The silly season begins

On his campaign Facebook page, Kootenai County Commissioner David Stewart has posted a graphic showing himself as an elephant and a true-blue North Idaho conservative battling a rhinosaurus, labeled Chris Fillios. Stewart will face Fillios in a winner-take-all GOPrimary contest this spring. The RINO (Republican In Name Only) reference is the contemptuous way that the Tea Party crowd of Constitutionalists, Libertarians, Ron Paulers, Birchers, etc., dismiss anyone who doesn’t subscribe to their laundry list of Far Right ideas. The funny thing here is that Fillios is very conservative. The true RINOs may be the ultra-conservatives who are doing the name calling.

Question: So is it a badge of honor to be labeled a RINO by a Tea Party member?