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I just added a cleanup tag. The article looks like it's been cut and pasted and re-edited over time so that there is a lot of repetition, incorrect wikification, etc. I think I needs a good going over, which I'll try to get to, but if someone else can get to it, great. Alcarillo 18:40, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
See below for npov rationale. Antonrojo 19:04, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Is there any citation for someone (other than, apparently, one anonymous Wikipedia contributor) calling Bill Frist a "RINO"? Amazing, if true: that an almost perfect party-line person could be called this for a single dissent from a Bush position. Have the Republicans started the circular firing squad yet? -- Jmabel | Talk 02:02, August 14, 2005 (UTC)
I second that. The intro is way off. "RINO" is almost exclusively used to bash liberal Republicans like Randall "Pro-life" Terry" is bashing Jim "The Suicide" King over the FL, 8th District (randallterry.com). Gopchristian
Isn't "RINO" also used to describe Republicans who are too fiscally conservative these days, like Sen. McCain, given the Party's meandering into fiscal irresponsibility? — ceejayoz ★ 20:26, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
No Ceejayoz, fiscal conservativism is Republican and John McCain is a RINO [www.cafepress.com/rightwingstuff/689997], regardless of what McCain was in the past, nowadays he only cosponsors bills with Ted Kennedy. Gopchristian
Should the intro include a helper phrase for people who misspel such as This article is about a political acronym for other uses see Rhino --User:greataff 01:14, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
I think this suggesting this term is used disparagingly is the wrong introduction for this article. First person anecdotally experience supplies multiple, unconnected lifelong Republicans who unabashedly refer to themselves as RINOs. They believe strongly in earlier understandings of conservativism than the modern Republican Party, yet see no reasonable alternative. 64.175.35.27 (talk) 08:20, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
The intro should state that the term is used mostly by Libertarian leaning republicans like Ron and Rand Paul and their supporters. The assertion that it's used mostly to describe liberal republicans is completely false. It's mostly used by those who themselves are not republicans but Libertarians, in other words by the real RINOs. Hallertaur (talk) 14:45, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
Cut from discussion of etymology: "or possibly the term 'wino,' a dated (but still well-known) term for alcoholics." There is no citation for this, and I don't believe it. If it were true, "RINO hunter" would be in particularly poor taste. If someone actually has citation, fine, attribute it, but without that it doesn't belong in the article. -- Jmabel | Talk 22:58, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
"Note that in the 1950s conservatives like Barry Goldwater were considered RINO's because they dissented from the mainstream at the time."
1) The term didn't exist at the time. 2) As far as I remember, no one ever suggested at the time that Goldwater was only nominally a Republican. There were certainly those who felt that the party would be better off without him, but (in particular) there was no suggestion that there was some other party to whom he was closer.
I am removing this, unless someone has a citation to back it up. -- Jmabel | Talk 06:33, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
Certainly the conservatives considered forming their own party (as did the left portion of the Democrats in the Vietnam War era). But in both cases, the respective parties were trying to keep them in, not drive them out. - Jmabel | Talk 19:00, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
Lots in the media compare Reagan's policies to todays 'tea party' and see him as more on the centre or left (Eisenhower too with the very high taxes) http://www.salon.com/2016/01/25/bernie_sanders_could_be_the_next_ronald_reagan/ Bill Maher and Reagan's own son have called him a RINO — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.242.81.170 (talk) 00:19, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
I don't mind the article being here. I don't even mind the National Journal chart of Party support. It's a good unbiased review. But I think I mind having the list of Republicans because the criteria for a RINO is so subjective. No one has the same definition. That makes the list meaningless. Any Republican could be a RINO at any time.
1) John McCain is a RINO? According to the same National Journal study, McCain in 2001 and 2002 had presidential support of 90% and 91%. Is he a RINO because he pushed campaign finance reform?
2) George Voinovich? Why? Because he opposed John Bolton? His party support is no lower than 78% and was usually from 87% to 92%.
3) Should Rick Santorum be on the list? After all he endorsed and campaigned for Arlen Specter over conservative Pat Toomey, has supported higher spending, and had Presidential support ratings of up to 61% (1997) during President Clinton's administration.
The RINO accusation is just a pejorative term for any Republican who doesn't vote the way you want. And its inconsistently applied. The list is not consistent with what would be in an encyclopedia and needs to go.Montco 02:11, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
I agree that classification charge of RINO is somewhat subjective, but there is criteria. If you think of the big issues: tax, spending, illegals, gun rights, abortion, the war, and to a less extent things like affirmative action. he won't be considered a RINO if he disagrees from the party on one. No one is going to accuse Pat Buchanan of being a RINO because he doesn't support the Iraq War. However, when you get somone like Lincoln Chafee who is anti-war, pro-tax, pro-big government, pro-abortion, anti-gun...all positions of the majority of Democrats... he will get classified as a RINO
Please sign your posts! This anon user made an excellent point:
Its not subjective? Club for Growth calls anyone who doesn't vote for tax and spending cuts a RINO. The Pro-Life folks call anyone who is pro-choice a RINO. So if you vote against tax cuts, but are strongly Pro-Life, whats that make you? If you are the most fiscally conservative person in Congress but support abortion rights, what's that make you? How many more ways can you describe a RINO? Well in PA, Republicans who voted for the 2005 pay rise are called RINOs, thregardless of their voting record. There are infinite definitions of RINO-ism.
I edited the intro sentence because as it originally stood, it begged the question, what is "mainstream conservatism?". Depends on whom you ask. More importantly, "mainstream" changes over time as political philosophies go in and out of fashion. For instance, at one time segregation was conservative mainstream. So was smaller government. Also, as you go further into the article, the definition of RINO becomes more fluid, especially when looking at the different core constituencies in the GOP around the country, and I revised the intro to reflect that. Alcarillo 15:54, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
I would oppose. One, I have never heard it before. At the same time, its a different animal in that this is an entirely pejorative term. Is neo-mugwump used in the same context? It would seem odd if it was since RINO seems to be more common and more prevalent.
Also oppose, Neo-Mugwump is a much less common term and has a different meaning. JoshuaZ 22:27, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
I would also oppose merging the two. The point of the RINO page is to explain a specific name used to refer to a certain type of Republicans. Even if a Neo-Mugwump is used to describe the same type of people, it's a different term, and deserves a different page. They should, instead, just link to each other as "See Also" links (we don't want to deny that they are related). Brett 04:56, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
I suggested the merge, and support it primarily because I don't think "Neo-Mugwump" is a common enough term to merit an article. I think a couple sentences in the RINO article - e.g., "Some have referred to RINOs as "Neo-Mugwumps" - would adequately cover the topic. Neo-Mugwump could then be changed into a redirect to RINO. --Hyperbole 01:30, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
The ratings grid on the page tends to be deceptive in that it looks at votes alone (after those votes are subjectively catagorized and weighted), and does not look at the whole Republican.
Defining whether or not a Republican is a RINO also should also include public statements, donations to ideological PACs, activity during GOP primaries, etc.
For example, if you look at the list you may think that Ron Paul is the 2nd biggest liberal republican in the House. Paul often votes against GOP-oriented stuff (i.e., naming things after Reagan) not because he is a liberal, but because he is a constitutionalist. Paul is actually one of the most Pro-Life, Pro-2nd Amendment, and Pro-Sovereignty members of the House. But a person who looks at the grid would never know this.
In addition, you could have a Congressman who has reasonable ratings (perhaps very fiscally conservative and somewhat socially moderate). But they work actively in Republican primaries for the most liberal candidates and/or start/control liberal republican advocacy PACs.
We should endeavor to find a method of listing Republicans that takes into consideration all of these factors. Perhaps even a pro-and-con column, something that would list reasons for being labeled RINO and reasons against being labeled a RINO.
Just my 2 cents.
69.39.172.79 14:16, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
Again we seem to have developed a less-than-well-cited list of Republicans who have been labeled as RINOs. - Jmabel | Talk 01:54, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
It would seem there is an uneven application of Wikipedia policy here.
When Rolling Stone magazine comes out with a list of "100 greatest guitarists" or "500 greatest albums", attempts to publish those lists of subjective rankings on Wikipedia are immediately removed as copyright violations.
Yet when National Review publishes a list of "RINO rankings" (based on National Review's own proprietary ranking criteria), the list is published on Wikipedia in apparent violation of Wikipedia copyright policy.
I'd suggest removing the list in its entirety and placing a link to the magazine's rankings instead. If anyone has any reason why this should NOT be done, I'd be interested in hearing reasons as to why FinFangFoom 10:36, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
The RINO list from Human Events (HE) magazine should stay in the article. Moreover, RINO lists from other publications, advocacy groups, etc. should be added to the section labeled "Lists of RINOs".
On 17 July 2006, Montco deleted the HE list saying "(rv. removing the arbitrary list was discussed in the talk page. If you want it back, there should be some disccussion)" (emphasis mine).
MontCo deleted just the HE RINO list, but left the National Journal (NJ) RINO list in the article.
I should point out that if we are to label the HE RINO list 'arbitrary' then we have to label the NJ RINO list 'arbitrary' as well. Both are subjective lists (see the citation links for both lists) and as such vunerable to arbitrary biases. The HE RINO list is from the editorial staff of HE magazine and the NJ RINO list is of U.S. House of Representatives Republicans based on roll call votes that have been subjectively weighted (read: arbitrarily weighted) and catagoryied (read: arbitrarily catagoryied).
(Subjectively more or less means somebody guessed. Read both the subjectivity and the objectivity articles to learn more.)
If we display any RINO lists, then to be fair we should display other RINO lists as well (at least from publications, advocacy groups, etc.).
P.S. The NJ RINO list is only of House Republicans in office in 2005 and quite clearly RINOs and RINOism do and does not stop at the south side of the United States Capitol.
72.82.170.135 10:54, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
HE does not publish a methodology. I suspect that the methodology is simply based on who the editors don't like at that particular time. I cannot imagine that it is purely voting record-based as the list is full of NPOV commentary such as:
"After visiting Houston, he criticized the city’s aesthetics, saying, “This is what happens when you don’t have zoning.” and
"As president of the moderate Republican Main Street Partnership and key player in the so-called Tuesday Group lunches, he is a ring-leader of RINOs."
I will delete both lists at this time. But I just thought that I would point out the difference between the two. Montco 23:53, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
The Wiki article itself is about exclusion: who is considered outside the Republican realm. In that sense the HE list shows what one large group of conservatives (who are not necessarily Republicans!) wants to be outcast. HE of course assumes that its conservative positions are what the GOP ought to hold. I think the HE list reasonably represents a consensus in the right wing of the GOP. The alternative of course is to have no article at all--or an article that is afraid of mentioning a single name. It is not POV to say that "here are the people that conservatives reject". Of course Wiki did not make up the list--we are reporting the HE list. Rjensen 00:13, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
the list 'more rinos' includes some names in the previous two organizational lists. should those duplicated names be omitted from 'more rinos'? (Collins, Pataki, etc)142.68.41.248 22:53, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Some of you have no idea what a RINO is and we ought to have the discussion here to prevent editing wars. The term RINO is slang!! It is not a Republican out of the mainstream. It is not Barry Goldwater in 1962. You cannot take a slang term and then try to define it by it's literal meaning. It is a slang term given BY CONSERVATIVES for Republicans who vote heavily for liberal issues. It is a new term and cannot be retroactively applied! The term should not be convoluted to mean something it doesn't.
It's like arguing that the definition of a "four letter word" should be "any word with four letters. Thus words like 'wind' and 'type' are four letter words." Barney Gumble 14:16, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
The lead now strongly implies that the term was in common use before 1994. I do not believe that is the case. - Jmabel | Talk 04:51, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
"There is a suggestion…" by whom? "that RINOs are only in their party for a political advantage (the critics…" who? "…claim…"… - Jmabel | Talk 18:52, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
Further, when was Goldwater ever called a "Republican in name only" as the article now implies? (The sentence in question is sufficiently mealy-mouthed that it merely implies rather than stating this outright.) This seems to be an effort to project this epithet backward in time. I am quite certain that it was not in common use prior to the 1990s. - Jmabel | Talk 23:40, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
Wtah other important RINOs? An examples:
As of just now, the first two sentences of this article were:
Republican In Name Only or RINO refers to a member of the United States Republican Party who votes more with the majority of Democrats than with the majority of Republicans. It is a disparaging term for a person whose political ideology is criticized as too far outside the conservative mainstream.[3]
The first sentence was simply not true: plenty of people who vote more often with the Republicans than not have been called RINOs over a handful of votes, sometimes over a single vote. And the citation doesn't bear out either definition, it is simply an opinion column that uses the term.
I am removing the false first definition and the citation that gives an illusion of this being referenced; I am keeping the second definition. No problem with someone editing further, I'm just "taking out the trash" right now. - Jmabel | Talk 00:27, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
I changed the headers for those two sections. I especially have a disagreement with labelling a group "Pro-RINO". I'm quite sure that the members of those GOP-affiliated groups consider themselves to be more than just Republicans-in-name-only. If anything, only a Democrat or other GOP political opponent could accurately be called "pro-RINO". Also, "RINO-ism" doesn't make any sense. It's enough to say "anti-RINO". Alcarillo 17:49, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
I've been cleaning citations. For the most part, they are very weak. The citations in section More RINOs, according to various organizations typically just name the organization that ostensibly calls this person a RINO; none of them provide a source that could readily be verified. For the organizations listed at Anti-RINO political groups, at least for the most part, the cited pages do not even contain the term "RINO" or "Republican In Name Only", nor do they list any people condemned by these groups as insufficiently Republican. The entries in the section More putative RINOs lack any overt citation at all. (Though at least one—Mary Bono—is in the FRC list above.) - Jmabel | Talk 19:53, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
I just removed all names from the "More RINOs, according to various organizations" that did not have an organization attached to it. And looking at some of the the supposed organization's web sites, I'm not seeing a place where they accuse politicians of being a RINO. Also deleted the whole part about Ron Paul; the organization's (Campaign for Working Families) web site gives him at least a 50%, and usually much higher, rating for every congressional term they list.
I added this tag because the terms RINO/DINO are pejorative and subjective, yet the article states that 'candidate X is a RINO/DINO' without attribution. A term like this is easy to abuse and it is commonly used by status quo politicians and wonks who disagree with a trend they dislike within their party. This is the same rhetorical device as arguing that 'a true Christian would never...' or 'if you really loved me...' because assumes that the speaker's definition of a Republican/Democrat/Chritian/love is the only correct one. Attributing the terms to the politician or interest group that uses it is essential as is eliminating the 'many critics say X is a RINO' style of writing (See WP:AWW and WP:WTA). Antonrojo 19:03, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
shouldnt rino go to a disambiguatiopn page, not the page for "republican in name only". I think most people why search for rino are looking for rinocerouses. 130.64.128.97 02:51, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Calling it the "Grand Old Party" is far from neutral. It's an advertising slogan. Suggest all usage of "GOP" be changed to "Republican" or "Republican Party." 207.166.220.174 21:55, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
Shouldn't all of these be sourced? Granola Bars 23:27, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
Under the "Origin" section, there is one story given of the origin of the RINO acronym, but under "Regional differences and political history" another history of the acronym origin is given. The first is unsourced and the second uses hedging language and the sourcing is questionable.
I propose that the origin of the acronym be stated as "unclear" until we can find some respected sources that give a more definite origin of the acronym. Thoughts? I'm not extremely experienced with internal conflicts in articles, so I'm not sure what convention dictates in this situation. Panchitavilletalk 07:36, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
Why disparaging? I'd like to see a source for that. The term may as well be construed as a compliment, considering what today's Republican party stands for. I dorftrottel I talk I 15:51, December 7, 2007
This section is non-encyclopedic, as it will continue change as the Top 10 lists are updated and during and after election years. It is the main reason for the claims POV in the latest AfD discussion. Having a link to the lists in the Ext Link section may be a good compromise. --Evb-wiki (talk) 18:53, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
The explanation in this is a point-by-point refutation of the accusation. Far far off NPOV. I'm going to change it a bit (assuming, perhaps unsafely that the facts themselves are correct) but for reference, here is the original:
Giuliani has, ironically, engaged in an exchange of RiNO accusations with Mitt Romney, competing challenger for the 2008 presidential nomination. Romney also raised state fees (which was offset by cutting other taxes), supported "gay rights" (but opposed "gay marriage"), did not fight pre-existing gun control laws in Massachusetts, created comprehensive health care State system ("based on free market principles" - contrary to Democratic government care proposals), et cetera. Many earlier “liberal” overtures, attributed to Romney, were mostly of tactical nature – in order to win the most liberal US state election. As a Governor of Massachusetts Romney was perceived by observers as rather conservative. At the later stage of the 2008 primary season, Mitt Romney is considered by some to be the most Conservative Republican candidate as opposed to McCain and Huckabee.
K/—Preceding unsigned comment added by Wcoynelloyd (talk • contribs) 20:55, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Most of the external links are broken. Does anyone have any updated links? 24.98.26.139 (talk) 05:37, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
I could have sworn that I heard that McCain was bestowed with the title of "RINO" somewhere between 2000 and 2006. Ironic, considering his current position as GOP nominee. Does anyone else recall this? And do any of the archives back it up? --76.188.97.238 (talk) 22:43, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
McCain hasn't been labeled a RINO per se, but as bucked the party a few times in important ways that have led to his media status as "maverick." However, I am not insinuating that the title maverick is in any way more mutually exclusive. Tiefoon (talk) 06:59, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
In addition, most of the primary source links at the bottom of the page seem to be down. Doesn't surprise me; if McCain was on the RINO list, might be an attempt at whitewashing the Internet record before the election. --76.188.97.238 (talk) 22:49, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
In my opinion, this article does not provide any definition of what a RINO is but makes allusions to those who are considered a RINO. It's completely useless information without any attempt to define the platform of a RINO in more depth than not holding traditional republican views. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Netkatarina (talk • contribs) 04:26, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
From WordSpy.com: <http://www.wordspy.com/words/RINO.asp>
Earliest Citation: Bill Clinton would have been proud of what was happening on the third-floor Senate corner at the State House this week.
The Republicans were moving out and the Democrats and "RINOs" (Republicans In Name Only) were moving in. —John DiStaso, "Merrill Taps Scamman, Strome and a Thomson," The Union Leader (Manchester, NH), December 31, 1992
209.169.77.206 (talk) 09:48, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
From December 16, 1992:
<http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=s5lKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aJQMAAAAIBAJ&dq=rino%20republican%20name-only&pg=6245%2C3837269> — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.240.148.231 (talk) 00:51 August 2 2011 (UTC)
How does one nominate an article for deletion? “RINO” is a term used only by a single digit minority of extremists, and has no place in an encyclopedia or any legitimate venue, on line or otherwise Cosand (talk) 20:44, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
RINO is a derogatory term (see Rockefeller Republican 17:04, 18 April 2010)
It is unnotable to make a WHOLE ARTICLE about such a thing.
It is UNENCYCLOPEDIC to give credibility to name-calling like this.
The mere existence of this article is NON-NEUTRAL.
Wikipedia at its WORST!
108.7.9.7 (talk) 06:23, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
Wikipedia itself says that "RINO" is a disparaging term (see Rockefeller Republican 17:04, 18 April 2010). This is a WHOLE ARTICLE about NAME CALLING. Such a term is used, true, but a WHOLE ARTICLE?!!???!! It can be mentioned surely, but WITHIN some other article. Elevating it with its own article gives credibility to the wrong kind of thing. Delete it, merge it, change the name, DO ANYTHING! It degrades Wikipedia to retain it under it's current form (name). UTTERLY UNENCYLOPEDIC! If no one responds to this in a few days, I'll get your attention by drastic measures. I will delete it myself, and/or merge it, and/or change the name SUMMARILY! And I'll do a crude job of it too. So somebody do it well or I'll do it badly!
108.7.9.7 (talk) 02:15, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
I can't believe all the passionate attention given to this article. A RINO is a perjorative hurled by conservative Republicans toward moderate/liberal Republicans. Who is considered a RINO depends upon who's doing the hurling; trying to define it more is pure folly. It's like saying someone is a jackass. My definition of who is a jackass may be different that yours.
I think it's fair to say, however, that the overwhelming majority of conservatives who use the term would have no objection to having it hurled at elected officials such as Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe.
I notice that Celeste Greig was mentioned. I first met Celeste during the 1993 mayoral campaign of Dick Riordan (probably 95% of conservatives would concur that Riordan is a RINO).
Later that year, I saw her at a meeting of the Republican Party of Los Angeles County, where she gave me a button with the word RINO on it, crossed off by a red slash. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.90.187.27 (talk) 21:40, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
If we can include Democrats that other Democrats think are too conservative, why can't we keep this list? J390 (talk) 07:48, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
The page Neo-Mugwump, which currently redirects here, has been nominated for deletion. Your views would be welcome in the discussion at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2013 April 22#Neo-Mugwump. Thryduulf (talk) 21:19, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
I added a reference to RINOcracy.com, a site which I founded. It apparently has now been deleted on the grounds of not being "notable" with the instruction to discuss it on this page before attempting to restore it. I am a a novice in the world of Wikipedia, so I have no idea who gets to delete items and to decide if they are sufficiently "notable," but here's what I have to say. Notability is, perhaps, in the eye of the beholder, but if you visit the site you will find that it presents serious discussions of serious issues from the point of view of a "RINO" who is a lifelong Republican and who served in senior positions in two Republican administrations (Nixon and Ford). The site is in its infancy, only a few weeks old, but has had nearly 2,000 views so far.
99.101.129.229 (talk) 13:02, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
is unsupported. All I am seeing is this site announcing itself as representative of some sort of movement. We need documentation of this in reliable sources.Some[who?] RINOs have adopted the term as a badge of honor.
Spartan7W added the image File:RINO.png, his/her own work. Also File:DINO.png at Democrat In Name Only. While it looks like good work, and does sort of convey the meaning by borrowing from other political imagery, I'm a little concerned about using original visual interpretations in this kind of way. We use illustrations to help to explain concepts or to visualize something for which no free image exists (and a few other reasons), but here the image doesn't help to clarify beyond what the text says and isn't substituting for non-free material. In other words, the image has no official connection to the term "Republican In Name Only" and is more along the lines of an artist's interpretation of what the logo should be. Anyway, if it's a problem (I don't know), and to the extent it is a problem, it didn't seem urgent enough to revert, so just leaving it here to see what others think. Definitely a thanks is in order for Spartan7W either way, though, for producing and sharing the image. I wonder if it's not used in the article, if there's another place it could be used (a Portal, say). — Rhododendrites talk \\ 05:23, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
The image was removed by Edgarde shortly after I opened this thread. MB298 has now restored it. I'm still of the mind that it's inappropriate. I'm going to go ahead and remove it again on the grounds explained above. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 21:41, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
The currently cited sources make it clear that "cuckservative" is used exclusively by white supremacists to attack Republicans for not being racist. When I tried to clarify this, the change was immediately reverted as "not constructive".
Cite 11: The term has emerged out of the white supremacist movement as a term of abuse for white conservatives deemed race traitors unwilling to forthrightly defend the interests of white America.
Cite 12: The danger is that otherwise well-meaning grassroots conservatives might mistakenly think this term, which, at best, is meant to be emasculating, was merely an anodyne synonym for RINO. Instead, it’s a rallying cry for white supremacists and “neoreactionaries” who, for whatever reason, seem to back Trump.
Cite 13: I'll defer to Richard Spencer, president of the white nationalist National Policy Institute.
"#Cuckservative” is a full-scale revolt, by Identitarians and what I’ve called the 'alt Right,' against the Republican Party and conservative movement," Spencer explained in an e-mail. "The 'cuck' slur is vulgar, yes, but then piercingly accurate. It is the cuckold who, whether knowingly or unknowingly, loses control of his future. This is an apt psychological portrait of white 'conservatives,' whose only identity is comprised of vague, abstract 'values,' and who are participating in the displacement of European Americans — their own children."
I'm going to make the alteration again, to improve the clarity of the article, avoid possible confusion with the term and prevent the obscuring of it's history.
71.179.106.200 (talk) 05:14, 6 February 2016 (UTC)greenwoodjw
Stop reverting without comment
71.179.106.200 (talk) 07:58, 12 February 2016 (UTC)greenwoodjw
It's been pointed out many times that judged by current (2010-2016) ideological standards, Ronald Reagan would have to be considered a "RINO": [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9] etc. etc. AnonMoos (talk) 07:42, 26 November 2016 (UTC)
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