I thought this may bring to light why so many of us want to purge the scum from the party.

Apparently, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Republican, didn't get the memo, or, because she's a woman, perhaps she didn't think it applied to her. Either way, despite being beaten fairly and squarely in the Alaskan Republican primary for the U.S. Senate on Aug. 24 by Tea Party favorite Joe Miller, Mrs. Murkowski on Sept. 17 announced a long-shot write-in bid to retain her seat — the only probable outcome of which will be to siphon off enough votes to hand the Democratic nominee a chance to win he wouldn't have had otherwise.

This is the same Mrs. Murkowski on whom the irony apparently was lost when, on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sept. 19, she castigated Sen. Jim DeMint, South Carolina Republican, for backing Mr. Miller in the primary: "I don't think it's particularly helpful to undercut fellow Republicans."

One is left to ask: Where is Karl Rove now? Suddenly something of a folk hero on the left for repeatedly assaulting the Senate candidacy of Delaware's Christine O'Donnell, who toppled another Republican in name only (RINO) in Rep. Michael N. Castle, Mr. Rove has been strangely mute on this latest example of what I call RINO treachery.

As the Electoral-vote.com blog noted, "Right-wing pundits and bloggers are infuriated with [Mrs. Murkowski], pointing out that ... when conservative Ovide Lamontagne lost by the slimmest of margins to Kelly Ayotte in New Hampshire, he didn't even ask for the recount he was legally entitled to, but simply endorsed her as the winner. The message is that when conservatives lose, they accept defeat and graciously concede, but when moderates lose, they refuse to accept the will of the people."
Illustration: RINO by Alexander Hunter for The Washington TimesIllustration: RINO by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

As such, don't be surprised if Mr. Castle — who didn't even have the decency to make the customary call to congratulate Ms. O'Donnell on primary-election night — endorses the Democratic candidate, New Castle County Executive Chris Coons, aka Sen. Harry Reid's "pet." Mr. Castle has said he won't, but he spoke by phone with President Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. the night of his loss, so don't rule it out.

Nor are Mrs. Murkowski's and Mr. Castle's cases isolated examples of the "Heads we win, tails you lose" politics played by RINOs over the years:

• The son of defeated Sen. Robert F. Bennett, Utah RINO, is backing the Democratic nominee there for Senate against Mike Lee, the man who beat his father.

• Charlie Crist, Florida RINO, in a joint appearance in March on "Fox News Sunday" with Marco Rubio, insisted he would not launch an independent bid if he didn't win the Republican nomination. He was being honest, after a fashion: He jumped ship before the Florida Republican primary, so he can honestly say it wasn't after losing. Mr. Crist is facing a lawsuit in state court brought by two Republican donors who are demanding he be required to give back campaign funds Republican donors gave him before he abandoned the party. He has refused thus far.

• Former Sen. Chuck Hagel, Nebraska RINO, endorsed the Democratic nominee, Rep. Joe Sestak, in this fall's Pennsylvania Senate race.
Much more~~~

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/sep/24/rino-treachery/

May I just add something?  Perhaps it's because Misters Hagel, Crist, Bennett and Castle didn't get the memo, or because they're men that they didn't think it applied to them.....

The rest of the article is good.  They're all in need of attitude adjustments and are very sore losers and just plain losers, as evident by the will of the voters.

One problem I see, and most have never addressed it, is how exactly do you go about purging the scum from the party?

Conversely, suppose some decided to purge any of you wishing to be the purgers, from the party. How would they go about it?

Quote from: Shooterman on September 28, 2010, 08:14:01 AM
One problem I see, and most have never addressed it, is how exactly do you go about purging the scum from the party?

Conversely, suppose some decided to purge any of you wishing to be the purgers, from the party. How would they go about it?

CAREFUL WHAT ONE WISHES FOR!                                      SAUCE FOR THE GANDER AND ALL THAT.

Have you been living in a cave?
The solution is the Tea Party, we are purging the ranks of these scum, but apparently you haven't been paying attention.

Quote from: Shooterman on September 28, 2010, 08:14:01 AM
One problem I see, and most have never addressed it, is how exactly do you go about purging the scum from the party?

Conversely, suppose some decided to purge any of you wishing to be the purgers, from the party. How would they go about it?CAREFUL WHAT ONE WISHES FOR!                                      SAUCE FOR THE GANDER AND ALL THAT.

Indeed. So the issue's not really "how to purge the scum from the party" but how to find sufficient common cause so that we're useful to each other and some part of the party's goals are advanced.

And that points up the difference between the Tea Party movement and people who wonder about "how to purge the scum from the party". It's at least possible that the former might vote for a candidate who they're not in love with while holding their nose while the latter probably won't vote for anyone in any case. They just like to posture.

As I stated in a different thread, RINOS are worse than Democrats.  With the Democrats, you know what you are getting.  With a RINO, you have no idea what you are getting..............how they will vote on legislation, what their core values and core beliefs are, etc. 

RINOS are political prostitutes.  They sell their votes for political power, in the form of pork for their states or for other "promises" down-the-road.  They take Republican Party money and manpower, then turn their backs on the people that got them elected or re-elected.

Quote from: AmericanFlyer on September 28, 2010, 10:41:17 AM
As I stated in a different thread, RINOS are worse than Democrats.  With the Democrats, you know what you are getting.  With a RINO, you have no idea what you are getting..............how they will vote on legislation, what their core values and core beliefs are, etc. 

RINOS are political prostitutes.  They sell their votes for political power, in the form of pork for their states or for other "promises" down-the-road.  They take Republican Party money and manpower, then turn their backs on the people that got them elected or re-elected.

I agree 100%, I've also said the same about Dims vs commies, with a commie, you know what their goals are.