Dickhead of the Week - Jerry Kilgore

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Originally uploaded by dangunderman.

Jerry "I Want To" Kilgore is currently running for governor of Virginia against Tim Kaine. TV spots, like so much of TV, are aiming for the lowest common denominator. And as we all know, the lowest common denominator is Adolph Hitler.

In one ad, Jerry himself sites a local column that suggested Tim Kaine wouldn't favor sending even Hitler, Josef Stalin, or Idi Amin to the gallows.

In another, a proponent of the death penalty looks directly into the camera and says, "Tim Kaine says Adolf Hitler doesn't qualify for the death penalty. This was one of the worst mass murderers in modern times."

Meanwhile, Kaine (not the same one that killed his brother) is taking it like a typical Democrat. Rather than attacking Kilgore right back, questioning the morals of a man that would trivialize Hitler's atrocities, he's holding up his hands, "No, but, you see, I'm Roman Catholic. That's why I'm against the death penalty. But, you know, still, if the law requires me to kill some bad people, I will carry out my duty. Heh. I just said, 'duty.'" Kaine might as well be asking, "Please, sir, may I have another? I promise not to bruise so easily next time."

In fact, Kaine's response pisses me off almost as much as Kilgore's ads. But Kilgore is this week's Dickhead because he started it, and I'm rubber you're glue whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you nanny nanny boo boo.