As late as 1998 , Huffington still aligned herself with Republicans . During that year , she did a weekly radio show in Los Angeles called '' Left , Right & Center '' , that " match ed her , the so-called ' right-winger ' , against self-described centrist policy wonk Matt Miller , and veteran ' leftist ' journalist Robert Scheer . " In an April 1998 profile in '' The New Yorker '' , Margaret Talbot wrote , " Most recently , she has cast herself as a kind of Republican Spice Girl – an endearingly ditzy right wing gal-about-town who is a guilty pleasure for people who know better . " Huffington described herself by side-stepping the traditional party divide , saying " the right – left divisions are so outdated now . For me , the primary division is between people who are aware of what I call ' the two nations ' ( rich and poor ) , and those who are not . " Huffington , of Greek background , opposed NATO intervention against Serbia during the Yugoslav Wars and in 2000 , she instigated the " Shadow Conventions " , which appeared at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia and the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles at Patriotic Hall
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