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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMeet One Of The 12 People In Iowa Who Voted For Jim Gilmore
Huffington Post:A total of 12 people voted for Republican presidential candidate Jim Gilmore in Monday night's Iowa caucuses. That's across the entire state. Twelve.
One of them is Troy Bishop. He lives in Des Moines, and he's anything but disheartened by Gilmore's dismal showing at the polls. He said the former Virginia governor actually did better than he expected.
"He exceeded expectations," Bishop said in an interview with The Huffington Post. "I mean, look at some of the other candidates. Look at the money they spent. They got 3,000 votes. He didn't spend any money and got 12."
Bishop, who is a professor of management at three community colleges in the area, says he's been a Gilmore fan for years. The biggest draw for him is Gilmore's experience in national security matters. That's something Gilmore regularly touts: he was in the Army, he was chairman of the National Commission on Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction, and he was the governor of Virginia at the time of the Sept. 11 attacks.
One of them is Troy Bishop. He lives in Des Moines, and he's anything but disheartened by Gilmore's dismal showing at the polls. He said the former Virginia governor actually did better than he expected.
"He exceeded expectations," Bishop said in an interview with The Huffington Post. "I mean, look at some of the other candidates. Look at the money they spent. They got 3,000 votes. He didn't spend any money and got 12."
Bishop, who is a professor of management at three community colleges in the area, says he's been a Gilmore fan for years. The biggest draw for him is Gilmore's experience in national security matters. That's something Gilmore regularly touts: he was in the Army, he was chairman of the National Commission on Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction, and he was the governor of Virginia at the time of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Maybe Jim should take them all out to dinner.
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Meet One Of The 12 People In Iowa Who Voted For Jim Gilmore (Original Post)
brooklynite
Feb 2016
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BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)1. Taking all 12 out to dine certainly won't break the bank for Gilmore.
Funny how ultra-rightwingers appear to LOVE government jobs, rather than get a job in their beloved "free market". Those people are such hypocrites.
brooklynite
(94,589 posts)3. I wouldn't go that far...
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)5. I would. And I did. :-)
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)2. I love democracy.
Be proud of those 12 votes, Mr. Gilmore. I like when folks vote for the candidate they want to, regardless of the potential outcome.
Renew Deal
(81,861 posts)4. Gilmore should make this guy Secretary of Defense