Today, the Hampton Roads Daily Press has strongly endorsed Tim Kaine for governor, while absolutely slamming Jerry Kilgore. Check this out...should make any conservatives out there think long and hard about casting their ballot for Jerry "the Duck."
The candidate who does not deserve to win is former Attorney General Jerry Kilgore. Two-time presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson once said that it is difficult to campaign for office without proving that you are unworthy of winning. That is Kilgore's singular achievement of this election.It's a harsh verdict, but justified by the incoherence of his campaign and the logical contradictions between what Kilgore says he is and what he proposes to do.
Kilgore, the Republican candidate, insists he's the conservative in the race, and if vigorous populist posturing fits the bill, then he's a conservative. Against traditional measures of conservatism - a commitment to fiscal integrity, suspicion of overweening state power and resistance to popular but self-defeating remedies - Kilgore is no conservative at all.
Ouch. Ouch!
In contrast, here's what the DailyPress has to say about Tim Kaine:
Kaine is a solid citizen, in our book. He has the smarts and the integrity to do Virginia proud, and in the coming days we'll focus more specifically on some of his ideas. But the starting point is that he will carry on the bipartisan progress of recent years under the Warner administration. Jerry Kilgore will undo that progress.Again, it's an easy choice. The Daily Press strongly urges the election of Tim Kaine on Nov. 8.
Nice.