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They Are All RINOs  By Pedro Primavera Republicans like to point
to Ronald Reagan for inspiration. However, we have to resign
ourselves to the fact that Ronald Reagan is dead. Worse, his
legacy was killed off by his own party, the same Republicans who
say he inspired them.   The only lasting legacy of George W.
Bush was the nomination of two constructionist judges and a
fading response to terrorism. For eight years, we saw GW insist
more on getting along than being right. Even the war in Iraq was
fought on the cheap, which defies the logic of waging war. In
the long run, Bush's own dithering on Iraq cost many lives
before finally settling on the surge.   And before GW were Bob
Dole and GHW. Both had lengthy though uninspiring résumés. Their
only real credentials were that it was their turn. The only
conservative voice since Reagan was Newt Gingrich in Congress --
and Bill Clinton co-opted all of Newt's successes as his own.
With a willing accompl