A [Virginia] Republican civil war?

The Washington Times ^ | February 9, 2004 | House Editorial

[xsysmgr]

Having watched virtually every initiative he put forward during his first two years as governor defeated in the General Assembly or at the ballot box, Democratic Gov. Mark Warner apparently thinks he's been able to come up with a way to divide the Virginia Republican Party: by exploiting long-standing differences between pro-growth, anti-tax conservatives and Republican advocates of tax increases.

[goldstategop]

Virginia's RINOs and Warner want to stick it to conservatives in the Old Dominion State.

[iceskater]

Richmond ping.

[IFly4Him]

Chichester must have sold the GOP mailing list to Warner. I got some marketing piece the other day called the "Fund for Virginia" or such. It was basically a velied attempt at enlisting support for more taxes to benefit the children i.e. schools. The board of directors was full of state dignitaries including Chichester and former Sen. Trible.

[Gopher Broke]

Yes, I got that mailing, too. It was from "The Foundation for Virginia", a new pro-tax group.

Another freeper's recent post said the Teachers union has been going to PTA meetings to get their mailing lists for this giant mailing. As such, most everyone in VA with kids in public schools got the mailing.

The mailing also contained 2 postcards for me to mail...one customized to my Senator, the other to my delegate...asking them to spend MORE on education.

Somebody paid a lot of money for custom-printed mailings and postcards, in order to push for higher taxes.

We need to keep the NO TAX HIKE MESSAGE constantly going to our Senators and Delegates.

Please send them an email on this...if you have not already!

[Corin Stormhands]

Wouldn't a "Republican Civil War" imply that all parties involved are Republicans?

ChaChingChester and Jawn Warner left the party a long time ago.

[iceskater]

I got that two postcard mailer too.

[iceskater]

Well, we don't call them RINO's for nothing.

[GeronL]

Republican does not mean conservative anymore. When winning is the only issue, you forget that these 'winners' will be doing stuff TO you for years afterwards.

[Carry_Okie]

Last month, Mr. Howell and another high-profile Republican opponent of the Warner tax increase, Attorney General Jerry Kilgore, asked former Reagan Office of Management and Budget chief James Miller to study the impact of the governor's tax proposals. According to Mr. Miller, they would cost Virginia $10 billion and close to 28,000 jobs.

Arnold Schwarzenegger take note.