Candidates Matter
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10 responses to “Candidates Matter”
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Mr. Sherlock, well said.
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I was there on stage Jim – wished we could have met. Would have loved it!
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Two great things. One is many members of the MSM are in true pain today. In their view, voters were too ignorant to follow the all-knowing wisdom of the media. Maybe we should chip in and buy them “Let’s Go Brandon” caps.
Two, the only candidate I gave money to, Winsome Sears, won election as Lt. Governor.-
Yes – candidates do matter…..But where are the feminists and minority
leaders touting the HISTORIC elections of the first black
female and Hispanic to State-wide office? Crickets………. the
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Non-white and non-male candidates county only when they stay on the Woke White People’s Plantation — the Democratic Party.
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They’re in shock that as a team, they’re not only diverse and inclusive, but Republican.
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Good call I give you credit.
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I agree. Candidates do matter.
Throughout the campaign, Terry McAuliffe came across as an angry, arrogant and out-of-touch politician who was egregiously offended that anyone would dare challenge his claim to the governorship that was his for the asking. I honestly believe that he thought all he had to do was strut into the Commonwealth, shout “Donald Trump” 250,000 times, and Virginians would fall all over themselves to elect his majesty in a landslide.
Mr. Youngkin presented himself as, and appeared to be, a caring, genuine and even-tempered man who was honestly concerned about the issues facing Virginia – not the nation, Virginia. He ran a quiet but highly effective campaign (I thought his campaign was a little too quiet, but obviously I was wrong). Also, unlike Mr. McAuliffe, Mr. Youngkin did not lose his temper at any of the people whose votes he was seeking, no matter how pointed or impolite their questions might be.*
The contrast between the two men’s approaches to the contest could not have been more stark.
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* I know this is true, because if there was any footage or photos available of Glenn Youngkin yelling at or ridiculing a voter who asked him a pointed question, it would have been run at least 240 times per day (each) on CNN and MSNBC, and it would have been mentioned, with a captioned photo, in every single edition of the Washington Post, from the day the news broke until election day.`
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Mr. McAuliffe’s campaign was a cringeworthy as when he says Commonwealth with the New York O.
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I totally agree that candidates matter, and I believe that the pundits and the press are overlooking a key factor that distinguishes 2021 from 2013 and 2017–the fact that the GOP had official candidates in 98 of the 100 House Districts. Without the additional voters that these candidates brought to their own ballot, and who, for the most part, voted for the top of the ticket, Mr Youngkin may or may not have prevailed. Even if he had, it may have been so close that a recount would have been called for. In the current climate, a disputed election is the last thing we want or need. The GOP wins were a team effort, with statewide campaigns helping and supporting House candidates and vice versa. Most people would be surprised that in Districts that have a House candidate and a Governor of the same party on the ballot, the delegate candidate usually outpolls the Governor. Based on unofficial results, this appears to be true again in 2021.
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