Kaine Plans Positive Bush Speech Response

[ECH1969]

Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, tapped to deliver the State of the Union response for Democrats, has sharp words for both parties in Washington: Stop being so partisan, negative and irrelevant. "There's a better way," he said Monday.

Less than three weeks after taking office, Kaine is a rising star inside his party because he succeeded last November where many other Democrats have failed — in a Southern state and in the fast-growing exurbs.

"Results matter. Planning matters. Management matters, and you can make much more progress if you do it in a bipartisan way," he said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060130/ap_on_re_us/state_of_union_kaine
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Bi-Partisanship worked great for us in 2002 and 2004. It will work great for us again. cough.

[SPKrazy]

1. Blah Blah blah

bipartisanship my ass

these Repukes want war

they should get it

where's the Dems with balls?

[hatrack]

2. Yes, sounds like a barn-burner. That'll get grass-roots Dems fired up.

Not.

:puke:

[leftstreet]

3. Sounds like corporate board presentation.

Management.
Planning.
Results.

Dear God, please tell me he won't be doing a Power Point presentation.

[kevinbgoode]

4. yep....bigotry matters.

Just what I want to see right now - an asskissing Republican-Lite Demo governor in a state with some of the most repressive laws in the country, delivering a speech about "bi-partisanship" in response to a President and a Repuke Congress which has laced every single campaign with vile, divisive, namecalling and gaybaiting rhetoric.

This response should go such a long way to restoring any Democratic credibility as an opposition. NOT.

I vote we organize a complete boycott of this crap.

[FreedomAngel82]

5. Ugh

Oh yes. Let's let them walk all over us and our freedoms. Fuck him.

[Nordmadr]

6. Ditto. N/T

[Doctor_J]

7. Good reading for those who think we "won" today

get used to appeasement and enabling. I think the nation realized toady that no one is going to stop the fascists, might as well join them.

[kevinbgoode]

9. NO kidding. . .

Kaine's idea of "bi-partisanship" comes from his experience in the state government of a commonwealth run by Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell. That's sure a great example for the rest of the country.

[PassingFair]

29. "the nation realized "toady" that no one is going to stop the fascists"

Nice Freudian slip, TOJ!

[wakeme2008]

8. I see the DLC speech writers have

done their normal job on his speech. :grr:

[leftchick]

10. WOW! He is a DLCer Dem of the Week!!!!

we are so much toast if this is all we have. Right from the DLC website!.....

:puke:



http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ci.cfm?contentid=253696&subid=116&kaid=104

New Dem Of The Week | January 26, 2006
New Dem of the Week: Tim Kaine
Governor, Virginia

After just 16 days in office, Gov. Tim Kaine will introduce himself to millions of Americans outside of Virginia when he gives the Democratic response to the president's State of the Union address next week. Gov. Bill Richardson, chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, said he and the Senate and House Democratic leaders chose Gov. Kaine because he is a leader who is "on the front lines every day working to help his fellow citizens." As lieutenant governor, Kaine worked with Gov. Mark Warner to enact budget, tax, and management reforms, and make key investments in education and economic development, earning Virginia the designation of "Best-Managed State" from Governing magazine. As Virginia's legislative session begins, Kaine is poised to make an impact on both national and state politics.

The appeal that Tim Kaine demonstrated last November to the suburban and exurban voters that Democrats have so often failed to reach makes him an especially interesting new voice in national Democratic circles. During the gubernatorial campaign, Kaine blunted a negative Republican campaign focused on divisive cultural issues by telling a compelling personal story about his faith-based commitment to public service and by promoting a policy agenda that combined a continuation of Mark Warner's tough fiscal management with property tax relief, a statewide pre-K initiative, and efforts to solve Virginia's horrendous traffic and overdevelopment problems.

[kevinbgoode]

11. Yep - Republican-Lite

Thanks a lot, DLC. You might as well be a branch of the RNC with this crap.

[IndianaGreen]

26. He is also a raging homophobe!

The only difference between him and his Republican opponent last November was the Nazi tattoo on the repuke.

[clarknyc]

12. Oh. Come. On.

You can't be bi-partisan with a party that seeks every opportunity to marginalize you, rub your nose in it, and then gloat about it. Appeasement with bullies is self-defeating and will not sustain a political party.

[w13rd0]

15. Exactly...

...the GOP would rather appease and negotiate with bin Laden than they would practice bipartisanship with Democrats and "liburuls"...

[natrat]

13. fucking moron sellout Vichy-democrat

[Canuckistanian]

14. Yes, let's keep it upbeat and light

Valium is your friend.

[Cha]

32. He looks like he's

on Valium in that up thread picture. :silly:

[DELUSIONAL]

16. Another STUPID jerk

If I hear one more democrat say "bipartisan" --

anyway he's just another common ordinary DINO.

And perhaps we do need a third party.

The old Republican party no longer exists it has morphed into a religious fanatically dogmatic extremists cult membership -- and the only way they can win election is to CHEAT.

If our side can get a real vote with paper ballots etc. . . . . singing to the choir. . . .

[phylny]

21. This stupid jerk is the governor of Virginia because the last stupid jerk

handled a very red state in a very bipartisan way.

Two Democratic governors in a row. Yeah, they're real jerks.

[hippiechick]

17. I'm sure the Leader of Poland was upbeat ...

... when the Nazi's arrived, too ... "Can't we all just get along?" :eyes:

[Kahuna]

18. Oh brother.. He'd doing that as Warner's surrogate... I was all

hyped and on the Warner bandwagon. But after his disappointing response on Face the nation when asked if bush's spying broke the law. Ugh.

[Pithy Cherub]

22. Actually, the debacle was on "This Week" with George S

who could barely keep a straight face while Warner yapped about being Commander in Chief of the Virgina National Guard as his national security cred. :P

Kaine in his footsteps...:boring:

Sorry Kahuna, But you know there was this 4 star General that just rocked it today though!;)

[FreedomAngel82]

36. The only one

I'm supporting in 2008 now is John Kerry. He's the only one who fights for us.

[spanone]

19. Yea, with Abramoff and his 'bi-partisan' scandal....this is bullshit.

[politicasista]

20. Sick of playing nice with these fools eom.

:boring: :wtf:

[NCarolinawoman]

23. Clark and Gore need to write the response and hand it to Kaine.

Then they need to tell him: "Say exactly what we've written. No apologies, just the unvarnished truth."

[Pithy Cherub]

24. Better yet - let Clark & Gore give it!

That would be must-see TV! ;)

[IndianaGreen]

25. Bush's clone will deliver the Democratic response

I think we should deliver our response to the response. What say you?

[bklyncowgirl]

27. Good Lord, just what we need. "Please sir, may I have some more." nt

[Crunchy Frog]

28. Another speech that I'm going to have to skip.

I can read the summaries of them here at DU, while avioding raising my blood pressure by actually listening to them.

I have respect for Kaine as a Democrat who was able to win a governership in a red state, but he does not sound like the right person to be representing our party overall, especially not in its response to *'s SOTU. We ABSOLUTELY don't need a Democratic response that will appear to place equal blame on both parties for the situation in this country. The VERY LAST THING that our party needs right now is Democrats who undercut other Democrats by accusing them of partisanship. When are the Dems going to get it through their f'n heads that we need people who will be defending rather than criticizing our party when acting as its spokespersons? (I apologize, I'm actually getting madder and madder as I'm typing this out.)

Bipartisanship is a nice idea in theory, but it only works if there are two players. When only one side is willing to play, it really does become date rape.

[hatrack]

30. And maybe he can apologize when he's done!

After all, he might have offended Fred Phelps or Jerry Falwell or Pat Robertson or Robert Schuller or Joel WhatshisassYourBestLifeNow out in Clownistan with some of his remarks.

[Cha]

31. Bullshit, Bullshit, Bullshit!

The Democrats have to suck it up but the repukes can call us traitors?

Sound about right, Kaine?

[sampsonblk]

33. He could change the world by using the I word

"I pray that these most troubling recent events do not lead us down the unfortunate path to impeachment..."

Just dropping that line, with that word, could change the electoral map overnight. In our favor? I think so.

[Catchawave]

34. Good article from The Nation

http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20060129/cm_thenation/754053

Liberal Bloggers--Tim Kaine Isn't the Problem Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sun Jan 29, 11:34 AM ET


<snip>
1. It doesn't really matter who gives the reply, since no one listens and it's an impossible task.

2. This is slightly less important than whether House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi chooses to wear blue or red to listen to the speech.

3. He's a Governor. With most of us fixed on the chances of taking back the House and/or Senate, don't forget this is an election year when thirty-six statehouses are up for grabs. And smart progressives understand that the gridlock in DC means many policies which will improve peoples' lives and security--increasing the minimum wage, expanding affordable healthcare, strengthening environmental protection, Apollo Alliance projects for energy independence--are likely to come from states led by Governors who understand the need for affirmative government.

4. And, hell, Kaine is pretty liberal for a Virginian. During the campaign, he was derided relentlessly by the GOP, in an expensive and vicious campaign, as "the most liberal candidate who's ever run for governor in the Commonwealth of Virginia's history." Kaine is a guy who made a name for himself working with the American Civil Liberties Union, who connected his faith to his politics in authentic ways (he was a thoughtful opponent of the death penalty), who was an honest and forthright advocate of government's affirmative role--supporting moves to increase taxes to fund education, transportation and environmental programs.
<snip>

[IrishBloodEngHeart]

35. Another democrat who apologizes for being a democrat

what an asshole.

[BlueManDude]

40. Too much partisanship? I just like to see SOME partisanship

from the Democrats.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

37. Will he be wearing his DLC approved pink tutu?

Bi-partisanship supporter - aka Part-time Democrat

[raysr]

38. Let Dennis Kucinich

give the response!

[patrioticliberal]

39. Don't like him either anymore

Go to hell DLC

[Totally Committed]

41. If ever there was a WRONG TIME for this guy to have been chosen to speak..

it's tonight. The DNC should have its head(s) examined.

See these threads for a peek at what COULD/SHOULD have been:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2417539&mesg_id=2417539

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2415614&mesg_id=2415614


TC