Kaine Stirs Up Abortion Issue, While Kilgore Targets Ad Use

Washington Post ^ | 10-27-05 | Michael Shears & Robert Barnes

[Aetius]

.....At the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce debate in mid-September, moderator and NBC journalist Tim Russert asked whether Kilgore would ban abortion if a new Supreme Court gave him the chance. "That's a hypothetical question," Kilgore responded, adding that he wouldn't answer a hypothetical. Russert then asked if he would sign or veto a tax increase. "I'd veto a tax increase that wasn't approved in a referendum," Kilgore said.

"That's a hypothetical question!" Russert thundered, prompting laughter from the audience.

......Both candidates also turned to rising stars in their respective parties for help. Kaine tapped Michigan Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm for the women's event and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson for a multicultural event in Annandale. Kilgore welcomed former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani for a law-and-order boost in Norfolk.

Kaine made his abortion remarks at a luncheon event featuring Granholm. About 300 women, and a handful of men, paid $100 each for the fundraiser, which Granholm dubbed "estrogen in the afternoon."

.......Later in the day, Kaine joined Richardson and the Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor and attorney general for a bilingual event at Edgar Allan Poe Middle School in Annandale, where the flags of 57 countries line the cafeteria. Speaking in Spanish, both Richardson and Kaine gave interviews to foreign-language media.

Richardson said turning out "the multiethnic component of Northern Virginia is going to be critical" on Election Day.

Some in the crowd of about 200 waved signs that said "Indians for Kaine," "Muslims for Kaine" or "Latinos for Kaine." Kaine called the crowd "the new face of Virginia."

[Aetius]

Its a troubling sign that such an obvious liberal is on the verge of winning the Governorship in supposedly-conservative Virginia. This race shouldn't even be close. A few points;

1. Kilgore should not be afraid to articulate a position on a possible post-Roe world. Why couldn't he simply say that he'd support a law that bans most abortions, but that would guarantee and exception for the life of the mother (and any other popular exception)? I'm willing to bet that such a position is the mainstream position of Virginians.

2. Granholm's presence in the state should be a liability, but apparently it isn't.

3. In a possible contradiction of what I just said; maybe its not so surprising that the race is so close if such multicultural-worship can be so proudly undertaken w/o fear of the traditional values of the state, which are apparently shrinking from political significance.

[madprof98]

Jerry Kilgore believes that you can't be anti-abortion unless you want to make abortion a crime, and I fundamentally reject that," Kaine said. "I've always opposed making it a crime -- outlawing a woman or a doctor for participating in an abortion. And you don't have to criminalize women or their doctors to be anti-abortion."

This from the latest "Catholic" candidate to come down the pike.

[sgtbono2002]

Murder is a crime. Just because Liberals are too stupid to recognise it that doesnt excuse it.

[ncountylee]

"In two years I have done more on security than has been done in the past 20 years."

Richardson claim after disk drives went to China. IMHO

[Aetius]

Richardson is just another phony moderate. He acted as though he was getting tough on illegal immigration when he declared a state of emergency on NM's southern border, but in fact had championed illegal immigration earlier by supporting a whole host of publicly-funded rewards for illegal aliens.

I can see why Kaine likes him.

[HitmanLV]

Kilgore should not be afraid to articulate a position on a possible post-Roe world. Why couldn't he simply say that he'd support a law that bans most abortions, but that would guarantee and exception for the life of the mother (and any other popular exception)?

I am afraid the political reality is that while you would probably get a majority of Virginians to agree with this premise, you probably can't get a majority to vote this way.

Americans have settled into an uncomfortable status quo they don't entirely like, but prefer to other alternatives. They don't want abortion outlawed in the first trimester.

Freepers can't seem to grasp this, and more importantly, are unwilling to explore why more people than not think this way.

[klva]

VA is still a conservative state overall, but northern VA is very liberal and the
suburbs' populations are growing by the minute.

It seems like more and more liberals from DC and MD are flocking to VA in order to disrupt the political scene (or to escape higher taxes and worse traffic). Plus there is a HUGE illegal immigrant problem here in northern VA and a large muslim population as well, which is why the multiculti speak is allowed and even praised.

You wouldn't find that kind of speech being touted by Kaine in southern or
western VA, or anywhere really, other than Fairfax County and Arlington
County.

Kaine has also been running serious attack ads here in Arlington, and I haven't seen any Kilgore ads. I'm sure that's hurting Kilgore in the polls.