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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."

(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: geraldo; geraldorivera; newjersey; whorealda
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To: randita

A “moderate” Republican? We already have too many of them.

Not much better than a run-of-the-mill democrat.


41 posted on 02/01/2013 6:32:24 PM PST by 353FMG ( I refuse to specify whether I am serious or sarcastic -- I respect FReepers too much.)
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To: randita

“I endorsed the economic platform of Romney/Ryan in 2012 because Democrats were denying the deficit and decrying necessary changes in federal entitlements. Unfettered, theirs is a recipe for generational catastrophe. To pretend the government can just print money is untenable and irresponsible.

“But I voted for Obama/Biden because the fiscal threat posed by the Democrats seemed less immediate then the GOP’s intrusion into the private space of abortion, as well as Republicans’ opposition to both the inevitability of immigration reform and the rights of gay people to get married. Those things I believe, so how am I a Republican?”

Read more: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/opinion/2013/02/01/geraldo-rivera-outlines-reasons-why-hes-mulling-senate-bid/#ixzz2JhlatSqm


42 posted on 02/01/2013 6:36:19 PM PST by Seizethecarp (Defend aircraft from "runway kill zone" mini-drone helicopter swarm attacks: www.runwaykillzone.com)
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To: LegendHasIt

Forget Geraldo....the fact that NJ voters put in a 89 year old man as one of their senators is mind blowing.


43 posted on 02/01/2013 6:36:35 PM PST by Blackirish (Forward Comrades!!!!!!!!!)
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To: randita

And since the Republican party has zero requirements for party membership or candidates Jerry Rivers, Michael Bloomberg or even Martin Sheen could call themselves Republicans and run for office with the full backing of the GOP elites.

Heck they don’t even require loyalty as we saw with the Lisa Murkowski debacle.


44 posted on 02/01/2013 6:39:21 PM PST by Pan_Yan
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To: randita

ROTFLMAO!! The Mike Bloomberg of New Jersey!


45 posted on 02/01/2013 6:43:35 PM PST by sitetest (If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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To: randita

I wonder if Bette Midler would vouch for his character.


46 posted on 02/01/2013 6:52:08 PM PST by Swede Girl
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To: randita

Laugh all we want to but remember before the republican primaries started, we also laughed at Romney’s chances of winning the nomination.


47 posted on 02/01/2013 6:55:00 PM PST by Graybeard58 (_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
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To: randita

48 posted on 02/01/2013 6:56:17 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: randita

I would send him money if he ran as a democrat.


49 posted on 02/01/2013 7:13:24 PM PST by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
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To: randita

“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.”

“vitalization”- a nice euphemism for prancing to the left. If that is what it takes to make the Republicans ‘vital’, then the GOP isn’t worth saving or taking over.


50 posted on 02/01/2013 7:15:59 PM PST by GenXteacher (You have chosen dishonor to avoid war; you shall have war also.)
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To: randita
Moderate Republican means that the Democrat candidate slate is full.

-PJ

51 posted on 02/01/2013 7:21:15 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: randita

That’s why we have primaries!


52 posted on 02/01/2013 7:23:32 PM PST by Darren McCarty (If most people were more than keyboard warriors, we might have won the election)
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To: randita

I don’t know what Whorealdo’s smoking, but I’ll take a dime bag.


53 posted on 02/01/2013 7:28:30 PM PST by reagan_fanatic (You are not now, and will never be my President, Mr. Obama.)
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To: sport

Zell Miller was probably the last Conservative Democrat. I met him the first time he attended CPAC. As he was signing his book for me, I said, “I think you have always belonged here.” He looked up at me and smiled and said, “Yes, I realize that now.”


54 posted on 02/01/2013 7:28:42 PM PST by zot
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To: randita
Using Gerald-o as as a model, Lenin was a Republican.
55 posted on 02/01/2013 8:10:24 PM PST by cashless (Obama told us he would side with Muslims if the political winds shifted in an ugly direction. Ready?)
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To: randita
if the Daily Caller keeps going with the Menendez story Geraldo may have a choice of two seats. Either that or the Democrats may have to bring back The Torch.
56 posted on 02/01/2013 8:11:51 PM PST by Tupelo (Hunkered down & loading up)
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To: randita

A moderate Republican is somewhat to the left of a RINO.


57 posted on 02/01/2013 8:22:36 PM PST by pallis
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To: cripplecreek

My self-described “Moderate Republican” daughter, (who is an NPR fan) voted for guess who. Sigh.

Im going ot be watching Rivera’s hair to see if the gray gradually gets touched up a bit as he goes into this next ‘phase’.


58 posted on 02/01/2013 8:52:51 PM PST by Exit148
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To: randita; fieldmarshaldj; Clintonfatigued; AuH2ORepublican; Impy; sickoflibs
I'm not sure which is more laughable... Colin Powell claiming to be a "Republican", or Geraldo Rivera.

Fortunately for Geraldo, he can't ever be named "biggest joke in the Senate" as long as "Senator Al Franken" is still there.

59 posted on 02/01/2013 9:02:46 PM PST by BillyBoy ( Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
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To: randita

moderate Republican = conservative Democrat = Democrat

There is no difference.


60 posted on 02/01/2013 9:21:07 PM PST by servo1969
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