DINO
n.— «Other liberal bloggers began labeling Lieberman a DINO, for Democrat in Name Only, adapting a coinage conservatives often use for moderate Republicans.» —“Left Has Close Eye On Lieberman’s Leanings On Social Security” by David D. Kirkpatrick, Carl Hulse in Washington, D.C. The Day (New London, Conn.) Mar. 7, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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