Kaine: Special Session Was Like "Seinfeld"

Gov. Tim Kaine compared the General Assembly's unproductive special session to a television sitcom Thursday, but he wasn't laughing about a debacle that left Virginia without a fix for its transportation funding woes.

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Kaine and his Democratic legislative allies pinned the blame for the transportation stalemate on Republican leaders in the House of Delegates, who steadfastly opposed statewide tax increases and attacked plans offered by the governor and Democrats in the Senate.

"I don't think I've ever seen a group of people work so hard to do nothing," Kaine said during a press conference Thursday afternoon.

"It was like a 'Seinfeld' episode; I mean a show about nothing," the governor said. "In the House, it was a road session about nothing."

Staying with the Seinfeld theme for a moment, it would appear that Gov. Kaine is attempting to play the role of Jerry Seinfeld himself, the "'voice of reason' amid all the insanity generated by the people in his world."  Now, who would the description of George Costanza apply to?

...cheap, dishonest, petty and often jealous of others' achievements. He is often portrayed as a loser who is insecure about his capabilities. He often complains and lies about his profession, relationship, and almost everything else, which usually creates trouble for him later.

All I can say is, so many choices among House Republicans, so little time. Ha.  Any nominees among those clowns for the role of George?

We're also taking nominees here at RK for the role of Elaine Benes ("intelligent and assertive, but superficial...sometimes has a tendency to be very honest with people, which often gets her into trouble") and Cosmo Kramer (Jerry's "wacky neighbor" and friend).  Feel free to leave those in the comments section.  Thanks.

By the way, if we're going to use Seinfeld as a metaphor for the Virginia House of Delegates, I'd like to point out that the show ran for 9 years, then went off the air except for reruns.  Hey, come to think of it, haven't Republicans controlled the Virginia House of Delegates for, like, 8 years now?  Which means, of course, that next year - an election year for the entire House - is year #9?  Just a thought. :)

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