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Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe and Arlen Specter have a lot in common.

All three are US Senators.

All three are listed as Republicans.

All three voted for the pork-laden spending bill HR1.

All three are ranked pro-abortion by Project Vote Smart.

Ranking by Americans for Tax Reform:
Collins: 45 Snowe: 35 Specter: 65

by National Taxpayers Union:
Collins: C- Snowe: D Specter: D

by Taxpayers for Common Sense:
Collins: 50 Snowe: 30 Specter: 20

Ranking by American Civil Liberites Union:
Collins: 71 Snowe: 86 Specter: 57

Ranking by American Conservative Union:
Collins: 36 Snowe: 28 Specter: 40

by GOPUSA:
Collins: 23 Snowe: 23 Specter: 16

Ranking by the National Education Association:
Collins: A Snowe: A Specter: A

Ranking by Citizens Against Government Waste:
Collins: 34 Snowe: 17 Specter: 29

Ranking by Federation for American Immigration Reform:
Collins: 50 Snowe: 44 Specter: 50

Ranking by Nationa Journal, Composite Liberal Score:
Collins: 52.8 Snowe: 55.5 Specter: 52.5

A few things need to be mentioned about the information listed above. It is based on analysis from groups which may or may not be objective or accurate. Project Vote Smart provides a disclaimer indicating they view interest group ratings as biased. The point here is that other GOP members known to be conservative generally score much better than these three. For instance, the composite liberal scores above are among the highest by Republicans in either the House or the Senate and even outpace some Democrats for being liberal.

Snowe and Specter had a dismal showing on matters of immigration during 2007, the last time a so=called reform, aka, amnesty, aka, shamnesty was presented. Collins may have had a better showing on this issue than the other two.

But nothing separates them from the pack better than the current bailout, stimulus, pork, porkulus insane liberal agenda spending bills in the House and Senate. The only three to vote in favor of HR1 in the Senate.

Certainly there are occasions in politics where the puzzling actions of elected officials can be attributed to backroom deals, falling on the sword for the party or some other strategy or tactic for which the reason is not immediately obvious nor shared publicly. It does not appear this is one of those times.

If there is anything conservative about Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe or Arlen Specter please share that information in the comments section. For it is the view from this blog that over time these three have earned the moniker of RINO.

One additional note should be expressed. The uncertainty of any proposed solutions for the current economic turmoil is understood. What should also be understood is quickly passing massive spending legislation based on fear and loathing does not increase the chances of success. By every report observed lately most Americans do not support the insane spending plans being formed in Washington. Already failures in oversight and other related mistakes support the notion that restraint is needed. If the American voting public allows this insanity to continue we all deserve what we get. Which may in fact be no solutions at a cost no one can afford.

Stanford Matthews
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Tell Chuck Schumer you care (Michelle Malkin) 

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Sadly, in their first crucial vote of the 111th Congress, these three moderate Senators showed their true colors; in so doing they not only let down the nation, but also every other Republican in the House AND Senate who unlike them courageously voted against this irresponsible act.

Link two
WASHINGTON (CNN) — An influential conservative political action committee is pledging to support primary challenges to any Republican senator who backs the economic stimulus package — the latest public show of dissatisfaction from the right over the massive measure before Congress.

Three GOP senators voted for the $838 billion compromise version of the package that the Senate approved Tuesday, but all three have said they might not vote for the final version.

“The American people don’t want this trillion-dollar political payoff that will just line the pockets of non-governmental organizations who supported [President Barack] Obama in the election,” said Scott Wheeler, the executive director of The National Republican Trust PAC, an organization that calls for less government spending and lower taxes.

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The actions of the 61 Senators who voted for this bailout plan to funnel money to Democratic constituencies, like unions and blue states, are shameful. But the battle of the bulge has just begun for the Senate and House, who now head into what is known as a conference committee to reconcile the differences between their two versions of the bill. If you thought the measure was bloated before, this stage could balloon the cost as each legislative body fights for its priorities. It should be a good fight. No Republicans supported the House version of the package two weeks ago. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer “is mindful that too much House meddling could torpedo the entire package.” Hear that Congressional Republicans? It there ever was a time to meddle, it’s now.

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