As a VA resident, I'm profoundly relieved right now
Four years ago, Gillespie presented himself as a garden variety, pro-business Republican. His tv spots this year included:
1. Racist fear-mongering about sanctuary cities opening the door to MS-13, complete with a closing shot of Gillespie earnestly chatting with a few white policemen.
2. Ralph Northam as a bad negotiator who made a bad deal with China.
3. Preserving Confederate Monuments because they are "our history"--this ad, bizarrely or inevitably, was the only one to feature a black person in any of its shots.
He may have kept his distance from Trump himself, but Gillespie ran a thoroughly Trumpian campaign. Seeing the Commonwealth reject Trumpism again makes me breath a bit more easily.
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2017-11-08, 08:41
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- There is an article in the current Esquire that sort - Grantland, 2017-11-09, 06:26
- Steve Bannon hates Bill Kristol and vice versa, but they - Jack, 2017-11-08, 10:43
- Some interesting stories from last night. -
Bryan (IrishCavan),
2017-11-08, 10:34
- It’s pretty clear what happened.... - bk, 2017-11-08, 17:17
- There was a blue surge in the suburbs last night - CK08, 2017-11-08, 10:27
- As a VA resident, I'm profoundly relieved right now -
HCE,
2017-11-08, 09:06
- Gillespie is from legendary Confederate state New Jersey
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HullieAndMikes,
2017-11-08, 09:26
- That's what gets me about Trump -
hobbs,
2017-11-08, 09:54
- I have said this before but Florida is "down North." -
Grantland,
2017-11-09, 06:34
- My Uncle Bubba from Pensacola would disagree. - Albie, 2017-11-10, 09:16
- I have said this before but Florida is "down North."
- That's what gets me about Trump -
hobbs,
2017-11-08, 09:54
- Gillespie is from legendary Confederate state New Jersey
- He's a hack and a warmed-over Nazi. -
KGB,
2017-11-08, 08:55
- Related: there's a Nazi teaching at Bannon's alma mater -
HCE,
2017-11-08, 11:51
- I have no problem seeing this guy get fired. -
Greg,
2017-11-08, 13:48
- Complicated questions for a post-tenure era -
HCE,
2017-11-08, 17:55
- Great thoughts. Thanks. -
Greg,
2017-11-08, 18:03
- Great thoughts. Thanks.
- That's not what fascism is -
HullieAndMikes,
2017-11-08, 15:01
- This review of the book encapsulates some of what I'm saying -
Greg,
2017-11-08, 15:59
- You need to draw a bright clear line -
HullieAndMikes,
2017-11-09, 05:19
- I can draw that line - Greg, 2017-11-09, 08:35
- You need to draw a bright clear line -
HullieAndMikes,
2017-11-09, 05:19
- This review of the book encapsulates some of what I'm saying -
Greg,
2017-11-08, 15:59
- Complicated questions for a post-tenure era -
HCE,
2017-11-08, 17:55
- I have no problem seeing this guy get fired. -
Greg,
2017-11-08, 13:48
- That dude is a walking liver spot. -
FunkDoctorSpock,
2017-11-08, 09:31
- He's from the Harvey Weinstein school of fashion - Jack, 2017-11-08, 10:49
- Related: there's a Nazi teaching at Bannon's alma mater -
HCE,
2017-11-08, 11:51