Virginia Turns....

-
This last election was very painful for me to watch . It signifies the beginning of the end for Virginia. At least the one that I knew. I am sitting here thinking back to when I was a teenager in the 1990's. Fairfax and Loudoun County were deep red Republican.  We were a safe bet for wholesome candidates.  Marriage was believed to be between one man and one woman. Those wonderful , carefree golden days, when Virginia was conservative and Evangelical Christian   . The "swamp" was barely a puddle then. Virginia was largely comprised of White and Black voters. Never in my wildest dreams would I believe socialist friendly candidates could have a hope of winning in Virginia.  It was a good time for Virginia. But the D.C. swamp slowly began to rise, and it overflowed at the crevices of decent civilization.  No one knew what we were in for.

Fast forward to 2018.  Gone are the days of George Allen, Virgil Goode, and Jim Gilmore. Hordes of illegal immigrants and "refugees" have been flooding in here for the past 10 years. Under the Obama administration. there were thousands of them daily.  The Democrats took 3 crucial districts in the state, making a Democrat majority house.  We have  a Democrat governor, and a Democrat Senator. While the majority of our counties still look red, we are blue. Barbara Comstock- gone.  The "safest" Republican  2nd district near Virginia Beach- lost to a Democrat. The bulk of conservatism is  limited to the Shenandoah Valley, Southwest Virginia, and that one hold out in the Northern Neck area. We are sunk. The Deep State swamp has swallowed my beloved Virginia whole. I knew this day was coming. But with a muster of hope and prayer, I was not prepared for such a swift transformation.  A woman named Abigail Spanberger beat out Dave  Brat in Virginia's 7th District. She had the help of millions of dollars in Ad campaigns, which included smearing lies, and plastering her face all over every local TV news network and Billboards in the area. She won by 1.5% in a Red district that went for Trump in 2016. When you can  buy a house seat, elections aren't even worth voting for anymore.

What can we do now? It's in God's hands. I feel I am in great morning as of late. The Virginia that I grew up in , is no more. And I'm not yet even 40 years of age. How this must feel for those a great deal older than myself, who have witnessed Virginians voting in socialist politicians. I hope that the Republicans left in my fair Commonwealth, will do their best to try and stop this socialist agenda which is now infested in Virginia and beyond. We are no longer the Virginia I knew. And no, it's not for the better!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Where exactly is "The South" ?

-
Image
It's easy to determine the obvious. There is no question that Mississippi is the South. Or Alabama, or South Carolina.  Or Georgia.  But there's the "Deep South", and then there's "The South"... That Mason Dixon line is a good start, but the closer you are to the line, the more ambiguous.  I made some maps here as to what I determine the area of predominant Southern culture to be. Instead of making a black and white chart of "North vs South", I include "transition zones"- those areas that are kind of the in between region, or some times "no  man's land". In my maps, notice only the Eastern 1/3 of the country is shaded in. I do not generally consider Texas or anything west of it to be "South". But it can be considered a transition area. Unlike most, I consider the Mid Atlantic region to be a sub region of the South, and not the Northeast.  For that reason, I feel some states can be both Southern and Mid Atla...
Read more

My Loudoun County Home: Egypt Farm

-
Image
                                  Above: The Farmhouse in 2014  I lived in this house from 1995-1998 as a teenager Me on the Farm in 1997  UPDATE: I have retracted information regarding a certain situation with the previous owners of this dwelling, Mr. Hottel.  As far as the original date of the house, it is unknown, but I believe it to be 1904, because it was verified by a descendant of the original builder. If there ever was a place that would be the perfect setting for a movie, this would be it. I spent most of my teen aged years on this old farmhouse located near the small village of Philomont, Virginia, just 7 miles north of Middleburg. You'll notice that I keep a picture of this farmhouse on the title of this blog. That's because it holds a very special memory  to me. The farmhouse was built in 1904 by a Mr Luck , as a wedding pres...
Read more

My Family Connection to Pocahontas

-
Image
I may have rekindled new interest in my love of genealogical research! A family story passed down for ages to me that we were descendants of Pocahontas was confirmed by local Fredericksburg  historian, Bill Deyo. Pocahontas is my 11th Great-Grandmother- and I am descended through her through by her first marriage and her daughter, Kaokee! This was a real neat story to hear. Most people only recount Pocahontas and her marriage to John Rolfe.  Many people are unaware that she had been previously wed to another Patawomeck Indian.  With her first husband, she had a daughter Kaokee.  Kaokee would be my 10th Great Grandmother, and she married later Captain Thomas Pettus- an early Virginia Gentleman and Cavalier. This story is confirmed through the Patawomeck Indian tribe. Having attended the Rowe family reunion last year in Fredericksburg, we learned of many connections to the Virginia Indians in that family over the years. George Rowe and Lucy Rowe- are my 4th ...
Read more