This story has absolutely nothing to do with Tim Kaine vs. Jerry Kilgore. Or does it? On second thought, the Virginia gubernatorial race actually may share a few creepy similarities with the gruesome, gory encounter in which a "13-foot Burmese python recently burst after it apparently tried to swallow a live, six-foot alligator whole." For instance, just like Jerry Kilgore's nasty, disintegrating candidacy for governor, the bursting python picture is gruesome and gory to look at. Also, perhaps Jerry Kilgore and Scott Howell would argue that the Burmese python in this picture was a "foreign import," non-native to the United States. so it got what it deserved! Hmmm....Luckily, according to a Florida Everglades wildlife biologist, the Burmese pythons are not "an imminent threat, a "'Be afraid, be very afraid' situation."' Well, isn't that comforting? But what about right here in Virginia? Sure, we don't have any marauding Burmese pythons -- at least that we know of. On the other hand, and this may actually be even worse, we've got Jerry Kilgore to contend with! I don't know about you, but this constitutes an "imminent threat" in my book, not to mention a "be afraid, be very afraid" situation.
The question is, who's the alligator, Russ Potts or Tim Kaine? Or will the Republican python just self-destruct, as it appears well on the way to doing over the Harriet Miers nomination? Time will tell...but it could get pretty darn messy before it's all over!