Comments on: Kilgore on Richmond’s school system. http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2005/07/kilgore-education-audio/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:56:51 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Waldo Jaquith http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2005/07/kilgore-education-audio/#comment-1755 Waldo Jaquith Fri, 22 Jul 2005 20:09:23 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2005/07/kilgore-education-audio/#comment-1755 Thanks, Josh, I didn't mean to put words in his mouth -- I was just coming up with a hypothetical bit of hyperbole that would fit the bill. Thanks, Josh, I didn’t mean to put words in his mouth — I was just coming up with a hypothetical bit of hyperbole that would fit the bill.

]]> By: Josh Chernila http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2005/07/kilgore-education-audio/#comment-1754 Josh Chernila Fri, 22 Jul 2005 20:06:57 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2005/07/kilgore-education-audio/#comment-1754 I think he said that Richmond schools were the second worst performing schools in the enitre STATE. Regardless, it's a completely weak argument. I mean, Kaine and Warner presid over the best managed state in the Nation, with the second best jobs performance and one of the best economic turnaround stories in history. Kilgore's point is old, tired, worn and weak. He sounds catty, but I think that's because he's a nothing of a candidate being fed hate by a carpetbagger campaign manager. I think he said that Richmond schools were the second worst performing schools in the enitre STATE.

Regardless, it’s a completely weak argument. I mean, Kaine and Warner presid over the best managed state in the Nation, with the second best jobs performance and one of the best economic turnaround stories in history.

Kilgore’s point is old, tired, worn and weak.

He sounds catty, but I think that’s because he’s a nothing of a candidate being fed hate by a carpetbagger campaign manager.

]]> By: Waldo Jaquith http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2005/07/kilgore-education-audio/#comment-1753 Waldo Jaquith Fri, 22 Jul 2005 19:08:35 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2005/07/kilgore-education-audio/#comment-1753 There's a difference between hyperbole (ie, "Richmond schools perform terribly") and a lie (ie, "Richmond has the second-worst-performing school in the nation"). Hyperbole happens. That's cool. But Kilgore told a lie, and it told it a good four times, in great detail each time. That's not cool. There’s a difference between hyperbole (ie, “Richmond schools perform terribly”) and a lie (ie, “Richmond has the second-worst-performing school in the nation”).

Hyperbole happens. That’s cool. But Kilgore told a lie, and it told it a good four times, in great detail each time. That’s not cool.

]]> By: Norman http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2005/07/kilgore-education-audio/#comment-1752 Norman Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:56:40 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2005/07/kilgore-education-audio/#comment-1752 Hyperbole? Of course. Even so, not everything is rosy in River City. <a href="http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename= RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031783948410">Here</a>, we read about Wilder's latest outburst regarding the RPS. It's better today than it once was (better than, say, during the Kaine years?), but the system still has a ways to go before it becomes "average." Hyperbole? Of course. Even so, not everything is rosy in River City. Here,
we read about Wilder’s latest outburst regarding the RPS.
It’s better today than it once was (better than, say, during the Kaine
years?), but the system still has a ways to go before it becomes
“average.”

]]> By: paul http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2005/07/kilgore-education-audio/#comment-1749 paul Fri, 22 Jul 2005 17:09:25 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2005/07/kilgore-education-audio/#comment-1749 Yeah when I listen to that, Kilgore does come across as catty. Yeah when I listen to that, Kilgore does come across as catty.

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