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Reference provided does not state Safire was a 'token conservative'. I am unable to find a credible reference that makes this claim.
'''William Lewis Safire'''(December 17, 1929 – September 27, 2009) was a [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning columnist, author, and journalist.
'''William Lewis Safire'''(December 17, 1929 – September 27, 2009) was a [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning columnist, author, and journalist.
Safire, a member of the [[Republican]] party and a self-described [[conservative]]- [[libertarian]],<ref>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1926424,00.html</ref> was most widely known as the [[token conservative]] columnist for the [[New York Times]].<ref>http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/s/william_safire/index.html</ref>
Safire, a member of the [[Republican]] party and a self-described [[conservative]]- [[libertarian]],<ref>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1926424,00.html</ref> was most widely known as a partisan columnist for the [[New York Times]].<ref>http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/s/william_safire/index.html</ref>
In 1968 after working in his campaign for President, Safire became a Special Assistant to [[Richard M. Nixon|President Nixon]] and joined a [[White House]] speechwriting team that included [[Patrick J. Buchanan]] and [[Raymond K. Price]]. Mr. Safire wrote many of Nixon's speeches on the economy and Vietnam.
In 1968 after working in his campaign for President, Safire became a Special Assistant to [[Richard M. Nixon|President Nixon]] and joined a [[White House]] speechwriting team that included [[Patrick J. Buchanan]] and [[Raymond K. Price]]. Mr. Safire wrote many of Nixon's speeches on the economy and Vietnam.