VDC inaugurates first ‘Twitter Spaces’ episode with Paul Dame and others on future of VT GOP
By Paul Bean
The Vermont Daily Chronicle’s first ‘Twitter Spaces’ episode last Thursday evening featured an interesting exchange between MAGA Republican Richard Ley and VTGOP Chairman Paul Dame about the future and direction of the Vermont Republican Party.
“When [U.S. Senate candidate Gerald] Malloy ran last time there were a bunch of people that worked their butts off for that poor guy, I didn’t see a lot of help from the Republican Party in the state of Vermont,” said Ley. “I went door to door to door, only to be told there’s no sense in voting in the State of Vermont because the Republicans don’t care about us…We’ve got a Governor who didn’t vote for the Republican President. That’s disgraceful… we’re talking all about candidates, but we need voters. We need people to go to the polls.”
Ley was speaking in reference to Governor Phil Scott, who voted for Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.
Paul Dame:
“One of the things that helps turnout is having candidates. I first got involved because of a particular candidate that I liked, and there are some candidates that will draw voters out and give them a reason to go vote. Then it’s up to us to get those voters to continue voting down ballot for Republicans, and sometimes we got to have different kinds of Republicans drawing out different segments of the electorate to help make sure we’re checking all those boxes. There will be some Republicans who will vote for Phil Scott but not Donald Trump, and there’s going to be some Republicans who will vote for Donald Trump but not Phil Scott, and what we need to make sure is both of those kinds of Republicans are voting for our house candidates and our senate candidates.”
Richard Ley:
“Well, I think we failed when we support a Governor who refused to vote for the best president in recent history. And when you compare the living conditions today to the time when we lived under Trump. This has to be one of the biggest screw ups in Vermont politics. And now to say ‘oh people are going to vote for Trump, people aren’t, that’s why they won’t go to the polls. We have a Republican Party that flip flops all over the place and nobody likes it.”
Paul Dame:
“Well I think the blame goes both ways – right? There’s plenty of Republicans Donald Trump refuses to support. Right?”
Richard Ley:
“Because they’re not Republicans, let’s be honest about it.”
Paul Dame:
“Well, there’s plenty of people who would say the same about Trump, who had been a Democrat previously. The whole argument about, ‘well this person is a real Republican and that one is not,’ is unhelpful. Wherever we’ve got a candidate I think we’ve got to let the voters decide in the primary, who the Republican voters think is our best chance, and that’s who we’ve got to support. A lot of this division that is happening is a lot of the reason we are not successful… It’s not helpful to the party and getting people elected to say well I’m only going to vote for a narrow band of what I think a real Republican is and otherwise I’m gonna leave it blank.”
This conversation goes on for about another 8 minutes. It was a respectful back and forth between two gentlemen who both obviously care about the State of Vermont and the direction and future of the state.
If you get the opportunity, I recommend going back and listening to the entire exchange which starts at 1:05:10. Linked below is the spaces.
As their debate winded down, Dame continued to drive his point that within the party, both “MAGA” republicans and “Phil Scott Republicans” are BOTH responsible for the division and dysfunction within the party:
Richard Ley:
“Gerald Malloy had a wonderful event down in Rutland, Vermont. A bus came to honor that guy, do you know how many Republican candidates, or Republican legislators were there to support this guy? Any idea?”
Paul Dame:
I don’t know.
Richard Ley:
“None, that’s how many. That’s disgraceful. Why wasn’t our Governor there?”
Paul Dame:
Well I mean I think it’s a double edged sword, right? Are you willing to support the Governor?
Richard Ley:
No. Absolutely not. I’ll never vote for him again.
Paul Dame:
“Well Richard, don’t you see how that’s a double standard? You want the Governor’s unyielding support for your preferred candidate, but you’re not willing to give that same unyielding support, to a Governor who wins a primary with 68% of the vote.”
Richard Ley:
“Yes, that’s because Democrats vote for him because he’s a progressive. Our Governor sold us out of gun rights when he swore to never do that. And that is when that man lost all credibility in this state… when he lied to the gun owners in the State of Vermont…”
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The one objective of Paul Dame and the leadership of the VTGOP is to re-elect Phil Scott. All you have to do is look at the social media posts of Paul Dame. It is all about Phil Scott. Any claim otherwise is just empty words and political theater. For those Liberty loving Vermonters that still reside here and those that have recently become wide awake to what is happening to our beloved republic, ignore the state GOP. Go to your county meetings. run for the legislature. Support local candidates with time and money. Burn shoe leather this summer going door to door for your constitutional candidates. Stop wasting time engaging so called “leaders” who show us no respect.
“and the leadership of the VTGOP…”
LOL. There is no leadership. You would think this, the most critical time in the election cycle for onboarding new volunteers and candidates, that the website would be full of good information. Take a look. I have been working in the “party” for 2 years, and there is a total lack of communication and leadership. Deliberate perhaps? The VTGOP is part of the problem, and I have to acknowlege that Gov. Phil Scott, a reveered Thunder Road driver, is not up to the task. I will have mercy on him, since the job was probably taller than he could imagine.
Be careful what you wish for…Gov. Baruth, Gov. Krowinski, Gov. Weinberger, Gov. Balint…scared yet? THANK YOU Gov. Scott for hanging in there all these years to keep that alternative scenario from happening, as “RINO” as you may be. You are appreciated. Some of us are not in denial of the hard fact that a serious conservative cannot and will not be elected in Vermont’s current political climate, which is not likely to change.
Governor Scott is part of the US Climate Alliance, which receives money through the United Nations Foundation to implement the United Nations Sustainable Development agenda. This entity is paying state governments, including Vermont, to implement an interventional agenda, one not voted for, which threatens the sovereignty of this country. Our legislature supports the same entities; see bill H.688, Action No. 153 from 2020. This bill references the US Climate Alliance. From my perspective, the legislature and Scott are engaged in a game of good cop and bad cop. By the time people wake up to this fact, the damage will be irreversible. Representative Wilson wrote an article which was published on VDC today talking about the same two entities. Vermont is listed as receiving money twords the end of the report. It is time to pull off the blinders as to who and what our governor really supports.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/united-nations-foundation-quietly-fueling-climate-policy-funding-staff-dem-states
No, I’m not scared Rich, I know what they are. At least they didn’t lie to us like King Philip the 1st Eunuch King of Castrati
It isn’t a surprise when your stabbed in the back, it’s a surprise when you turn around and see who’s holding the knife.
Isn’t it interesting that neither of these gentlemen discuss specific issues? It’s all about generalizations.
What do I want to see discussed? See below. One subject at a time, please.
1. The border (Canadian or Mexican).
2. Energy production.
3. Taxes and debt.
4. Education.
5. Social Services (governmental or private).
6. Mail-in ballot elections.
7. Foreign policy.
That won’t happen, because the uniparty already has the arguments framed, to keep those within the party divided and those between the dem/rep conversation divided and hating their neighbor.
VRGOP is the perfect foil for the uniparty, they can get 80% of what they want, and still have an “evil” republican in office when they campaign.
Trust me they don’t want their own leader in place, then they HAVE to take all responsibility, which they don’t want.
So, we get 80% closer to complete socialism every year rather than marching at 100% full speed, it will only take a couple more years and everybody will wonder, how did this happen. It happened just like the uniparty planned it.
Why don’t we have a VTGOP that looks like Phil Scott? He’s the “most” popular governor?
We’ll never solve the problem until we bring in players that refuse to follow the scripted narrative. Dame and Ley follow the script perfectly, nothing will change, because these are the two positions.
Completely ineffective waste of time. There are people in the party that know what to do and what to change. We should be elevating and interviewing them.
Neil is it really a waste of time to support a president who made such changes in America that it was affordable and that we had energy production and we had safety on our borders.
I will defend that position until I die..
Is your claim that you are opposed to that?
I think you need to more clearly explain your points…
We have a country to save and i’m on the side of saving that country..
Actually when I started to get into more things like republican senators selling us out on gun rights I was shut down…
I was told that I need to support republicans regardless..
I told him I vote based on what my representatives do to me
I think I was pretty much the only one that attempted to get into things but wasn’t allowed to go too deep..
It would have been nice if we had others speak up…
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Paul Dame has the audacity to call himself a Republican. Maybe he can get away with that but he’s no conservative. This is why they can’t raise any money. They stab their constituants in the back. Let’s take a look at the 2022 election and see what they did to their own Republican candidates. Before the 2022 election on the tube, I saw Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell say he didn’t think the Republicans would take the Senate because of the quality of the Republican candidates. This was a blatant rebuke of all the Trump endorsed senate candidates.
A few days after that statement on Newsmax Dick Morris said that what McConnell is trying to do is destroy all of the Trump endorsed America First candidates, the reasoning being he would rather be Senate Minority Leader than Senate Majority Leader because that majority might have the vote to remove him as leader and give it to Rick Scott-R-FL. When the red wave didn’t happen, McConnell trashed the MAGA candidates again.
How could this be? A republican that didn’t want to take the Senate and put a halt to the Biden agenda, with the biggest reason that being Biden would not be able to get judicial nominees, federal and supreme court thru the Senate. Was there a conspiracy between the Democrats and McConnell? The Democrats funded several MAGA candidates in the primaries with the hope that they could beat them in the general by labeling them extremists. Now all the swamp creatures are coming out to say it was Trump’s fault and that his candidates lost the Senate. Really?
McConnell’s Senate Leadership Fund had over 100 million dollars to help Republican senate candidates get elected. So, what did he do with the money? Let’s start with Arizona. McConnell gave zero dollars to Blake Masters. Masters was outspent by 64 million dollars. Kelly 73 million Masters 9 million. In Pennsylvania OZ was outspent by 15 million dollars. Fetterman 52 million OZ 37 million. In Nevada Laxalt was outspent by 34 million dollars. Cortez Masto 46 million Laxalt 12 million. In Georgia Walker was out spent by 43 million dollars. Warnock 75 million Walker 32 million. In New Hampshire Bolduc was out spent by 34 million dollars Hassen 36 million Bolduc 2 million. McConnell stopped sending money to Bolduc after he was endorsed by Trump. Republican governor and rino Chris Sununu won election by a wide margin but didn’t lift a finger to help Bolduc. McConnell gave ZERO dollars to Vermont’s Gerald Malloy who also was endorsed by Trump. Now we get to Alaska where the Alaskan Republicans censured Lisa Murkowski. Then Murkowski’s friends put in ranked choice voting to make sure that Sara Palin and Kelly Tshibaca both Trump endorsed candidates would be stopped because Murkowski couldn’t win in a straight up election. McConnell funded Murkowski because she would vote for him as minority leader. This is even after Murkowski said she would be voting for Democrats. Murkowski had six times the funding of Tshibaca.
Now the Trump trashing starts. It was the election deniers. It was abortion. We have to go in a new direction. Trump’s time is passed. His candidates can’t get elected. Why? It’s because they fear Trump. He is a threat to people like Mitch McConnell’s and the Uni-Party’s power. If you recall when he was elected in 2016, he had to rely on the Republican establishment’s recommendations to fill White House and cabinet positions, FBI, CIA, etc. And they made sure they put people around him to weaken his authority. Not so this time. If he should get elected again, he will be able to drain the swamp by coming in with his own staff, cabinet and appointees that will greatly diminish their power. Tucker Carlson’s interview with former congressman Steve King from Iowa King said Paul Ryan did everything he could to thwart funding for the border wall and stifle Trump.
When I was a correction officer an old timer told me when an inmate asks you for something or tells you something always ask yourself why. What’s their angle? So, what is the Republicans angle? The angle is the Republican Uni Party are using conservatives like the Democrats use Blacks. They only come around when it’s time to vote. Then they do whatever they want, just like Phil Scott.
Bingo….
Funny how few could see what you described and even fewer can see
the same thing going on in Vermont. Well done, well done sir.
Beautifully done. Liars don’t figure, and figures don’t lie.
This deserves its own posting as an editorial article, IMHO.
Thanks, James.
I have posted this several times on VDC because we should not forget who is really stabbing us in the back and it’s not the Communist/Progressives. We know what to expect from them. But we are not getting what we expect from so called Republicans who are right in there with them. THE UNI-PARTY LIVES.
Thank You Gentlemen.
The Republican Party in VT has no moral compass. They have their hands out to the Communist/Progressives running the legislature in hope of getting thrown a bone for being middle of the roaders that enables the Communist/Progressive agenda.
“There are two sides to every issue: one side is right, and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil. The man who is wrong still retains some respect for truth, if only by accepting the responsibility of choice. But the man in the middle is the knave who blanks out the truth in order to pretend that no choice or values exist, who is willing to sit out the course of any battle, willing to cash in on the blood of the innocent or to crawl on his belly to the guilty, who dispenses justice by condemning both the robber and the robbed to jail, who solves conflicts by ordering the thinker and the fool to meet each other halfway. In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit. In that transfusion of blood which drains the good to feed the evil, the compromise is the transmitting rubber tube.” – AYN RAND
There is also an unwillingness to work together.
If I recall, a faction within the VTGOP which Ricard Ley was very vocal on, sabotaged Keith Stern in the primaries and then got a huge faction of the VTGOP to support a democrat from the North East Kingdom; who was a decent guy for sure, met him at a GOV meeting, where he talked about how landlords in the North East Kingdom advertise for tenants in Boston because our social benefits are so great.
This provides some nice sugarmama nests for their drug dealin’ friends, which is why a small town in God’s country has big city problems.
We are our own worst enemies.
And do you understand why we were supporting senator john rodgers to run for governor?
I’ll be waiting for your explanation
And if you check you will see it was not only me that was supporting john rogers it was gun owners of vermont and many other people in the state of vermont because it was the only thing that made sense at the time..
The Democrats are thankful that you keep putting up unelectable protest candidates. They appreciate all the free hard work you’ve done to ensure their victories.
Here’s a secret, Vermont voters and Republican votes don’t matter in a presidential election, so you should focus on building some credibility with local people outside this echo chamber.
The Democrats greatly appreciate all the free hard work you’ve done to ensure their victories.
I take offense at your use of the word sabotage…
Is it sabotage when you speak out against those you don’t agree with?
So what you’re saying is you appreciate the censorship of my free speech well you use yours to say whatever you want..
Re: Paul Dame: “Well Richard, don’t you see how that’s a double standard? You want the Governor’s unyielding support for your preferred candidate, but you’re not willing to give that same unyielding support, to a Governor who wins a primary with 68% of the vote.”
To Mr. Ley’s point Nikki Scott gets 68% of the vote from a state that lets any one grab a Democrat or Republican vote willy nilly and gives us someone on the Republican ticket that we don’t want. If the primary was closed to Republicans only Nikki Scott would never win. What a sham! Paul Dame you should be ashamed of yourself but that’s the problem the Republican leadership in VT has no shame.
So, we have a Republican governor in Vermont that didn’t vote for and won’t vote for the Republican candidate Donald Trump. Can someone please tell me how this makes him a Republican.
Phill Scott is only referred to as a RINO, so far as I know.🤔
Fits the discription. You
Trump is not a Republican. He destroyed the Republican Party and replaced it with a strong-man cult pandering to an angry mob. Reagan was not an isolationist, he did not suck up to dictators, he was not autocratic, he never spoke ill of other Republicans, he worked with Democrats.
Hey Mark are you familiar with the agenda 2030 documents Reagans former vice resident signed? The New World Order? Alot has changed since Reagan, it’s a whole different ball game, to which many don’t even know we’re playing a different ball game, let alone the rules.
Thank God Trump is not a “Republican” in the mode of McCain, Romney, Ryan, McConnell, Phil Scott, Paul Dame. He has taken over the Republican party like the Communists have taken over the Democrat party and it’s called Make America Great Again. MAGA
For those keyboard warriors bashing Phil Scott, please find another candidate to run for Governor. I’ll wait…………..
Dame is a democrat and needs to be replaced NOW!! Also that rep that voted for Rona, also a stealth democrat. We need to clean out that rino rats nest in this state and make it great again like it was before the Kunin-May era.
You missed the point of my comment. The point is let a progressive be elected and let the state fall. This will be the only way to shake up the old school democratic voters lulled to sleep by propaganda, the majority, to consider supporting for a real Republican, not a member of the progressive right aka neoconservative, who is contributing to the slow demise of Vermont.
@Chrstine “let the state fall”…what do you suggest? A return to Monarchy for a short time until sensible education among the electorate is achieved?
Perhaps Vermont is currently governed by a politburo now. I recall a monarchy ruled from 2011-2017, and since- we have a system of nomenklatura for the apparatchiks. There will be no shakeup of “old school democrat voters”, they are a disappearing minority amongst the new majority of “Democratic socialists”. Lest we forget, Mr. Dame is employed by a corporation as their CEO. He was hired to represent their interests, which may or may not coincide with republican voters interests. It appears that the interests of Vermont’s republican corporation center around phil scott, in much the same way as the RNC interests revolved around “anyone but Trump”. Vermont’s Republican committee has for a decade only tried to maintain the status quo, while losing ground steadily.
The best thing they could do is jettison Scott, let him run as an independant and rebuild the team from the ground up. There are others that need to be cut from the team too, they aren’t even playing the right game.
The uniparty loves Vermont, it’s their perfect scenario, they will fight very hard to keep things the same. They be successful as long as everyone in Vermont continues in their slumber.
Mr. Manley (I do hope that is correct)
The “State” must fall or fail, as it were. And the nation is also doing the same. It must. This is just the normal cycle. See Strauss and Howe.
But most folks aren’t aware of the hurricane until the water is lapping at the door or an inch deep in the kitchen. And then they have a period of panic which absolutely makes logical thinking impossible followed by a desperate attempt to do “something” followed by a realization that their efforts are in vain. Then comes acceptance of the inevitable and resignation.
It’s hard to say what will happen but you can look at history for good examples. Repeated examples. This isn’t the first time a civilization has fallen.
But you have to let it fail or fall. You cannot build on a fractured or unstable foundation.
Respectfully,
Pam Baker
Rino’s all in Vermont. Sadly though, none of these are endangered.
For now
No, that is not what I meant . You have a flair for drama. I meant let a progressive be elected governor. Then progressive policies and political agenda would be on full display for democratic voters to see. It makes no difference having a Republican governor who is forwarding the progressive agenda slowly like an IV drip.
If what you say happens, all MSM will be bowed down to support that agenda, and the people will continue to be “educated” towards eroded sensibilities. Those among us who are resistant to the charms of psycho-warfare are far and few between, it seems. They are normalizing the perverse, if you haven’t noticed. Should we be relegated to meeting in back rooms in secret, as it seems has become more common?
I am one of the most well researched people on what is happening to this country as well as the responsible entities, please don’t insult me because I don’t agree with your solution.
You are well respected, and I agree with almost all of your points as you have been so eloquent, expressive, and forthcoming with your knowledge (how much are you paid? the same as myself, i fear). But the voice of Vermont as I hear them is not to elect a progressive. Who will stand up? none, for fear of reprisal, even if the ballot box was well kept. We have issues.
I appreciate your kind and words and understand your position. I have walked the path for 5 years. I have fought every progressive socialist agenda from Social, Emotional and Learning, election integrity to COVID-19 protocols. I have made no progress nor has the many parent groups and entities working together, which I have collaborated with. Maybe we need to do something different as nothing we have done has yielded results. I am open to conversation and have been advocating for conservatives to come together under a shared agenda, as our approach is not working.
More proof to the point that most republicans are actually democrats and NO democrats are republicans. All republicans should be removed if they do not follow the state party platform.
The Vermont Republican Party faces a significant challenge due to its alignment with extreme right-wing views, which are deeply unpopular in the state. This stance has led to a critical division within a party that is already a minority in a predominantly liberal-minded state. The party’s downfall can be attributed to several key factors:
1. Selection of Unelectable Candidates: The Vermont GOP has consistently chosen candidates who are not viable in the eyes of the majority of Vermont voters. This approach has alienated a substantial portion of the electorate.
2. Ineffective Messaging and Credibility: The party’s communication strategy has failed to resonate with or address the concerns of most Vermont residents. This disconnect has further diminished the party’s appeal and relevance.
3. Disregard for Voter Preferences: By ignoring the liberal inclinations of the state’s voters, the Vermont Republicans have positioned themselves contrary to the public’s interests and priorities.
The consequences of these missteps are evident:
– The party is now vulnerable and at the mercy of the elected officials who represent the views it opposed.
– The Vermont GOP’s influence on national presidential elections is inconsequential, rendering its support for controversial figures like Trump counterproductive.
– Candidates aligning with Trump’s ideology, such as Malloy, have experienced resounding defeats, mirroring the performance of other like-minded candidates.
– In the event of a Trump presidency, the Vermont supermajority, bolstered by the electorate’s liberal stance, is poised to counteract any policy he implements.
To regain relevance and impact, the Vermont Republican Party must:
– Refocus its efforts on issues and policies that resonate with the majority of Vermonters.
– Understand that without aligning with the preferences of the state’s electorate, the party risks becoming entirely irrelevant.
– Prioritize getting elected and earning the support of the majority over maintaining a rigid and unpopular stance.
The party must choose to either stand for something meaningful to the majority of Vermont’s voters or risk standing for nothing and losing its place in the state’s political landscape.
Here is how the VTGOP can lose more seats;
– Align itself with the enormously Vermont Voter unpopular President Trump.
– Make the settled issue of abortion an issue. Vermont voters overwhelmingly supported abortion,
– Make election fraud an issue and reference Dr. Frank’s laughable con,
– Let the Crabgrass Roots, Extreme Right control the narrative,
– Make Country-wide issues a priority. There is a ton of good low hanging issues that matter to the majority of Vermont voters,
– Keep complaining about the BLM Flag,
– Keep making your case by referring to the Bible, try find lesser alienating sources they exist.
While the extreme Right searches for Protest candidates and protest issues, the Left will gain another 3 seats… easily.
Define extreme right wing please. I support a balanced budget; public safety; immigration, not migration; individual rights, accountability and transparency in government, bringing all players to the table to discuss the most pressing issues of our time; and reopening the free market of ideas to improve people’s lives. I have a live and let live attitude. Is this extreme?
What is interesting is that the EU already went through the conservative purge we see happening in America today. The only pursecuted demographic left in the EU now are conservatives or anyone displaying conservative values. This occurred in the EU about four years ago.
Christine,
Not to worry, for those to see, he gives the classic example of why the VTGOP is in utter shambles. They are following his lead, ideas.
He doesn’t even know what game is being played, he doesn’t know the players and like most he doesn’t know or even realize how he’s been manipulated. He’s still very much asleep, in a deep slumber actually remember things of times past.
Don’t say too much, you might wake Tom up…..he’s got much catching up to do.
I highly doubt the Vermont GOP is supporting “extreme right-wing” ideas by anyone’s definition.
You don’t pick a candidate that’s just a watered-down Republican version of what we already got governing us as so maybe that candidate loses by ten percent instead of thirty percent or even wins and then stabs us in the back. You just described what we already got in Phil Scott. We have to have a candidate that’s the complete opposite of the crap they are spoon feeding us. I would rather lose than win with a watered-down version of a conservative like when they tried to give us Christina Nolan.
“There are two sides to every issue: one side is right, and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil. The man who is wrong still retains some respect for truth, if only by accepting the responsibility of choice. But the man in the middle is the knave who blanks out the truth in order to pretend that no choice or values exist, who is willing to sit out the course of any battle, willing to cash in on the blood of the innocent or to crawl on his belly to the guilty, who dispenses justice by condemning both the robber and the robbed to jail, who solves conflicts by ordering the thinker and the fool to meet each other halfway. In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit. In that transfusion of blood which drains the good to feed the evil, the compromise is the transmitting rubber tube.” – AYN RAND
the key board thumpers are wild today/// vote down all your town budgets/// your vote could count/// but this will never happen/// have a good day///
Trump will not be running for office after 2024 so it’s time to look towards the future in Vermont. Support Gerald Malloy and grow the party. Don’t let disagreement about Trump be the whole focus.
Gerald Malloy? Good luck with that! He received only 28% of the vote against Welch after right-wing extremists knocked off Christine Nolan. Democrats say “keep up the good work.”
Ok, so he got 28%. So maybe this year he gets 36%. And maybe Republicans claw back a few legislative seats. You have to start somewhere.
Ask yourself a rhetorical question:
“Why do the democrats, with such a deep bench, run such weak candidates for Governor.”
Sorry; missed the question mark icon…
Countering with more questions.
How come the Champlain Monsters can’t recruit from the Boston Red Socks?
What type of team would talent look for?
If you were a business man looking to purchase a business, what would you look for? What would you risk your hard-earned money and reputation when buying or investing into another business?
If you were looking at investing your entire life and reputation to help shepherd in Vermont, what would you look for in an organization?
Does the VTGOP have these attributes?
Can people, even leadership, dare I ask, tell you what these things are?
Perhaps Paul would chime in….
Questions were geared toward the VTGOP…..
Because serious candidates don’t want to waste their time taking on the most popular Governor in the country.
I’m not a supporter of Phil Scott, but it’s crystal clear that a significant majority of voters in Vermont want a centrist in office.
You should be so happy with Governor Scott – he’s the only check on a Democratic super majority in the legislature and the only Republican statewide office holder.
You’re going to miss him once he’s gone,
I’ll miss him as much as I miss his scamdemic lockdowns.
The Vermont People-
Republicans, Democrats and Progressives have been sold out by our Governor. Some just don’t know it yet .Too late when all your rights have been slowly stolen from you in the disguise of helping you !
Just start with something you can do something about —VOTE DOWN all school budgets. Send a message to the legislature and the ridiculous governor that we will not accept another tax!!! We won’t reward teachers who are not doing a good job!!! We have to live with higher groceries, gas, heating oil, and utilities. Everything is going up and we are sick of it!!! The socialists want to push us out of our homes, out of our state!!! I bet there are a lot of democrats living paycheck to paycheck who feel the same way!!!
And vote for Trump in the presidential primary’s. Forget Dame-he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. You’d have to be nuts to want 4 more years of biden’s world. I know I was better off under Trump and that’s all people should be looking at!!! The economy, how is it? I don’t care if you are a Republican or a Democrat, who is looking out for you??? Who gave you more money in your pocket??? Remember make your vote count on the candidate who has the best chance on winning. Again send a message to Montpelier.
Deploy Mr. Malloy
He is a respected conservative who cares about all Vermonters and America more than any other candidate I have ever witnessed in all my years of life.