Post slams Kilgore “Hitler” ad.
Today’s Washington Post slams Kilgore and his new “Hitler” ad. I’ve edited this for brevity, since y’all don’t need the back story, and bolded for emphasis:
Four weeks before Election Day, the campaign for governor in Virginia has reached a new level of nastiness. As strategists for Republican nominee Jerry W. Kilgore promised nearly a year ago, they are trying to make the death penalty…the centerpiece of the race as it enters the homestretch. But their chosen method…is loathsome.[...]
[T]he insinuation that court-appointed lawyers for death row inmates are morally remiss is off the mark. In fact, lawyers who agree to do defense work in capital cases are critical to ensuring that justice is carried out.
Nor is the comment about Hitler on target.
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[T]o use Mr. Kaine’s courtroom work as an appointee of the state Supreme Court is beyond the pale. That work should be lauded as a public service, not smeared by Mr. Kilgore.
The Post is right, of course. And every major paper in the state could editorialize similarly — and I expect that they may well do so — but Kilgore’s “Hitler” ad will be seen by a lot more people than will read those editorials. There’s no question that Tim Kaine is in the right here. But being right doesn’t win elections.
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