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GOP Continued from page 4 stantive dialogue with an opponent. The third Republican left in the race - Congressman Parris of Fairfax - seems content to let Coleman and Trible go their own ways. Rep. Parris hopes that a big vote ffom his Northern Virginia base and a seemingly inexhaustible supply of cash for TV advertising will carry liim to the nomination. Mr. Parris’ trouble is that he is 'finding it difficult to “lortonize” Virginia. He has clung to his 8th Con, gressional District seat with a ‘ steady drumbeat of hyperbolic attacks on the District of Columbia’s prison located in Lorton. So far, he ■has not been able to concoct a similar primal appeal to voters in the rest of 1 the Commonwealth. One distinction should be ^awarded Rep. Parris - he uttered the only completely true statement ."made thus far by any of the three reuhaining GOP candidates. At one debate - in response to Mr. Coleman’s "no tax” pledge and subsequent taunting of the other Republicans j for their refusal to take a compa• rably absolutist position - Rep. i Parris allowed as to how he had j heard similar pledges before and ! that they had all been lies. ' Presumably he was referring to ■■ both Mr. Coleman and President : Bush. i Meanwhile, what are the Demo| crats doing? ; Most are rubbing their hands in • glee. Lieutenant Governor Doug j Wilder, sure to be the Democratic i nominee for Governor, is merrily ! criss-crossing both the state and the
J nation gathering and storing away the money and the support necI essary for the fall campaign. ft Mr. Wilder must appreciate the ■ spectacle of a GOP trying to decide j which of three self-immolated candidates it will choose to run against i him, while a united and well-fij nanced Democratic party prepares j to nominate a proven state-side vote getter without a fight. At times like this, Mr. Wilder and other Democrats can appreciate the sardonic lament of H. L. Mencken: “In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.” Warren Stambaugh, an Arlington lawyer, has been a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for years.
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