the left often believes that all Muslims are by definition innocent and that everything is Israel's or the Jews' fault; also George W. Bush's for liberating Iraq.)

CNN - 30 mosques in 30 days - Read it. You will find that the above statement is just a myth created by the MSM for the very purpose you repeated it - to scare people who do not know any better.

Now that is the old Leauki - the one who looks beyond the hype to the truth. yes, Reagan got it, and the left learned. They learned that the only way they could win is to lie about the opposition. And they learned well. They do it well. Knowing that, why are you buying ANYTHING the left says with respect to the population of the US or the right? The truth is in your analysis above (and then taken to its logical conclusion). The left only knows hate and lies. And that is why your last statement is rhetorical. Obama only knows how to separate. he is American left.

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