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bvar22

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20. AND, Andrew Sullivan IS a proud traditional Conservative of the Eisenhower/Nixon Republican Party.

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sun Nov 11, 2012, 09:07 PM

Nov 2012

He unequivocally states that he is a Moderate Republican,
but that today's Republican Party has moved to the extreme right.
The Democratic Party has followed them far enough to The Right that Moderate Republicans can now feel right at home.
As a traditional Moderate Republican he has no problem supporting today's Democratic Party.

http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/tue-november-6-2012-andrew-sullivan

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transitional President. Whisp Nov 2012 #16

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AND, Andrew Sullivan IS a proud traditional Conservative of the Eisenhower/Nixon Republican Party. bvar22 Nov 2012 #20

he no longer calls himself a republican, he calls himself a conservative Hamlette Nov 2012 #21

Wow, thank you ladies SCantiGOP Nov 2012 #24

Says it all. russspeakeasy Nov 2012 #25