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Originally Posted by SamSpade  I think for the GOP, there are a small number of litmus test issues - fail all of those, and as far as they're concerned, you're a RINO.
For the Democrats, they have some also. Actually, fewer. Fail a single one of those, and you're out. Lieberman supported the war - otherwise, fairly liberal on almost everything else. For that, he got booted from the Democratic ticket.
It may seem unfair, but these are political parties, not social clubs. They exist as a platform of ideas. Otherwise, people could just run on their own.
I knew this girl whose parents were offended that their name was removed from their church roster. They hadn't attended in years, and didn't expect to change that - and they didn't believe in God. But they were offended that the church would REMOVE them. Well, what's the point? |
If the Party had an issue with her, the time to resolve that was the selection process. Its funny you bring up Lieberman, since there are definite parrallels.
The ONLY time the Party got involved was when she was slipping to the Democrat, THEN the party threw in with the Third Party candidate. We can tell this because the Party was the one that nominated Dede.
This is not about the GOP supporting Party Ideals, until she started slipping they supported Dede. If the GOP supported Party Ideals, they should have taken issue with her back in July when the Republican Party fronted her as its candidate in New York.