February 09, 2012
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Charge the Windmills!

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Tomorrow, November 2nd, registered voters in the Commonwealth of Virginia will elect the next governor of our state. If recent experience is any clue, less than half of those registered will vote.

Quixote Rides Again!
Charging at Windmills, a Southern Tradition!

I’m going out on the proverbial limb here to relate my choices—and my reasons for them—for the state-wide offices here in Virginia. Simply put, I will vote for:

  • Creigh Deeds (Governor)
  • Jody Wagner (Lieutenant Governor)
  • Steve Shannon (Attorney General)

I use, to illustrate my choices, a digital imade of a woodcut depicting Don Quixote because, well, it seems—from recent polls—that my choices are quixotic. I don’t know why, but it seems the Democrats have waged a particularly and peculiarly ineffective campaign.

No, I am not a registered Democrat. I have voted for Republicans, but I can’t find a reason to do so this time around. I’ll explain why…