Posted on 10/10/2005 6:08:21 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands
Weekly wrapup of Virginia Campaign News. Post 'em if you've got 'em...
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Virginia Campaign News - October, 3 2005 - Thread XXIV - 36 days and counting...
From the RTD:
Kaine,Kilgore square off in final planned match
by Tyler Whitley
Before a statewide audience, Republican gubernatorial candidate Jerry W. Kilgore and Democrat Timothy M. Kaine clashed over taxes, the death penalty and abortion last night.
Quotes from the Kaine and Kilgore debate
A few students put civics first
They watch debate, not sports; Northern Va. gets no live telecast
by Kiran Krishamurthy and Paul Bradley
FREDERICKSBURG -- Timothy M. Kaine and Jerry W. Kilgore both may have lost last night's debate to an extra-innings Atlanta Braves game and a longer-than-expected Washington Redskins outing.
Potts has his say after debate ends
Candidate answers questions for WTVR; broadcast plans not set
by Pamela Stallsmith
H. Russell Potts Jr. virtually joined the debate, but the question is when the public will see it.
From the RTD:
Debate draws strong ratings
In new ad a day later, Democrat is critical of rival's 'sugar daddy'
by Jeffy Schapiro and Tyler Whitley
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Timothy M. Kaine went on the attack yesterday, accusing Jerry W. Kilgore in a new television commercial of protecting a drug industry "sugar daddy" who has given the Republican nearly $400,000.
Acting House GOP leader tied to Va.
Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., the acting House majority leader, has family ties to Virginia.
Will GOP shakeup in House affect tobacco?
by Peter Hardin
WASHINGTON A year ago, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay played a key role when House negotiators killed a Senate plan for sweeping new federal regulation of the tobacco industry.
Of platitudes and pledges: Kilgore-Kaine debate
by Ray McAllister
Sunday night's gubernatorial debate could have been in a frat house.
Marrs, Waddell debate hot issues
Marrs criticized as inaccessible; Waddell pushes road projects
by Jeffy Schapiro
Del. Bradley P. Marrs, R-Chesterfield, and independent challenger Katherine B. Waddell clashed quietly last night over many of the hot-button issues - from gay rights to the tax-fattened budget - that marked their noisy summer spat.
Allen stumps for McDonnell
Senator: Democratic rival is a liberal who 'coddled' criminals
by Rex Bowman
ROANOKE -- U.S. Sen. George Allen, R-Va., waded into the race for state attorney general yesterday, stumping with Republican nominee Robert F. McDonnell.
No Buzz
Editorial
Doug Wilder ran to make history. George Allen stressed two issues -- welfare reform and the abolition of parole. Jim Gilmore campaigned to end the car tax. Mark Warner emphasized businesslike competence. During the past four gubernatorial elections, the victorious candidates -- Republican and Democrat alike -- seldom strayed from their messages.
If you haven't seen the new Kilgore ads (http://jerrykilgore.com/contents/media/videos/ads/ ) you ought to check them out. They are the top two.
Can anyone tell me about this proposed 47% increase in proffer tax? I have never heard of a "proffer tax" before.
I also want to ask Kilgore why he has not stated that he'll repeal the Warner tax hikes. (if I get that far! LOL)
By the way, did you hear Rush this afternoon commenting on Geo. Allen? Rush was ruminating on who might lead the GOP out from the doldrums it has found itself in and that the one guy out there who made him feel confident after hearing him speak was George Allen.
If it's Tuesday, the ads must be nastier...
Yeah, I heard Rush's comments.
Of course, I'm a little biased.
I don't watch that much TV, so I still have a tendency to only get angry at the Kaine ads. ;-)
But it's only going to get worse in the next few weeks.
I just got this...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 11, 2005
Contact: Lee Roupas
Phone: (804) 780-0111
Internet: www.vagop.com
STATEMENT OF RPV CHAIRMAN KATE OBENSHAIN GRIFFIN
Regarding Tim Kaine's New Attack Ads
RICHMONDRepublican Party of Virginia Chairman Kate Obenshain Griffin issued the following statement today regarding Tim Kaine's new attack ads:
"Immediately following a pledge on live television to run a majority of positive television ads, Tim Kaine launched two new negative attack ads on Jerry Kilgore. While Tim Kaine had his fingers crossed behind his back at the debate, Virginians took him at his word. This is just one more deception in a Kaine campaign filled with deceit. These new attack ads are part of a continued act of desperation by the Kaine campaign."
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Kaine Launches Two New Negative Ads. "Less than a day after taking a televised pledge to ration campaign ads hostile to Republican Jerry Kilgore to no more than half his television commercials, Democrat Tim Kaine launched two new attacks on Kilgore Monday." (Bob Lewis, "Kaine airs two new attacks on Kilgore, day after pledge," Associated Press, 10/11/05)
Kaine Takes Pledge To Be Positive, But Goes Negative Immediately Following the Debate. "Kaine promised that at least 50 percent of his ads during the next month will be positive, though in Richmond one of his negative ads ran immediately after the debate;" (Michael D. Shear and Chris L. Jenkins, "In Last Face-Off, Candidates Drive Home Familiar Points," Washington Post, 10/10/05)
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I know your mama taught you not to fib. You're a lot biased! LOL
But it's only going to get worse in the next few weeks.
What can we expect? He is a professional politician.
Corin is a
I tend to have the TV on a lot for backgrund noise but generally when it is on it's tuned to FNC - so I have only seen a couple of Kilgore ads and I think have only been when hubby has had a ball game on or I'm at the Moose Lodge and they have a Norfolk station on :)
Living in the boonies has it's advantages - I have not seen a single Kaine ad :)
Kilgore v. Kaine getting attention at the American Spectator Blogger
I'm stuck in Newport News.
Heck, Newport News, Norfolk, Hampton Roads - that is what the satellite companies consider local for us. I get more info about Accomack county from Maryland TV and radio than I do from your area :) But I'm used to that - living in Delaware I relied on Salisbury, MD or Philadelphia TV for local news.
As I said, living in the boonies has it's advantages :) OTOH, it has its disadvantages, such as having your voice heard in the Capitol - but I had that same problem when I lived in a state capitol, so I'm used to that as well.
Non-partisan voter guides can be distributed inside churches as far as the IRS is concerned (See IRS.gov, and scroll through to political campaign activity). Of course, permission should be obtained from your church leadership. Non-partisan voter guides may be obtained from The Family Foundation Action and the Virginia Society for Human Life.
Family Foundation: Contact Steve Waters, 804-343-0010, or email him at steve@familyfoundation.org. Give him the quantity of voter guides you need and they will mail them to you for distribution.VSHL: Go to the Virginia Society for Human Life website, www.vshl.org, click on Pro-life Comparison of Statewide Candidates, and print a copy. Reproduce and distribute as widely as possible.
The most effective method for distributing voter guides is to place them in church bulletins the Sunday before the election. Passing out at the door is next best followed by placing on a table in a church foyer.
The campaign has had no role in the production of the voter guides of these organizations. We did respond to surveys they sent to Jerry asking for his positions on a series of issues of interest to conservative voters. The distribution of the nonpartisan voter guide is an action you may undertake as an individual citizen.
Candidates Intent on Wooing Fairfax
With Va.'s Largest Bloc of Votes at Stake, Kilgore and Kaine to Intensify Efforts in County
By Lisa Rein and Timothy Dwyer
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, October 11, 2005; Page B05
Virginia's two leading candidates for governor campaigned in Fairfax County yesterday and said they plan to devote more resources and time to capturing the state's largest bloc of voters.
Democrat Timothy M. Kaine rallied a crowd of more than 200 students at George Mason University, while Republican Jerry W. Kilgore stood beside business leaders in Tysons Corner to highlight his endorsement last week by the political arm of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/10/AR2005101001520.html
Kilgore vows to thwart illegals
By Christina Bellantoni and Keyonna Summers
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
October 11, 2005
Jerry W. Kilgore said yesterday that he would use state troopers to enforce laws against illegal aliens in Arlington County or any other locality that fails to do so, if he is elected governor.
"I'll have the state police in there if there's a big problem in Arlington," the Republican gubernatorial nominee said during a meeting yesterday with editors and reporters at The Washington Times.
Mr. Kilgore also said he would veto any tax increase passed by the Republican-controlled General Assembly.
"They know I'll veto that bill," he said. "That's why it won't come if I'm elected governor. There won't be a tax-increase bill that makes it through either house."
Continue: http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20051011-121536-4683r.htm
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