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Purple is the New Party
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR grew up without their permission. Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer To think that characters like Carlson STAFF WRITER and Shapiro are upset Derek ChauKimberly Rivers CONTRIBUTORS vin is going to jail after being found Michael Cervin, David Michael Courtland, Ivor Davis, Emily Dodi, by Paul Moomjean Right now, Cheney is at war the GOP had Rep. Tim Scott of South guilty of murdering George Floyd Alicia Doyle, Marina Dunbar, Chuck Graham, Chris Jay, Daphne paulmoomjean@yahoo.com with her own party. On May 5 she Carolina, who is Black, speak after is downright wrong and insincere. Khalida Kilea, Karen Lindell, Paul Moomjean, Mike Nelson, Tim Pompey, Kathy Jean Schultz, Alan Sculley, Kit Stolz, Mark Storer was sitting in a cigar shop the tweeted: “History is watching us. We Biden’s address to the nation. He said There’s no way they watched that GRAPHIC DESIGNERS other day, enjoying a stogie with must decide whether we are going to America isn’t racist, and while Amer- video and saw Chauvin as the man Bret Hooper, Paul Braun, Elaine Cota a buddy I had not seen in over a choose truth and fidelity to the Con- ica isn’t racist, it’s not entirely not in the right unless they are clearly SALES TEAM LEADER year, when he looked at me and asked, stitution or join Trump’s crusade to racist. The talking points of Tucker racist (which I don’t believe) or just Warren Barrett ADVERTISING SALES “What the hell is a Republican today?” delegitimize and undo the legal out- Carlson and Sean Hannity, two very fighting for noise in the YouTube Barbara Kroon Having been a former GOP mem- come of the 2020 election, with all privileged white males on Fox News, and 24/7 news cycle vacuum. CLASSIFIEDS seem to be the official talking points ber myself from 1999 to 2002 and the consequences that might have.” Conservatism and the GOP have Ann Turrietta This set off the degenerates of the of the new unhinged GOP. This is the become the party of “whiteness.” labeling myself a libertarian conAdvertising information, call 805.648.2244 servative most of my life, I really party, and they are looking to remove party that has lost the war on abor- It’s no longer a party with any ideClassified Ads | Display Ads couldn’t tell him what a Republican her from any form of power, includ- tion, gay marriage, gun rights and the als. It simply wants white people EDITORIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICE ing a May 2021 conference where she nuclear family. Now they might prop mad and hopes that its 75 million is today. I just know I’m not it at all. 805.648.2244 Is it a member of a group of rioters would be the third-highest-ranking up Caitlyn Jenner for governor of Cal- members will one day be enough to warren@vcreporter.com (Advertising) led by a man in a bear suit who lives GOP member. Remember, this is the ifornia, while systematically denying take back the presidency. nancy@vcreporter.com (Editorial) at home with his mother? Is it what daughter of maybe the most powerful transgender people the respect they Not everyone is doing this. Conaturrietta@timespublications.com (Classifieds) Bill Maher once said, “old white men republican of our modern era, former ask in pronoun assessment. And the servatives George Will, Michael The Ventura County Reporter is distributed every Thursday in Ventura, Oxnard, Port Hueneme, Camarillo, Ojai, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village and Agoura Hills. The taking care of my money?” Or is it Vice President Dick Cheney. To think reason the GOP lost everything is Medved and Mitt Romney are trying Reporter is available free of charge, limited to one copy per reader. The Reporter may some balance of both? Recently Liz she could be removed from a seat at because they listened to Hannity and to be the practical people. But with be distributed only by Reporter authorized distributors. No person may, without prior written permission of the Reporter, take more than one copy of each Reporter issue. Cheney and Mitt Romney have been the table because she believes what Carlson. And now the next wave is George Will leaving the GOP, MedThe Reporter is copyright ©2020 by Times Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part in any form or by any means facing backlash for holding the line every state also does, that Joe Biden Ben Shapiro and Michael Knowles ved being fired from Salem Radio without permission in writing by the publisher. An adjudicated Newspaper of General against the banned-from-social media won the election fairly, shows how from Daily Wire. These people want for not signing a Trump loyalty conCirculation (SP50329). Submissions of all kinds are welcomed. However, the publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited material. A stamped, self-addressed envelope and former President Donald Trump, far the party has dropped. ratings. To those still in the GOP, in tract, and Mitt Romney being booed must accompany all submissions expected to be returned. AD PROOF causing a series of hot mic drops and Sadly, the GOP is now a party the words of Malcom X, “You’ve by Mormons in Utah recently, only corporate Yet in a conservahe was their GOP of violent, anti-voting-law-creating, been had! Ya been took! Ya been to remind Client:booing. Community Memorial Hospital Adthem Executive: Barbara Kroon (805) 648-2244 nominee in 2012, the party looks tive world with no balanced common gun-loving, conspiracy-theory nuts, hoodwinked! Bamboozled!” Please check this proof over carefully and indicate all corrections clearly. You will have a “1st Proof”, “2nd Proof”, and “Final Proof”. If we receive no proof after the 1st or 2nd Proofs, AD WILL Conservatism has become angry, bleak, sad and scary. sense, the country doesn’t look to hellbent on being cruel to transgender RUN AS IS. If this proof meets your approval on the 1st proof, check off “FINAL PROOF (APPROVED)” box, date and sign at the bottom So what the hell is a Republican have another voice in the Congress people, minority races and millennial like an impotent Clint Eastwood PRESIDENT Steve Strickbine ISSUE: 4/29/21 NOTICE: PLEASE FAX THIS PROOF TO (805) 648-2245 ASAP VICE PRESIDENT Michael Hiatt and Gen Z “snowflakes.” Recently, movie character, upset that the world today? Hell if I know. unless it wears a bear outfit.
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