For a couple of months, I’ve been following the Virginia media’s unwillingness to address the voice of likely Republican candidate for governor, attorney general Jerry Kilgore. It’s a minor thing, and one can hardly expect a whole article to be written about it, but when the Washington Post did a whole article about each candidate’s …
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Daily Kos’d.
I made the front page of Daily Kos. (That’s my uncredited “lengthy and illuminative comment.”) So begins the national discussion of Virginia Democrats and the ’05 race.
Paging Dr. Bob Marshall.
If there’s one thing that batshit-crazy Delegate Bob Marshall can always be counted on for, it’s to make shit up. From the AP: Marshall will also push legislation that would hold colleges that distribute the morning after pill liable for any health complications the woman taking it might encounter. “You give a woman a month’s …
Divided VA Republicans begin civil war.
The first blows have been struck in what may be a years-long civil war between the sane and insane factions of the Virginia Republican Party: A leader of Republican lawmakers who broke with the party to support tax increases this year has been yanked off a prestigious legislative committee. Del. L. Preston Bryant Jr., R-Lynchburg, …
Ed Lynch continues to have a column.
Roanoke Times columnist Ed Lynch redefines “conception”: [Virginia Senator John Edwards] co-patroned a bill last year, continued to 2005, to stipulate that contraception may not be considered abortion. In most cases, the two processes are indeed different, but the bill (SB456) to which Edwards puts his name includes as contraception a process, devise or method …
Internet retail tax: fine idea, tough to implement.
I’ve long been opposed to a retail tax on purchases made on-line. It’s not that I don’t think it makes good fiscal sense — it does. In the early days of e-tailing — the late 90s through perhaps 2001 — retail tax might have killed things, because of the cost of shipping. It was thought …
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Pilot, Times pile on Kilgore.
Jerry Kilgore: the candidate for governor who just can’t catch a break. First the Washington Post slammed him for the second time in two weeks, yet again on his position on the death penalty, and today, the Virginian Pilot does the same: As Virginia’s top elected law enforcement official, Kilgore should be interested in more …
Poor Jerry Kilgore.
I’ve got to admit it: I feel bad for Virginia Attorney General Jerry Kilgore. The guy can’t seem to catch a break in the governor’s race, particularly from the Washington Post. Eleven days ago, the Post spanked the Republican for his ludicrous statements regarding the work of his opponent, Tim Kaine, in representing defendants in …
Trial lawyers and Democrats.
Today’s Richmond Times-Dispatch has a ridiculous editorial on the matter of trial lawyers and Democrats. The brief piece concludes that “the trial lawyer/Democratic marriage [is] perhaps heading to splitsville.” Wow — that would be a huge blow, both to Democrats and to the legal system. On what grounds have they come to the conclusion that …
Daily Press: Miller victory “a harbinger.”
In today’s Hampton Roads Daily Press editorial, they agree with my assertion that Paula Miller’s victory in Tuesday’s special election is a sign of things to come. The two points that they make — and they’re both very good — are: Her Republican opponent promised, like President Bush and Gov. Jim Gilmore before him, to …
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