2012 Tuesday: GOP to tap a sure bet in one congressional seat, an underdog in another
Today’s the primary runoff election in Georgia. None of the races in my area went unresolved last month, so I’m sitting this one out. Metro Atlanta races of interest include commission races in Cobb and Gwinnett and the sheriff’s race in Clayton County.
The big election news in the state tonight will come from Republican races in two congressional districts. State Rep. Doug Collins and radio talk-show host Martha Zoller are in a heated race in the Northeast Georgia district centered on Gainesville: Collins bested Zoller by just 734 votes out of nearly 110,000 cast last month. To the east, the district that stretches from Augusta down almost t0 Savannah pits state Rep. Lee Anderson against Augusta businessman Rick Allen: Anderson led with 34 percent in the first round, while Allen barely made the runoff ahead of two other candidates.
Either Collins or Zoller is almost certain to win the very conservative 9th District’s general election in November, so after tonight one of them can start looking for a second home in Washington. The 12th District, however, is a different story.
The Democratic incumbent, John Barrow, has won a couple of easy contests after surviving his tough first two elections in 2004 and 2006. Although he’s aiming for just his fifth term, he’s working with his third different group of constituents. Georgia Republicans have redrawn the map on him twice already, in a manner reminiscent of what Democrats used to do to Newt Gingrich early in his congressional career.
This year, the first election with the newest map, the GOP would appear to have drawn the map so that it is sufficiently heavily Republican to give Barrow no hope. The national GOP congressional campaign has targeted the seat and seems prepared to put a good bit of money into the race. Yet, the primary looked like a contest to make it as easy as possible for Barrow to stick around Capitol Hill at least two more years.
The perceived frontrunner, Augusta attorney and former Naval pilot Wright McLeod, fell less than 600 votes short of overtaking Allen for second place and a spot in the runoff. Anderson, a farmer, rode rural support to first place but was an underwhelming speaker, to say the least, in debates. A fourth candidate, Maria Sheffield, moved into the district to run for the office and was never much of a factor.
If Barrow can dodge his party affiliation with President Obama — as he’s already working to do — he seems to stand a good chance of denying Republicans one of their best chances nationwide at picking up a seat.
– By Kyle Wingfield
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Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
August 21st, 2012
12:00 pm
Ain’t no dodging your reliable support for liberal fascism.
Aint that a sham
August 21st, 2012
12:03 pm
Kyle
Don’t know the details, but I thought Republicans had a chance to pick up several seats in the House.
With all the redistricting (legal gerrymandering that both Parties love to do) that took place in numerous states, I figured the GOP would certainly be in a good position.
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
August 21st, 2012
12:06 pm
Georgia Republicans have redrawn the map on him twice already, in a manner reminiscent of what Democrats used to do to Newt Gingrich early in his congressional career.
Was that ever used as an excuse for his infidelities?
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
August 21st, 2012
12:07 pm
speaking of radio talk shows, Kyle, when you getting yours?
Maybe you can start out filling in for Herman Cain. (We won’t tell him you voted for Newt)
Aint that a sham
August 21st, 2012
12:10 pm
yeah kyle
WSB could use some help. Cain and Erickson are not exactly the most “entertaining” of the entertainers doing political punditry on the radio.
Don't Tread
August 21st, 2012
12:14 pm
The liberal Democrats have taken over the party and have made “Democrat Party” a bad word.
Conservative Democrats are the common man’s best friend in Congress. It appears that John Barrow is the last one for this state.
RW-(the original)
August 21st, 2012
12:15 pm
Was that ever used as an excuse for his infidelities?
Well when they keep changing your constituencies you keep finding new backs you have to scratch.
…so to speak
Beyond the Middle of the Road
August 21st, 2012
12:15 pm
I realize that gerrymandering is a tradition that goes back many, many years and is practiced by both parties. That said I really hate the entire concept. I wish that some sort of independent body did all the mapping so that the process was fairer and more reasonable. In some cases it’s really hard to see how someone can represent their district when it’s spread out like, well, a gerrymander.
Wishful and perhaps naive thinking on my part.
Aint that a sham
August 21st, 2012
12:19 pm
Beyond
Agreed, but both parties love it when they are in control. Not so much when they are on the outside looking in.
iggy
August 21st, 2012
12:24 pm
” I wish that some sort of independent body did all the mapping so that the process was fairer and more reasonable.”
Regardless of “fairness, the losing side would still whine.
Victor Hill/Clayton County…Nuff said.
Sick of Progs
August 21st, 2012
12:29 pm
Didn’t Newt gerrymander on his wife?
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
August 21st, 2012
12:50 pm
Democrats will insist on gerrymandering. Not gerrymandering would be labeled as “raaaaaaacist”.
Democrats count folks based on race. Republicans really couldn’t care less.
yuzeyurbrane
August 21st, 2012
12:55 pm
Since the Republicans are not likely to loose control of the House and since Barrow almost always votes with Republicans, it really does not matter much whether or not Barrow wins that seat.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 21st, 2012
12:58 pm
So if the libs had held back on their wild eyed quest to achieve obozo’s “signature legislation,” obozocare, they may not have gotten wiped out in 2010 and could have drawn the lines to give themselves a veto proof majority. And then they could have gotten single payer instead.
But as usual, dummycrats are Akin to the beasts and animals of the wild, always on a mindless search for that next meal, even if that meal eats them instead.
And now, listen to them bark.
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
August 21st, 2012
12:58 pm
Democrats count folks based on race. Republicans really couldn’t care less.
LOL
I demand to see Cheesy Grits Birth Certificate- Long Form Please
August 21st, 2012
1:02 pm
If Barrow can dodge his party affiliation with President Obama
He has to put some distance between him and the black man to have a chance in the south.
I demand to see Cheesy Grits Birth Certificate- Long Form Please
August 21st, 2012
1:04 pm
Republicans really couldn’t care less.
The Republican party is increasingly becoming the party of the white male.
That isn’t happening by accident.
SlickRick - glad to not have to worry about suffering through Myth Robme and The Boy Wonder's ineptocracy
August 21st, 2012
1:06 pm
Go Barrow go!!!
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
August 21st, 2012
1:11 pm
So if the libs had held back on their wild eyed quest to achieve obozo’s “signature legislation,” obozocare,
Well worth the pain. We libs aren’t as short-sighted as to only consider what happens over the next 8 years. We are looking at how we leave this country a better place. Obozocare is a very good start.
JamVet
August 21st, 2012
1:14 pm
Republicans really couldn’t care less.
Which fully explains their 90%+ white membership.
For a laughingly up close look at the Lily White Party just watch the upcoming Carnival in Tampa.
saywhat?
August 21st, 2012
1:20 pm
“For a laughingly up close look at the Lily White Party just watch the upcoming Carnival in Tampa.”
____________________________________________
But, but , but, they got that Artur guy to talk to them. That may not make the repubs 50 shades of grey, but it will at least dilute things enough to make them a whiter shade of pale.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 21st, 2012
1:29 pm
For a look at the limousine liberals lording over their plantation slaves, be sure to check out the upcoming spectacle at BANK OF AMERICA stadium.
Aint that a sham
August 21st, 2012
1:30 pm
I report @ 12:58
Do you even know what you were attempting to convey?
Aint that a sham
August 21st, 2012
1:34 pm
Kyle
I report’s 1:29 is a little over the top to say the least.
One thing for him to be shallow minded and think he is showing intellect with words such as “dummycrat”, but that “plantation slaves” in that context needs to go.
It shows his f’n ignorance and stupidity that goes without a doubt.
Please take that down or let me know exactly why that is acceptable on this blog.
Aint that a sham
August 21st, 2012
1:36 pm
I report
You own bigotry is shining bright as it does on a pretty consistent basis.
But do carry on
AU Liberal in ATL
August 21st, 2012
1:41 pm
Face the facts. Todd Akin is getting a bum rap. The Romney campaign and republican “leaders” are throwing him under the bus not because of his views, but because he spilled the freaking beans on national TV. Everyone of those a-holes who are dumping him hold the exact same views he does. Hypocrites, all.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 21st, 2012
1:43 pm
Finn figured it out, sham, perhaps you should ask it.
Road Scholar
August 21st, 2012
1:44 pm
I am sorry Kyle but Lee Anderson is an idiot. In the interview with a reporter he said “He had gave…” money to a Demo. Notice the language. Also when asked if he had proof that the other Repub gave money to get government contracts, he responded to her request for proof with “it’s on my website”. If it is going to be your talking point you should remember what proof you have! And the allusion to his website was to give his position credibility; Heck, as we have read here and elsewhere, the amount of crap people make up and then defend it as the truth is amazing!
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
August 21st, 2012
1:48 pm
Todd Akins apologized. Poor choice of words. Let the man run.
Centrist
August 21st, 2012
2:01 pm
I don’t know why Kyle thinks either Anderson or unmentioned construction firm CEO Rick Allen who runoff today won’t defeat Barrow in a gerrymanded Republican district – but between the 3 including Barrow – not much difference. Same goes for Collins and Zoller.
I think the most interesting GA runoff is between Lee and Byrne for Cobb County Chairman – they have some strong differences.
AU Liberal in ATL
August 21st, 2012
2:03 pm
Why are republicans always “using the wrong words”? Every time you turn around some republican is apologizing for “using the wrong words”. Are they that inarticulate, or are they just a bunch of dumb fks?
AU Liberal in ATL
August 21st, 2012
2:04 pm
I agree, Finn. Let the man run! By all means, LET THE MAN RUN!
iggy
August 21st, 2012
2:17 pm
Republican party racist? How would you liberals categorized the NAACP? Is that a racist organization?
@@
August 21st, 2012
2:21 pm
Sorry, Kyle…I can’t concern myself with what’s happening North of Atlanta with Victor Hill looming “large” down here in Clayton County.
In a county whose demographics are 86% minority and 14% white, somebody’s gonna have to explain what the majority (minority voters) were thinking if Hill wins.
It doesn’t make sense to me.
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
August 21st, 2012
2:30 pm
JamVet: Republicans really couldn’t care less. Which fully explains their 90%+ white membership.
———
People choose their party, not the other way around. People who love freedom, capitalism, personal responsibility, private property rights, and a strong national defense choose the Republican party.
JamVet
August 21st, 2012
2:30 pm
The GOP racist???
Of course not! Who would even imply such a thing?
LOL…
JamVet
August 21st, 2012
2:32 pm
Lil BB, you left out the biggest one of all!
Silly and meaningless slogans…
retiredds
August 21st, 2012
2:32 pm
I interpret these “using the wrong words” politicians, the most recent being Todd Akins, as Freudian slips. The definition of a Freudian slip is: (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person’s unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes. So while the politician tries to cover it over (thinking that Americans are stupid and will fall for their shallow apologies) the definition is quite explicit about the real meaning.
Also I think it is about time that politicos, and (white) males in general, stop trying to pretend that they have any knowledge of the female anatomy, bodily functions, or anything else regarding female issues. To continue to do so only demonstrates males complete ignorance of women and the issues they face.
Centrist
August 21st, 2012
2:35 pm
- Vote American posted “People choose their party, not the other way around. People who love freedom, capitalism, personal responsibility, private property rights, and a strong national defense choose the Republican party.”
Or an independants, or even conservative (”bluedog”) Democrats. There are those of us who subscribe to the above list, but aren’t interested in stomping on women’s and religious rights.
Aint that a sham
August 21st, 2012
2:35 pm
Jamvet
Barry likes is talking points. He never leaves home without them
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
August 21st, 2012
2:39 pm
Centrist, the fact that Democrats alone passed Obozocare puts the lie to your claim that they believe in those ideals I listed above.
Centrist
August 21st, 2012
2:43 pm
retiredds posted: “I interpret these “using the wrong words” politicians, the most recent being Todd Akins, as Freudian slips. The definition of a Freudian slip is: (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person’s unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes. So while the politician tries to cover it over (thinking that Americans are stupid and will fall for their shallow apologies) the definition is quite explicit about the real meaning.
So then, by definition, retiredds agrees with this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAMGubDpK40
@@
August 21st, 2012
2:50 pm
Turning the tables on AmVet.
How many times have I heard liberals proclaim that those who complain about gays are more than likely closeted gays?
Well….AmVet, who’s forever claiming people are racists, must, himself be a racist.
Silliness…”pure and simple.”
schnirt
Jock
August 21st, 2012
2:51 pm
The democrat who is running in the 9th is a loser liberal attorney who makes money off of illegals.
MiltonMan
August 21st, 2012
2:54 pm
Republican party racists? Don’t remember none other than John Eaves and trotting out the hypocrites Andrew Young, Shirley Franklin and John Lewis in the radio ad warning “them democratic folk in Atlanta” that the water hoses would be turned loose on them if they did not vote D????
Aint that a sham
August 21st, 2012
2:54 pm
@@
Are you on or close to the lake? I know a doctor who lives on the lake. Real nice place and lake, but still wouldn’t want to live in Clayton Cty.
JamVet
August 21st, 2012
3:05 pm
Hey snorting humper, howz it hanging?
I agreed there are no racists whatsoever in the pure as the driven snow GOP.
ONLY Democrats, independents, greens, etc include those people.
Never mind that the southern white churches that absolutely fueled the Ku Klux Klan membership roles are the very base of the modern Lily White Party.
And also never mind that the highly confused and shiftless, lazy American Jews do not trust you quasi-fascists either…
SlickRick - glad to not have to worry about suffering through Myth Robme and The Boy Wonder's ineptocracy
August 21st, 2012
3:20 pm
@@ – you’re comparing apples to wheat and concluding it’s a silicon chip. but whatever – if you fail to see the hypocrisy, bigotry and idiocy which personifies the modern gop, there’s nothing i can do to help. stupid is as stupid does, as they say.
@@
August 21st, 2012
3:45 pm
Aint that a sham:
My brother lives close to the lake. I have friends who live ON the lake. I’m not looking to live in such close quarters. So no….I don’t live close to the lake.
AmVet:
I’ve visited many a Southern church. I have yet to see one that’s completely lily white. You may wanna move into the 21st century…or do you reside in the 20th that Joe?
Slick:
…stupid is as stupid does, as they say.
Should Victor Hill win, can I say the same thing about the majority of Clayton County’s voters? Can I do it without being called a racist?
They didn’t disappoint when he ran for state rep. I think he got something like 10% of the vote. I’m hoping they’ll reject him as Sheriff. He was a major FU (’scuse my language) the first go ’round. 38% this go ’round?
Inconceivable!
@@
August 21st, 2012
4:07 pm
Oops!
Nix the slanties in my response to AmVet.
Pizzaman
August 21st, 2012
4:08 pm
Just what we need. More skinny dipping, lying, stupid thugs in Congress. If the Trepubs win it all I’ll give it 2.5 yrs before we’re down the tubes financially, emotionally and morally.
@@
August 21st, 2012
4:09 pm
And make that “that” a “with”.
…in the 20th with Joe?
@@
August 21st, 2012
4:11 pm
Just what we need. More liberals focused on skinny dippers instead of the serious issues our country is now facing.
SlickRick - glad to not have to worry about suffering through Myth Robme and The Boy Wonder's ineptocracy
August 21st, 2012
4:14 pm
@@ – too funny! as if your team gives a rat$ a$$ about the serious issues our country is now facing. yeah, that’s why we’re still talking about gay marriage and abortion. where are the “jobs jobs jobs” mr. boner. methinks you’ll be chanting “i need a job i need a job i need a job” come 1/1/13.
Michael H. Smith
August 21st, 2012
4:36 pm
How many socialist dems are left in office for us to get rid of in Georgia, Kyle?
Yeah, of course you can count county dogcatchers too!
Michael H. Smith
August 21st, 2012
4:47 pm
Socialist liberals are focused on their “Social Democracy” with its’ mandate for “Equal Results” where the fascist GUB’MENT picks the winners and losers, redistributes wealth and incomes and promises – by a liar’s word – a womb to tomb Marxist utopia – at least until they run out of other people’s money.(kind of like the way things went in Greece)
I like Jody Cooley for the 9th
August 21st, 2012
4:54 pm
@Jock
A shame that you won’t give Jody Cooley the time of day – he seems like a reasonable choice to me. Take a peek at this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Ji5v2O_2A
SlickRick - glad to not have to worry about suffering through Myth Robme and The Boy Wonder's ineptocracy
August 21st, 2012
4:56 pm
Michael H. Smith – Congrats on your command of the buzzwords du jour and an uncannily misguided reading of pretty much everything.
I like Jody Cooley for the 9th
August 21st, 2012
4:59 pm
http://www.cooleyforcongress.com
Because he’s not Martha Zoller and he’s not Doug Collins. Good enough for this part of Rabun County. Still I guess my neighbors on food stamps and medicare will not think about that in November. Unreal. Wake up Clayton!
Ralph
August 21st, 2012
5:02 pm
I’m surprised they haven’t gerrymandered Barrow all the way into South Carolina.
JamVet
August 21st, 2012
5:02 pm
Slick, Mike and plenty of the other inane stuck in the 1950s boys here all follow the lead of the disgraced Alan West.
They all have an altar to Joseph McCarthy.
And are fervently praying for some more witch hunts…
retiredds
August 21st, 2012
5:12 pm
centrist: yes.
I also don’t believe that political adds do anything to enhance our electoral process because both sides do so much editing to favor their side. I think that super pacs are the worst. But, this is America, and anyone is entitled to their opinions no matter how biased. I have mine and you have yours so that makes us even and free.
Michael H. Smith
August 21st, 2012
5:31 pm
Brucie Wilcox the most stuck in the 1950s bigotry person I could ever think of speaking about… INANE ?
Brucie you and Joe Biden are definitely a couple – as a pair of ethnocentric nut-jobs. Watch out for those RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACIST, they’re behind every shrub
Oh I do so hope the demwit socialists intend to win this thing on your kind of ignorance Wilcox.
Michael H. Smith
August 21st, 2012
5:33 pm
I’m surprised they haven’t gerrymandered Barrow all the way into South Carolina.
Nah, only Roy Barnes has the gall to do something like that and get away with it.
L'il Aynie
August 21st, 2012
5:56 pm
Cede the Georgia Legislature to the Republicans to serve as an example for the rest of the nation to avoid!
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
August 21st, 2012
6:01 pm
Barrow votes with the Democrat leadership 95% of the time.
Good luck pretending you’re anything other than an Obozo sycophant, Barrow.
Toast.
http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/John_Barrow
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 21st, 2012
6:50 pm
The Labor Department paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal stimulus funds to a public relations firm to run more than 100 commercials touting the Obama administration’s “green training” job efforts on two popular MSNBC cable shows, records show.
And both of PMSNBC’s viewers said they sucked.
Aint that a sham
August 21st, 2012
6:53 pm
I wonder if that was any of the stimulus that Ryan lied about not taking
Aint that a sham
August 21st, 2012
6:55 pm
How much money did Purdue obtain for the state?
You know that stimulus he decried to the people of GA, but at the same time was begging the Feds for more and more?
Aint that a sham
August 21st, 2012
7:13 pm
Hank Williams no longer relevant in the music industry and regulated to playing fairs, probably for the same number of tickets as it takes to purchase a corn dog, can do nothing except demean himself by calling the President a Muslim.
What a clown
http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/music-superstar-weve-got-a-muslim-president/
He knows if he doesn’t mouth off with something stupid, he will no longer be sought after by any media source.
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
August 21st, 2012
7:20 pm
Obozo said on Stephanoloulos’ show that his faith is Muslim.
I know how that goes…I’m all the time saying that I’m Hindu or Baptist.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 21st, 2012
7:24 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who is out-fundraising President Barack Obama by impressive margins, is attracting thousands of donors this summer from traditionally Democratic areas of the United States, collecting millions of dollars in even progressive communities from New York to Los Angeles, according to an analysis by The Associated Press of new campaign data.
I didn’t know there were thousands of Koch Brothers!
Aint that a sham
August 21st, 2012
7:33 pm
Has the sleeping giant woke up yet?
If so, is that being reflected in EC projections at this time?
Aint that a sham
August 21st, 2012
8:18 pm
Nobody has mentioned that the Tea Party backed Akin in MO.
Wonder why.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/07/congressman-akins-wins-missouri-gop-senate-primary-to-take-on-sen-mccaskill/
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 21st, 2012
8:27 pm
Thousands of you tools have mentioned that the Tea Party backed Akin.
Hillbilly D
August 21st, 2012
8:30 pm
Why are all the folks in Atlanta so concerned about the 9th District, all of a sudden?
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 21st, 2012
8:43 pm
This is what passes for deep thought amongst the liberals -
Does Paul Ryan’s Black Ex-Girlfriend Matter? Certainly, having a relationship with someone of a different race does not automatically make someone more racially sensitive and enlightened.
How can we call him a racist if he likes black people!?!? Ugh?!?! And what will we call if we can’t call him a racist?!?! Duh?!?!
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 21st, 2012
8:44 pm
The dummycrat party, where being ate up is an attribute.
Aint that a sham
August 21st, 2012
8:45 pm
I report
Is name calling that you love so much the only self esteem boost you get in your life?
I can see your bird chest poked out as you smile in the mirror.
Is that the only manner in which you are capable of communicating.
Bet your family is so proud
bluecoat
August 21st, 2012
8:46 pm
The white male.The vanishing race.
Aint that a sham
August 21st, 2012
8:49 pm
Heck, just a few weeks ago Bruno called you down for your consistent childish name calling.
And he loves to razz liberals.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 21st, 2012
8:51 pm
No, stooge, I also happen to think I’m rather eloquent. Too bad your comprehension abilities are so minimal, you could see it too.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 21st, 2012
8:55 pm
I musta missed the whole Bruno thingie.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 21st, 2012
8:59 pm
By the way, “bird chest” is a form of name calling, just in case you were wondering.
Aint that a sham
August 21st, 2012
9:02 pm
I report
Little deprived man who gets his jollies by calling names.
No self esteem at home or elsewhere in life.
Poor soul still searching his way through life via talk radio and Drudge
haaaaaaaaaaaaa
Bless his heart
Aint that a sham
August 21st, 2012
9:08 pm
I report
Search inward little man, search inward
Your outward burst seeking any attention even though it is mostly negative, will not do much for your self esteem. Yes you smile in the mirror and think you are being intelligent, however you know you are not.
Your acceptance of yourself and increased self esteem will come from within. You haven’t noticed after years and years of name calling that in only last for a few minutes and you are back to wondering who you are in life.
You can be somebody. You will just have to change you and you are the only one that can do that.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 21st, 2012
9:09 pm
It’s better than searching our way through life via PMSNBC, hahaha
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
August 21st, 2012
9:10 pm
bluecoat: The white male.The vanishing race.
———————–
I thought it was the employed Democrat.
In the future, we’ll all be the same shade of a sort of mocha color. Will that make you feel better, racist?
Aint that a sham
August 21st, 2012
9:11 pm
WWJD
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 21st, 2012
9:13 pm
WWMD
Marx or Chairman Mao, either one.
Aint that a sham
August 21st, 2012
9:14 pm
Keep up the great Christian witness and name calling
Your God and family couldn’t be any more proud of you than the are when you blog
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 21st, 2012
9:14 pm
I now return sham back to the People’s Republic of Stupidity, from whence it came.
See ya.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 21st, 2012
9:20 pm
I see your Ayn Rand and raise it with a Vladimir Lenin.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 21st, 2012
9:21 pm
I just won the whole Pol Pot.
Beverly Fraud
August 21st, 2012
10:32 pm
Walking Small has a 53%-47% lead in Clayton County?
Fred ™
August 21st, 2012
10:36 pm
I was proud to see that Dekalb County residents rejected the School board incumbent who has been present for the debacle that are our schools by nearly a 2-1 margin. I don’t know if McMahon will be any better than Womack but one thinks he couldn’t be worse.
RW-(the original)
August 21st, 2012
10:55 pm
Why are all the folks in Atlanta so concerned about the 9th District, all of a sudden?
I think it happened when I moved up here.
Either that or the AJC found the one place with a race going on that they could sell papers. Now that the November ticket is set you won’t hear a peep out of them regarding the 9th.
Hillbilly D
August 21st, 2012
11:13 pm
RW
Yep, we’ll just go back to being the folks they look down on, since they got too uppity to “Cover Dixie Like The Dew”.
iggy
August 21st, 2012
11:18 pm
Victor Hill wins Clayton County Sheriiff, LMAO!! CC citizens are obviously out to lunch and will get what they deserve!! Except of course @@, he he.
“Its our turn now” YOU BETCHA!!!
Beverly Fraud
August 21st, 2012
11:35 pm
Isn’t there one asteroid out there that, in a moment of Christ-like consciousness, is willing to sacrifice itself by descending on Clayton County?
Voting For Cooley
August 21st, 2012
11:55 pm
We dodged a bullet in Rabin – Zoller can crawl back in her hole… But Joey Cooley gets my vote in November. He has the benefit of not being endorsed by Zell nor Newt.
Hillbilly D
August 22nd, 2012
12:10 am
He has the benefit of not being endorsed by Zell nor Newt.
Or Nathan.
Just Curious
August 22nd, 2012
5:22 am
I understood those who used the phrase “Democrat Pary,” had to either have a speech impediment or were dumb. If they put it in writing proves they are the latter.
Just Curious
August 22nd, 2012
5:30 am
Just think. Whoever wins the 9th District will take their Georgia rooted politics and ethics to D.C.
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
August 22nd, 2012
7:47 am
Excellent article using Reagan as well as FDR to show why Ryan’s plan is idiotic.
http://www.alternet.org/election-2012/paul-ryans-path-prosperity-really-bad-trip-road-economic-ruin
@@
August 22nd, 2012
8:12 am
In Clayton County, stupid is as stupid does. I live among morons.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 22nd, 2012
8:24 am
Dawn of the Living Morons, eh, @@?
howard
August 22nd, 2012
8:26 am
Barry Bailout…please read a little history before you comment…fascism was not a liberal ideology but an extremely conservative one. Fascists are on the right side of the political spectrum, where I assume you are found.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 22nd, 2012
8:31 am
“Fascists are on the right side of the political spectrum,”
Only because the left doesn’t want anything to do with them, howard. However, anything that increases the power of the state above the power of the individual is a leftist concept, no matter how much you wish to disassociate yourself from it.
@@
August 22nd, 2012
8:44 am
On a more positive note…my commissioner, Wole Ralph is GONE!!!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS SHANNA ROOKS!!!!
I could’ve voted either way in the Chairman’s race. Jeff Turner was quoted as saying, he’s for bringing back bus service but only if it’s privately run.
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
August 22nd, 2012
9:23 am
Sorry, howard, but the fact is that fascism is the preferred means to today’s Democrat party’s ends.
Obozo: Liberal fascist.
Beverly Fraud
August 22nd, 2012
9:29 am
53% of Clayton County voters at the local fast food establishment:
“Would you like fries with that”?
“Instead of fries, could I get an order of STUPID?”
“Supersized?”
“Of course.”
Beverly Fraud
August 22nd, 2012
9:54 am
Actually it’s worse than Stupid. It’s WILLFULLY ignorant.
ITS ALL BUSHS FAULT
August 22nd, 2012
10:12 am
GA GOP IS THE LAUGHING STOCK OF U.S.A.
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
August 22nd, 2012
10:19 am
In Clayton County, voting for competence is considered “acting white”.
ooooooooooo la la
August 22nd, 2012
10:25 am
“In Clayton County, voting for competence is considered ‘acting white’ ”
Is that what Clayton Cty residents are saying or is that your own bigoted assertion?
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
August 22nd, 2012
10:32 am
That’s what Clayton County residents said.
Why do you ask?
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
August 22nd, 2012
11:17 am
Tampa Bay Gay Prostitutes Gearing Up For Flood Of Closeted Republicans
http://www.theonion.com/video/tampa-bay-gay-prostitutes-gearing-up-for-flood-of,29263/
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
August 22nd, 2012
11:21 am
“It was absolutely horrific—I felt violated in the worst way imaginable—but thanks to Congressman Akin, I now realize it must, at some level, have been consensual after all.”…“Thank God for that,” Byars added. “I’m so relieved to know that my child’s father, the man who muffled my screams as he forcefully penetrated me over and over and left me hemorrhaging to death on the street, is not a rapist.”
http://www.theonion.com/articles/pregnant-woman-relieved-to-learn-her-rape-was-ille,29258/
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
August 22nd, 2012
11:23 am
So it was mostly minorities that turned out to vote in Clayton County? According to Lil Barry, who is RARELY delusional, that must be the case.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 22nd, 2012
11:30 am
Finn – You do realize the Onion is a parody site, don’t you?
bu2
August 22nd, 2012
11:36 am
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_good_work/2012/08/northern_cities_vowel_shift_how_americans_in_the_great_lakes_region_are_revolutionizing_english_.html
Its an article on how northerners are changing the pronounciation of sounds that haven’t changed in 1000 years. Interesting that they don’t think they have accents and don’t recognize the accent AND (mentioned late in the article) that the accent is associated with Democrats. It PERFECTLY describes today’s Democratic party-totally lacking in self-awareness and their own hypocrisy and intolerance while thinking they see it in others.
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
August 22nd, 2012
11:38 am
If you think Akin was saying rape is OK, you’re a moron.
bu2
August 22nd, 2012
11:38 am
typed the link wrong:
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_good_word/2012/08/northern_cities_vowel_shift_how_americans_in_the_great_lakes_region_are_revolutionizing_english_.html
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
August 22nd, 2012
11:40 am
Finn – You do realize the Onion is a parody site, don’t you?
That’s what I love about Colbert – watching people make fun of everything. Why would I come on a Con site and share a parody about liberals? What fun would that be?
bu2
August 22nd, 2012
11:43 am
@Lil’Barry
You should pay more attention to his comments. He didn’t remotely say rape was ok. He just badly used “legitimate” to apparently mean a “real” rape. The guy needs to leave the race because he has demonstrated he is a moron, not because he thinks rape is legitimate. As Kyle says, its not clear why he needed an adjective and more importantly, he made some comment about it being hard for a woman to get pregnant with rape. So the guy demonstrated he is an idiot. Many politicians are, but they do a better job of hiding it.
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
August 22nd, 2012
11:45 am
If Akin pulls out now Claire would be facing a write in candidate? Is that correct?
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
August 22nd, 2012
11:50 am
Akin perfectly represents GOP thinking.
He said what most Cons think but don’t have the stones to say out loud…..which all boils down to, “I’m a nutter!…Elect me!”