04-08-2022, 02:00 PM
(04-08-2022, 01:51 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: RINO isn't a real thing. He's just a moderate-ish republican. There used to be more of them before Trump and, prior to that, before the tea party.
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The first time I heard RINO as a term was in 2008 when I had a right-winger as a gf and I was arguing my first two picks for president being Ron Paul and Rudy Giuliani (lordy, did that tide turn) showed that I wasn't some liberal nutbag. Alas, Rudy was a RINO and it was Sarah Palin or bust, and so on.
So that was the first time I heard that term. Though, with the way the field is slanted towards republicans, I can see why getting that R next to your name makes things a lot easier and attracts people who aren't in tune with the traditional stances of the party.