A supporter of George Allen comments by email on how the Wash Post views Virginia, Allen, and Webb:

(1) On the same day the Washington Post endorsed (natch) Jim Webb, they ran an article trashing the rest of Virginia. (RoVa = Rest of Virginia) “In NoVa, a lab is the family dog. In RoVa, a lab is the family meth business.” (2) Meanwhile, look at what Jim Webb said in the Post: “Towel-heads and rednecks — of which I am one. If you write that word, please say that. I mean, I don’t use that pejoratively, I use it defensively. Towel-heads and rednecks became the easy villains in so many movies out there.” Whatever Webb may be, he is not a “towel-head”. Is there ANY doubt that, had Allen said “towel-heads”, the Washington Post would talk about it every day? But it’s Jim Webb, so they think it’s charming.