Posted on 11/06/2001 5:27:44 PM PST by VaBthang4
Pray for us....
That's exactly right. Gilmore's not perfect but he had to deal with abunch of selfish greedy grandstanding RINO Senators who created the much ballyhooed budget crisis. Ken Stolle from Virginia Beach was one of the ringleaders and I hope the Virginia Beach city committee finds a candidate to run against him. He is a disgrace.
It was his choice not to get invovled...I wish he would've but he wasnt obligated.
Earley just didnt seem to get it.
I was constantly seeing Warner adds....and the ones Earley put out looked labored.
I dont know the machinations that went on within the GOP but I never got the vibe that he was "their man".
??? I would rather blame the GOP of Virginia.
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.
We all know that Mark Warner wants to be Senator, not Governor, but even he doesn't have the cajones to try to run next year. Even the Virginia RATS and RINOS who voted for him wouldn't stand for that. He's eyeing a run against George Allen in 2006, the year he'll leave the Governor's Mansion (and our fumigation begins).
I preface this by saying that Earley lost this himself. He's a very good amn and I thought he'd be a great Governor, but he was a lousy candidate.
As for W's mental process...it's the same process that pitted him against TX Republicans in favor of the Dems in their State House...the same process that had him declare in his campiagn "Congress (read that GOP) shouldn't balance the budget on the backs of the poor", in the middle of their campaigns too, the same process that has him in head to head confabs with his new best friend Tom Daschle while Lott gets his info from the news. The same process that has him entangling us in a coalition with terrorist states and turning our back on Israel. In short, Bush was afraid to appear political because it might damage bipartisianship. Screw the GOP, he figures he can always count on their support...maybe not. Bush has a very unsavory habit of abandoning friends to appease his enemies.
BTW about that new spirit of bi-partisanship...when do you think Daschle will let the Senate vote on drilling for oil in ANWAR, or when will he urge his party to adoupt the President's airline security plan?
Well, while I still disagree with you assessment of Earley, I can agree with you here.
And a good deal of the work is already done. It'll be a little like the budget deal Gerald Baliles left for Doug Wilder in 1985. Gilmore will present a budget that eliminates the car tax, but will only be able to do so by dramatically cutting services and employees. Warner will be faced with going along with the cuts or raising taxes.
And he is such an idiot if he thinks he can "manage" the Virginia General Assembly. I chuckle everytime I think about that.
I think the US will change its boarders soon (they'll get smaller) and that state govt's will get more important. At least they'll be many political alternatives in that mix. Sorta looking forward to it.
Sorry VA GOP, I wasted my vote on the Libertarians.
Not to be confused with Costco, Cosco, or Bob Costas.
Good luck to Governor-elect Jim McGreevey and Governor-elect Mark Warner!!!
Bingo! For the most part, Democrats do not like governorships unless they come with a lot of patronage like Liberal Sewages a la Massachusetts and Maryland. Governorships in relatively conservative states-- Delaware, Missouri, Virginia, etc. are merely stepping stones to the Senate where the opportunity for nationwide exposure is big and the accountability for performance is little or none.
Well, you're the one who said you "wasted" your vote, not me.
Still, I don't think the Libertarian candidate had much of an impact on the top of the ticket. But, last time I looked, Reams pulled about the amount that Katzen lost by. At the same time, I can't imagine the Reams voters pulling the lever for Katzen anyway...
Well, you're the one who said you "wasted" your vote, not me.
Uh, ok, I should have said "wasted" with "/sarcasm". (I thought it was obvious...)
It was. ;-)
G'nite folks, I'm outta here.
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