Political Zoology Update

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June 22, 2005

Political Zoology Update

So, not only did I attempt to attribute the acronym Republicans In Name Only to the radical religious right wingers, and thus hand the Republican name back to its freedom-conscious, fiscally sensible, socially disinterested owners; but SayUncle declares outright that the letters stand for Republicans / Independents Not Overdosed (on the Party Kool-Aid) (and he credits the Commissar with the origin).

Though these deviations from the former use of the "RINO" acronym appear to be on divergent paths (mine totally switches the term's target, while theirs has a pretty similar target but a new definition), the point is that the evolution is occurring, and soon "RINO" will no longer possess any validity as an epithet used by RRRers to describe Republicans.

After all, the hyperconservatives' brazen hijack of the Grand Old Party, even with its many successes, is not a done deal, and could still be turned back. I sense a major showdown coming in the months and years ahead, between those who have The Money and those who, through tireless activism and agitation, have of recent years had The Votes.

Since I consider myself an Independent, and sometimes can rationally call myself a (l)ibertarian, I'd consider joining the Commissar's Raging RINOs on TTLB, but I'm probably too liberal for them, according to the Pew Typology survey. 'Twouldn't be advisable for a baboon to mingle with a herd of those big critters.

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