Garbo: An open letter to RINO Watch Colorado — my self-nomination
By C. J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice
To the courageous, yet anonymous, arbiters of Republicanism at RINO Watch Colorado:
I am writing to self-nominate to RINO Watch Colorado — not as a concession to any purity test, but as a challenge to this misguided and fruitless crusade.
I do so as a strong grassroots conservative in Colorado, unwavering in my commitment to the U.S. Constitution, to limited government, to the fundamental liberties enshrined in our Bill of Rights, and to the preservation of the values that made this nation great. If believing that the Republican Party must grow stronger by educating, inspiring and persuading — not by shunning, purging and dividing — makes me a RINO, then I must self-nominate.
As a Colorado native, I have lived, b...