ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, December 2, 1995 TAG: 9512050039
SECTION: EDITORIAL PAGE: A-9 EDITION: METRO
RETIRING state Republican Chairman Pat McSweeney blames Gov. George Allen's "scorched-earth approach to state government" for alienating segments of the GOP coalition. McSweeney also opposes the prospective bid by Allen ally Michael Thomas to be elected McSweeney's successor in the GOP post.
How much does he oppose it? McSweeney reported to the Richmond Times-Dispatch that he had told Thomas, "I would first cut his heart out with a rusty can top" before allowing Allen to take over the party.
Question 1: Does it take a scorched-earth approach to know one?
Question 2: Does the pre-op protocol for such heart-removal surgery involve shoving the patient's soft teeth down his whiny throat?
Question 3: What the heck is going on in the leadership of Virginia's Republican Party?
DID YOU catch the amazing photos this week of "super Jupiter"? It's a planet. It's a star. No, it's "super planet" - orbiting a nearby star only 19 light years from Earth.
Actually, the thing is called a brown dwarf, a mysterious class of objects somewhere between the size and makeup of planets and stars. Astronomers are excited to see an example of a brown dwarf. We're excited by the visual evidence that other planetary systems like ours exist in the universe.
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