A Republican "moderate" shows his true colors

This time it's outgoing Republican-in-name-only Senator Chuck Hagel:

"We are educated by the great entertainers like Rush Limbaugh," Hagel said Tuesday during a speech in Washington, according to the Huffington Post. "You know, I wish Rush Limbaugh and others like that would run for office," a sarcastic Hagel continued. "They have so much to contribute and so much leadership and they have an answer for everything. And they would be elected overwhelmingly. [The truth is] they try to rip everyone down and make fools of everybody but they don't have any answers."

No, you're wrong, Senator. Limbaugh and others advocate securing our borders, limited government, and encouraging individual achievement. He has plenty of answers--including this one: that your brand of Democrat-lite Republican "moderation" is a sure path to Republican defeat and irrelevance. I see you're leaving the Senate soon. I won't miss you much. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Why do conservatives sometimes talk of "Republicans-in-name-only"?

They call them "RINOs." Why? Here's a good example:

"Earlier this month, Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) criticized Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, telling the Omaha World-Herald that “it’s a stretch to, in any way, to say that she’s got the experience to be president of the United States.” In a recent interview with The New Yorker, Hagel went even further, saying that he doesn’t believe Palin is “qualified to be President of the United States."

Senator Hagel claims, anyway, to be a Republican. He knows there's an election going on right now. He knows the man he's claimed in the past to respect, John McCain, needs all the help he can get. So why does he say something, publicly, that he knows can and will hurt the campaign?

Because he's a Republican in name only, that's why.
Why don't you just join the Democratic Party and get it over with, Sen. Hagel? We'll be fine without you.