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the state’s Democrats. Special greetings go, as one would expect,
To the man of the hour, our governor-elect. So to all the Baliles, a Christmas most merry
To Laura, Jonathan, Jeannie and the Honorable Jerry! Into Doug Wilder’s stocking we saw Santa slip
The state’s next lieutenant governorship! He bucked all the odds, proved the pundits all wet
In an upset Virginia will not soon forget! Christmas bells peal for Mary Sue Terry
May our new attorney general’s Yuletide be merry! Her landslide election set the crystal balls spinning.
And the signal seems clear: This is just the beginning! For John Warner we would put in Old Santa’s sack
Some ideas for keeping Sam’s books in the black. And for Paul Trible a memo containing some tips
On his laudable cd'ncera about painting the ships! Christmas greetings to our great Congressional team!
The pressure’s been on them to keep up the steam In time to go home to constituents and kith.
The words they’ve been hearing are certainly no myth! It’s been, “On Wolf and Parris, on Bateman and Slaughter,
On Olin, on Daniel, on Whitehurst and Boucher, On Sisisky, on Bliley! Press on and
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