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Originally Posted by RainMaker
I'm basing it on what conservatives are calling a RINO these days. The "purity test" handed out by the RNC.
A Purity Test For The GOP? | TPMDC
Reagan wouldn't have passed the test on a lot of those things. He created a huge deficit and ran up debt. He raised taxes on businesses and people. He wasn't all about free-market health care either.
Perhaps the biggest one is #6. The issue that gets McCain, Graham and other Republicans called RINOs. Reagan granted amnesty to illegals. |
Heh, learn something new everyday, never heard of this before now. So...Google to the rescue!
Yes, it's true that the Republican Party does not operate in lock-step. In relation to this specific 'test'...I would disagree it was "handed out by the RNC"...Michael Steele rejected it, the RNC rejected it, and the conservatives--that caught wind of this--were overwhelmingly opposed to it. It was pushed by some guy named Jim Bopp of Right to Life. Hardly a mainstream advocate of the RNC and this article kind of proves it.
Republicans reject 'purity test' - Jonathan Martin - POLITICO.com
From what I'm reading I, for instance, line up with Oregon GOP Chairman Bob Tiernan (fierce opposition to), not Jim Bopp (drafter and advocate of).
Also, your argument makes even less sense by citing the "RINO", center-right John McCain who obviously was nominated for President by the RNC.