I'll go to Wendy's blog and see what's up.
 

From the Wash Post:

Kilgore is perfectly capable of cooking up a plate to satisfy the Republican red-meat eaters: state-sanctioned prayer, lower taxes, more executions. But when he emerges from the kitchen for a personal appearance, the effect dissipates. Think of a Tennessee version of Mr. Rogers.

ha,ha,ha,ha!

Virginia Republicans generally have leaned toward exuberant militants such as now Sen. George Allen and former governor James S. Gilmore. They like the unambiguous point of view, the swagger, the readiness to mix it up and dish it out. In Kilgore, they get more diffidence than defiance. Kilgore is game, but someone must hand him the right script.

Kilgore and Kaine have twice appeared together in Richmond before an annual gathering of Associated Press editors and reporters. In both instances, Kaine was the cagey aggressor and Kilgore the befuddled victim.
 

Ray B said yadda yadda yadda

Nice try, Ray. But, no dice.

First of all, an ultra-liberal rag like the Washington Post can be expected to trash a conservative like Kilgore. It'll do nothing to affect his base. Meanwhile, what's really surprising is that even the Post can't bring itself to praise Kaine. The post says that Kilgore is "running on empty..." but Post columnist Marc Fisher says the same thing about Kaine.

Looking beyond the Post, what do we find?

Let's start off with some philosophical balance from The Washington Times,: Mr. Kilgore's opponent, Democratic Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine, apparently thinks violating the law is acceptable if local authorities are doing it and illegal aliens are the beneficiaries.

How about an example of Kaine's sloppy evasiveness? Also from The Times: In February 2004, Mr. Kaine supported a Senate proposal to increase the gas tax, but that proposal was rejected by the legislature. The $1.38 billion tax increase package later approved did not raise the tax. "Tim Kaine knows full well that a focus on gas prices goes along with a focus on his record of supporting higher gas taxes," Mr. Martin said... Mr. Kaine responded: "This isn't the time to talk about the gas tax."

Kaine and Kilgore were both at the Covington Labor Day Parade. Monday in Covington, Kaine's people were out placing "Kaine for Governor" signs everywhere they could stick one. It really looked like litter. Here's a picture I took to show the mess. I noticed fewer than ten Kilgore signs in the whole town, however. Here's why: "Instead of putting all our money into signs, only to see them wasted, only to see them thrown away, our campaign has decided to take up collections and send financial help to those in need," Kilgore said. What a difference... one guy weighs the options and sends his money where it's needed, the other guy trashes Covington with hundreds of blue signs.

Among the signs scattered all over Covington were quite a few "Sportsman For Kaine" signs... not that it's likely that the signs really fooled anyone: Cultural compatibility is also important, particularly when it comes to issues such as gun control... That's an area where Kaine could be vulnerable and Kilgore may have an edge. Opponents cite Kaine's support as Richmond's mayor for using city money to charter eight buses to carry participants to the antigun Million Mom March in Washington.

Kaine claims to be opposed to both the death penalty and abortion, and if so, I agree with him on those issues. However, Kaine's statements on the matters have been so contrived and contradictory that it's hard to see him as anything other than a greasy politician. One minute he says "I think life is sacred. My religion teaches me that. I'm not apologizing for my religious beliefs to anybody." The next minute he says "What's the central tenet of my faith? The central tenet of my faith does not deal with abortion, it deals with Jesus Christ being my savior."

Even his desperate debate with Russ Potts is obvious and pitiful... he hopes to divide the conservative vote that he knows he can't surmount.

Kaine is campaigning in Mark Warner's coat pocket because he knows that the only hope he has of election is to coast in on the governor's popularity. Virginian's aren't that stupid. I doubt you'll have much to laugh about on Election Day, Ray.

I'll let you have the last word, I've seen how you behave at other blogs, and I've learned that doing so is the only way to deal with you.
 

"I'll let you have the last word, I've seen how you behave at other blogs, and I've learned that doing so is the only way to deal with you."

[There's only ONE other blog you've seen me post and I rarely get the last word there... but since you want to give me the last word this time...]


Last word.