RINO desperation
For the past forty plus years, there has been a civil war going on within the ranks of the Republican Party. The establishment or RINOs are at war with the grass roots conservatives for the heart and soul of the party.
The fight has gotten more interesting in the last few weeks and the desperation of the RINOs is showing.
The first sign of desperation for the RINOs came at the New Hampshire debates. The RINOs had tried to marginalize Michele Bachmann. She came from the back of the pack to be a contender with the great RINO hope, Mitt Romney. Then came the crash of the establishment back up candidate Tim Pawlenty. His disastrous performance in the New Hampshire debates was only topped by what can only be described as his creepy performance against Michele Bachmann in Iowa. Had he gotten any weirder and stayed in the race, Michele Bachmann might have needed a restraining order before their next debate.
With Pawlenty gone, the establishment’s sole hope is the deeply flawed Mitt Romney. Then came Rick Perry, who joined the race and knocked Mitt Romney out of first place.
Romney’s establishment strategy has been simple. Keep debates to a minimum. Try not to make any mistakes. Let the conservative candidates slice and dice each other until he is the last man standing. The establishment has long used the strategy of letting conservatives divide their votes so the RINO ultimately wins.
That was a great strategy as long as he was the front-runner. Now that he is not, that strategy no longer works. So the establishment has been forced to go to plan B.
The establishment still needs conservatives to split their votes. It is the only strategy that will allow Romney to win. Liberals also like that strategy because they would rather Romney face Obama, because even if Obama loses, they will have a President who is content to manage big government as opposed to a President committed to reducing government.
Now, the establishment politicians are all calling for more conservatives to enter the race. Karl Rove is all but slobbering at the feet of Sarah Palin, asking her to join the race. A few months ago, he had nothing good to say about her. Now, he wants her in the race. Others called on Paul Ryan to enter the race. Ryan wisely decided not to do so.
Two can play that game. We need to encourage more RINOs to get in the race. Jon Huntsman is in the race. Run Jon run. You may be a liberal Obama fan boy, but you take votes away from Romney. Rudy Giuliani wants to get in. Go for it Rudy. He may have done a good job as mayor in NYC on 9/11 but conservatives are not going to vote for a mayor who is not only liberal on social issues but has been photographed in drag. Run Rudy, run! He only takes votes away from Romney, not from Bachmann or Perry
George Pataki, the former RINO governor of New York is thinking about running. Run George run. Same for Pataki.
The establishment folks are right. There is room in the field for more GOP candidates. And they should all be RINOs. We can let the RINOs split the vote and for once, we conservatives can benefit from it.
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