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Geraldo Rivera declares himself a 'moderate Republican' as he eyes U.S. Senate run
Newark Star-Ledger ^ | 2/1/13

Posted on 02/01/2013 5:49:11 PM PST by randita

Geraldo Rivera declares himself a 'moderate Republican' as he eyes U.S. Senate run

By Brent Johnson/The Star-Ledger

on February 01, 2013 at 12:55 PM, updated February 01, 2013 at 5:08 PM

TRENTON — It looks like Geraldo Rivera is already prepping his platform.

One day after announcing on his radio show that he is "truly considering" running in 2014 for the U.S. Senate seat now held by New Jersey's Frank Lautenberg, Rivera amped up his message today in a television interview and a column on the Fox News Latino website.

The longtime media personality portrayed himself as a moderate Republican who is fiscally conservative but also supports gay marriage and Roe v. Wade.

"Democrats have a huge registration advantage in New Jersey," Rivera said during a short interview on the Fox News morning show "Fox and Friends." "But I really do believe, as a moderate Republican, there is a point of view that is unrepresented in states like New Jersey. There can be a new vitalization of the Republican party."

Rivera — a longtime Fox News TV anchor — is the first Republican to publicly express interest in the seat. Although the 89-year-old Lautenberg has not given any indication he won't seek re-election, Newark Mayor Cory Booker recently said he was interested running, and a number of other Democrats are also waiting in the wings. Rivera, 69, a resident of Edgewater in Bergen County and former owner of the Two River Times newspaper in Red Bank, said in today's interview he envisions a Republican Party "we extol the virtues of good business and fiscal policy and fight the deficit and don't advocate the printing of money in obscene amounts just to cover our debts."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: geraldo; geraldorivera; newjersey; whorealda
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1 posted on 02/01/2013 5:49:23 PM PST by randita
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To: randita

Sure, Whorealdo...and I’m the Easter Bunny.


2 posted on 02/01/2013 5:51:09 PM PST by MichaelCorleone (A return to Jesus and prayer in the schools is the only way.)
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To: randita

Just what we need, a 70 year old “republican” who believes in sodomite “marriage” and abortion on demand. The man has always been a liberal and working for Faux News does not change a thing.


3 posted on 02/01/2013 5:51:20 PM PST by NKP_Vet
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To: randita
"Moderate Republican" translation RINO
4 posted on 02/01/2013 5:52:32 PM PST by 21st Century Crusader (August 26, 1191)
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To: randita

Moderate Republican = Democrat.


5 posted on 02/01/2013 5:53:26 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (There is no requirement to show need in order to exercise your rights.)
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To: randita

Maybe he can get Cristie to appoint him to the Senate seat soon to be vacated by Bob Menendez.


6 posted on 02/01/2013 5:53:26 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: randita
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7 posted on 02/01/2013 5:54:08 PM PST by CMailBag
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To: randita

“Moderate” republicans are as bad if not worse than the democrats.

They spend all their time trying to moderate the already comatose republicans while the democrats happily goose step their way into full on socialism.

If these moderates really wanted to do some good for America, they would run as democrats and try to moderate the party that actually needs it.


8 posted on 02/01/2013 5:54:12 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: randita

as he described himself, he is saying that a moderate republican is in reality just a cheap liberal.


9 posted on 02/01/2013 5:54:51 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: randita

More like a liberal democrat.


10 posted on 02/01/2013 5:55:48 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: randita

Gee, just what NJ needs ... another “moderate” Republican.


11 posted on 02/01/2013 5:56:30 PM PST by doc1019
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To: randita

ROFLMAO.


12 posted on 02/01/2013 5:56:37 PM PST by matthew fuller (Fast and Furious fizzled- Enter Sandy Hook.)
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To: randita

Moderate? RINO? Or an older excited reported who seemed excited during the hunt in Tora Boro for Osama bin laden during the Afghan war?


13 posted on 02/01/2013 5:57:22 PM PST by Bronzy
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To: randita

New Jersey has my sympathies.


14 posted on 02/01/2013 5:58:27 PM PST by popdonnelly (The right to self-defense is older than the Constitution.)
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To: randita

Quite possibly to the right of Christi...


15 posted on 02/01/2013 5:58:49 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Hope and Change has become Attack and Obfuscate.)
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To: randita

Better, or worse than Lautenburg?


16 posted on 02/01/2013 5:59:20 PM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
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To: randita

Whorealdo would have better luck running as a dimocrat.


17 posted on 02/01/2013 5:59:46 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: 21st Century Crusader

RINO doesn’t cut it here. We need another acronym for a full fledged dem running as a Rino.


18 posted on 02/01/2013 6:00:10 PM PST by aimhigh ( Guns do not kill people. Planned Parenthood kills people.)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Forgot the “e”.


19 posted on 02/01/2013 6:00:39 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Hope and Change has become Attack and Obfuscate.)
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To: randita

And I declare myself a size 2 - but that doesn’t make it so.


20 posted on 02/01/2013 6:01:13 PM PST by Mom MD (A million people attended Obamas inauguration. 14 of them actually missed work)
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