You know, we've been at this RaisingKaine thing for 8 months now, and we've collected a whole bunch of great material on Jerry Kilgore. I was thinking that it might be a good idea to condense all the reasons NOT to vote for Jerry Kilgore into an easy-to-read "Top 25" list. But then I thought, that's too many in one shot. So, instead, I've started listing a reason per day, counting down -- David Letterman style - to #1 in early October. Anyway, here's reason #15!
15) One of Jerry's top donors is John Gregory, founder of King Pharmaceuticals. Problem? Well, King Pharamaceuticals is a Tennessee company that is a major manufacturer of pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient used to make methamphetamine ("meth"). And guess what? As Attorney General, Kilgore opposed making Virginia's voluntary "Meth Watch" program mandatory. Kilgore also opposed Mark Warner's recent executive order restricting the amount of pseudoephedrine a person can buy in any given 30-day period. Now why would anyone need to buy 50 bottles of pseudophed at one time? And why would Kilgore oppose cracking down on this? Hmmmm.....