RINO or “Republican In Name Only” has been used frequently by groups dedicated to keeping the party conservative at all costs; used by groups such as the “Club for Growth” who seek to take out any centrist republican, or even conservatives who certainly are not centrist but are not quite as freakishly conservative as they are. Of course this name-calling by the conservatives within our party certainly isn’t the first. Years before, instead of RINO it was “me-too” republicanism, under the belief that these republicans were just trying to act like the Democrats such as supporting many New Deal programs. At first glance and with little insight it may have seemed so. Of course like any of the labels that the conservatives throw at us, the moderates and liberals, both are woefully ignoring what is reality.

They may attack me with an army of six hundred syllogisms; and if I do not recant, they will proclaim me a heretic. - Desiderius Erasmus (c.1466-1536)
by Richard Ivory  
There is a lot of talk in Republican circles about “Rhino Hunting”.  Rhino Hunting can be  described as: kicking out anyone in the Party who does not fit the definition of Republicanism. The self-styled Rhino-Hunter believes he is the tried and true Republican. Our Party, therefore,  lost this past Presidential election because of moderates like Sen. McCain.  The history of the Republican Party is that of genuine coalition building and interest coming together …

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
~Theodore Roosevelt

by Richard Ivory
There is a lot of talk in Republican circles about “Rhino Hunting”- described as kicking out anyone in the Party who does not fit the definition of Republicanism. The self-styled Rhino-hunter believes he is the tried and true Republican and thus our party’s lost this election was because of moderates like Sen. McCain.
Rhino-hunters, if they had their way, would choose a candidate who  emphasized social issues, such as anti-immigration or abortion as there …