Yep. It's U.S. Sen. John Warner in a kilt. LWPrencipe took it back in 2005 at the Alexandria, Virginia Scottish Walk. <3 the Creative Commons.
This leads into my article of the day- regarding outgoing Sen. Warner's hesitancy towards backing Republican candidate Jim Gilmore in the election for his seat in the U.S. Senate.
Apparently in a conference call with reporters, Warner said he could possibly vote for Democrat Mark Warner (they're unrelated). The elder Warner said that though the young (whipper-snapper, I insert) Warner ran against him in a 1996 Senate campaign, the two are friends.
(To tell them apart from now on, I will put John Warner's name in bold. Mark Warner will be unbolded.)
Warner said he is disappointed that Gilmore is criticizing the financial bailout so strongly. As I mentioned in a past blog entry, Gilmore attacked Warner for his support of the bailout package strongly in the last debate, saying it was an unnecessary use of tax dollars.
Warner voted for the federal bailout plan Wednesday, saying it was needed to spur banks to lend money.
Warner donated $2,000 to Gilmore's campaign in June, but according to the article, it wouldn't be unusual for Warner to break ranks with his party (he endorsed an independent in a 1994 Senate race instead of his fellow Republican candidate).
Man, when I write Warner in bold it kinda makes him seem like God, yeah? Really weird. I think I'll avoid that in the future.
Nice little write-up by Tim Craig- short, sweet, to the point. It's very interesting that Warner is considering not voting for Gilmore in an election that, if Warner wins, will leave Virginia's two U.S. Senate seats completely in Democratic hands (with U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, of course).
Verrryyy interestingggg.
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