Maverick Them Back

They just couldn’t stand it anymore, could they?  They couldn’t pretend to be conservative any longer.

The RINOs are doing what RINOs do best when the chips are down:  become Democrats.  Snowe is voting for a health care power grab so radical it alone is sufficient cause to evict her from a party that pretends to be about limited government.  Nothing I’ve heard about that bill leads me to believe it is anything but more expensive, lower quality health care that will be rationed for no better reason than to grow government dependency and Democrat power.

Before that, the Official Maverick Lapdog Lindsey Graham (Pomeranian – SC) is backing the cap-and-trade bill, and I’m pretty sure McCain is behind it.  His Maverickness just can’t do it himself because he has to pretend he has anything other than contempt for conservatives until he’s re-elected.  Seriously, who’s supposed to believe that Graham is his own Senator?  If he’s doing this under his own initiative, dolphins can use typewriters.

These two are the big ones so far, but it wouldn’t be taking much of a risk to say that there are more to come.  If something can be blundered or undermined for puff press, the Republicans will find a way.  Fortunately for us, being a maverick is a game millions can play.

So it’s time for a short refresher on how to maverick them back.

• Be a maverick supporter: I mention this, but the people responsible aren’t up for re-election any time soon.  It doesn’t matter, because you can shower your maverick support on any unrelated RINO.  Think of it as a nod to reality if the hint of collective punishment doesn’t work for you.  You have to work with the order of elections you’re given.  If one RINO fails, they all pay with their jobs as the opportunity to evict them permits, because they don’t come up for re-election when they deserve it.
• They’re so awesome, they don’t need money: A lot of us are already choking the Republicans for money and donating directly to conservative candidates.  Keep doing that.  Don’t forget to use the maverick compliments approach when sending back empty envelopes, or just drop off the mailing lists altogether.
• Hijacking the spotlight: Here’s how it works.  Puff press cannot be directly opposed because it’s generated by media organizations far larger and stronger than any of us.  However, the buzz they take such efforts to generate can be twisted to your benefit by hijacking the spotlight.  To do so, use the buzz to get into the conversation and then warp it to mock/insult/undermine the RINO who wanted to be lavished with puff attention.  I…AM CAPTAIN CHIPMUNK is an example of the technique.

Ironically enough, it may be Obama that helped them feel safe about being themselves again.  They’ve come to believe he’s so onerous, conservatives will vote to replace one crop of properly labeled Democrats with mislabeled RINO ones in 2010 without question or second thoughts.  Since the only difference is that we’ll be blamed for the RINOs failed liberalism if we support them, it’s still better to see the knives coming than to take them in the back.

We supported them, reasoned with them, and tried to tell them how not to fail.  They ignored us, or spat on us, so now it’s time for something else.  The Republicans need not call until they get a grip, and that’s the end of it.

Filed under: Commentary and Opinion on October 14th, 2009 No Comments