Spank That Donkey

I posted the YouTube of our Chairman introducing Gov. Mark Warner at the Shad Planking here.

Interesting enough The Shad Plank has this post up, and it includes:

So why is Warner getting introduced by Republicans during his kick-off tour and courting old school conservatives that hang with Alan Vanasse? It's basic math really.

Warner knows that the state Democrats are solidly in his corner. He helped revive the party by winning the gubernatorial race gave Democrats a huge victory in 2004 with the tax increase for education and other core services and has been a fundraising machine for the party every since. He's got those votes - unless Macaca hits.

Warner also knows that Gilmore doesn't have the GOP base locked down - as evidenced by Marshall's run. Gilmore feuded bitterly with many Republican leaders in the General Assembly, especially over his signature issue - repealing the car tax. The animosity was so bad that when former Senate Finance Chairman John Chichester was asked by the Daily Press to compare the governors he worked with he rattled off nice things about Warner, Timothy Kaine and George Allen but refused to even say Gilmore's name.

There is no doubt that Chichester and Potts leadership in the Senate led to undoing our GOP Senate majority.  That is beyond dispute.  Those two and every Senator that went with them looked the gift horse in the mouth (Jim Gilmore), and refused to eliminate the Car Tax that swept them to power.

I am sure the conversation goes like this...

"Screw all that ideological stuff Jim, what about the money interests that get us elected too!  Who's looking out for them?"

The preceding was not an actual quote, but I bet it was heard in or about the Governor's office during the Gilmore administration.  Sacrifice you Conservative principles, and find your self out of power.  Think I'm full of crap?  Ask the Republicans that got thrown out of power in Congress in 2006.

Locally, that is why I supported Scott Sayre over Senator Hanger, point blank.