LOL- “Conservative” Bill Kristol endorses McAuliffe in race for Virginia governor – IOTW Report

LOL- “Conservative” Bill Kristol endorses McAuliffe in race for Virginia governor

Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 12:36 BFH Uncategorized 21

Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin is too “Trumpy.”

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“He’s a moderate Democrat, and he’s not going to shut down Virginia’s business success, economic success and so forth. He’s the kind of Democrat I’m comfortable supporting” -Bill Kristol

Kristol said his first introduction to Youngkin was the flurry of campaign mailers that landed in his McLean mailbox amid the nomination battle.

“Many of them had photos of Trump, or quotes from Trump. And I remember more vividly than that, his top issue was election integrity,” Kristol said. “And I thought, ‘Oh, my God. Really?’ . . . I think he made his bet that he had to be pretty Trumpy to win the nomination, and then he’s stayed there.”

Kristol also said he preferred McAuliffe’s positions related to masks and vaccinations to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus.

McAuliffe has required his campaign staff to be vaccinated, called on private health-care providers to require vaccination for their employees, and supported Gov. Ralph Northam’s mandate that students and staff members at K-12 schools wear masks.

As “a pretty free-market Republican,” Kristol said he takes a dimmer view of big government than McAuliffe. But Kristol said he is more wary of Youngkin’s stated interest in eliminating the state’s personal income tax, which accounts for more than 70 percent of the general-fund revenue that the General Assembly and governor control.

Youngkin’s campaign has not explained how he could eliminate such a huge chunk of state revenue but said the cuts would be phased in and would supercharge the economy, generating more revenue from that growth.

“Youngkin has shown he is willing to embrace reckless economic policies and reckless public health policies,” Kristol said. “Who knows what he would do as governor, but at least he is willing to talk in that way.”

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Yes, Florida is nearly bankrupt with it’s “no state-tax” policy. /sarc

What compels Kristol to endorse anyone if neither are “conservative” as he claims?

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21 Comments on LOL- “Conservative” Bill Kristol endorses McAuliffe in race for Virginia governor

  7. I KNEW I’d seen that face before. Bill Kristol looks like actor Charles Gray (RIP 2000) as Gray portrayed Ernst Blofeld (Diamonds Are Forever 1971) and The Narrator (Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975).
    My sympathies to Mr Gray for having the misfortune to resemble Kristol.

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  8. Washington has no state income tax and is in bad financial condition. Then again, it is all but a one party state and that party ain’t Republican.

    There is a FB group that follows Washington politics. It would be funny, if it weren’t, that any discussion of a “problem” that needs to be dealt with always includes the words “tax increase will be necessary.”

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  10. I was always willing to give Krystal the benefit of the doubt, but now that hes endorsed that ol Clintonite sh*tweasel of a dirty trickster, Terry Mcauliffe (But I Repeat Myself) … I may need to rethink

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  14. I’m still pissed that the VA GOP decided citizens weren’t responsible enough for a primary, and quickly rammed a possible RINO down our throats. I don’t trust Youngkin much, but as usual he is the lesser of two evils. I will NOT vote for an independent, and hope the fence sitters get off their asses and vote Republican this year. The Democrats need to be removed.

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  15. Typical RINO, just in it for the money and not the cause.

    Doesn’t Bill Kristol give ypu the jeevies?
    He’s got the “whole pervie lincoln project” vibe going if ya know what i mean (wink wink)
    He reeks with it.

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