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NewJeffCT

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7. Murkowski has always been very conservative

Reply to chelsea0011 (Original post)

Thu Nov 30, 2017, 09:24 AM

Nov 2017

but, she was just a bit to the left of the crazy RWer that she ran against last election (forgot his name?), so that makes her a moderate in the eyes of the media. Flake and Corker are similar - because they have occasionally criticized Trump, they are dubbed moderates by the media when their voting records say otherwise.

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No such thing as a moderate Republican [View all] chelsea0011 Nov 2017 OP

Call Collins zentrum Nov 2017 #1

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Another reason to not pay any attention to the mainstream media. Scruffy1 Nov 2017 #3

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It's why they went dicks out for Schtroumpf HughBeaumont Nov 2017 #6

Murkowski has always been very conservative NewJeffCT Nov 2017 #7

I would have thought Collins would be a no vote Astraea Nov 2017 #8

add bob corker to that shit pile spanone Nov 2017 #9

There hasn't been since the so-called Defense of Marriage Act gollygee Nov 2017 #10