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All That Stands Between Democrats And A Massive Freakout Is This Man (Virginia governorship)
The Huffington Post ^
| June 22, 2017
| Sam Stein
Posted on 06/22/2017 5:00:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Having lost a series of tantalizingly close congressional elections, the Democratic Party has now placed the fate of its collective psyche in the hands of an unassuming, soft-spoken pediatric neurologist.
Virginia Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam says he feels no enhanced pressure to win his gubernatorial race this fall, even though his will be most high-profile contest since Democrats lost the much-watched special election in Georgias 6th District.
You always feel pressure, he told HuffPost in an interview. If youre not feeling pressure then youre not out there to win. And we plan to win in November.
But while Northam may be playing it cool, hes not being complacent. His campaign has plans to canvass the state, from the wealthy northern suburbs to coal country in the southwest. And theyre bringing along the big guns, too. Former President Barack Obama is expected to make his return to electoral politics this fall to join him on the trail, both Northam and Obamas office confirmed.....
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TOPICS: Virginia; Campaign News; Issues; State and Local
KEYWORDS: democrats; edgillespie; ralphnortham; va2017; virginia
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
This guy is NOT ‘unassuming’ and ‘soft-spoken’. For weeks we were barraged by ads in which he called our President a ‘narcissistic maniac’.
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posted on
06/22/2017 5:05:03 PM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The VAGOP has all but assured his election by nominating Amnesty Ed Gillepsie, the milquetoastiest candidate ever.
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posted on
06/22/2017 5:07:29 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
To: Lurkinanloomin
[Ed Gillepsie]
The “former” Democrat.
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posted on
06/22/2017 5:14:12 PM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Gillespie will spend most of his time lecturing conservatives, as he is won't to do. Unfortunately, this one will probably stay Dem.
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posted on
06/22/2017 5:17:48 PM PDT
by
Major Matt Mason
(It is time to make America an uncomfortable place for Marxist usurpers.)
To: Lurkinanloomin
Ed Gillepsie was not my preferred candidate but electing him instead of the ‘RAT candidate for governor is absolutely essential. Whoever wins this year’s race for governor will preside over the (2020 Census) redistricting of Virginia’s US Congressional districts as well as redistricting of legislative districts at the state legislature level.
Having a ‘RAT controlling that redistricting will guarantee a disaster for conservatives & Republicans. That, my FRiend, is the last thing we need.
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posted on
06/22/2017 5:19:42 PM PDT
by
House Atreides
(Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
And not a damn word on what this quiet, unassuming Bolshevik stands for.
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posted on
06/22/2017 5:21:02 PM PDT
by
Luke21
To: House Atreides
Good luck with that.
When he won the nomination he said he would do nothing to reach out to Corey Stewart’s voters and would not modify his positions on amnesty or taking down historical monuments.
He’ll have to win the illegal alien vote to get elected.
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posted on
06/22/2017 5:31:05 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
To: headstamp 2
The former New Jersey Democrat, arguably the worst kind.
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posted on
06/22/2017 5:32:39 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
To: Lurkinanloomin
Well...then the ‘RAT GOVERNOR will control Virginia’s redistricting following the 2020 Census. Revel in that!
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posted on
06/22/2017 5:39:01 PM PDT
by
House Atreides
(Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Ed needs a makeover. Maybe Ivanka can help him out.
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posted on
06/22/2017 5:40:40 PM PDT
by
Maudeen
(No one on this earth is too far gone for Jesus.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Northam will win. The VA gop, in it’s typical incompetence, picked Establishment Ed Gillespie as it’s candidate. He makes Jeb? look conservative and exciting by comparison.
I’ll vote for Jill Vogel for LT Governor. As for the governors race, I don’t have a dog in the fight at this point.
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posted on
06/22/2017 5:42:45 PM PDT
by
RKBA Democrat
(No Illinois bailout)
To: House Atreides
It’s not my fault the GOP had to have a Designated Loser for a candidate.
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posted on
06/22/2017 5:42:48 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
To: Lurkinanloomin
I’ll never forget him stating in the early 2000’s that big government is fine as long as its GOP big government.
Total weasel.
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posted on
06/22/2017 5:49:47 PM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
To: House Atreides
Elections have consequences. Including primaries. If the VA gop actually cared about winning, they would have selected someone other than Establishment Ed.
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posted on
06/22/2017 5:49:59 PM PDT
by
RKBA Democrat
(No Illinois bailout)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I hope you losers aren’t working any campaigns I care about.
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posted on
06/22/2017 5:50:08 PM PDT
by
jimfree
(My16 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Every election since and including November 8th, 2016 has resulted in a "massive freakout," so this guy is standing between the Democrats and pretty much the same Democratery we've come to expect.
Please:
- Bring in as many outside Millennials to canvass door-to-door as you can.
- Hire swarms of phone banks to harass the indigenous populace.
- Get snarky celebutards to make the most idiotic statements you can possibly imagine. Gillespie = Trump = Hitler = Satan = Alien Satan = Alien Zombie Racist Satan = Something Worse THAN Alien Zombie Racist Satan is a good meme to get started with.
- Make sure your consultants tweet constantly about great it would be if we killed all of the old white men.
- Keep appealing to the necessity of promoting every kind of sexual deviancy, in as outlandish a manner as possible.
- Don't forget to frighten as many voters as you can with stories about Global Warming, Earthquake swarming, and Asteroids every morning.
- By all means do NOT talk to downstate voters about the heroin and meth epidemics, about offshoring, outsourcing, or displacement by foreign workers.
- Remind yourselves to never talk about jobs, or the economy, or jobs, or lowering taxes, or ... did I mention jobs? Can't be said often enough. Don't. talk. about. them.
- Be sure everyone understands that talk about how many people are on foodstamps in Roanoke or Richmond is R-A-C-I-S-T.
- In other words, business as usual. Carry on, losers.
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posted on
06/22/2017 5:52:59 PM PDT
by
FredZarguna
(And what Rough Beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Fifth Avenue to be born?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Having lost a series of tantalizingly close congressional elections... Tantalizingly close?
Huffington Post needs to put down their collective crack pipe...
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posted on
06/22/2017 5:54:07 PM PDT
by
sargon
("If we were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, the Left would protest for zombies' rights.")
To: Lurkinanloomin
Unfortunate acronym.
Vaj-Op.
To: jimfree
Last campaign I worked on was the President’s. Knocked on doors for months. I’ll vote in this one, but for the LT Governor. No point in choosing between the two uniparty candidates for governor.
Maybe a third party will run someone worth a darn?
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posted on
06/22/2017 5:56:10 PM PDT
by
RKBA Democrat
(No Illinois bailout)
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