Jim “Car Tax” Gilmore Drops Out
There goes our last chance of having a Virginian in the White House in 2008. The esteemed Jim Gilmore has dropped out of the race. During his brief candidacy, many people wondered, “why is he even running?” Many more wondered, “who is that guy?”
In any case, it goes to show you that even if some dude sets up a “Draft [your name here]” website on the internet, it doesn’t really mean you should actually run. All it means is that a crazy dude had 10$ to spend on a domain name.
But, for those Gilmore diehards out there, don’t give up hope yet. The speculation is that the only sane reason he was running in the first place is that he wants to raise his profile for a run for Virginia Governor or for the possibly open Senate seat currently inhabited by resident badass John Warner. I’m not quite sure how far his profile has been raised here in July 2007, but hey, I guess it looks good on a resume.
There’s still VP!
— Justin | @
tim “multiple thousands if you speed regardless of income” kaine, jim “no car tax” gilmore, which is worse?
have the courage to raise or lower state income taxes–not take the easy political way out with moving across the fee-spectrum of autos.
if the money is necessary take it equitably from my income.
if it is not, cut my state income tax
and finally, those who look to taxes as a benchmark for a politico’s soul–identify where your presidential candidate stands when it comes to capital gains taxes, not income taxes, this is where the true rich keep and prolong their wealth.
back to the bar studies, its been a long day. cheers all. 4 days til the bar exam.
— vanimal3000 | @
i dunno i think no car tax is a little catchier.
my understanding of the drivers fine thing was that it was a crappy compromise due to the fact that across the board tax increases (such as a gas tax) were ruled out by the republican legislature. i dunno, that’s what i heard from the dude on npr this morning. in fact, i don’t even know what we are talking about!
— midas | @