The RINO’s are raging, and not surprisingly their anger is directed at all the wrong places. Of course, since it should all be directed at themselves, anywhere is a wrong place. But they somehow managed to find the most wrong place of all to fume at: conservatives. In a rambling diatribe of a press release that could only have been written by a high school sophomore in a state of confused delirium, RINO group Republican Main Street Partnership declares, “Far Right Soley Responsible for Democratic Gains“. Aside from the fact that these intellectual heavyweights can’t even spell “solely” correctly, the memo reads like your typical lefty blogosphere brain dump full of hate and half-baked nonsense.

“Tonight the American people made it clear that our party?s decision to ignore the middle of the American electorate was a disastrous one,” said Sarah Chamberlain Resnick, Executive Director of the Republican Main Street Partnership. “For the last two years centrist GOPers have warned the leadership of our party of the consequences of pushing a legislative agenda cow-towing to the far right in our party. Our warnings were ignored, and now our party is paying a devastating price.”

“Republican candidates all across the country were hit by Democratic ads attacking the GOP for failure to raise the minimum wage, failure to advance embryonic stem cell research, and failure to pass strong ethics and lobbying reform,” continued Resnick. “If leadership had listened to our centrists members, we could have taken issues like this off the table. Centrist Republicans in the House and Senate pushed all session for an increase in the minimum wage, for expanded embryonic stem cell research, and for real ethics and lobbying reform.”

Since when has the content of Democratic attack ads been the measuring stick of Republican success? Should the Republican party really be rated on how well it adopts Democratic platforms? The press release concludes with this bit of moronic double-talk:

“What the extreme right of our party has worked to destroy ? centrist Republicans will now step in and rebuild,” continued Resnick. “The Republican Main Street Partnership is committed to bringing back Ronald Reagan?s Republican Party. The extreme right has had their turn at the wheel and the results have proven devastating for our party and our country.”

That’s funny, I seem to recall Reagan’s party as one that stood for principled conservatism, not liberal appeasement. If you want to know the real truth on why Republicans lost, look no further than these disheartening poll results from The Club for Growth.

Q: In the last four years, do you think the size and cost of the federal government has gone up, gone down, or stayed about the same?

A: Gone Up 73.0%
Gown Down 5.5%
Stayed the Same 14.4%
Don’t know/Refused 7.1

Q: All other things being equal, which type of candidate for Congress would you be more likely to vote for? A candidate who wants to reduce overall federal spending, even if that includes cutting some money that would come to your district; or, a candidate who is willing to increase overall spending on federal programs and grow the federal budget, in order to get more federal spending and projects for your district?

A: Cut spending 57.3%
Bring home projects 27.6%
Don’t know/Refused 15.1%

. . .

Introduction to Questions: Now, I’m going to read a list of issue topics. When you look at Washington today, please tell me whether you think the Republicans or the Democrats are doing a better job on each issue. If you see no difference between the parties on these issues, just say so.

Q: “Eliminating Wasteful Spending”;

A: Republicans 24.6%
Democrats 39.1%
No Difference 30.3%
Don’t know/Refused 6.0%

. . .

Now tell me whether you think the following phrases better describe the Republicans or the Democrats in Washington.
Q: “The Party of Big Government”;
A: Republicans 39.3%
Democrats 27.9%
Both 16.3%
Neither 9.3%
Don’t know/Refused 7.4%

Q: Would you agree or disagree with the following statement: “The Republicans used to be the party of economic growth, fiscal discipline, and limited government, but in recent years, too many Republicans in Washington have become just like the big spenders that they used to oppose.”

A: Agree 65.8%
Strongly Agree 43.4%
Somewhat Agree 22.4%

Disagree 26.4%
Strongly Disagree 13.4%
Somewhat Disagree 13.0%
Don’t know/Refused 7.9%

Not surprisingly, the RINO’s sent out another press release attacking The Club for Growth and praising Lincoln Chafee.

?Tonight the Club for Growth?s dishonest campaign against Senator Lincoln Chafee may very well have cost our party it?s majority in the U.S. Senate,? said Sarah Chamberlain Resnick, Executive Director of the Republican Main Street Partnership. ?Harry Reid and the Democratic leadership in the Senate should call Pat Toomey and thank him for working hard to undermine the Republican majority.?

A Republican majority that counts on liberal Lincoln Chafee is worthless. This is the same Lincoln Chafee who refused to vote for President Bush. This is the same Lincoln Chafee who bragged about bringing home the pork. This is the same Lincoln Chafee who voted against Samuel Alito’s nomination to the Supreme Court. This is the same Lincoln Chafee who is now promising to oppose John Bolton’s nomination as UN ambassador. Why the hell is this moron in the Republican party in the first place, and what does it say about a group of people who think Lincoln Chafee is where we should be pinning our hopes for majority control?

These idiot RINO’s are agitating for even more of everything that the voters are rejecting. Give it up. Your brand of big government Republicanism failed. If you RINOs really want to restore the Republican party to Reagan’s values, you can start by leaving it.

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