United Conservatives of Virginia
United Conservatives of Virginia
We can talk all night about Gov. Kaine’s policies and inherited economy and the vagaries of fame and fortune, most of us will agree that we disagree with him. I would like to point out that aside from any philosophical disagreement - Governor Kaine's initial statement in the rebuttal Tuesday night was inaccurate beyond any debate. True - Gov Kaine does speak for the Commonwealth in accomplishing his tasks as Governor. He may have been invited to deliver the State of the Union rebuttal because of his position as Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia and he was speaking as Governor. However, he was in the position of representing the Democratic Party, not the Commonwealth or all of her citizens. If he had been presented to a foreign dignitary then he would have been representing himself, the Commonwealth and the United States but only so far as his authority pertains to the occasion could he truly say he “represents”. He would not be able to go any further than his authority and job description, “represents” would be true in only a social context. That would be like Doug Wilder representing City of Richmond residents on his part-time job, if he has one. Gov. Kaine is head of the Virginia Democratic Party and should have identified himself as speaking for it specifically. He was not working the Governor job Tuesday night. As a Virginia citizen I have to shout from the mountaintop - he was frontin'.
We can talk all night about Gov. Kaine’s policies and inherited economy and the vagaries of fame and fortune, most of us will agree that we disagree with him. I would like to point out that aside from any philosophical disagreement - Governor Kaine's initial statement in the rebuttal Tuesday night was inaccurate beyond any debate. True - Gov Kaine does speak for the Commonwealth in accomplishing his tasks as Governor. He may have been invited to deliver the State of the Union rebuttal because of his position as Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia and he was speaking as Governor. However, he was in the position of representing the Democratic Party, not the Commonwealth or all of her citizens. If he had been presented to a foreign dignitary then he would have been representing himself, the Commonwealth and the United States but only so far as his authority pertains to the occasion could he truly say he “represents”. He would not be able to go any further than his authority and job description, “represents” would be true in only a social context. That would be like Doug Wilder representing City of Richmond residents on his part-time job, if he has one. Gov. Kaine is head of the Virginia Democratic Party and should have identified himself as speaking for it specifically. He was not working the Governor job Tuesday night. As a Virginia citizen I have to shout from the mountaintop - he was frontin'.
Labels: kaine, virginia politics
posted by Anonymous at 9:54 PM
5 Comments:
However, he was in the position of representing the Democratic Party, not the Commonwealth or all of her citizens.
Excellent point. He was not working the Governor's job Tuesday night, he was exploiting it.
I am so glad you posted on that. As soon as he said he was representing the people of Virginia in giving the Democratic rebuttal, I felt outraged.
He REALLY overstepped. He comes across as such a political inept -- I wonder how he won the governor's race?
My personal situation is even more painful, because Jim Moran claims to speak for me too. And he is a complete shill for the Dems.
You mean The-Jews-Made-Us-Do-It Moran?
"if it were not for the strong support of the Jewish community for this war with Iraq, we would not be doing this."
You have all my sympathy.
Ditto!!!
Great inciteful post. I feel so vindicated and relieved with your explanation, Flora.
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