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Mulshine is actually very Conservative. People here on Free Republic are great, but too many of us are jumping to conclusions about Mulshine based on this article.

He blast the Free Enterprise system, Private Property rights and SUVs in this article and we are suppose to believe he is a fellow Conservative.

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His past recent columns include
» Whitman's wasted opportunity (She couldn't make the Repubs more moderate)
» Rick's (Santorium) views on rights are best kept private
» The right should back local filters on smoking
» Hating the French is a waste of time
» Smoke-free bars? I'll drink to that

Actually recently every column he writes recently is either why he thinks NJ should ban smoking on private property like New York or he finds a way to mention smoking bans in whatever subject he is talking about.

It's Ban smoking, Ban smoking, Ban smoking over and over with this idiot.

I don't really agree with Mulshine on this subject but I have read enough of his work over the years to know his slant..and it ain't left. He has pretty decent Conservative credentials and many of his columns are very good reads and thought provoking.

Really?? I have been reading his columns for awhile and I have yet to see anything remotely conservative about him. Yes occasionly he writes ABOUT the NJ Republican party but never supporting Republican core issues. This is actually the first time I seen him ID himself as a Conservative all of his past articles when writing about Conservatives/Republicans he refers to them in the Third person.

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I've been reading his columns for years. His views on taxes, terrorism, national defense and a whole host of other issues generally are very Conservative. Just because he doesn't believe developers should be allowed to pave every square inch of New Jersey or that he hates SUV's (I disagree with him there) doesn't make the guy a whiney liberal.

Mulshine brings a decent perspective to the debate. Is he wrong alot ? Of course but he does raise interesting and provacative questions. Personally, I don't think you or I are qualified to determine exactly what constitues making someone a true Conservative or not. Last time I checked there was no cookie cutter definition of such. I look at someone like Sean Hannity and can't help but feel that if he is what is now considered a "model" Conservative, then we are in big trouble.