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Republican Ed Gillespie: A Reagan conservative tries to appeal and prevail in the age of Trump
Richmond Times-Dispatch ^ | 11/4/2017 | Patrick Wilson

Posted on 11/06/2017 9:03:06 AM PST by leaymane

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To: leaymane

It’s tradition around here to snarl at new people and denounce any conservative who is not deemed pure enough. The Richmond TD is not endorsing Ralph and that’s good.


81 posted on 11/06/2017 11:17:14 AM PST by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: csvset

Trying to figure out why ED started his campaign the way he did. I think ED’s head and heart are back pre 2008. That’s when I thought, and perhaps others did too, that those republicans, as weak as they were, was the best we could do.

Then along came Donald Trump. And it was as though we all got a shot of enthusiasm. Ed, on the other hand, doesn’t dislike Trump, but he is shocked by the changes that he brought with him. And with the passage of time and successes, he is seeing the power and strength of the right man as President.

I never really disliked ED, because he was a typical repub leader at that time. What a difference 2016 made.


82 posted on 11/06/2017 11:18:37 AM PST by Maris Crane (.)
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To: Maris Crane
"What a difference 2016 made."

Were you on the grassy knoll with Ted Cruz's father!)

83 posted on 11/06/2017 11:21:20 AM PST by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: outofsalt

What the heck does that mean?


84 posted on 11/06/2017 11:24:03 AM PST by Maris Crane (.)
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To: Maris Crane

If you’re not pure enough as a conservative you can be accused of (gasp!) RINOism!


85 posted on 11/06/2017 11:34:08 AM PST by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: COBOL2Java

I have too many times seen on this forum those so called high and mighty PERFECT CONSERVATIVES who would as soon see the country crash and burn rather than even think of violating their precious principles.

As*holes, every one of them!


86 posted on 11/06/2017 11:38:15 AM PST by billyboy15
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To: leaymane

Since most Trump supporters are also Reagan supporters, the title makes no sense to me. That somehow Reagan supporters would not be capable of supporting Trump, is that their contention here? If it is, it just proves that they really do not know who the Trump supporters really are. More likely that those who hate Trump also hated Reagan, which includes the Republican establishment players.


87 posted on 11/06/2017 11:42:21 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: outofsalt

OMG

Thanks


88 posted on 11/06/2017 11:46:44 AM PST by Maris Crane (.)
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To: Reno89519
Hey, don't want a Reagan, then you'lll get an Obama demon RAT!

Hold your nose and vote FOR him anyway, if you're in VA!

I suspect you're not in VA but talking against a WIN, which we NEED in the Senate!!!

89 posted on 11/06/2017 11:48:33 AM PST by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: leaymane

bump


90 posted on 11/06/2017 12:09:43 PM PST by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: leaymane
I'm more enthusiastic about voting for him than Trump in 2016.

Are you on Gillespie's election team?

Seriously, we really would like to know.

91 posted on 11/06/2017 12:18:12 PM PST by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: leaymane

In Virginia Election: A Referendum on Decency (Updated: Northam tied to Ad)

http://committedconservative.com/2017/11/02/virginia-election-referendum-decency/


92 posted on 11/06/2017 12:31:02 PM PST by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: zerosix

If I still lived in Virginia, I would not vote for Gillespie. And my friends that do live there, Republicans, won’t either. He may win but he is a Never Trumper and does not deserve support.


93 posted on 11/06/2017 1:56:37 PM PST by Reno89519 (PRESIDENT TRUMP, KEEP YOUR PROMISES! NO AMNESTY AND BUILD THAT WALL.)
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To: Reno89519

I live here and will hold my nose and vote for him. Not sure what other option I have. Not voting for him is like letting Hillary or Gore win, Ralphy-boy is a dem tool of the worst order. My hope is that Ed will see the light and become something better then a Rino during his term.


94 posted on 11/06/2017 2:02:10 PM PST by CJ Wolf (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World)
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To: OldMissileer; leaymane
Are you on Gillespie's election team?

Seriously, we really would like to know.

leaymane
Since Oct 4, 2017


95 posted on 11/06/2017 3:02:10 PM PST by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
There is almost always a Libertarian on the ballot.
There is this time and there isn’t a true conservative Republican running.


96 posted on 11/06/2017 3:05:02 PM PST by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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To: 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.

That's because both candidates are basically nice guys, but about as exciting as used dish water. So their campaign managers have gone full blown Götterdämmerung with the ads these last few weeks, painting each other as the spawn of Satan.

97 posted on 11/06/2017 3:08:34 PM PST by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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To: COBOL2Java

Totally get your concern, but can’t a voter simply share her opinions on here without being called an establishment hack? :)


98 posted on 11/06/2017 3:14:04 PM PST by leaymane
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To: leaymane
Totally get your concern, but can’t a voter simply share her opinions on here without being called an establishment hack? :)

Gotta have a thick skin to post on Free Republic, newbie.

99 posted on 11/06/2017 3:15:32 PM PST by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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To: COBOL2Java

Noted. And to be a moderate conservative I guess.


100 posted on 11/06/2017 3:17:57 PM PST by leaymane
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