Aurora, Colorado - History. 1  Aurora originated in the 1880s as the town of Fletcher, taking its name from Denver businessman Donald Fletcher who saw it as a real estate opportunity.
For other uses, see Rino. Republican In Name Only is a pejorative term used by conservative members of the Republican Party of the United States to describe Republicans whose political views or actions they consider insufficiently conservative. The acronym RINO emerged in the 1990s. 1 Origins.
In later years they were known as âRockefeller Republicans,â because they held liberal or moderate views similar to that of former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller. In modern politics, a Republican candidate who supports universal taxpayer-funded healthcare would undoubtedly qualify as a RINO. So would a candidate who pledges to raise taxes on the so-called ârichâ or supports a ban on so-called assault weapons.