The REAL View (That means it's an opinion piece for those of you who live in University Heights)
By Mike Thayer
You might be a RINO if.....
You're a member (cough) of the Republican party in Iowa's Second District, one of those Moderate Miller-Meeks/Vander Plaats supporters (now there's an inconsistent set of choices), you're cheering on BVP's dissent in deciding not to endorse Branstad, and that's OK................
But it's NOT OK for Johnson County's most vocal Conservative and Publisher of the Coralville Courier to exercise simliar dissent in not being willing to jump on the MMM bandwagon....
Such is the behavior and hypocrisy of a RINO ladies and gentlemen.
I get accused of not being a GOP team player for failing to cast blind post-primary support for MMM despite what I know about her, I'm asked to sacrifice my core values...... It's even suggested by some area RINOs that my lack of support for MMM will perhaps tear the area party apart.
Wait a minute..... According to RINOs, dissent against MMM is wrong post-primary, not blindly jumping on her bandwagon simply because she has an 'R' next to her name is not team play.....
But cheering on BVP's post-primary dissent is somehow OK? How is THAT dissent a demonstration in team play, but dissent against MMM isn't? How is failing to jump on the primary winner's bandwagon (MMM's) wrong, but failing to jump on the primary winner's bandwagon (Branstad's) is suddenly cool? How on earth is that consistent in argument? When it's suggested dissent against MMM could possibly tear the area party apart - that's considered a valid concern - but dissent against Branstad possibly tearing the state party apart isn't a valid concern?
What team are the RINOs on?
Anyone who really knows me knows that I call 'em like I see 'em regardless of party, that I'm a big believer in lower taxes, smaller government, less intrusive government, I frequently write of GOP ideals and convey Ronald Reagan conservative values on a daily basis, and yet I'm somehow not being a GOP team guy.....
But those who exercise a double-standard, those who are thinking with their right brain and not their left, those who are willing to sacrifice core Republican values in the name of winning an election, those who are pretending dissent against MMM hands Loebsack a victory but dissent against Branstad doesn't hand Culver a victory....
Well that's not team play, it's RINO hypocrisy.
We need to call these people out on the carpet and question their reasoning, challenge their logic, expose their inconsistency. Their behavior is hurting the party folks. You want party unity? Then we need to be honest in what we believe in. With party health comes victory.
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