out to be republican, and that of course is good for republican candidates. so look at these numbers in virginia, the last time virginia elected a governor, it was 2009. this was the electorate that turned out that year. republicans, 37%, democrats, 33. so that was the off-year election, the last time r tithe elected the governor where they had an advantage of four points, in 2012, it was a different story. it was a presidential election year, you got more people turning out. when you get more people turning out the electorate gets more democratic, the republicans were 32% that year, the democratings 39, so that was a seven-point democratic advantage in terms of just who turned out to vote in virginia. republicans look at a history like that and it is a pretty consistent history. and it is not hard to see them hoping that the electorate doesn t look like a presidential year. they want a smaller turnout and a more republican turnout.
you are going to pick out your own insurance policy. you re not going to. you have to. you have to. that s an offense. that s an offense. you have to have both these guys back. we have about 20 more questions we need to get to but i have one left. now, listen. the constitution says you have to keep your salaries. americans are mad about that. you ve got congress people in the senate. you ve got a young veteran who says she will give her salary back. people will give their salaries to charity. who are you giving your salaries away to? i m sure you won t keep them because your poor staffers are suffering. my staffers are working. without pay. no, no, my staffers are working with pay. right now. they re doing oversight on the federal government. they re continuing to work on the 800,000 federal boringers are not. noeg is for that. i m going to keep my salary and make sure i spend it and tithe and it give to it
york studios, by two members of the defense team. mark o mara and don west. congratulations to you. any knock knock jokes? not tonight. i m just kidding. i know you ve probably got a lot. are you surprised how big this all got? i am. actually, i thought it was big to begin with. i thought it was going to slow down, particularly cht evidence started coming out. you first and then me second said, look, guys, let s just wait. sit back. you don t know the evidence yet because i don t know it yet. let s wait until we have all the evidence. i thought that would tend to throw a tithe on your back. it never did. part of the way was how the prosecutors were hiding the evidence and kept it at a fever pitch. i agree. don. what do you think won the case for you. the evidence. what are the big factors? i think three things really came into play for me, the law, the
pastors at the southern baptist convention in houston. i know i have never given a dime of my tithe to my church for the tax consequences, because for christians, giving isn t about getting the government s blessing but god s. and by the way, if somebody gives money [ applause ] i mean, if somebody gives money to god solely for the tax benefits, then maybe that person ought to keep their money. they frankly need it worse than god does. you see, the empty threat that s caused many a pastor or church to water down their message confronting the culture because of fear of reprisal from the irs, that would stop. it isn t the place of any agency of the government to evaluate the content of a pastor s sermon and determine if that is acceptable to the government. even if the fair tax isn t passed immediately, why not end
i brought this issue up last week. when i spoke to the pastors at the southern baptist convention in houston. now, i know i have never given a dime of my tithe because of the tax consequences. because for christians giving isn t about the getting the governments blessing but gods [ applause ] i mean, if somebody gives money to god solely for the tax benefits, then maybe that person ought to keep their money. they frankly need it worse than god does. you see, the empty threat that caused a pastor or church to water down their message because of fear of preprizels for the irs, that would stop. it isn t the place of any agency of the government to evaluate the content of the pastor s sermon and determine if that is acceptable to the government. even if the fair tax isn t passed immediately, why not end