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Wednesday, November 09, 2005

This year we've reset our clocks to the 21st century

So the Dems took the governor's house in Virginia. It's hard to get too excited about this, but it’s nice to know that the voters have moved past the point of falling for hysterical, Willie Horten-esque ads about how Kaine will set criminals loose on the street. OK, that may be an exaggeration, but the death penalty ads that the Kilgore campaign had been running were pretty bad.

Another of Kilgore’s ads drove me nuts. “Tim Kaine, too liberal on taxes. Too Liberal to be Governor,” or something like that. The way this word has been demonized pisses me off. Same deal with conservative. It’s a way of sneaking a message to the extreme wings of the parties into the main stream media without having to take direct responsibility for the sentiment. It’s not the message that gets me hot (although I don’t like being called a coward). It’s the way the parties try to distance themselves from what they really mean when they use one of these terms. Going forward, if we can agree to the following definitions, I think I can accept the way these terms get bandied about.

Liberal = Fag-loving, pot-smoking, wellfare-supported, cowardly, hippie.

Conservative = Racist, ignorant, racist, ignoramus.

Libertarian = Anti-social.

Green = Delusional.

Are we all on the same page? Sweet. Now that the election is over, I can go back to enjoying the Eastern Motors ads.

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Blogger Jinxy said...

It's hard for the Democrats to take the Governor's mansion when it's already occupied by one.

11:25 AM  
Blogger DC Viking said...

Held may have been a better word, but since Warner was term limited, I thought of it as an open race. Kaine did his best to portray himself as an extension of the Warner administration , though. Looks like it may have worked.

11:32 AM  

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