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LeftishBrit

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9. Sullivan has a dodgy record

Reply to tishaLA (Original post)

Mon Dec 26, 2011, 05:44 PM

Dec 2011

He supported Thatcher for years and years, and also supported the Iraq war for quite a while.

He's improved a bit but the fact that he could at any time give Paul the time of day is worrying.

Also, I think that people sometimes give the extreme economic right a pass, when they rightly wouldn't give it to warmongers or racists. The extreme economic right kill, through poverty, hunger and the denial of healthcare, just as surely as the warmonger or the terrorist. The extreme economic right generally create a climate that crushes minority groups just as surely as the explicit racist does.

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So, Andrew Sullivan Has Revoked His Support for Ron Paul [View all] tishaLA Dec 2011 OP

Sullivan is a bit of a self serving opportunist in my humble opinion. BootinUp Dec 2011 #1

Self-Serving Opportunist NashVegas Dec 2011 #3

In 2007 He was pedaling up Commercial st. like a mob orpupilofnature57 Dec 2011 #2

Conservatives don't know Sullivan exists - he is not on Fox News banned from Kos Dec 2011 #4

Really pathetic retraction frazzled Dec 2011 #5

R#4 & K for, SULLIVAN is such a jerk phony, pretends to have all these "intellectual" UTUSN Dec 2011 #6

Yes, Sullivan will sometimes admit his mistakes-- tblue37 Dec 2011 #7

I knew all about the newsletters when they were new. I assume, and still assume Bluenorthwest Dec 2011 #8

Sullivan has a dodgy record LeftishBrit Dec 2011 #9

I think Sullivan is part of the wonky generation whose time has passed. RainDog Dec 2011 #14

I think a lot of people don't understand what racism actually is. bigmonkey Dec 2011 #10

Comparing Jeremiah Wright with Ron Paul shows that Sully is not an it-getter. Starry Messenger Dec 2011 #11

Ron Paul will never be elected a prez RainDog Dec 2011 #12

Sully was for the war before he was against it, now he is against RP after being for him... truebrit71 Dec 2011 #13

Sully just needs to admit he ia a well-spoken idiot. That will save a lot of ink on apologies. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2011 #15