Fear the Frankenbagger!

Its alive! Looks like this experiment has gone awry:

... where have these party leaders been over the past five years, when all the forces that distort the G.O.P. were metastasizing? Where were they during the rise of Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck? Where were they when Arizona passed its beyond-the-fringe immigration law? Where were they in the summer of 2011 when the House Republicans rejected even the possibility of budget compromise? They were lying low, hoping the unpleasantness would pass.

The wingers call their Republican opponents RINOs, or Republican In Name Only. But that’s an insult to the rhino, which is a tough, noble beast. If RINOs were like rhinos, they’d stand up to those who seek to destroy them. Actually, what the country needs is some real Rhino Republicans. But the professional Republicans never do that. They’re not rhinos. They’re Opossum Republicans. They tremble for a few seconds then slip into an involuntary coma every time they’re challenged aggressively from the right.

- Bobo

I think the North American RINO is extinct in the wild due to habitat loss. I'd say it was due to MAN-MADE habitat loss, but that is just a theory. The North American RINO survives only in captivity now. Some day it may make a come back if the environment recovers. Until then, the RINO DC elite can just Fear the Monster they helped create over the last 30 years.