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To the Editor:
Who died and made Dour Wilder king? Little dictator would probably be more accurate.
After kissing up to every faction, particularly the educated white, he suddenly turns and tries his best to divide Virginia along strict racial lines.
With not enough courage to come out in the open and actually join the Virginia Black Caucus, he slips around hinting that he can control and deliver every black vote in Virginia to any candidate who pleases him. He surely should realize by now, if he is in touch with reality, that he was elected by a fluke and those deluded, white majority voters have had many months to observe his antics.
Let us give him his desire and allow ourselves to be divided along racial lines! That would not mean that we would be rolling in the muck with him.
It is simply delivering the message that Virginians may be fooled into giving such a person a chance once but we are awake now.
He has done a favor for Mary Sue Terry that will assure her election as our next Governor by his animosity towards her.
He simply cannot understand a person like Ms. Terry, who does the job for which she was elected, is supremely capable, is dedicated to all Virginians, and therefore, has no need to grovel to him or to follow his example of getting elected by kissing up.
BETTY THOMAS
Meadows of Dan
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