Well, well, well, Jim Gilmore and his staff are at it again. Accusing Mark Warner of being a liar is about all his campaign has in its arsenal. That’s a bit like the pot calling the kettle black don’t you think?
Gilmore or rather "Drillmore" can’t get the facts straight, but then damn the facts and full steam ahead with the stupidity of the Virginia Republican Party.
"When you look at Warner’s disdain for the truth, it makes you think that you are watching the Jim Carrey move "Liar, Liar," said Gilmore spokesperson Ana Gamonal, who pointed out that in 2005 then Gov. Mark Warner vetoed legislation passed by the Virginia General Assembly that called for lifting the ban on offshore drilling. Warner was cited by the Sierra Club for the veto of offshore drilling.
Warner has called for many energy reforms, including nuclear, clean coal, bio-fuels, but the Drillmore clan would rather feed the oil addiction despite the fact any new drilling will not affect the market for 10 to 20 years.
As comedian Ron White so appropriately says, "You Can’t Fix Stupid". And that certainly applies to Gilmore. The "tax cut, and spend" Republican just wrapped up his so-called "Working Families Tour" with an obvious slight to the hard hit Southside. Seems his buddies in the Beltway are more important than real Virginians.
Gilmore’s campaign also attempts to re-write history with their claim that Virginia finances were in perfect order at the end of his term. Yet, Gilmore himself had said Virginia was facing a multi-million dollar shortfall near the end of his governorship. Warner did indeed raise taxes and restored Virginia’s triple A bond rating and Virginia was then voted one of the best run states in the Union.
If you want to compare candidates to movie characters, then think of "Drillmore" Gilmore as Forrest Gump only without heart or soul.