08-07-2015, 03:52 PM
(08-07-2015, 03:45 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: It's not. By all metrics that matter, they are representative of the average Republican. Also, when they are not deviating from it by a significant degree (which they never do or else they wouldn't be nominated), how do you justify calling them "RINOs"?
The term "RINO" is used by people like this:
People who think their views should be mainstream but aren't.
You have to take it on a person by person basis, and absolutely someone who deviates from the platform can be nominated if they are seen as being able to win. All you have to do is look at the platform and see how close they are to it. If they are generally in line with it, then calling someone a RINO is incorrect, and if they have a large deviation, then calling them a RINO is correct.
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