From the article:
“These are born and bred, gold-plated Republicans:”
Gold-plated?
What?
IOW, the checked pants, country club “blue hair” republicans that worship portraits of Nelson Rockefeller hung up in the lounge at The Club. The type of “republicans” that are dammed uncomfortable sharing a party with those mouth breathing church goers that live in places like Oklahoma (where all of our gas holdings are, Muffie).
Simply put, Democrats that care enough about the capital gains tax rate to vote GOP more than half the time. The kind of “Republicans” that like Julie-Annie and “Biff” Romney.