The (Current year) General Political/Salma Hayek discussion Thread Part V

[ghuns]

RINO really gets thrown around a lot her. Who is a real R?

If you have ask, you're probably a RINO.

 

[Phase2]

BabylonBee: Texans Put 'Welcome To Texas' Signs Around Oklahoma So Californians Will Move There Instead

 

[ghuns]

BabylonBee: Texans Put 'Welcome To Texas' Signs Around Oklahoma So Californians Will Move There Instead

I get it!

They'll actually be destroying the fake Texas!...

But they'll think it's the real Texas!...

But we'll know that it's the fake Texas.

I swear, this sounds like a plot from a really funny movie.

 

[actaeon277]

BabylonBee: Texans Put 'Welcome To Texas' Signs Around Oklahoma So Californians Will Move There Instead

That could possibly be their best article.

 

[Tombs]

RINO really gets thrown around a lot her. Who is a real R?

If you liked John McCain or Mitt Romney, you aren't a real R.

If you dislike them and democrats, you are a real R.

 

[BugI02]

RINO really gets thrown around a lot her. Who is a real R?

Flynn, Nunes, TriggerTime

 

[KLB]

If you liked John McCain or Mitt Romney, you aren't a real R.

If you dislike them and democrats, you are a real R.

So policies have nothing to do with it? No fiscal responsibility, small government....

 

[KLB]

Flynn, Nunes, TriggerTime

So pretty much all Rs in congress are RINOs?

 

[Tombs]

So policies have nothing to do with it? No fiscal responsibility, small government....

I was giving you a quick and dirty way to tell. If you want to go into the technical aspects, feel free.

If your metric is fiscal responsibility and small government, you might as well consider everyone a democrat at this point.

 

[BugI02]

So pretty much all Rs in congress are RINOs?

I thought you wanted exemplars, not a complete list. Should have had Rand on my short list, too

 

[KLB]

I thought you wanted exemplars, not a complete list. Should have had Rand on my short list, too

Nah. I'm just curious what people think a real Republican is. Isn't it kind of silly to say that somebody is a republican in name only, when pretty much all of the Republicans qualify? It sounds more like you guys are the RINOs, since you seem to be in the vast minority.

Does Trump qualify as a real Republican?

 

[BugI02]

You betcha! He took control of the brand in a hostile takeover. Saved the designation from becoming as feckless and debased as Libertarian has

 

[T.Lex]

Does Trump qualify as a real Republican?

He won the Republican nomination. "Nomination" - Latin root "nominationem," meaning "a naming." So, Trump is very much a Republican in name.

ETA:
The extent to which he hijacked the national party will be determined in the next cycle.

 

[KLB]

You betcha! He took control of the brand in a hostile takeover. Saved the designation from becoming as feckless and debased as Libertarian has

And this is where I was looking for what makes a REAL Republican. Which of those Real republican values does he represent?

And you didn't answer, who is the REAL Republican? I still think that the ones that make up the vast majority of the party must be the real ones.

 

[nonobaddog]

That must mean the dumocrap party itself is bat-**** crazy.

 

[KLB]

That must mean the dumocrap party itself is bat-**** crazy.

 

[jamil]

I mean. It does have AOC. And crazy Joe.

 

[BugI02]

And this is where I was looking for what makes a REAL Republican. Which of those Real republican values does he represent?

And you didn't answer, who is the REAL Republican? I still think that the ones that make up the vast majority of the party must be the real ones.

"Put it on the camp. It's their camp now"

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If you wish to argue about ideological purity, might I suggest it would be better to find a Libertarian to argue with

If you wish to argue about results, who has done better since Reagan?

 

[Tombs]

Nah. I'm just curious what people think a real Republican is. Isn't it kind of silly to say that somebody is a republican in name only, when pretty much all of the Republicans qualify? It sounds more like you guys are the RINOs, since you seem to be in the vast minority.

Does Trump qualify as a real Republican?

I'd rank Trump as what a democrat used to be 30 years ago.

The overton window has just shifted so far that's now a republican.

 

[rob63]

I would say the average Republican is someone that is thoroughly disgusted by the policies and antics of the Republican Party to the point of being almost ready to quit voting for those idiots, only to have the Democrats do something so revolting that it reminds him/her of why he/she continues to vote for Republicans.

The end result of all of this is that someone like Trump is viewed as no worse than the norm regardless of which particular policies/antics one disagrees with.