Poll Position: Who is GOP’s best choice for U.S. Senate?
There’s been a lot of speculation for some time now about who in the Georgia GOP might challenge U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss in a primary when he’s up for re-election in 2014. That speculation owes to a couple of issues on which he’s strayed from the main Republican Party line, most recently and notably with his openness to revenue increases via his work with the Gang of Six in the Senate.
Who is the GOP's best choice for U.S. Senate?
- The incumbent, Saxby Chambliss (217 Votes)
- Someone else (92 Votes)
- Tom Price (42 Votes)
- Paul Broun (25 Votes)
- Tom Graves (13 Votes)
Total Voters: 389
Loading ...The buzz grew last week after Congressman Tom Price lost his bid for a higher position in the House GOP leadership ranks (to Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington). Adding to the intrigue surrounding Price is the fact Speaker John Boehner, a friend of Chambliss’s, backed McMorris Rodgers.
In an article posted last night, Roll Call suggests another possible challenger to Chambliss is Congressman Paul Broun of Athens. Another tea-party favorite, Rep. Tom Graves, is also sometimes mentioned.
The thinking among Georgia politicos is that if one person jumps into the primary, others will follow. But who would be the best choice? Or is the best choice the man who already holds the office?
That’s this week’s Poll Position question (I realize it’s not Friday, but I will not be in the office this Friday). The question is not who will run, but who would be the best choice for the job, keeping in mind that we’re only talking about Republicans this time and will deal with potential Democratic statewide candidates another day. Answer in the nearby poll and in the comments thread below.
(Note: While voting continues apace, all comments will be going through moderation now through my return to the office on Monday. Have a happy Thanksgiving!)
– By Kyle Wingfield
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Have the Republicans Learned Nothing?
November 20th, 2012
12:05 pm
Campaigning for 2014 already? As if we need more proof that the Republicans didn’t get the message from the last election (you know – the one we had two weeks ago). The message is: STOP BEING SO SELF-ABSORBED, AS IF YOUR OWN POLICIES ARE THE ONLY POLICIES, AND START WORKING WITH THE OTHER SIDE TO ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING.
But no… we must start positioning ourselves for the next round of elections, and therefore we must obstruct anything and everything the other side tries to do until then. PATHETIC. Right up their with Boy Wonder Rubio’s pathetic pandering to the right wing extremists. “I have no idea how old the earth is – it’s not my area of expertise, I’m not a scientist, blah blah blah”. Hey Marco – pandering to creationists is NOT a winning strategy. But feel free. “Permanent Republican Minority” has a nice ring to it.
Aquagirl
November 20th, 2012
12:07 pm
Graves is a freeloading sponge, Broun and Price are loons….and these are the serious contenders? Y’all better stick with the RINO draft-dodger.
Marty
November 20th, 2012
12:09 pm
A better question would be, ” Which of the 3 Republican challengers reminds you most of this years Tea Party candidates in Indiana and Missouri ? ” Much tougher choice
JohnnyReb
November 20th, 2012
12:09 pm
I would like to see an outspoken Obstructionist as senator. One who uses every legal manuver possible to stop Obama, Reid and the Left’s agenda. That’s not Chambliss. Whether any of the other guys listed would do that; I don’t know.
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
November 20th, 2012
12:12 pm
Who is GOP’s best choice for U.S. Senate?
Which one of them is NOT pro-rape?
JohnnyReb
November 20th, 2012
12:14 pm
BTW – all the BS about the election results is just that. Obama won 26 states and DC. That’s one more than half for those challenged. The popular vote gave him less than 51%. So, the item of learning is, there was no mandate to Obama. He won, but not by much.
Obama barely won by running the dirtiest campaign in modern history.
The learning item for Republicans is, we have to play on the opponents level. McCain did not get that and neither did Mitt. If the RNC does not now get it, the party could be done.
Georgia, The " New Mississippi "
November 20th, 2012
12:16 pm
Damn Kyle,
Pick your poison. They are all cut from the same piece of wood.
ralph
November 20th, 2012
12:19 pm
Not one of them. They are all bad choices.
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
November 20th, 2012
12:27 pm
“[We] will deal with potential Democratic statewide candidates another day”
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Seems like a waste of pixels to me, but OK.
The Republican wins.
JDW
November 20th, 2012
12:27 pm
The GA GOP would be wise to heed the lessons of Akins, Mourdock, Angle, O’Donnell, etc…
JDW
November 20th, 2012
12:28 pm
@LBB…”The Republican wins”
Better check those demographics…they are changing quickly. BTW for extra credit what two states where Romney won had the lowest margin of victory?
sam
November 20th, 2012
12:30 pm
i like chambliss, he has nice hair
Aquagirl
November 20th, 2012
12:31 pm
Obama won 26 states and DC. That’s one more than half for those challenged.
While Mitt took those mighty electoral powerhouses like Idaho and Montana. There’s your path to success Goopers! As soon as potatoes and cows get the vote you’ll steamroll back into power!
GaBlue
November 20th, 2012
12:35 pm
While it would be entertaining to see someone attack Sen. Chambliss’ character with the same kind of venomous lies with which he attacked his predecessor, I don’t see how any of these Pekoe heads would serve the people of this state any better than our current senator, who doesn’t serve our interests at all. Dr. Price would just love to sate his lust for more power with a bigger uh… seat in government, but if he’s foolish enough to run against Saxby, he won’t last the season.
Henne
November 20th, 2012
12:36 pm
Kyle Wingfield.
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
November 20th, 2012
12:37 pm
JDW: Better check those demographics…they are changing quickly.
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There are still many more Americans than parasites in this state.
Dusty
November 20th, 2012
12:39 pm
Well, I see the wild turkeys all flew over here.
Would you believe Finn has ACTUALLY asked “Which one of them is NOT pro-rape?”
It’s Thanksgiving time, Finn. NOT Halloween
Oh nevermind. I’m going shopping. If I see Saxby, I’ll shake his hand.
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
November 20th, 2012
12:39 pm
(Although Obozo and Democrats are working hard to change that)
GaBlue
November 20th, 2012
12:41 pm
Dusty,
Well, which one?
southpaw
November 20th, 2012
12:42 pm
Which one of them is NOT pro-rape?
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Each of them.
Wow. That was easy.
JDW
November 20th, 2012
12:45 pm
For Tiberius, MD and anyone else that felt the need to spread COMPLETELY UNFOUNDED rumors regarding Florida voting irregularities….don’t you feel silly now?
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/20/after-recount-west-concedes-in-tight-congressional-race/?hpt=hp_t2
JDW
November 20th, 2012
12:46 pm
@LBB…”There are still many more Americans than parasites in this state.”
Indeed there are and more and more are voting Democratic.
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
November 20th, 2012
12:49 pm
Americans don’t vote based on who will give them more of someone else’s property, JDW.
Parasites are, by definition, Democrats.
NoMoreRawDeal
November 20th, 2012
12:57 pm
Herman Cain. But then he wouldn’t get elected because Georgia Republicans do not elect black Republicans no matter what.
Yep
November 20th, 2012
1:00 pm
Chambliss wakes up every once in a while and trots himself out in front of the cameras to say something… but that is about all he has done since he was put into office. He is USELESS.
JohnnyReb
November 20th, 2012
1:00 pm
Parasites are, by definition, Democrats.
True, but I like the new labels – Makers and Takers
jconservative
November 20th, 2012
1:04 pm
Incumbents are generally hard to beat. But in 2010 and 2012 Republicans managed to kick out a few incumbents. The fact that they were not able to then hold the seat for their party is another manner. Or is it?
In Broun’s election this year Charles Darwin received 14,000 write-in votes. Is he a possibility? Or does the Constitution require an actual living person? (I just checked the Constitution, an actual living person is required, notwithstanding some of the members of the current US Senate.)
If my selection must be one of these, it looks like I will vote Libertarian. Again.
JohnnyReb
November 20th, 2012
1:05 pm
Speaking of Takers – I wonder if Chambiss could stop the free cell phones?
I pay about $165 per month for 3 cell phones. The guy who did yard work for me this past summer had three different free cell phones. When he ran out of minutes on one, he swithced to another.
Takers know now to “game” the system. They applied that to the election. The conclusion, we/Repubs are dumb.
Don't Tread
November 20th, 2012
1:10 pm
My vote is for whichever one will adhere to the Constitution. (Might be “none of the above”.)
It’s past time to stop taking away real rights and adding “rights” that don’t exist, such as the “right” to a free cell phone, free welfare for life, etc.
Rafe Hollister, dreading the eventual decline caused by Obamanism
November 20th, 2012
1:14 pm
Most importantly we have to decide if they are electable. JDW is correct, Georgia is growing more toward the dependency party. Chambliss is unreliable and a RINO, but a RINO is better than an Obamabot. The other two are not electable, too many skeletons in their closets and they lack statewide name recognition. Paul Broun is a joke in need of a punchline. The GOP bench in Georgia is thin, time to call up a rookie, maybe Austin Scott.
political arsonist
November 20th, 2012
1:18 pm
all liers, crooks, hate mongers, NRA-phobes, bible thumping imbecils. Jason Carter would be the right man.
Yep
November 20th, 2012
1:22 pm
Hey JohnnyReb… that free cell phones program was created by Reagan and enhanced under Clinton and Bush… do yourself a favor and get an education:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/cellphone.asp
curious
November 20th, 2012
1:23 pm
God help the Republican party if that’s the best they have to offer.
My momma told me she would rather give it away (Democrats) than to have them steal from her (Republicans).
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
November 20th, 2012
1:24 pm
JDW, they were not unfounded, they were legitimate questions that needed to be asked.
Of course, when you support the party of voting dead people, you don’t like questions to be asked about voting, do you, JDW?
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
November 20th, 2012
1:26 pm
As to the question Kyle posted, ANYBODY would be better than Saxby on the Republican side.
That guy’s been a waste of oxygen since day one.
Black Label
November 20th, 2012
1:31 pm
JDW
Great post. The L
“alleged” fraud issue in St Lucie Cty was bs from the start. Except for the opinion shows, not even the “news” part of Fox News paid much attention to it.
It was mostly the right wing talk heads and websites trying to gin up a story. Most knew it was going nowhere and of course it didn’t.
jconservative
November 20th, 2012
1:32 pm
Re the just completed presidential election some are discussing. My 2 cents.
Obama pulled off quite an achievement. Obama is only the 4th president in the last 108 years to win the popular vote in two presidential elections. The other three are F D Roosevelt, Eisenhower and Reagan. That puts Obama in very rare and exclusive company.
And, Republicans have now lost the popular vote in 5 of the last 6 presidential elections. What will Republicans do to stop it from being 6 of 7? That is really the big question for 2016.
One difficulty that Republicans have is that in today’s world of radio, TV, internet, cell phones and all the Twitter type stuff out there every Republican office holder now becomes the “voice and face” of the party. The Republicans attempt at “vaginal inserts” in Virginia cost Republicans women’s votes in all 50 states. And when the young woman testified before Congress about contraceptives and Limbaugh called her a “slut”, 68% of unmarried women voted for Obama. And do I need to discuss the actions of several Republican state legislatures costing Romney votes in the latino community?
I see no reason why Republicans cannot control the US House for the foreseeable future. I see no reason the Democrats will not keep control of the US Senate. The question on the table is how bad do the Republicans want the White House?
JDW
November 20th, 2012
1:34 pm
@LBB…”Parasites are, by definition, Democrats.”
Only parasite I see around here is you LBB…you get your energy from trying to suck any shred of decency from every post.
JDW
November 20th, 2012
1:36 pm
@Tiberius…”they were not unfounded, they were legitimate questions that needed to be asked.”
They were completely unfounded, based on fantasy and a failure to read past page 2 of a 70 page document.
DawgDad
November 20th, 2012
1:46 pm
“One difficulty that Republicans have is that in today’s world of radio, TV, internet, cell phones and all the Twitter type stuff out there every Republican office holder now becomes the “voice and face” of the party. ”
The same is true for the Democrats.
Jefferson
November 20th, 2012
1:52 pm
Tom Graves is a crook.
Parasites are high income earners not paying their fair share.
Black Label
November 20th, 2012
1:55 pm
Two yrs is many life times in politics, but Saxby will probably hang on.
stands for decibels
November 20th, 2012
2:01 pm
I’m with Henne.
Kyle, *you* ought to primary-challenge these thievin’ varmints!
/drive-by
Progressive Humanist
November 20th, 2012
2:03 pm
I hope Broun gets it because I want a Democrat in office.
Jefferson
November 20th, 2012
2:04 pm
Oh yea, thank for the laugh you folks are funny.
Rockerbabe
November 20th, 2012
2:06 pm
Vote Democratic for a real change!
Rockerbabe
November 20th, 2012
2:07 pm
I vote for former mayor Shirley Franklin!
Jefferson
November 20th, 2012
2:10 pm
Of all the GOP fellows out there Ross Tolleson may not be ruined yet.
mike
November 20th, 2012
2:11 pm
Judging by a lot of the comments here, it will make no difference who runs. All your hate, disrepect and overall just plain ole meanness did not help you folks in the last election but it did keep Georgia’s state legialators in office. Really saids something about some people in this state. The real surprise will be when the other people of Georgia will vote out all the long time conserves. Now that will be a shocker for you folks.
St Simons
November 20th, 2012
2:14 pm
which one of THOSE?
well, which one of them can sneak up behind a goat
while playing Dueling Banjos?
there’s your answer, duh
Cherokee
November 20th, 2012
2:14 pm
“The question on the table is how bad do the Republicans want the White House?”
Good question. I don’t think they really care, else they’d stop trying to drive away potential voters by calling them ‘parasites’. I think it’s evident from some posts here that they’d rather hurl third grade insults than to actually try to appeal to the electorate with their ideas.
Sad…
Kyle Wingfield
November 20th, 2012
2:17 pm
Sorry to disappoint, Henne and stands, but I’ll stick to writing about politics.
JamVet
November 20th, 2012
2:19 pm
Paul “Evolution and Big Bang theory are lies straight from pit of hell” Broun?
YIPPEE!
That is exactly what we need!
Another far right wing, science-averse ignoramus in the United States Senate!
The fact that he is NOT a complete embarrassment to you Georgia Republicans pretty much says it all.
Long Live the GOP’s Dark Ages!
Thomas Heyward Jr
November 20th, 2012
2:49 pm
Who is GOP’s best choice for U.S. Senate?
.
as if the decision is left up to Real Georgians.
.
lol
.
The best a decent person can do is make the choice, and the chosen crook…………………….irrelevant.
BehindEnemyLines
November 20th, 2012
2:57 pm
I love Broun as my Rep. but concede that he isn’t the easiest candidate to run statewide. I don’t trust Price. But either of them would be exponentially better than Sell-Out Sax. My cat’s litter box contains stuff I’d rather see than his appeasment-minded butt back in office. Best bet at the moment seems to be this mythical “someone else”.
Don Abernethy
November 20th, 2012
2:57 pm
I have voted Republican for 50 years but not any more after their dismal showing November 6th. Hopefully we will have a new party by 2016.
Jeffrey
November 20th, 2012
3:03 pm
Max cleland Statesman. Veteran.
TRUTH
November 20th, 2012
3:15 pm
Saxby and the rest of the ol’ boys network of the GOP are marching into oblivion and with it ANY opportunity for truly moderate and bi-partisanshi….huh?…what’s that…??!!! Oh, there are some NEW GOP’ers…with the SAME OL’ BALONEY…
Let the circular firing squad engage!
MiltonMan
November 20th, 2012
3:20 pm
Doesn’t matter who the GOP candidate will be. There is not a dem candidate worth a crap to give any of them a run for their money. Who will the dems nominate??? Vernon Jones, Jim Martin, Roy Barnes, Mike Thurmond, etc., etc.??? All losers.
GaBlue
November 20th, 2012
3:23 pm
Doug Stoner.
CC
November 20th, 2012
3:24 pm
Have the Republicans Learned Nothing@12:05 pm:
“START WORKING WITH THE OTHER SIDE TO ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING.”
Democrats have shown no willingness to work with Republicans on the national level. It is “their way or the highway”. Need YOU be reminded when Pelosi ruled the House, Reid ruled the Senate and Barack sat on the throne?
“But feel free. “Permanent Republican Minority” has a nice ring to it.”
I wouldn’t bet the farm on it.
CC
November 20th, 2012
3:24 pm
Finn McCool@12:12 pm”
“Which one of them is NOT pro-rape?”
You’re really obsessed with the ‘rape’ thing, aren’t you? Been a victim?
CC
November 20th, 2012
3:25 pm
political arsonist@1:18 pm:
“all liers, crooks, hate mongers, NRA-phobes, bible thumping imbecils. Jason Carter would be the right man.”
Here’s your sign.
NEXT?
CC
November 20th, 2012
3:26 pm
JDW@1:34 pm:
“Only parasite I see around here is you LBB…you get your energy from trying to suck any shred of decency from every post.”
LBB would have a difficult time finding “decency” in your posts, now wouldn’t he?
carlosgvv
November 20th, 2012
3:26 pm
Kyle, this is just way too easy.
NONE OF THE ABOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tom
November 20th, 2012
3:31 pm
Paul Broun is a perfect candidate to represent Georgia conservatives: a moronic wackaloon who clings to the ludicrous fairy-tales he was taught as a 4-year-old in Sunday School at Hooterville Baptist Church.
CC
November 20th, 2012
3:31 pm
Kyle:
I want to see who the candidates will be, listen to and read their stances and plans, and hear debates among them before making a final determination.
Just Saying..
November 20th, 2012
3:46 pm
Run Johnny Reb.
He seems at least as bright as Broun…
HDB
November 20th, 2012
3:54 pm
What I would hope from ANY Republican candidate is one that does the following:
1) Campaign in the INNER CITIES to ask for my vote
2) Address the issues that are important to me
3) Quit ignoring me as a constituent
So far, none of the characters in the GOP fit this bill……..
Gee
November 20th, 2012
3:57 pm
“Please, please let it be Broun!”
signed- a Democrat
Old timer
November 20th, 2012
4:11 pm
I wish Marco Rubio lived in Ga. I just believe there is a wonderful person out there who would serve our state well and conservative, who will just shut about abortion…those laws will never change…ever.
Tom
November 20th, 2012
4:14 pm
Marco Rubio is not a scientist, man. He’s just as willing to pander to the whackjobs as all of his Republican confreres.
Michael H. Smith
November 20th, 2012
4:18 pm
Good thing the democrats haven’t figured out why they’ve lost their 100 years of control over Georgia.
After reading the comments from the regular socialist democrats homesteading on Kyle’s blog, maybe in another 100 years they’ll figure it out.
CC
November 20th, 2012
4:28 pm
I will omit the names of the persons involved in the following story:
Many years ago, a newly-elected junior Democrat Senator asked the senior Senator from Georgia a question. He asked. “Senator _______, I’m getting an awful lot of mail, and frankly some of it appears to be from ‘nuts’. Should I answer all these letters?”
The senior Senator replied, “A third of the people in Georgia will vote for me because my name is ________, and a third of them will vote against me because my name is _________. That leaves one third of the vote out there that you must get to win, and some of those in that third are ‘nuts’. You answer every damn one of those letters, son, ‘cause you got to get the ‘nut’ vote!”
That explains what happened in the last presidential election: Romney failed to get the ‘nut’ vote!
Tap Out
November 20th, 2012
4:30 pm
Georgia is becoming a punch line…..and it seems many Georgians are proud of this fact.
JamVet
November 20th, 2012
4:30 pm
Good thing the Republicans haven’t figured out why they’ve gotten crushed three times on the national stage since 2006.
And here is to hoping that they never do…
Cobbian
November 20th, 2012
4:33 pm
Here is a surprise. Not all Republicans in this state are Tea Partiers. Some of us actually think that working with the Dems means things can get done. And they will still be done well, even if what is done involves compromise. For example, raise the tax rates on the top earners. Just do it. The GOP does not have the support of the country for continuing to refuse to take action that would help reduce the deficit. We cannot do it by budget cuts along. Just raise the tax rate, for heavens sake!!
Tom
November 20th, 2012
4:34 pm
JamVet: But…but…2010! Uh…57 states! Uh…teleprompter!
Banderson
November 20th, 2012
4:34 pm
Run Paul Broun. Cue the Deliverance music.
Interesting
November 20th, 2012
5:13 pm
Karen Handel
Keen Observer
November 20th, 2012
6:09 pm
Saxby has been an articulate voice for Georgia, for agriculture, and he shown a solid presence on intel issues. He has been at least open to co-operative efforts. That won’t get him much love back home. I think he’ll read the polls and – he is not a young man – opt for an early out. He will have served a solid two terms. The GOP will hold the seat.
Hillbilly D
November 20th, 2012
6:13 pm
CC @ 4:28
That sounds like Herman to me. He understood constituent services. You had a problem with those SS checks or Vet benefits, you called Herman’s office, it got taken care of. He knew which side his bread was buttered on. He was doing good ’til he bought that overcoat.
mike
November 20th, 2012
6:18 pm
Well, why not? Let’s not skimp on the crazy. I think Paul Broun perfectly represents the majority of nut case, backwoods bumpkin redneck rubes of Georgia. Of course, he’s the logical choice. Bring it!
Mr. Dithers
November 20th, 2012
6:23 pm
Can’t we please keep Paul Broun under wraps? Isn’t he embarrassing enough in the House? It is amazing to me that the GOP feels the need to parade these lunatics around. One poster even said he was proud to have Broun as his rep in Congress. What an indictment of the public education system in Georgia. Surely there are some intelligent Republicans out there somewhere in this state. Why are you hiding them? It is okay to be smart. Really, it is.
CC
November 20th, 2012
6:36 pm
Hillbilly D@6:13 pm:
You’re very perceptive, Hillbilly. It was indeed Senator Talmadge advising a young newly-elected Sam Nunn. You are indeed a student of politics, and of human nature judging by other of your posts that I have read.
Shine
November 20th, 2012
6:42 pm
Unlike in the past, I will likely be voting for a democrat, doesnt matter who. Boot some kooks, vote democrat!!
Hillbilly D
November 20th, 2012
6:52 pm
CC
My great-grandpa was a friend of Old Man Gene.
Dave
November 20th, 2012
6:52 pm
I voted for someone else. I’m an independent but mostly liberal voter. I wonder how many people that voted the same aren’t Republicans. It is nice to see that the votes skew against the crazy wing of the GOP.
JDW
November 20th, 2012
7:01 pm
@cc…”That explains what happened in the last presidential election: Romney failed to get the ‘nut’ vote!”
Need to check those exit polls cc…Romney carried the nuts in the high 80’s. It was his dominant demographic.
CC
November 20th, 2012
7:02 pm
Hillbilly:
“My great-grandpa was a friend of Old Man Gene”
AKA “The Wild Man From Sugar Creek”! If you haven’t read the book by that title, I recommend it highly.
Ole skool
November 20th, 2012
7:03 pm
Yep, if it wasn’t for their racists tendencies maybe the Talmedge’s could have done more GA than their supporters actually think they did.
Ole skool
November 20th, 2012
7:08 pm
Romney just wasn’t a good candidate. Plain and simple.
Look at the economy. It should have been a Romney landslide, but he was weak.
Two weeks later many of his supporters are still making excuses.
Some Republicans and even right wing pundits are saying what I am posting but many still want to do the same exact thing that as cost them the popular vote 5 of the last 6 elections.
Do what you must.
arnold
November 20th, 2012
7:14 pm
They are all losers. The GOP needs some representative with logical brains. I would like to see someone who can present a sensible alternative to the Democrats. So far, there are nothing but extremist wing nuts in the Republican Party.
arnold
November 20th, 2012
7:16 pm
Many of the GOP are still in denial. They haven’t even reached the anger stage. They have a long way to go before they can start to come up with workable alternatives to the Democrats.
Ole skool
November 20th, 2012
7:25 pm
Newsmax
The National Inquire for conservatives is reporting that the Romney campaign is blaming Governor Christie for the spanking they took.
Losers with only excuses to give.
Romney must have really been deluded that he would win. His polling must have been close to Gallup and Rasmussen…… WRONG.
Waaaaaaaa, wAaaaaaaaa
Michael
November 20th, 2012
7:27 pm
I will go with Johnny Reb as well. We cant dumb down any further.
Ole skool
November 20th, 2012
7:36 pm
Michael
Guess that means you will be working to help nominate better candidates than Flip Romney…
He could not beat Obama…
What a joke he was
CC
November 20th, 2012
7:40 pm
I have read with interest the various posts by ‘concerned’ persons regarding the perceived necessary changes of the Republican Party in order to be competitive. I submit that most posts were from people who have never voted for a Republican and never intend on doing so. To the very few who have seriously posted regarding this, I would ask a question: Are Republicans to become more akin to Democrats in order to attract votes? If so, why even have two parties with differing philosophies?
I am not a Republican. I am a conservative who must vote Republican because there is no other mode of transport to get me where I wish to go.
To those of you posting endlessly as to what the Republican Party SHOULD do as only a means of gloating over your victory, I say “Congratulations, and get over it. You, as well as the rest of us, shall surely reap what you have so foolishly sewn.”
I, for one, still hold my conservative principles closely, and will not change them for the sake of a single vote. Being correct in one’s thinking may not win elections, but you are still right when the election is over. The greater issue is that you have prostituted neither your principles nor your soul. I leave that to the Democrats/liberals/progressives. After all, they have a wealth of experience in that area, and have become expert at it.
Ole skool
November 20th, 2012
7:45 pm
Cc
dont be a hypocrite…. You are reaping the Bush years. Your selective memory is as weak as your posts
@@
November 20th, 2012
7:47 pm
Why does it always have to be a retread?
Hillbilly D
November 20th, 2012
7:49 pm
I know some folks in their 80’s who’ll quickly point out to you that Gene Talmadge started the school lunch program. They haven’t forgotten.
Ole skool
November 20th, 2012
7:49 pm
Cc
You are one of those brainwashed souls that reside on both sides of the political spectrum, that only speak of “reaping what one sows” when you think an issue fits your narrative..
Your pores ooozzzzze hypocrisy
Hillbilly D
November 20th, 2012
7:50 pm
Why does it always have to be a retread?
What the world needs is more treads. (IW&SH)
Ole skool
November 20th, 2012
7:54 pm
Didn’t say the Talmedge’s didn’t do anything for the state, did I?
I said their racists tendencies prevented them for doing more than they could have done. White wash it all you like but you know the truth.
They were bigots and if you excuses it because of the times, it says much about you. If you don’t excuse it then please accept my aplogy.
md
November 20th, 2012
7:56 pm
Yes, I know the election is over, but this guy explains the moral/christian side of obamacare about as well as I’ve heard it:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/rEM4NKXK-iA?feature=player_detailpage
And no, I’m not very religious, but I’ve heard that real christians are supposed to help the “poor” by default……
Dave
November 20th, 2012
7:57 pm
CC, your 7:40 comment is interesting. I’m not a Dem but for the most part vote for them because your guys that you aren’t in love with are my other choice. Like you, I have principles. I won’t vote for anyone that denigrates other people be it based on race, creed, gender or ethnicity – you know, those pesky first ten amendments. I won’t vote for people that want to strip us of our humanity – they’ve got theirs, quite probably partially at the expense of the lower economic folks and they’ll be damned if they are giving any of “theirs” to help anyone else. There’s more; but, you get the idea. I think my political principles are opposite of prostituting my soul as you put it. But, the nice thing is until the revolution, we get to say what we want to say.
@@
November 20th, 2012
7:59 pm
More treads, Hillbilly???
hisssssssssssssssss
md
November 20th, 2012
8:06 pm
“they’ve got theirs, quite probably partially at the expense of the lower economic folks and they’ll be damned if they are giving any of “theirs” to help anyone else”
Yet the morally superior stance allows one to tell those that “got theirs” what they are supposed to do with it…….
Painting with a broad brush is unhelpful on both extremes, I’d hazard to guess that many that “got theirs” did it through hard work and long hours……and of course choices.
Ole skool
November 20th, 2012
8:06 pm
Hillbilly
Would you say the Talmedge’s during the height of their power and influence were working for civil rights of minorities or working to keep the status quo?
Glenn Beck
November 20th, 2012
8:10 pm
md
Haven’t heard much lately on the St Lucie County “alleged voter fraud”.
Got any news for us?
Hillbilly D
November 20th, 2012
8:11 pm
Ole skool
They were politicians; they were doing what they thought they needed to do to stay in power, which was the status quo. You should at least spell their name correctly, though.
md
November 20th, 2012
8:13 pm
Yep, West dropped it…..but it still smells fishy considering the recount that was done produced a totally different result than when the cards were run the first time…..same cards mind you.
That should be of concern to most everyone, as voting is an ongoing process, and we get to do it all again year after year………
Dave
November 20th, 2012
8:13 pm
md, I’m one the one’s that for the most part “has his.” I’m not at all rich and I worked for what I’ve got. I don’t think I’m morally superior, or acting as if I was for lecturing people that think they can skate around more and more people in our country, not mention around the world, that are on an economic edge. Forget morality, when you lose the consent of the governed, if you are running things, you find yourself not running things. See our Revolutionary War, various Arab Spring events and a few revolutions in between.
Ole skool
November 20th, 2012
8:16 pm
Hilbilly
They were bigots and racists. They do not deserve my respect to spell their name correctly. That is inconsequential to the point.
Glenn Beck
November 20th, 2012
8:19 pm
md
I told you 5 minutes after you posted your original piece that it was crap. The numbers you posted were easily found to be twisted by the right leaning media that was pushing it.
Even on Fox, it was only the pundits who was pushing that non story, not their non editorialized news. That should have been your clue, besides Governor Scott not saying much either.
Glenn Beck
November 20th, 2012
8:27 pm
HillBilly
If their God is a “just” God, they will answer for their racism and bigotry. Telling him it was just part of the times and politics will not be a pass or an answer they will want to provide.
Hillbilly D
November 20th, 2012
8:28 pm
Glenn Beck
Everybody faces their judgement. It’s between them and God.
Ole skool
November 20th, 2012
8:29 pm
Glenn
Thanks for the comments. Sometimes the truth must be said, even when it isnlt comfortable.
Glenn Beck
November 20th, 2012
8:31 pm
Hillbilly
Well I say their God, because he isn’t my God. But if he is “just”, they will not be given a pass for putting down people because they didn’t have the same skin color.
CC
November 20th, 2012
8:34 pm
Ole skool:
I speak mostly of the south simply because I have more knowledge of it than other parts of the country. Many white people saw the hypocrisy and inequity of “the system” whereby black people were discriminated against simply because of their color. These people read the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and marveled that slavery could have ever been allowed to exist. These people, for the most part, did not march, sing songs, carry signs or step in front of a television camera (after television was invented) but worked quietly and behind-the-scenes for change. They worked in their communities, in their churches, in their counties and within their own families, and they did effect change. These people did not seek attention or acclamation for their efforts, and that is a good thing because they certainly have received neither.
Ole Skool
November 20th, 2012
8:34 pm
I doubt saying that I started the “school lunch program” is going to be a “get of of jail” pass for willingly participating and benefiting off of institutional and individual racists actions.
Ole Skool
November 20th, 2012
8:38 pm
CC
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
“History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
And for the record: I was born, raised and live right here in GA.
Ole Skool
November 20th, 2012
8:43 pm
cc
MLK was speaking directly to that mindset you speak about in your 8:34 post
md
November 20th, 2012
8:43 pm
All a matter of perspective about the “crap” Beck, I’m sure when the shoe is on the other foot it will look more like something fishy…… but, 2 totally different results when running the same cards through the system may surely be a bunch of crap.
As I said, it’s something we should all be concerned with as the pendulum does swing……
CC
November 20th, 2012
8:46 pm
Ole Skool@8:38 pm:
These people I wrote of were making their “stands at times of challenge and controversy”, and these “good people” were not silent. They were going about their efforts as they had before: quietly, constantly and without fanfare.
Glenn Beck
November 20th, 2012
8:47 pm
Again, look who was pushing the story. It was crap. You are welcome to spin it and justify it all you like.
The original stories which mentioned the over voting, which I debunked in short fashion was your clue. If I could figure out in less than 5 minutes the votes and cards casts issue, why was it not mentioned in the right leaning articles that were pushing the story?
md
November 20th, 2012
8:48 pm
” Forget morality, when you lose the consent of the governed, if you are running things, you find yourself not running things. See our Revolutionary War, various Arab Spring events and a few revolutions in between.”
Our prisons have been overflowing for quite some time now with those that choose not to participate……and it hasn’t much mattered who is in office. But I contend that with the tax and spend mentality, it will get worse, not better. Once more are addicted to the freebies, they don’t give them up too easily…..a la greece.
Apparently, appeasement didn’t work to well either………
Glenn Beck
November 20th, 2012
8:49 pm
cc
if you were not standing up an speaking out against those injustices and possibly voting for politicians that were pushing those injustices…….. you were part of the problem.
Was that all people? Nope
But again
“History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
md
November 20th, 2012
8:51 pm
“The original stories which mentioned the over voting, which I debunked in short fashion was your clue.”
I think you are clueless to the actual history down there by your comments…..there WAS a problem with the voting, maybe not to the extent that Tibs link was pushing, but to discount the problem as you seem to be doing is mighty dangerous……….
Ole skool
November 20th, 2012
8:52 pm
CC
Glenn beat me to it, but you are either part of the solution or part of the problem.
This gray area you seem to be comfortable in, is surely your choice, but it doesn’t change the facts.
If you and your family were part of those working for change, I tip my hat to you.
Either way, everyone have a great holiday weekend.
Ole skool
November 20th, 2012
8:56 pm
md
History in terms of the recent election? You either can show fraud as Tibs and yourself were alluding or you can’t.
West and his lawyers came up empty. Maybe you have something that can help them out.
And you damn well know that numerous right leaning articles were using the votes casts without mentioning the cards casts as a way to fuel the fire. They were looking for sheep (you) to not do their homework and take the bait. Both of you did.
If you are not able to acknowledge that you are more clueless than I thought the day I made quick work of that crap you and Tibs posted.
Dave
November 20th, 2012
8:58 pm
md, so you figure you are screwed unless you put the hammer down on those not amenable to appeasement?
md
November 20th, 2012
9:04 pm
Dave…..I think we all need to learn to live with our choices……I too have mine but not nearly as much as I’d like, but I also understand that I put myself where I am.
The classic example of the problem exists with the Bush tax cuts….we all got one, but many have no problem calling for others to give theirs back without first offering up their own as well…….THAT is the problem.
JDW
November 20th, 2012
9:35 pm
@Md….”there WAS a problem with the voting”
There was no voting problem. There was one bad summary page and one bad memory card. You, Tiberuis and the rest did nothing but manufacture COMPLETLY unsubstantiated ghost stories.
Khalid
November 20th, 2012
9:57 pm
For years Saxby has stymied the efforts of the government to round up and deport the non-traditional tourists who pick crops for his south Georgia farmer constituents. Based on that alone he does not deserve to represent us in the Senate.
Buzzy
November 20th, 2012
11:24 pm
I think Kyle has finally gone over the edge. The Republicans just take a humiliating loss in the national election, and Kyle thinks it’s a great idea go to to the Right of Saxby with an ultra-Right Wing candidate.
My hat is off to Saxby Chamblis for at least trying to act like a statesman, and look out for the overall good of your country. We need more people like him in Congress.
I certainly don’t agree with everything Saxby does. I’m a Democrat. But I have to say that Sen. Chambliss is willing to act like a statesman and reach across on some issues, and I give him credit for that.
But I’ll play along with Kyle for a minute. What about Nathan Deal? When I look at Nathan Deal and just get the feel of the man he just oozes Republican. Sort of a used car salesman meets big business; use God to make a buck type. (Use anyone to make a buck type.)
Yeah, Deal is definitely the Republican paradigm for Georgia.
ODD OWL
November 21st, 2012
12:44 am
I heard a rumor that Herr Paul “T Rex” Broun will ride on the back of a dinosaur in the Christmas parade this year… I’m not sure whether its a fake dinosaur or a real one… Georgia is turning Democrat blue fast.. Broun could very well lose his House seat in 2014…
ODD OWL
November 21st, 2012
12:49 am
Saxby Chambliss have seen the writing on the wall and he’s positioning himself in the middle in an attempt to persuade Democrat voters to vote for him in 2014…
Just Saying..
November 21st, 2012
3:12 am
After reading the comments from the regular socialist democrats homesteading on Kyle’s blog, maybe in another 100 years they’ll figure it out.
Dems have made their decision. They’ll run the US, let you have the Confederacy…
Moon Mullins
November 21st, 2012
5:12 am
Politics has been defined as the art of compromise and compromise is a situation wherein no one gets everything they want, but everybody get some of what they want. It’s a pitiful state where one gets punished for trying to do the right thing.
As far as those like Paul Broun, well, I can’t imagine him being elected to any political office with his backward, anti-science, religious rantings. He’s an embarrassment not only to the state of Georgia but to the human race.
Maybe one day, some day, political leaders will be elected based upon their rationality and not one their belief in the supernatural and superstitions! Probably won’t happen in my lifetime, but it’s certainly a pleasant thought.
marko
November 21st, 2012
5:31 am
This reminds me of the time that the folks in Indiana decided that Richard Lugar wasn’t crazy enough.
JohnnyReb
November 21st, 2012
7:53 am
I see we have at least two posters who think I am dumb enough to run for Senate. These are demostrations of Lefties who put themselves on pedestals and just know they are correct about everything. They are also often historically illiterate. But, it really comes down to the name.
Anyone with the moniker JohnnyReb has to be dumb racist bigot homophobe among other terms of endearment. It never occurs to the Statists why one choose such a handle. They are probably imports as well, or worse than that, don’t even live in Georgia. They also think that Repbulicans, like them, support every single policy ever put in place by Repbulicans. Now that is truly dumb.
Attack Dog
November 21st, 2012
7:53 am
Of all the possibilities, Paul Broun most identifies with Dixiecrats. For those who do not want to cling to their origins, make that Dixiecans.
CC
November 21st, 2012
8:13 am
“These are demostrations of Lefties who put themselves on pedestals and just know they are correct about everything”
Point out just a single example of any leftist who does not “put themselves on pedestals and just know they are correct about everything”?
St Simons
November 21st, 2012
8:21 am
The resurgent Georgia Democrats’ 2014 campaign is –
BOOTaKOOK – Vote Democrat
smile for the camera, Georgia republicans, you’re world famous
JohnnyReb
November 21st, 2012
8:28 am
BootaKook – the problem for the Left is, the majority here view them as the kooks.
Mr. Dithers
November 21st, 2012
8:29 am
Leftists who just know they are correct about everything? I thought he made a mistake and was trying to reference Lil’ Barry Baby and Ragweed and the other cons who are always right, even when they aren’t. LBB hasn’t met an idea or comment that he can’t dismiss with what I can only imagine is what he thinks is a pithy, witty comeback. Both sides have more than their fair share of ranters and ravers who are never wrong. Until we stop listening to them and start listening to the rational middle, we will continue to wade through the morass that is politics today. We should be isolated the far right and left, not idolizing them. There are way more of us in the middle than on or outside the fringes. Time to start making ourselves heard.
Mr. Dithers
November 21st, 2012
8:30 am
sorry, isolating, not isolated.
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
November 21st, 2012
8:35 am
Yep: that free cell phones program was created by Reagan and enhanced under Clinton and Bush… do yourself a favor and get an education
———
There were cell phones and texting during the Reagan administration?
In any case, why do you think we care who started this handout program? Oh, right, you’re part of the People magazine, American Idol, party over country generation of idiot Democrat voter.
Try voting based on principles rather than personality. That way, the country won’t suck and be headed into the sewer the way it is now.
Nobody knows
November 21st, 2012
8:39 am
“Oh, right, you’re part of the People magazine, American Idol, party over country generation of idiot Democrat voter.”
Translation: I am a bitter little man and the election just heightened those feelings.
MrLiberty
November 21st, 2012
8:42 am
Saxby has to go. He is nothing but a big government neocon, warmongering statist. We need someone in the Senate who supports freedom, liberty, small government, a responsible foreign policy, sound money, personal freedom, and the constitution. That leaves out everyone else in your poll too.
CC
November 21st, 2012
8:42 am
“start listening to the rational middle”
It’s the “national middle” that’s gotten us into the sad state of affairs we now experience.
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
November 21st, 2012
8:42 am
Poor Nobody knows…takes an insult on People magazine-reading mouth breathers personally.
Nobody knows
November 21st, 2012
8:44 am
I post Barry responds………
hahahahaaha
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
November 21st, 2012
8:46 am
I bet Nobody knows learned from her People magazine everything she needed to know to cast an informed vote! Well, for a low-information Democrat.
Nobody knows
November 21st, 2012
8:47 am
Keep up the good work Barry
Wont be long before you will be in a booster seat. No more high chairs for you, little guy.
You are a funny little dude.
Have a great holiday and hopefully the bitterness and post election anxiety will subside a little over the long weekend
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
November 21st, 2012
8:49 am
Have a great holiday? I always do. Same to you.
md
November 21st, 2012
9:02 am
“There was no voting problem. There was one bad summary page and one bad memory card. You, Tiberuis and the rest did nothing but manufacture COMPLETLY unsubstantiated ghost stories.”
One bad card and one bad page? Hardly:
“Still, there were clearly counting problems in St. Lucie County, whether technological or from human error. In a letter sent late last week to the secretary of state, West’s attorneys wrote that they compared voting sign-in sheets with ballots actually counted. In early voting, they concluded 237 voters who signed in did not have their ballots recorded.
In absentee voting, they reported 121 voters appeared not to have had their votes counted. Further, they said, the number of absentee votes in certain precincts topped the number of listed absentee voters.
Even before the West campaign released its findings, 799 votes “disappeared” in a partial recount of early votes by the supervisor of elections.
Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner last week sent a trio of state elections officials to St. Lucie County. Among them: the chief of Florida’s voting systems certification division, which examines technology.”
I’d say the county has more problems than just technology concerning 1 card and 1 page, but you are more than welcome to believe it is……
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
November 21st, 2012
9:10 am
Who’s your candidate, MrLiberty? We need solutions, not just complaining.
CC
November 21st, 2012
9:15 am
“Who’s your candidate, MrLiberty?”
I wish you hadn’t asked that question!
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
November 21st, 2012
9:18 am
md, remember, these are the folks who vote dead people whenever and wherever possible.
They don’t WANT questions to be asked of voting procedures.
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
November 21st, 2012
9:30 am
I’m all for those things MrLiberty mentions, as are all Americans and even a few Democrats. Who’s your candidate, MrLiberty?
the red herring
November 21st, 2012
9:35 am
any of the alternatives would be a better choice than the democrat saxby chambliss we already have in there. he is as wishy washy as they come. with the media now saying obama and the senate have a “mandate” and rat terrier pelosi coming out of her cage again to start the “no cuts” message (followed closely by the union bosses) –it is just making things worse. i say let’s don’t go over the fiscal cliff –let’s run and jump over it— we have to get the nation back on sound financial footing and cut spending (especially all wasteful spending). Google Tom Coburn.
Ga bulldog
November 21st, 2012
9:54 am
Come on! Saxby is the clear and proven choice. Hands down he is the best and steadiest hand to serve all of Georgia in the US Senate. Don’t think for a minute that any of the other choices would start from behind, probably do something embarrassing, and certainly don’t exhibit the thoughtful, deliberate and practical approach to leading that Saxby does. As Ronald Reagan said “just because you only agree with me 85% of the time doesn’t make me 15% enemy. Lets rally behind our Senior Senator.
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
November 21st, 2012
10:01 am
Going over the fiscal cliff would be preferable to the in-patriotic Obozo approach of higher taxes on a few and phantom spending cuts that never happen.
Plus it would be fun to hear the low-information Democrats admitting that Our President Bush’s tax cuts gave a huge boost to the lower middle class. A worker making $30K a year will go from paying nothing to paying $1400 in federal income tax.
Black Label
November 21st, 2012
10:25 am
Tiberius and md
Please let us know when any of the “voter fraud allegations” that were swirling around in regards to St Lucie Country are substantiated with indictments and convictions.
You do believe in the rule of law over and above your political views and insinuations, correct?
CC
November 21st, 2012
10:36 am
“You do believe in the rule of law over and above your political views and insinuations, correct?”
How could anyone NOT believe in the rule of law with the shining example set by Eric (with)Holder?
Black Label
November 21st, 2012
10:37 am
Until them, you might want to send your best regards to West. He will not be in Congress much longer
Black Label
November 21st, 2012
10:43 am
CC
Tell us the exact law(s) that Holder has broken. Save the innuendo, implications and talking points.
Thanks
CC
November 21st, 2012
10:48 am
Black Label:
I won’t be playing your game this morning . . . or ever. If you haven’t kept up with the news since he has ‘occupied’ the position of AG, there’s little I can do to help you, and I will NOT spend my time researching and providing you with links to disregard.
You have yourself a nice day.
Black Label
November 21st, 2012
10:54 am
CC
Thanks for acknowledging that you nothing more than talking pts and your usual crap.
Facts are not yoru friend
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
November 21st, 2012
10:57 am
Facts? Democrats know nothing of facts. 90% of Obozo voters actually believe high-income earners pay a lower income tax rate than the middle class and poor.
Black Label
November 21st, 2012
10:59 am
Barry
So you can help CC out or you just blathering as usual?
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
November 21st, 2012
11:02 am
I’m not familiar with the issue CC is discussing. Merely commenting on Democrat immunity to facts.
Black Label
November 21st, 2012
11:07 am
LLB
Facts such as those delusional bloggers who were touting what President Romney would be doing, not doing etc.
Facts such as those that spoke of Republicans gaining seats and even taking the Senate.
Facts such as those saying that the Republicans would gain seats in the House.
You may not have said all these things, but it is fact that they were said on this blog.
____________________________________
CC
You just name the laws and the date(s) that they were broke and I will look up the information.
You were talking facts and not innuendo, right?
Thought so
JamVet
November 21st, 2012
11:15 am
Hi, gang.
Just checking in to see the latest post-election meltdowns from cc and bb.
BTW, Kyle as the name was bandied about with some regularity prior to the November 6 neocon beat down, why is Elmer Fudd not on your list?
LOL.
Keep Hopelessness Alive!
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
November 21st, 2012
11:17 am
Black Label, surely you know the difference between a prediction and a fact.
It’s a fact that Obozo voters by and large don’t know who pays the taxes in this country.
CC
November 21st, 2012
11:18 am
Black Label:
After you’ve discovered why he did not prosecute the two Black Panthers at the polling location in 2008, you can move on to explaining his actions against the state of Arizona. From there, move on to Operation Fast and Furious.
When you’ve covered those topics, I’ll furbish a few more.
CC
November 21st, 2012
11:21 am
JamVet:
Take your meds, you’ll be OK in a while . . .
Halftrack
November 21st, 2012
11:25 am
We need a firebrand for the Constitution and one that doesn’t speak with double meaning words. Just give us the facts and let us know the truth. They need to start running now so by the Primary time we don’t pick a dark horse and wind up with the same kind of candidate that gets their brain washed by the Washington crowd.
Black Label
November 21st, 2012
11:30 am
CC
You are taking about events, what laws were broke?
Black Label
November 21st, 2012
11:31 am
CC
You name the actual laws that were broke and when. I will fill in the blanks with the events.
Rafe Hollister, dreading the eventual decline caused by Obamanism
November 21st, 2012
11:33 am
Eric Holder may not openly break any laws, but he certainly fails to enforce any that he does not like, immigration, DOMA, voting ID laws, reverse discrimination, to name a few. Refusing to enforce the law is a violation of his oath of office, and he should be impeached for failing, as the chief law enforcement officer in the US, to uphold the laws of the land.
Baoky Vu
November 21st, 2012
11:37 am
As a Republican, would love to see if Paul Broun and his flat earth philosophy sells statewide; if it does then it confirms how our dumbed-down anti-intellectual wing led to our demise nationally. For members of our own PArty to even consider running against Saxby is an affront to the bedrock principles of Lincoln and Reagan on putting country first.
Black Label
November 21st, 2012
11:38 am
Rafe
Nice spin. Guess you were unable to help out CC with his implication.
Black Label
November 21st, 2012
11:40 am
Where is “I report and whine”?
JamVet
November 21st, 2012
11:43 am
Meds?
I’m feeling great, cc!
How about you?
The past two weeks have been a HUGE breath of fresh American air blowing away more of that squalid neocon smell!
Your beloved, albeit imploding, GOP needs a 12 step program.
Here, let me help you get started:
1) We admit that we are powerless over Reagan’s neoconservatism – that our lives had become unmanageable.
Black Label
November 21st, 2012
11:44 am
Baoky Vu
Maybe a Tea Party candidate such as Murdoch or Akin will come riding in on a dinosaur to save the day…….. Of course Broun is already filling that space, but some new characters may come along
Dusty
November 21st, 2012
11:59 am
Well, whatdoyaknow? A conservative blog, filled with liberals complaining, name calling, mud throwing and changing IDs frequently just for fun. The Vulture Volunteers!
\
May I suggest that you V Vs would have a lovely time adding your fine thoughts to Mr. Bookman’s stunning words?? Immigration ! The rotten rich! Romney rundowns! You can go there.. They even accept bigots. It’s your kind of thing!
.Have fun.
Black Label
November 21st, 2012
12:01 pm
Dusty
Why so insistent on others going elsewhere? That seems to be a regular thing for you.
Kyle: Is Dusty the new sheriff or just same ole Dusty?
Black Label
November 21st, 2012
12:07 pm
Dusty
So you are not so confused as you appear to be each time you post, allow me to assist. Kyle is a right leaning Op Ed writer. As long as the rules are followed anyone can post comments regardless of political affiliation. That seems difficult for you to comprehend, but you can do it, if you try.
Have a great Thanksgiving Day and weekend.
iggy
November 21st, 2012
12:19 pm
In memory of FDR, Happy Franksgiving!
Dusty
November 21st, 2012
12:22 pm
Black Label
What? You did not like my kindly invitation? Or my free speech?
Too bad. You are not the only one who has it.
I repeat: You would just love another blog more suited to your talents than this one.
Kyle Wingfield
November 21st, 2012
12:23 pm
Hi everyone, just letting y’all know all comments will be going through moderation starting now, until I’m back in the office Monday. My Thanksgiving column will be online later this afternoon. I hope you all have a very happy Thanksgiving!
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