Does anyone know what on earth Jerry Kilgore is quacking about now? Over at his website, Kilgore's actually making the absurd claim that Tim Kaine, who has fought against discrimination and worked for those in poor, rural areas his whole life, is now "prejudiced" against Jerry because of his rural, southwest Virginia "accent." Not that Kilgore provides any evidence that Tim Kaine is doing this to him, by the way. Where is Tim Kaine "prejudiced," Jerry? C'mon, help us out here!
The big, bad, tough, hardass, take-no-prisoners Kilgore campaign must be kidding, right? Or are they gettting a bit worried over at Kilgore headquarters? Perhaps top Kilgore advisor and infamous slime master Scott "Max Cleland is a Traitor" Howell is starting to sweat a bit, knowing that Tim Kaine is about to unleash the first TV ads of the campaign?
Or, possibly, Scott and Jerry are worried that, according to today's Richmond Times-Dispatch, "Republicans say Kilgore's early edge [in the polls] apparently is a result of higher name identification." If that's the case, the Kilgore campaign must feel that the more people get to know Tim Kaine, the more they'll like him. And this TV campaign will certainly help people get to know Tim Kaine! Uh oh.
Of course, the Kilgore Kamp may simply be worried that the more people hear Jerry talk -- not his accent, mind you, but WHAT he has to say and HOW he says it -- the less they'll like him. Is that why Kilgore keeps "ducking" from a public debate with Tim Kaine? Is Jerry Kilgore, well, "chicken?" Does something seem a bit "fishy" here? I mean, one wouldn't think that Jerry "Tough Guy" Kilgore would be afraid of a silly little duck that plays his own voice when you click on it. . (by the way, it's a clip from the Kilgore/Kaine AP debate, which most people believe Kilgore lost). What a load of bull! (ok, I'll stop...sorry about the puns)
By the way, Jerry, can you give us even ONE concrete example of any Virginia Democrats being "prejudiced" about a southwest Virginia accent? Seems to us that the only one we keep hearing this charge from is you. The bottom line is that it is YOUR campaign that is making this an issue, not Tim Kaine's.
If it makes you feel any better, RaisingKaine can guarantee you that the vast majority of Democrats don't even care that you happen to have an extremely effeminate speaking style (click on that duck, people, if you don't believe me -- wow!), as Waldo Jaquith has analyzed at great length. We're the anti-discrimination party, remember?
But, all this squawking, quacking, and whining DOES make us wonder whether or not it's your effeminate voice that makes you afraid to speak in public -- not your southwest Virginia accent as you claim. Seriously, you do appear to be protesting on this subject a bit too much, as the saying goes. Of course, all this does is make us even MORE curious as to what your real concern is here.
Perhaps your plan for this election is simply to hide out until mid-November? To do more quacking and less speaking, more ducking and less debating? Sounds to us like you need some new advisors, Jerry, because all this strategy does is make you look even weaker than you are!
Note to Republicans: You DO have an option to Jerry Kilgore. His name is George Fitch -- a real conservative who doesn't "duck" like Jerry.