Candidates for governor in Va. make final push
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Kaine told a subdued crowd of about 200 at Virginia Commonwealth University that Republicans want to mask McDonnell’s rigidly conservative record and portray himself as a moderate.
“They’re trying to re-create their whole record and say that they’ve had this conversion experience on the road to Election Day,” Kaine said.
“You can tell what someone will do by what he has done. You can tell somebody’s character by whether he’s willing to stand by you,” Kaine said. “When you vote it’s really important to vote on character.”
Kaine said he was not referring solely to the master’s thesis that McDonnell, at age 34, wrote in 1989 disparaging women, gays and unmarried “cohabitators.”
He cited McDonnell’s opposition to the state’s restaurant smoking ban, due to take effect Dec. 1 and a vote he took as a legislator against a resolution urging equal pay for women.
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I haven’t heard any discussion of the smoking ban. I’m not a smoker but I’d like this ban repealed. Has anyone heard if this is a campaign issue or not?
It has not been a campaign issue at all, which is why I have not mentioned it on any of the VA election threads. It has long been a major issue for me and I have fought against such bans for more years than I care to admit.
Kaine told a subdued crowd of about 200
Hahaha. That’s what the press says when a hundred dispirited
and sullen campaign workers are herded into a venue with
no food and only soda to drink.