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Story by Chris Graham It began to get out of hand when the group of people carrying a banner proclaiming that “Love Is Not Wrong” came face to face with another group carrying signs advocating that Virginians “Vote Yes 4 Marriage.” Or was it when the self-avowed atheist started chanting satirical anti-gay slurs and jabbing…
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Story by Chris Graham The big news in Harrisonburg today wasn’t that former presidential hopeful Mark Warner was in town with Senate nominee Jim Webb. It was that an event organized by Valley Democrats drew more than 400 people on a weekday afternoon. “I said to Jim on the way in here, I’ve had an…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham Former Virginia governor Mark Warner was being talked about as a top contender for the 2008 Democratic Party presidential nomination. To say that his announcement in Richmond today that he will not seek the nomination was a surprise, then, is a pretty good understatement. “It was definitely a…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham You see a Confederate-flag bumper sticker on a truck in a parking lot or on the highway, and already you have some ideas in your mind as to the identity of the person who put it there. “Nowadays, you’re not going to see a $30,000 SUV going down the…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham A group of former University of Virginia football teammates of U.S. Sen. George Allen alleges that the former quarterback regularly used the n-word to refer to African-Americans. A second group of the Republican’s former teammates has stepped up to say that this is not true. Meanwhile, the state’s…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham It just occurred to me – how silly this whole Two Virginias thing is. And no, I’m not channeling John Edwards here. I’m talking about how there’s a Virginia and a West Virginia. Really – do we need to have a Maginot Line separating the two of us?…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham The conventional wisdom is that the military vote and veteran vote both tend to lean strongly in the Republican direction – but Democratic Party Senate nominee Jim Webb, a Vietnam War veteran and former Reagan administration Navy secretary, might just be able to turn the conventional wisdom on…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham Mark Warner sure has come a long way since the days when his claim to political fame was that he once came in second among candidates with the surname Warner in a United States Senate race. The former one-term Virginia governor is now considered by more than a…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham “You’re going to need some makeup,” the director told me at the required all-hands staff meeting following the taping of my new TV show on WVPT, “Virginia Viewpoints.” “I …” “No, seriously. You’re too … shiny.” “Too shiny?” “You could probably lose another 20, too,” my friend Eli…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham I’m waiting … Been waiting all night. As I type this column, I’m participating in my annual fantasy-football draft. For those uninitiated, this is where I get together with a dozen or so friends and play pretend football. Sorry – duty calls. MichaelVickFanClub selects Willis McGahee. I’m not…
