What Does Ed Gillespie Not Want You To Hear?

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Even as Mark Warner publicly and unashamedly states his positions, Ed Gillespie is apparently reprising Mitt Romney's approach of saying some things in public - that is when he can be pressed to take a position - while displaying his pandering to extremists behind closed doors.  As recent events show, Gillespie seems fearful that he will suffer his own "47%" fiasco if the press hears him courting the ugliest elements of the Virginia GOP's know nothing, racist base.  Blue Virginia sums it up well:

From the Democratic Party of Virginia:

Last week, the Northern Shenandoah Valley Patriots Tea Party invited community members to an event billed as a town hall and forum with Ed Gillespie and Barbara Comstock. Oddly enough, just recently, the Northern Shenandoah Valley Patriots felt compelled to make the speaking engagement "more private" due to the possibility of "liberal press" and "supporters of the opponents" who could be in attendance.

But why is Ed Gillespie so afraid to speak with news reporters in the room? What is really being said behind closed doors in a room full of tea party supporters that can't be said in front of the media?

Looks like another case of Ed Gillespie trying to dodge, duck, dip, dive the Virginia press corps on the multitude of issues he has yet to address in his attempts to forge relationships with the extremist members of the GOP.

 

It seems to me that if something cannot be said in front of the press, perhaps it should not be said at all.