rhino
noun
massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout.
RINO
noun
passive weak thumb-sucking knock-kneed neophyte of the liberal wing of the Republican party having very thin skin and no more than one or two vertebrae in the spine.
I’m beginning to think we need to change the GOP mascot from an elephant to a RINO, but this animal would be terribly sway-backed, for the lack of a spine.
Our eldest Senate RINO and senior “Republican” on the Senate Armed Services Committee thinks the President needs to “announce that on [September] the 15th that in consultations with our senior military commanders he’s decided to initiate the first step of the withdrawal of our forces”. Who pray tell am I speaking of? None other than the Virginia octagenarian John Warner, one of the infamous Seven Dwarves, the sad sack RINO half of the Gang of 14 who plunged a dagger deep into the back of then Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.
Well Senator Warner let me be one of the first to congratulate you for not only cutting the legs out from under General David Petraeus, but also for making it on the Al-Jazeera English – Front Page! And I must say Senator Warner your comments are playing well in the Arab world, playing that is into the belief that we as a country no longer are capable of winning a war.
Check out this gem of a comment from Mishmish of Egypt: “Had the US foreign policy makers read history, they would not get involved in any war after Vietnam”
You know what’s really sad about that comment? There is a lot of truth in that because looking at the past conduct of the American Congress and its lack of courage and willingness to undermine not only our Commander-in-Chief, but also our national security, we should have thought more than twice about entering this war. With the current crop of RINOs we have serving in the Congress, I will seriously consider any further military action until they are collecting their undeserved pension. (Don’t even get me started on that!)
May I encourage you to email Senator Warner to express your opinion on his performance today, or better yet, give him a call! (202) 224-2023
And please be nice!
Hi Dave- you know, it just kills me that headlines on all news sources, whenever a liberal rino “republican” does something so stupid like this, all make it our to seem like these people actually have a lot of clout within the republican party. What a joke- if it weren’t for the troops fighting their you know what’s off. This makes me sick, as does the fact that whatever news source- the traditional ones anyway, all are still showing that people think we’re gonna lose. Like you said- that’s just great! If you live in the pro islamofascist areas of the middle east. I still think we ought to ship all the liberal peaceniks over to places like Iran and Syria- see how long they’d last over there. God Bless you Dave, for getting the message out. I’m going to e mail Warner right now. Carolyn >: (
Thanks Carolyn, I knew I could count on you! God bless!!
My e-mail – Your public comments advising an almost immediate initiation of troop withdrawals are nothing short of moronic. You really need to send an apology and a thank-you note to the Soldiers who sacrifice daily just to provide you the right to be an idiot. While you’re at it, send another note to the real republicans/conservatives (and our President).
Please, do the rest of America a favor and retire NOW…before your stupidity causes even more damage (read – headlines in the daily papers of our enemies).
Yeah Bill, that’s get to the point! LOL
That’s why I love you Bro; you know how to bring political and moral clarity into the fog of political correctness!!
Okay, here’s my comment; not as poignantly funny as Bill’s, but I’m not feeling very humorous:
Senator Warner,
You have succeeded in sending a message to the world. That message has probably affected more than you intended; at least I hope that’s true.
I’m sure you’ve enraged the Iraqi government by joining the Democrats in telling a sovereign nation how to govern itself.
I’m sure you’ve caused great damage to the confidence of the Iraqi people that America will not abandon them in this most important and dire time in their new history.
I’m sure you’ve caused great anguish to our wonderful troops knowing that if you and Democrats get their way, the job in Iraq will be left undone. Much of the anguish will come from knowing that if they leave too soon then their buddies will have died in vain and thousands upon thousands of wounded soldier will have suffered for nothing.
I’m sure you’ve caused more reasons for conservatives to either work very hard against RINOs such as yourself and rid the Congress of spineless politicians. Or worse for our country, cause angst among conservatives to punish the GOP and not vote. I pray it is the former; I for one will be giving all I have to it.
According to Senator Warner, VA…..“We simply cannot as a nation stand and continue to put our troops at continuous risk of loss of life and limb without beginning to take some decisive action,” Warner, who returned from Iraq last week and met with top administration officials yesterday, said during a news conference at the Capitol.
I agree with Warner, but the “decisive action” is not to “surrender”, but to attack………we should have been attacking Iran and Syria years ago……..the gutless cowardly Congress has fought and rejected a winning strategy for years, openly defied the Commander in Chief, hypocritical in voting to go to war and then threatening to not fund it; contributed significantly to the disunity in America, encouraged and emboldened the enemy, and the President listened to spineless advisors with a “cannon fodder” mentality………attack, attack, attack should have been the cry from day one…….if we know where the threat is, why in God’s name would we give them sanctuary; let them continue to attack and kill our warriors without consequence, without accountability?
Now the JCS wants to withdraw troops, General Petraeus and our leaders on the ground don’t, the Administration seems against it, Congress is leaning toward withdrawal…………who in hell is in charge? Is the Commander in Chief in charge or not? If he is then, there is only one way…attack, attack, attack………….
Leadership in Washington, DC may be guilty of criminal activity…I can think of nothing more despicable that having the wherewithal to win but choose to surrender…sacrificing the lives of our men and women warriors to satisfy personal political agendas; where are the patriots with a backbone, gone to jelly everyone………..
Harry Riley, COL, USA, Ret
Davo,
I was appalled when I heard the comments John Warner made. As i drove to my appointment I called the Senators office and let him know that the slient majority did not agree with the absurdity of his statement and that our troops need all the support they can get in light of the left’s attempts to bring them home. I also asked his aide who he owed a favor to to make that statement, and that he should not count on being employed come next election. This man, along with the likes of Specter, Snowe, McCain, and the rest of the RINO parade are an embarrassment to the GOP and our nation.