|
Are
the Jerry Kilgore negative ads regarding the death
penalty backfiring?
Gubernatorial
candidate Tim Kaine described the ads as
''outrageous'' - particularly the parts alleging his
reluctance to perhaps execute a former Nazi leader
Adolf Hitler. Outrageous? Ooh, I don't think so.
According
to The Daily Press and other members of the
Virginia media, "The ad cites a Richmond
Times-Dispatch column that said that during an
interview with a panel of the newspaper's reporters,
Kaine 'suggested he would not favor sending even
Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin or Idi Amin to the
gallows.' "
That
was several weeks ago, Choir Boy, when you dropped
that A-bomb. The RT-D's Jeff Schapiro
executed the column in the Sunday edition without
much fanfare, but the column was the buzz of the
Internet’s faithful blog pages.
For
the past week, Jewish leaders and the Anti-
Defamation League have been condemning Kilgore for
using Holocaust metaphors with his campaign
commercials, but the RT-D column was never
mentioned as the precursor to the episode. That's a
case of selective scolding.
Schapiro
and Washington Post columnist Michael Shear
are the sycophant darlings of the blogosphere. They
are the ultimate twin brothers of different media
mothers.
Back
to the sordid story ... Ooh, so why does Thy Choir
Boy protest at this instant?
Family
members of heinous slayings, Stanley Rosenbluth and
Kelly Timbrook, provoke an emotional response to the
hot-button issue of the death penalty. The
commercials are extremely effective. There's no
doubt that liberal sycophants and Democrat media
consultants are outraged by their potential damage
to Kaine's lackluster and floundering campaign.
Even
though a recent Kaine campaign e-mail wrote,
"Today we want to share with you some very,
very good news about this campaign: A new statewide
Survey USA poll commissioned by WSLS News in Roanoke
and WUSA News in Washington shows Tim Kaine leading
Jerry Kilgore 47 percent to 45 percent."
On the other hand, most pollsters in spite of the
controversy have Kilgore favored to win the
election. Because most Virginians are conservative
based in their politics.
While
Citizen Kaine has represented heinous criminals
serving as death-row inmates, the fact remains ...
the GOP message is clear and resounding. First,
liberal Kaine supports illegal immigrants with
government-funded work centers, and then his
anti-death penalty stance is debated within the
mainstream media.
Who
cares about the ethics of the Kilgore strategy with
the hot-button issue? With the recent TV
commercials, potential swing and women voters have
been told Tim Kaine is against the death penalty.
Who
cares about crime? Mostly the women voters in the
Commonwealth, who vote early and often. And last
week, Kilgore touted his domestic-violence
legislation.
More
power of attorney to Kilgore because at the end of
the day, Virginians are not going to vote for a
Democratic governor who is soft on crime. Can you
feel the love?
--
October 31, 2005
|
