Gilmore to reveal 'false' conservatives

Washington Times ^ | March 2, 2007 | Ralph Z. Hallow

[FairOpinion]

Former Virginia Gov. James S. Gilmore III will become the first Republican presidential contender to say publicly that the three top-ranked party candidates are phony conservatives.

Mr. Gilmore singles out former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and Sen. John McCain of Arizona in an ad that will be posted tomorrow on YouTube.com and his campaign Web site (www.gilmoreforpresident.com) as well as e-mailed to likely voters in the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses.

"The three leading challengers for our party's nomination may be good men, but they simply do not share our conservative values," Mr. Gilmore says in the ad.

[FairOpinion]

Anyone ready to switch over to "true conservative" Gilmore? ;)

[Paleo Conservative]

Contender?

[BunnySlippers]

Whiner.

[FairOpinion]

"Mr. Gilmore, considered a philosophical conservative who believes in limited government, individual liberties and non-intervention abroad except when directly threatened."

Another Pat Buchanan, it seems.

[ecurbh]

Did you see this?

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Not today.

[ilovew]

I guess if no one's paying attention to your campaign, you have to trash the other candidates to get noticed.

[JRios1968]

For a second I thought the article referred to

[airborne]

DUNCAN HUNTER!

[neverhillorat]

No, Buchanan is funny, Gilmore is a joke.

[NormsRevenge]

Do you know anything about his legacy?

http://jimgilmore08.com/legacy.html

[neverhillorat]

Hope you realize that Hunter is a practicing heterosexual and brags about it.

[Corin Stormhands]

Did you see this?

No, but it doesn't surprise me. Gilmore's best friend is is own ego.

He would have gone nowhere had it not been for the popularity of George Allen. And his "No Car Tax" scheme, while brilliant campaign strategy, was horrible policy and it ultimately led to Governor Mark Warner and Governor Tim Kaine.

Gilmore won't carry Virginia. Not even in the primaries. He doesn't even have the "true conservatives" in Virginia. That's evidenced by the fact that Jerry Kilgore is Rudy's chair here.

[NormsRevenge]

It's real easy to trash folks when you're an anonymous poster.

[airborne]

What a coincidence. So am I!

[Spiff]

Former Virginia Gov. James S. Gilmore III will become the first Republican presidential contender to say publicly that the three top-ranked party candidates are phony conservatives.

I've been pulling for Gilmore since he announced. Looks like he's taking the gloves off and trying to garner some press coverage. He's certainly correct when he calls the frontrunners fake conservatives. Because they are fake conservatives.

[misterrob]

Limited Government?

Individual Liberties?

Non-intervention?


Sounds good on paper. The last guy elected POTUS inflated government big time.

[Corin Stormhands]

I know his "legacy."

[GSlob]

"Do you know anything about his legacy? "
Let his legacy be sorted out by the probate court and estate attorneys, for that's their job to sort out legacies.

[NormsRevenge]

Oh, so what is on his web site is all fabrications, huh? :-)

[neverhillorat]

Gilmore was a very good Governor but would get killed by the Rats and, excuse me, he`s not very dynamic. The joke is that he has zero chance of winning and if he starts the negative junk against other Republican candidates, he ain`t helping.

[spikeytx86]

Im still waiting for him to eliminate virginias car tax as promised.

[NormsRevenge]

No doubt, but does that mean that only a few have a right to voice their opinions and bear the brunt of it.

seems some here would prefer a vacuum for a sound stage..

[PhiKapMom]

Gilmore needs to just fade away. Who cares what he has to say?

[NormsRevenge]

Can he claim a Full Moon exemption?

Who cares, indeed. lol

[hosepipe]

Gilmore speaks the truth.. Wonder how many freepers can't handle the truth..

[My GOP]

Gilmore won't make it to the primaries. He will have the same fate as Vilsack.

[Mojave]

Another Pat Buchanan, it seems.

I smell hypocrisy.

"Schwarzenegger, who was invited for dinner at the White House, joined congressional Democrats in the Iraq debate saying the United States needs a clear timetable for redeploying troops from Iraq."

http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read/65506

[Corin Stormhands]

Oh no. There's a certain amount of truth there. But I'm a Virginian, I lived through the real story.

Gilmore's legacy was creating a "No Car Tax" scheme. For all the hoopla you hear about how he "eliminated" it, it still exists.

And the fact is, it never went away. The campaign strategy for the "No Car Tax" plan was brilliant. But they walked into office not having a clue as to how they would implement the plan.

Ultimately they did pass the plan. And here's how it works.

Before the plan if you owed $500 in car tax, you paid that to the locality.

After the plan, depending on the percetage of the current reducation (let's use 50%) ~ you still are assessed the $500 in tax on your vehicle. However, since we are at the 50% rate, you pay $250. THE STATE pays the other $250 to the locality on your behalf.

So, the bottom line is that the state is paying half of your taxes. It's not a car tax reduction program. It's an entitlement program for car owners.

Thus, state spending increased significantly. And while there was a surplus, it allowed the Democrats to seize the issue and pound away the "fact" that the state was out of money.

So, in 2001, we lost to Mark Warner who pushed through the largest tax increase in the history of the Commonwealth.

Gilmore was already following his national ambitions while still Governor. He was named the chair of the RNC.

Because of this he was frequently gone. For a good while he was referred to as "Governor Gone More."

As chair of the RNC that year, he managed to preside over the GOP losing the Governor's races in New Jersey and Virginia, his home state.

That's the "legacy" I remember.

[NormsRevenge]

I'd trade his legacy and debtload for the one our current gub will leave us..

[CyberAnt]

Really .. we're not stupid .. we can tell who the REAL conservatives are .. we don't need a Savior to point them out to us.

[neverhillorat]

There has been a lot of talk about you and your kind here.

[umgud]

Give it a rest Norm, you know we can't beat the dems unless we run a liberal repub against them. (/s)

[Digger]

Come on in James - or can I call you Jim - Jimmy - Jimmy crack corn - the Jimster..... HELLO!

[NormsRevenge]

Oh, heck, OK, but I do so enjoy playing Devil's Advocate. ;-)

[Corin Stormhands]

Maybe so, but of the entire list of candidates, he'd be on the very bottom of the list for me.

[NormsRevenge]

right down there with Hagel, eh? lol

[Corin Stormhands]

Heh...okay so maybe next to the bottom. ;-)

What can I say? Some of it's personal.

But that's enough for tonight.

g'nite

[neverhillorat]

Are referring to McNut?
I just don`t like any Republican candidate trying to climb the dead bodies. Tell us where you stand, show some leadership and vision and we`ll decide . Save the dirt for OBombba or Hillorat.

[GraniteStateConservative]

It's like the Judds-- the mom is hotter than the daughter.

[proudpapa]

Gilmore gets it right.

But I'll stick with Hunter.

[NormsRevenge]

This ain't your grandpappy's political age , yaknow.

Grow some skin or rent some, it ain't gonna get better for awhile.. ;-)

[JRios1968]

Amen, brother...

[neverhillorat]

Oh, I learned a long time ago that politics ain`t Bean bag, it`s a rough sport. But I also listened to some fellow named Reagan and he had some pretty strong ideas about Republicans beating up other Republicans in primaries.

[NormsRevenge]

Like I said, it ain't grandpappy's party anymore, the stakes are even higher than before.

any one who can't stand the heat, well you know what fellow said that too, I reckun.

[nowandlater]

LOL!

In a related story Gilmore is 'revealed' as a false candidate!

[imahawk]

Damn!, really? lmao

[MHGinTN]

According to SoCarolina, Duncan Hunter is one of the top three ... Gilmore will learn not to be so hemmed in by his own comments, but he's not there yet.

[BonnieJ]

"Fake conservatives"...Well at least he didn't call them fake Republicans. Republicans have a wide spectrum of thought and beliefs, that's why there are only 2 major political parties. And why no one should be called a RINO. Even if it's a favorite term around here.

[fieldmarshaldj]

"As chair of the RNC that year, he managed to preside over the GOP losing the Governor's races in New Jersey and Virginia, his home state. That's the "legacy" I remember."

I can scarcely blame him for NJ. The RINO incumbent, DiFrancesco, his predecessor Christie Whitman, and the state RINO establishment eviscerated the Conservative nominee, Jersey City Mayor Bret Schundler, and quite clearly preferred the pervert rodent, McGreevey, who won. You're also not mentioning the internecine battle for Gilmore's office that year between the AG and the Lt Governor. John Hager, who turned out to be a RINO, never fully supported Mark Earley's candidacy for Governor and a large number of his supporters found themselves going over to Mark Warner's camp. It's no surprise Hager was given a nice little appointment by Warner for having helped him win. Gilmore may not be great, but I'd support him over the Rudy McRomney troika of twits.