Republican Ed Gillespie: A Reagan conservative tries to appeal and prevail in the age of Trump

Richmond Times-Dispatch ^ | 11/4/2017 | Patrick Wilson

[thingumbob]

+1

[Lurkinanloomin]

No, the best vote I ever made was in June of 2014 when we Cantorized the weasel Eric Cantor and saved the country from Rubio’s amnesty.

Gillespie supported that amnesty as he has supported every other amnesty that has been proposed.

I’ll hold my nose, but he is still a weasel.

[Lurkinanloomin]

There is almost always a Libertarian on the ballot.
There is this time and there isn’t a true conservative Republican running.

[Forgotten Amendments]

He is a total Bushbot! He’s the GOP leader who went to the Manchester Union Leader and declared “The days of small government Republicans is over!”

[csvset]

EG’s ads have changed over the course of several weeks. The first few were what you’d expect , a quasi-Mr. Rogers type ad, sweaters with elbow patches /s .

Now it’s a full court press on MS-13 and Sanctuary Cities. Good luck EG, send Northam off with a defeat.

[ClayinVA]

How about a George Bush Republican? That seems more accurate.

[stockpirate]

This is/must be satire, it claims goood ole Ed is a Reagan conservative.....now thats funny. He’s more like a Karl Rove Jeb Bush LIBERAL NEW WORLD ORDER SOCIALIST.

[leaymane]

Ha, I’d just be happy to see a Republican as governor

[CreviceTool]

... “more enthusiastic about voting for him than Trump in 2016”

... posted by and spoken like a true newbie ...

[kabar]

VA is overrun with LEGAL IMMIGRANTS. Legal immigrants vote more than two to one Dem.

[JLAGRAYFOX]

This time, friend, I cede to your wiseness...Eric Cantor was a Zero with a capital “Z”!

[COBOL2Java]

Not really. It’s too bad it has to be like this.

Maybe as a public service, the Virginia GOP can hand out barf bags to the Republican voters.

[Lurkinanloomin]

That too, we have whole condo complexes full of them, divided by country of origin.

[COBOL2Java]

This is/must be satire, it claims goood ole Ed is a Reagan conservative.....now thats funny.

Well, it's not funny actually; it's a damned insult to Renaldus Magnus. If people want to vote for Cheap Labor Express Gillespie, by all means do so, just don't make up stuff in an effort to ease your conscience.

[kabar]

One third of the residents of Fairfax County are foreign-born.

[COBOL2Java]

One third of the residents of Fairfax County are foreign-born.

As a prominent Republican once said, it's an act of love. LOL

[billyboy15]

Yo, f’wad!! Simple question. Are you one of those maroons who would rather see a f’n liberal in office if the R’s can’t nominate a REAL HONEST TO G*D “CONSERVATIVE”!!!!???

[Wilhelm Tell]

“I didn’t say don’t vote for him, it is the article making it an issue about Trump!
They want to make sure that Trump voters don’t turn out to vote by talking about being a ‘Reagan’ conservative instead of a Trump one.”

I know, I was being sarcastic.

[COBOL2Java]

Cool your jets, billyboy. This thread is about truth in advertising. It's a damned insult to Renaldus Magnus to try to claim that Cheap Labor Express Gillespie is a Reagan conservative. If people want to vote for him, by all means do so, just don't make up stuff in an effort to ease your conscience.

[Luke21]

“But does it matter when the only other real choice is a Democrat?”

That’s how we feel in Arizona each election with that scumbag McCain versus a genuine enemy Democrat. We lack enthusiasm, return the old traitor to the senate, and get cussed out for choosing the lesser of two evils.