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PRIMARY: RINOs and white elephants

| May 10, 2026 1:00 AM

Another election is upon us. It is one of the little-big ones, the primary. It will determine which Republican moves onto the election in November. It is also a big-big one for your local precinct committeeman. They don’t move on; the winner is determined May 19th.

I am told the term RINO (Republican In Name Only) should not be used to describe a candidate; moderate is nicer. But RINO is so succinct. How else do you get the message across when someone consistently votes with Democrats and against the GOP platform?

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