Progress: Kilgore accent claims are “hogwash.”

On 11 May 2005 with 2 comments

The conservative Charlottesville Daily Progress will be running this editorial in Thursday’s paper, and it includes this bit:

The Kilgore camp claimed that Mr. Kaine is holding the Republican former attorney general’s accent up to ridicule and is also thereby somehow demeaning the accents of many rural Virginia residents.

Hogwash. Mr. Kaine has never said any such thing, although he continues to chide Mr. Kilgore for ducking opportunities and invitations for honest debate.

Mr. Kilgore can put “Accent-gate” to bed by agreeing to a series of six or more debates across Virginia.

Hogwash, indeed.

Kilgore has failed to answer the only question that Tim Kaine has raised along these lines so far: Why won’t Jerry Kilgore speak for himself?

If the Daily Progress is turning on Kilgore, that’s not a good sign for the campaign. See my November 1 2004 piece on Media General’s endorsements to understand why this is noteworthy.

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