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.
I just heard that Virginia taxes just went up, the real estate tax, and also capitol gains. Isn't that special?