Tim Kaine will "WIN" folks, because he's sharp, and he's experienced, and honest, and Kilgore, is just the opposite!

Speak up and Speak out for KAINE, and throw the republicans OUT....their disasterous record folks speaks for itself, and it's a record I'd runaway from, and not on!

Sincerely, Tom Birchfield, Voter, Vet USAF,
Senior, East Tennessee State University

While I appreciate the Allen camp's attempt to hold up their pretty boy Kilgore, Secretary of Public Safety has nothing to do with education funding. He was part of the bureaucracy, not involved in executive decisions. As lieutenant governor, Kaine worked with Warner and supported him in his efforts to get more funding for Virginia schools. Kilgore opposed it. I think that's all that needs to be said there.

Jerry, Jerry, Jerry ... The leadership style you presenting is one of a confused chameleon. One week you're hateful and mean, the next you're slithering around trying to show voters "the softer side of Jerry Kilgore."

What's it gonna be, Jerry? You're confusing people. Is this the way you make decisions as Governor? A an emotional free-for-all? Referendums for one and all? one size fits all? Decisions NOT 'R Us?

After the lies that have been exposed in your other campaign spots, how is anybody to believe anything you are saying now?

You keep binging around trying to draw Kaine into some metaphorical knife fight ...Instead of the "Crips" and the "Bloods," we got the "DamnDems" and the "Repugs."

Face it, in this race you are coming off like a sweaty hyped up adolescent and Kaine is the solid and strong grown-up who just isn't gonna let anything you say or do rattle him.

Kaine knows who he is. His responses to your death penalty ads have shown Virginia voters that he has both the charisma and the control to lead. Your attacks and counter-attacks have shown the exact opposite about you.

ON NOVEMBER 8, the voters of Virginia will choose Kaine: "A Man in Full."

I find it hilarious that the pro-Kaine crowd keeps saying that he led with Governor Warner. Lt. Governor is nothing more than a part-time, cermonial post.

When checking around Richmond, it's obvious that Lt. Governors have little or no power.

Very few members of the General Assembly have ever even spoken at length with Kaine, and few actually a favorable opinion of him..

Regardless of what you might hear, Warner accomplished all that he accomplished without any assistance from Tim Kaine.

Rob, I was at the General Assembly. I saw what I saw and I find it just one more lie in the long string of lies that have been uttered that you and the pro-Kilgore folks keep trying to spread.

Do you really think that anybody is buying your lies anymore?

Kaine is a solid, strong leader. How about you release Kilgore's sworn deposition in the eavesdropping case? What are you hiding? Why did you and your client think it was appropriate to attempt to recover from your INSURANCE company for fines and legal fees incurred through criminal activity?

Here's the answer to your question, Soccer Mom. As if you didn't already know why Kilgore tells the lies and tries to scame insurance companies.

Check it out. http://www.therealjerrykilgore.com/

Click on "Meth" -- YM2

Regardless of how much Kaine contributed to Warner's success, he is the only one who has consistently supported and vowed to continue it. Kilgore can't stand the fact that a Democrat was able to find new revenue for the state in a balanced way that moved our commonwealth forward while removing thousands from the tax rolls. These are the commonsense solutions that Republicans, blinded by their anti-tax ideology, can't seem to find.

I am so glad George Allen has come to rescue Jerry Kilgore and that both appear ready to "brag" on Kilgore's tenure as Allen's Secretary of Public Safety.

Perhaps, they might be able to answer a few questions concerning the administration of the juvenile justice system in Virginia and about WHY the U.S. Justice Department was called in to investigate.

Those with good memories, will recall that overcrowding and abuse in the state's juvenile detention centers could qualify Virginia for a "Shame of the Nation" award.

Under Kilgore's tenure as Director of Public Safety, there were not just simply ALLEGATIONS of child abuse, but CONFIRMED CASES of children being beaten into unconsciousness by guards.

This all came to light in May of 1996, when the Justice Department, after tipped off to routine abuse of children, launched an investigation.

Allen, having been elected on a "tough on crime" ticket, established harsh new standards for juvenile offenders, putting them in prison for lesser offenses and keeping them in longer. Kilgore was eager to please and more than ready to lock'em up and throw away the keys.

Overcrowding inevitably got worse, abuse became more common, and the whole system quickly ceased to rehabilitate children, and instead turned them into hardened criminals.

This was a stark contrast to just a decade previously, when Virginia's juvenile-justice system was considered the model for the nation and the envy of leaders of states across the country. Allen and his Secretary of Public Safety, in an effort to prove themselves to be "tough guys," turned that whole system on its head and managed to destroy everything good about the system, making it worse than useless.

Despite the obviousness of the abuse -- the reaction from the Allen administration and Jerry Kilgore was shocking.

Rather than admit fault, express even an iota of shame at the federal government's need to get involved, they became very defensive. Get this. Kilgore CLAIMED the whole probe was purely political, and attempted to BLAME it on President Clinton, saying that Clinton was making up stuff (hmmmmm, sound familiar?) to detract from Allen's juvenile justice overhaul.

As the Virginian-Pilot wrote in an editorial at the time (May 23, 1996):

Much as Virginia would like to handle its own problems, officials should listen carefully to what the Justice Department has to say. This probe should not disintegrate into a federal/state standoff, but should be taken as a chance to assess what's wrong and move forward.

Lives may be at stake, literally - those of errant juveniles, of the men and women who guard them and of a public that sooner or later will have most of these young people back in its its midst.

Is blaming someone else for a problem considered... "LEADERSHIP"? Is claiming ignorance of a problem... "LEADERSHIP"? Is the ability to tell BIGGER AND BIGGER lies to protect your boss... "LEADERSHIP"?

How many of the juvenile offenders who were warehoused and subjected to abuse in the Allen/Kilgore administration are now adult offenders contributing to increased crime across the state? Are these chickens coming home to roost?

Just wondering when Mr. Kilgore will stop whining and blaming other people for his troubles and stand up as a man, "a man in full," and take some responsibility?

I am so glad George Allen has come to rescue Jerry Kilgore and that both appear ready to "brag" on Kilgore's tenure as Allen's Secretary of Public Safety.

Perhaps, they might be able to answer a few questions concerning the administration of the juvenile justice system in Virginia and about WHY the U.S. Justice Department was called in to investigate.

Those with good memories, will recall that overcrowding and abuse in the state's juvenile detention centers could qualify Virginia for a "Shame of the Nation" award.

Under Kilgore's tenure as Director of Public Safety, there were not just simply ALLEGATIONS of child abuse, but CONFIRMED CASES of children being beaten into unconsciousness by guards.

This all came to light in May of 1996, when the Justice Department, after tipped off to routine abuse of children, launched an investigation.

Allen, having been elected on a "tough on crime" ticket, established harsh new standards for juvenile offenders, putting them in prison for lesser offenses and keeping them in longer. Kilgore was eager to please and more than ready to lock'em up and throw away the keys.

Overcrowding inevitably got worse, abuse became more common, and the whole system quickly ceased to rehabilitate children, and instead turned them into hardened criminals.

This was a stark contrast to just a decade previously, when Virginia's juvenile-justice system was considered the model for the nation and the envy of leaders of states across the country. Allen and his Secretary of Public Safety, in an effort to prove themselves to be "tough guys," turned that whole system on its head and managed to destroy everything good about the system, making it worse than useless.

Despite the obviousness of the abuse -- the reaction from the Allen administration and Jerry Kilgore was shocking.

Rather than admit fault, express even an iota of shame at the federal government's need to get involved, they became very defensive. Get this. Kilgore CLAIMED the whole probe was purely political, and attempted to BLAME it on President Clinton, saying that Clinton was making up stuff (hmmmmm, sound familiar?) to detract from Allen's juvenile justice overhaul.

As the Virginian-Pilot wrote in an editorial at the time (May 23, 1996):

Much as Virginia would like to handle its own problems, officials should listen carefully to what the Justice Department has to say. This probe should not disintegrate into a federal/state standoff, but should be taken as a chance to assess what's wrong and move forward.

Lives may be at stake, literally - those of errant juveniles, of the men and women who guard them and of a public that sooner or later will have most of these young people back in its its midst.

Is blaming someone else for a problem considered... "LEADERSHIP"? Is claiming ignorance of a problem... "LEADERSHIP"? Is the ability to tell BIGGER AND BIGGER lies to protect your boss... "LEADERSHIP"?

How many of the juvenile offenders who were warehoused and subjected to abuse in the Allen/Kilgore administration are now adult offenders contributing to increased crime across the state? Are these chickens coming home to roost?

Just wondering when Mr. Kilgore will stop whining and blaming other people for his troubles and stand up as a man, "a man in full," and take some responsibility?

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