Former governors Allen & Kaine – from the Richmond Times Dispatch
Last Thursday, George Allen announced that he had agreed to three more debates. I was quite surprised that none of them are in Hampton Roads. After all, Tim Kaine announced back in June that eight debate commitments, including one sponsored by the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce.
So in my weekly column for The Virginian-Pilot, I urge Allen to reconsider. Accept the Hampton Roads debate so that voters here have the opportunity to hear the two candidates, side by side, address the issues that face our part of the Commonwealth. You are planning to represent us if you are elected, right?
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I am no fan of Tim Kaine. Tim and George are the kind of garbage candidates who got us into the mess we are in. We are long overdue for fresh candidates without such overpowering ties to the DC establishment. Neither candidate is upstanding, both are big government big spenders.
As for George, you dems should ask why tea party groups do not support George Allen. Allens goons such as Richard Crousse will tell you Allen has Tea Party support and that is partially true. There are rinos who set up Tea Party groups to counter the real Tea Party groups that were inspired to organize after the fall of our economy brought on by the likes of George Allen, a republican in name only who is anything but fiscally conservative.
Posted by James Cohen | Thursday, August 9, 2012, 10:27 amI’d like a debate in Southside too, but it ain’t gonna happen.
Posted by SouthsideCentral | Sunday, August 12, 2012, 12:53 pmI saw the editorial Sunday from a paper in Southside calling for the same thing.
Posted by Vivian J. Paige | Monday, August 13, 2012, 8:45 am