ladyliberal
Progressive Princess
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The original poster suggested that Lahood was a radical leftist. Freedombecki said that he was a Democrat. He is not. He's a Republican who represented IL-18 for seven terms and who endorsed John McCain for president (Ray LaHood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).
His Republicanism notwithstanding, Lahood's views on the efficiency of Chinese infrastructure policy seem difficult to dispute. As Vast LWC has noted, he was careful to say that the US has a superior political system even as he noted its limitations.
LaHood was appointed by Obama. Do you really believe Obama - the radical Marxist who has appointed nut cases like Holder, Rahm Emanual and surrounds himself with radicals like Jeremiah Wright and David Axelrod, would really appoint a true conservative?
Just because you call yourself a "Republican" doesn't mean you're an actual Republican. Ted Bundy called himself an "upstanding citizen" - would you agree with that assessment?
I don't grant the premise of your question. Since I take "Republican" to mean a member of the Republican party, I don't really consider this to be a very subjective issue. If someone calls himself a Republican and registers as a Republican, I believe it is perfectly appropriate to call them a Republican. Moreover, so far as I know, the voters who voted for him as a Republican and the state and national Republican organizations considered him a Republican.
Incidentally, when did Ted Bundy call himself an "upstanding citizen"? I can't find any reference to this.