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Not Surprised

To the editor:

After reading George Bowles’s article, I realize anew how important it is, if you want to appreciate what happens at a Virginia Republican convention, to be a Virginia Republican.

This is not to say that those of us who witnessed Wyatt Durrette's political debut a number of years ago knew that he would be our candidate for governor today, but if anyone had told us -

We wouldn’t have been surprised.

This is not to say that coming to know John Chichester, and knowing very well how others felt independently about his rivals for the position he sought, we knew that he would be our candidate for lieutenant governor today, but if anyone had told us -

We wouldn’t have been surprised.

This is not to say that faced with

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