A Republican in California is a Moderate Democrat, and also believes in closed bathhouses for the Log Cabin Republicans (wealthy people who want to protect their money so they can afford their lover but not divorce).
That sounds like something I would hear on Leykis 101.
I do agree that a Republican (I'm a moderate myself), asking for a federal broadband plan is not a true republican. Competition is a good thing, and a certain amount of government regulation would be good to kick start everything, however, the FUSF/USF, etc. should have been funding this, not the telco's slush fund.