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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 12:50 PM Original message |
Andrew Sullivan is an interesting guy |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wait - he did NOT become a Democrat. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Not as far as I know. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. for many years he was unbearable. recently he seems to have |
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Amaril (447 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. I've always enjoyed listening to him |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. pre 2007? |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. He is not a progressive. He is pretty much a conservative, but one of the rational kind. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Conservative + Rational = Oxymoron |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. He is a disillusioned Neocon who saw the light...but still a conservative.... |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. he also socially progressive after having being outed. used to be pretty antigay before |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. yep. not what i'd call interesting, more like what i'd call hypocritical. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
9. I always thought he was a log cabin Republican. |
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wiggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. He's got a lot of good stuff and has become my huffpo replacement. The 'View from My Window' |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
12. Some of us have been aware of Sully for more than a couple of years, |
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iwishiwas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. yes, I recall much of what you say--also your last sentence is point on. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Aboslutely, he's a fraud and never has anything original to say that |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I completely agree. Reading his wiki entry, even HE denies being a liberal, even |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. The corporate media chose Sully years ago to be The Official Voice of Gay America. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. indeed |
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Indykatie (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Sullivan's Daily Dish Is a Must Read for Me |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. "progressive views on social matters" = lol. sullivan has never held progressive |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Sure, he's no Joe Hill |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Yes, that's how I remember him. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. ^ Amen! QC ^ |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. Amen X 2 |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
17. Sorry but I think he is nothing more than a fair-weather fan... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
19. I find him generic. He is just another in a seemingly endless parade of corporatist |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
26. He supported Thatcher and is still on the economic right |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Oh I know - I AM a Socialist myself |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 05:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. True; the very rich tend not to be mad on high tax rates! |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
30. He's not a progressive by any stretch of the imagination. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. "Progressive" is an ambiguous term |
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