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ings and loans institutions and said that the Democratic Party was equally culpable in the fiasco.
State Del. Linda Rollins, running for reelection in the 33rd District; Joe Higgs, the GOP nominee for sheriff in Fauquier and John Cheatwood, the Republican running for Clerk of the Circuit Court in Fauquier also attended the event.
Sec. Mosbacher arrived late in the afternoon, leaving the field to the denim-shirted Sen. Warner, who swept through the crowds, smiling and shaking hands at pace. Wherever he moved, over a dozen people seemed to move in unison — literally hangers on.
“I think I came along because I like Warner,” said Gladys Oestmann, who came from Manassas, Prince William County, for the $35a-head affair. Her husband, Ron, had an equally straightforward reason for attending: “For one thing, he’s not a Democrat,” he said.
“I always vote Republican” and Sen. Warner’s “good on national defense,” said Laura Logie, from Warren County.
Not all of Warner’s guests were so partisan.
Susan Cheatham, from Prince William County, came to “see a little more of Warner,” but that was the extent of her loyalty — she’s a Democrat.
She said she would have gone to a Democratic rally, except that Sen. Warner, who was reelected last year has no Democratic opponent. “There are so few Democrats, they wouldn’t need a farm,” she said.
Ms. Cheatham suggested the senator’s strength was due to being able to live in his home state, unlike most members of the U.S. Congress. But, she said, he’d have to do “more people things” like public transport programs for the poor, to win her loyalty.
But Sen. Warner seems safe for now — even where Ms. Cheatham lives. “In Prince William, people don’t really complain. He seems to have not offended anyone,” she said.
Outside the Atoka farm, a small band of protesters held placards and played to the gallery of cars slowing down to enter the expansive property.
The protesters, who claimed affiliation with Virginia Citizens for Safe Government and the National Collegiate Coalition for Firearms, said they opposed Sen. Warner’s support for a ban on assault rifles.
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