I've been hearing a lot about RINOs lately, so I've made up my own list along with the reasons they qualify:
John McCain: Opposed Bush tax cuts and supported amnesty bill.
George W Bush: Started Medicare Part D, the first new entitlement program since LBJ; supported amnesty bill.
Bob Dole: Endorsed national health care plan similar to "Obamacare."
George H.W. Bush: Raised taxes.
Ronald Reagan: Raised taxes several times; negotiated with the Soviet Union to completely eliminate nuclear weapons.
Gerald Ford: Vetoed a tax cut because it would exacerbate the deficit.
Richard Nixon: Started the EPA; proposed a national health care plan similar to "Obamacare;" proposed a national minimum income plan (the most socialistic initiative ever put forward by an American president).
Barry Goldwater: Pro-choice and pro-gay rights.
Dwight Eisenhower: Opposed tax cuts because they would exacerbate the deficit; started the biggest infrastructure project in the nation's history; said anyone wanting to roll back the New Deal was "stupid."
There you have it — every Republican president and presidential candidate of the last 60 years. RINOs, every one.
Roland Kayser
Murray