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Hoisting the Teabag 0

Republican congressional candidate Scott Rigell agreed to sign a seven-part pledge today that was developed by local Tea Party activists and includes promises to vote against any tax or fee increase, to oppose amnesty for illegal immigrants and to work to overturn the recently approved health care overhaul legislation.

I wouldn’t have bought a used car from him anyway, even before he signed up with the forces of living in a past that never was.

Rigell’s running to the right because the incumbent is thunderingly moderate and he has an independent challenger who is resoundingly teabaggish.

The incumbent, Glenn Nye, is certainly more moderate than he would be if I got my druthers.

In fact, the incumbent is so moderate that some of my more leftie acquaintances are threatening not to vote, rather than to vote for him.

I can’t understand their position. Not voting for someone who is okay-not-great while giving someone who is definitely not okay an advantage mystifies me.

This is Virginia, for Pete’s sake, not Vermont.

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