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If these are examples of how much George Allen cares about education then, in the satirical words of George Orwell, Ignorance is Strength.
No, it’s not George Allen who cares about education.
It's our own quiet, hardworking, dedicated and, yes sometimes boring Senator Chuck Robb who is our education champion. When he was our Governor, he was known as the Education Governor for good reason. Education was the number one priority for Chuck Robb and he put his money where his mouth was, finding $1 billion in extra money to help our schools, and he didn't raise our taxes while doing it either. And every education vote Chuck Robb has taken as Senator has shown his continuing dedication to education
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