2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Even if Bernie Sanders doesn't win the primary, he has given every indication that he will [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)"prove" their points, it is not unreasonable to assume that the person subscribes to the views of those sources.
Safire was a Republican, one who worked for NIXON in all his ugliness, and now he's pushing up daisies and has been for six plus years now. You want some insight into his GOP mindset?
Here ya go--straight from the horse's mouth:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/595078824/Republican-brains-can-have-often-conflicting-ideas.html?pg=all
He voted for Clinton and IMMEDIATELY started dissing him AND his wife (real classy, that)--that was likely a protest vote because he didn't like Poppy Bush. Wikipedia is your friend.
When a person hangs out with "conservative libertarians," and don't be surprised if people start to think a person shares those views.