Sorry, Gilmore, you had your time in the sun and it is time for you to go into private industry.

Gilmore, I am sorry, but I want a representative in the U.S. Senate who has years of legislative experience and who has mastered parliamentary procedure. You have no experience in the legislative trenches.

I worked in the U.S. Senate and can tell you that former governors with no experience as legislators usually waste their first term figuring everything out.

Also, Gilmore, you do not have great oratory skills. And unfortunately, that is not something you can master in a short time.

But thank you so much for wanting to serve, but you have truly completed your service for Virginia and it is time for you to use the skills you have to plan for your retirement.

Please do not be offended. We know that as Governor you advocated a lot of very fine legislation and you are to be commended,

But you simply do not have the legislative experience to work in the U.S. Senate. Neither does Warner for that matter. That is why Bob Marshall will be a superior choice against Warner.

In addition Marshall’s experience and legislative record can smash Warner’s. Yours cannot.

Take care and thanks for your service as Governor, but please do not try to be a legislator — that is not where your strengths lie.

Kathleen Katz

Re: ethanol, agriculture: we are a food-producing nation (the breadbasket of the world), and “that is a strategic asset that we must preserve.”

“Democrats believe in the dependency of people on government – that’s why they tax so much.” Definitely Obama does not want change but more of the same [i.e., dependency].

If you analyze the two Democratic presidential candidates: Hilary – in her agenda “she leaves nothing to the imagination. It’s the wrong program, but we know what it is.” Obama – “He has same program she has” but he’s trying to hide it. Warner – same thing. He is conventional Democrat and will vote that way.

“The convenient laziness of supporting Democratic programs is no longer available to us” as we see what’s at stake in this election. A loss to Warner in Virginia could also hurt McCain, and make things very easy for a Democratic president and legislature easily to ram through very bad legislation.

“Mark Warner has absolutely no connection with working people in our state.” That’s not true, Gov. Gilmore – he feels very connected – yea, even entitled, to their wallets, i.e., taxes.

The logistics of the call were interesting – those who did not get their questions answered during the call could leave their questions on voicemail. This will be a good tool for the Gilmore campaign to see what concerns people have, since all of the questions can be submitted that way, not limited by the length of a call or a public event.