Bob Gibson's article in today's Charlottesville Daily Progress, entitled "Kilgore shy of debating opponents," reminded your ever-snarky RaisingKaine writers of the famous Pointers Sisters song, "He's So Shy." For those of you who have forgotten, here are the lyrics, as if sung by Jerry Kilgore:
When I first saw Tim standin' there
I longed to speak but did not dare
Heard Scott Howell whisper to me
"You'd better move in carefully"
And then Scott said I didn't sound so great
Told me I'd better not debate
That's when I knew
Scott Howell was chicken too
Afraid big bad Tim Kaine would say:
"He's so shy,
He's so shy,
Scared Jerry Boy, tears are in his eyes
He's so shy, he's so shy
And I just know that he's terrified
Oh, yes, he is!"
Now I'm sweating day and night
Runnin' for gov'nur isn't going right
So far this race hasn't been too pretty
Should I just hole up in Gate City?
Tim Kaine keeps asking to debate me
I just hope Scott Howell will save me
Each time I think of that mean ol' Kaine
His words never stop causing me pain:
"He's so shy, so shy
Scared little boy, tears in his eyes
He's so shy, he's so shy
And I just know that he's terrified
Oh, yes, he is!"
"He's so shy, yeah he's always hiding
He's so shy, though he's keeps denying
That scared little boy who's just terrified"
"He's so shy, I just hope his party picks him
He's so shy, he's collected several million
And he's raising several million more
Oh, yes, he is!"
"He's so shy, yeah I know he's a big baby
He's so shy, and it's drivin' Howell crazy
Scared little boy, tears are in his eyes
He's so shy, it took a while to find him
He's so shy, I'll continue to remind him
I'd debate him 'till the day I die, but...
He's so shy, He's so shy"