You know, we've been at this RaisingKaine thing for 8 months now, and we've collected a whole bunch of great material on Jerry Kilgore. I was thinking that it might be a good idea to condense all the reasons NOT to vote for Jerry Kilgore into an easy-to-read "Top 25" list. But then I thought, that's too many in one shot. So, instead, I've started listing a reason per day, counting down -- David Letterman style - to #1 in early October. Anyway, here's reason #7!
7) Kilgore is buddies with South Dakota right-wing Senator John Thune, who has been instrumental in attempts to cut funding for the Appalachian Regional Commission. As Brian Patton wrote back in April, "Thune wants to cut funds going into a region that is not only where Kilgore claims as his home, but is a region of Virginia that really needs all the financial assistance and leadership it can get." Brian added, with dripping sarcasm, "Yeah, we definitely would not want more jobs, better economic infrastructure, and better highways in Southwest Virginia. If that were to happen, we might actually start catching up with the rest of Virginia." In other words, Jerry Kilgore is bad for Southwest Virginia, just like Jerry Kilgore is bad for ALL of Virginia!