Recently I posted a piece on Jerry Kilgore's irresponsibile plans for the commonwealth, his failure to set direction, his lack of executive experience, and his general failing as a civic figure. My assertion: Mr. Kilgore is a deadbeat.
Yesterday, Mr. Kilgore reinforced my characterization of him as a deadbeat.
He came out with a broad, general attack on Tim Kaine's record as Mayor of Richmond. There are smarter guys here who will do a better job researching the mischaracterizations that Mr. Kilgore is putting out. Suffice to say, if Mr. Kaine had been in charge of the Bosnian war, in which not a single American was killed, Mr. Kilgore would have accused him of "throwing money" at the problem.
My point is, Mr. Kilgore has no place charging Mr. Kaine with anything. Kilgore has no record to comapare.
Kilgore's years in office as Mayor: 0
Kilgore's years on city council: 0
Kilgore's years of executive experience: 0
The Kaine Campaign had this to say: "Jerry Kilgore's credibility has hit an all-time low". I agree.
Teddy Roosevelt had this to say:
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."President Theodore Roosevelt
"Citizenship in a Republic,"
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910
Again, I agree. Yesterday Jerry Kilgore showed his "cold and timid soul". Mr. Kilgore can claim no leadership qualification, because he has never shown leadership. He's not a doer of deeds, he's just a critic.
Mr. Kilgore has no executive experience, he offers no leadership. His candidacy is a vacuum, shortchanging all of us. From Mr. Kilgore we get nothing but attacks and fear-campaigns. Mr. Kilgore's campaign cheats Virginia of a substantive opportunity to make an informed choice.
I would suggest to Mr. Kilgore that he "put up or shut up."
What a deadbeat!