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I am going to admit that I didnt quite understand why prominent republicans werent more involved in promoting Earley.

What is Earley other than a RINO? I heard nothing about school choice, MORE tax cuts, SPENDING CUTS, elimination of unconstitutional bullet taxes or gun sale taxes, nothing that matters to conservatives.

Conservatives in Virginia are ticked off that we didn't even get rid of the car tax. The GOP handed us a lemon. They can suck that lemon themselves. What you saw this year was a conservative base that didn't bother to vote. I voted. But frankly, I was far from excited about that turkey. And so were Virginia conservatives. I think a third party could pick up a lot of local positions in this state. The Virginia GOP certainly is a loser. They want to lose because they feed off the status quo.

I'm a conservative who voted a straight republican ticket this time. I simply didn't cast a vote for Governor. We got the delegate we wanted here in Amelia county, and the AG caught a landlside. The Lt. Gov may even sqeak through. People here were asking each other in the checkout lines at Food Lion, "did you vote for the carpetbagger or the scalawag?" I heard a lot of people say "neither one", even some of the elderly folks who I know good and well are democrats.

If the VAGOP didn't learn their lesson this time, I don't know what will teach them. What we're talking about around here is getting the state out of the liquor business, getting rid of the tollbooths on Powhite, and dumping sales tax on food, prescriptions and ammunition for starters. Proposals like that could make it so hot for the carpetbagger that he won't make it through his term if the GOP will step up for us. All of those things are popular subjects right now.