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To: HPilot who wrote (464183)	3/16/2009 5:48:09 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583764

IMO he was a liberal who supported the war. He took up some conservative viewpoints after the war started, but IMO he was conservative Democrat. Anyone who supported the invasion of Iraq was not a liberal.

To: HPilot who wrote (464183)	3/16/2009 7:22:52 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583764

Silver, a Democrat for many years, left the party and became an Independent, and a supporter of President George W. Bush, citing the September 11, 2001 attacks and Democratic policies regarding terrorism as reasons. He spoke at the United States 2004 Republican National Convention and continued to support President Bush. Silver was appointed Chairman for the Millennium Committee by New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. He had a blog on the Pajamas Media website. On October 7, 2005, Silver was nominated by President Bush to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace. On September 8, 2006, it was announced that Silver had joined an advisory committee to the Lewis Libby Legal Defense Trust.[5]