Nathan Deal promises ‘to tie his own shoes,’ announces for governor
Gainesville — In front of hundreds of supporters on the Hall County courthouse plaza, U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal announced for governor this morning, emphasizing his own experience as a state senator and 17-year member of Congress.
While he didn’t use the phrase, the 66-year-old Deal — the oldest of six Republicans now in the race — appears to be running as the adult in the room.
“If you want a governor who does his own thinking, writes his own speeches, and ties his own shoes, if you want all these things in your next governor, have I got a deal for you,” the congressman said.
The announcement was designed to quickly establish Deal as a major candidate in the race: a large workday crowd, a full stage complete with potted ferns and bunting, and cute elementary school students who danced to thumping music.
Deal admitted that he gave no thought to running for governor until the withdrawal of Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, with whom he shares a north Georgia political base.
The congressman, who said he had not spoken to Cagle since his surgery on Monday, acknowledged that he held a conference call with House Republican leaders to ask them for support that Deal termed “vital.”
“I hope that in the very near future we’ll hear them express some opinions as to which candidates in the race they have preference for,” Deal said after his speech.
Details of the campaign have yet to emerge. “This came about in a very short period of time. A matter of just a few days,” he said. Paperwork to allow him to begin fund-raising is to be filed today. Chris Riley, his congressional press secretary, will resign to work on the campaign — though titles haven’t been determined yet.
In his speech, Deal laid out the issues he intends to concentrate on:
— On education: “Sociologists tell us that we can determine how many prison beds we must build based on the achievement level of third-graders. I want us to use those statistics to know how many college classrooms we will need.”
— Transportation: “From my conversations with my friends in the General Assembly, I know that they are greatly disappointed that they could not pass major transportation legislation this year. As governor, I will work to bring the members of the Senate and the House, and the DOT board….together to resolve our transportation problems.”
Note that he included the board that governs the state Department of Transportation. Deal didn’t mention a sales tax for road-building, but “new ideas and innovative funding.”
— Deal pointed to his experience as a former House subcommittee chairman dealing with health issues, and called for “a workable Medicaid program,” and the expansion of the state’s trauma care network.
— He also called for resolution of a decades-long legal battle between Georgia, Alabama and Florida over water, noting that his Ninth District includes most of Lake Lanier, which supplies most of metro Atlanta’s water. “It’s time for us to stake our rightful clam to the waters which by the bounty of God fall upon and flow through our state,” he said.
Underlining his experience in a conversation with reporters, Deal did not mention by name Secretary of State Karen Handel and state Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine, two statewide office-holders already in the race. But it was clear they were on his mind.
“I have legislative experience. Other than Eric Johnson, who does have legislative experience, the other two do not. I think you have to understand the working of the legislative process in order to effectively manage the executive branch,” Deal said.
(Johnson, the former Senate president pro tem, joined the GOP race for governor early this week. The two other candidates are state Rep. Austin Scott of Tifton and Ray McBerry.)
Now, as to that “adult in the room” bit. Said Deal:
“For those who might say that I am more senior in terms of age to the others in the race, I take that as a compliment. As a general rule, age brings maturity and hopefully it brings wisdom. I don’t wish to put labels on anybody else.”
Dean is a former Democrat who switched parties in 1995, three years after his first election to Congress. Asked if he thought that would hurt him, the congressman said, “It didn’t seem to hurt Sonny Perdue, and he switched parties after I did.”
Several of those mentioned as successors to Deal in Congress — all Republican — were seen working the crowd. Among them were state Sen. Chip Pearson of Dawsonville and Max Burns — the former congressman, who moved to north Georgia after he was ousted from his seat by U.S. Rep. John Barrow (D-Savannah).
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May 1st, 2009
11:19 am
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Rod
May 1st, 2009
11:23 am
One of the few honest politicians around. He is thoughtful, bright, experienced and a good man. I hope he wins.
82C
May 1st, 2009
11:32 am
I don’t know much about Nathan Deal but, from his comments above I will be looking forward to hearing more from him.
DK
May 1st, 2009
11:34 am
My brother lobbied the U.S. Congress a couple of years ago for a change in telecommunications law. Of the 535 senators and congressman, only two asked the question “how will this benefit my constituents?” Nathan Deal was one of the two. He’s got my vote.
Smack
May 1st, 2009
11:51 am
This shakes up things…and I like it. He’s got my vote!
Ray
May 1st, 2009
11:51 am
Don’t we need to reserve judgement until Rush tells us what to do?
Tom
May 1st, 2009
11:51 am
As long as he doesn’t aim to use the office as a pulpit from which to proselytize to us poor sinners, he’s a great choice.
bbb
May 1st, 2009
11:55 am
Nathan Deal! Hey a person in govt I actually like. I remember he came and spoke to you high school and I have often seen him give back to the community. As much I believe we might need a less conservative governor this term, I might have to go for Nathan Deal is he is the candidate.
Paul
May 1st, 2009
11:55 am
I neither like nor trust politicians. But I like and trust Nathan Deal. Georgia is lucky to have him stand up to be Governor.
Sam of Georgia
May 1st, 2009
11:57 am
What has Rush said about him running for Governor?
kreedham
May 1st, 2009
11:57 am
1) He can’t be any worse and probably would be better than Sonny!
2) He will be out of Congress!
3) Would have prefered L Westmoreland run. He wouldn’t get elected and again, I would get a new Congressman!
Brent Hoffman
May 1st, 2009
12:13 pm
Nathan Deal possess the character and great ethics that would serve Ga well! Can you imagine having a 16 year United States Congressman (along with Nathans experience as a Ga. Senator for 12 years) as Governor. Sort of beats the heck out of an Insurance Commissioner’s or Sec. of State experience…doesn’t it?
Gary
May 1st, 2009
12:16 pm
Nathan Deal is a very good congressman and actually works for the people who elected him. He has more meetings/townhalls/etc with his constituents than any other GA Congressman. I think he will make a great Governor and he has my support in the GOP column.
Gary
May 1st, 2009
12:20 pm
Another thing about Deal is he comes from the Gainesville area. The local leaders there have their act together and properly plan for growth. Deal fits into the same mold as they do and has the experience needed to help GA with its two most glaring needs: water source and transportation. Plus he isn’t one who will become a bully pulpit and divide voters based on party. He has always managed to get along and have very good debates with his past Democrat and Republican challengers (was a Democrat until 1992).
TW
May 1st, 2009
12:25 pm
And he’s pro-choice, too!
Bob
May 1st, 2009
12:31 pm
My daughter was an intern for Congressman Deal nearly 3 years ago while she was working on the
PharmD. She says he is an honest, hard working public servant. Just what we need.
Samantha
May 1st, 2009
12:43 pm
I have known Nathan Deal since he was in the State Senate. While I do not always see eye to eye with him on social issues, he is a good honest man who has alwasy worked hard for his constituents. He would be a definite improvement over Sonny Perdue, whose legacy after 8 years will be “Go Fishing” and the transportation debacle with that woman. Nathan Deal is a grown up, who is level headed, gets along with both sides of the aisle and will hopefully provide some steady real leadership after the likes of Sonny and Casey. THANK GOD Casey Cagle got out and made the way for some real leadership to get in!
BPJ
May 1st, 2009
12:48 pm
What’s his transportation policy?
Sheesh
May 1st, 2009
12:49 pm
Nathan Deal is pro-life and rates “0″ from NARAL–which is a good thing. But since federal law prevails over state law at present, it doesn’t matter.
http://www.ontheissues.org/GA/Nathan_Deal_Abortion.htm
Are 55 million abortions too few for you, knucklehead? How many would have to occur before you felt satisfied? Sheesh.
Mike Banks
May 1st, 2009
12:52 pm
To dust off a gubernatorial slogan from years ago, we want a governor who will be a workhorse, not a show horse…and that is exactly what we’ll get with Nathan Deal as Governor, a true workhorse.
While other politicians posture and grab the nearest reporter to pontificate, Nathan Deal is studying the issues to make informed decisions on what is in the best interest of his constituents. I’m told other members of Congress regularly consult with Nathan on the intricacies of legislation because they recognize he does his homework.
I’ve work for and supported Nathan Deal since he first got into political service, and I can speak of his integrity and high moral standards.
SHS
May 1st, 2009
12:55 pm
Be still my beating heart! It’s almost too good to be true — too much to be believed … an adult in the White House AND an adult in the Georgia Governor’s Mansion!
James
May 1st, 2009
12:58 pm
I’m not a huge fan of the Republican Party in Georgia, but from what I keep hearing, Deal isn’t your typical Georgia Republican. So maybe this could work out. I’d definitely consider voiting for Deal in a matchup against Barnes.
Carol
May 1st, 2009
1:02 pm
I have known Nathan Deal as an attorney, state senator, congressman and most important a gentleman. While we were sometimes on “different sides of the isle” we could always disagree agreeably. I have never once called on him for assistance that he did not respond. Maturity in the Governors office is a welcome change. A moderate/conservative man!
Welcome Home Nathan.
Lynn43
May 1st, 2009
1:07 pm
I want to know his record on education. So far, I don’t see anyone running for this office that has any idea about how schools operate.
John
May 1st, 2009
1:16 pm
Nathan Deal is 66 years old and has flirted w/ retirement for the past 2 terms. He is by far the laziest Congressman Georgia has. I think Nathan is going to have a rude awakening when he realizes just how much work this campaign is going to bring. And besides — he’s a CONGRESSMAN — he is the problem not the solution. He is the reason we have been throwing “tax parties.”
Chris
May 1st, 2009
1:18 pm
Wow – not a single negative comment so far about this man. That’s pretty impressive given that everyone usually has someone out there that doesn’t like them. I could almost care less about the Sunday alcohol sales issue, but I am curious where this Republican stands on the issue. Does any know how he has opined about it in the past?
Chris
May 1st, 2009
1:19 pm
Looks like I spoke too soon, huh, John?
WLC
May 1st, 2009
1:28 pm
Hate to disagree John, but I worked for Cong. Deal on the Hill and in the District for a few years and there is nothing lazy about this man. Don’t misinterpret his lack of grandstanding in the press or from the House floor as laziness. Recognize it for what it amazingly is, a CONGRESSMAN that actually works hard behind the scenes and in his District for the people that elected him instead of grabbing headlines!
John
May 1st, 2009
1:36 pm
Grabbing headlines is one thing but refusing to take a stand on ANYTHING is entirely seperate. The point I was trying to make is that it’s not necessarily a good thing to be a Congressman these days. Liked within your district and hated everywhere outside. I think Nathan sees the Governor’s race as a way to finally reach retirement w/out criticism. If so…. good for you Nathan — it’s about time we get a new Congressman.
Anne
May 1st, 2009
1:41 pm
Glad to hear this but sad to see him go as my Reo.
As long as he has been my Rep. I’ve always liked him. Anytime I have ever contacted him about a issue I have always got a response from him. I will gladly vote for him!
Chris Broe
May 1st, 2009
1:41 pm
Based on 66-year-old Nathan Deal’s writing ability, I now have to re-estimate how many nursing homes we’ll have to convert to prisons after the campaign. I hate doing homework. Thanks alot Nathan Deal.
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Bill Gregg
May 1st, 2009
1:47 pm
So, is he pro-life or pro-choice?
Anne
May 1st, 2009
1:51 pm
He is pro-life
Jefferson
May 1st, 2009
1:52 pm
Is he gonna change to the next party ? He’s already been in 2…
Darren
May 1st, 2009
1:53 pm
Deal was in bed with corporate when that nasty peanut plant down there killed those people.
Same old same old.
No thanks.
John
May 1st, 2009
1:54 pm
Well he “was” pro-choice until 1995 when he switched parties. Now he is pro-life. What a coincidence… Education is obviously not his strong suit either with the comparison he made.
TW
May 1st, 2009
2:05 pm
Thanks, John. No doubt his blood runs pro-choice, but he’ll say what he needs to in order to get the good ole boy vote. I’m not saying I don’t like him – I do, and I’m pretty sure he’ll do the right thing when he gets into office.
Bill
May 1st, 2009
2:10 pm
Adults in the White House…where…who…oh you mean all the tax cheaters…
Will
May 1st, 2009
2:11 pm
Nathan Deal is a pragmatic statesman that will never put some political party before the interests of the citizens of Georgia.
Sure, he switched parties but that was a pragmatic decision based on the foregone conclusion that the national democrat party was killing the changes of Georgia democrats to keep winning. His situation is a mirror of Specter’s situation in PA.
He has no “purity” meter that radical republicans require. He would still be a democrat if the national democrat party had a big enough tent for Georgia democrats.
He is pragmatic and sincere but he is not perfect. He will keep the republican “purity” base focused on Johnny Isakson and Phil Gingrey and split among Johnson, Handel and that strange looking insurance guy. He still has thousands of democrat friends in Georgia, especially in his district. He is the only republican running that ends any chance of a democrat retaking the office of governor in Georgia.
Bdawg
May 1st, 2009
2:12 pm
I’m not a fan of any of our GOP Reps, at least as far as I know Deal doesn’t embarass our state like Westmoreland (calling the Obamas “uppity”), Gingrey (groveling before the throne of Rush), Kingston (criticizing Obama b/c he wasn’t wearing a flag pin, while saying this on TV Kingston wasn’t wearing one either), Broun (Obama is a Nazi, and our troops shouldn’t be able to read Playboy). Price is equally bad. None of the GOP Gov. candidates stand out, really. As a Dem I’m hoping voters will give a Dem candidate like Thurbert Baker a chance. The GOPers are ruining our state, and our conservative voters don’t seem to care.
Jim Callihan
May 1st, 2009
2:23 pm
I send numerous letters and emails to a plethora of government officials. While I can “throw a half dozen under the bus” for NEVER replying (unless you count Senator Jack Murphy’s “OUT OF OFFICE AUTO-REPLY” as a “reply”) the fact remains that Nathan Deal has responded to each and every one. And not just a “boiler-plate, staffer-generated generic reponse”, but acutally addressing the items of my concern(s).
THAT is representative government.
Having personally met with Nathan numerous times, I can attest his ability to resolve issues while maintaining a “greater good” focus. He is one of the most genuine and reasonable persons I have ever had represent me in government. While I wish he had a little more “fire in his belly”, his gentlemanly nature is of better service – and no reflection of weakness.
Should he become Georgia’s next governor, a great improvement will follow – I predict he will bring honor to all constituents, much the way Sam Nunn and Zell Miller did…regardless of party.
Nathan – I wish you well, for the Greater Good of this state.
Gary
May 1st, 2009
2:26 pm
A general election matchup between Baker and Deal would be very good. Real issues will be discussed and not the socially wedge issues that cause partisans to go nuts.
Gary
May 1st, 2009
2:29 pm
I agree with Jim. We can get back to respectable leadership in this state that has been missing since Zell Miller and Sam Nunn left office. And Jim, a bad, but maybe good thing, is with Deal running for Gov, Jack Murphy might run for the U.S. Congressional seat and have the chance to get beaten and maybe Forsyth County can finally get a state senator that actually cares for the county as a whole.
Jawga Boy
May 1st, 2009
2:35 pm
John, it looks like I need to enter the chorus of people who are strongly disagreeing with your assessment of Nathan Deal, who is without a doubt one of the most intelligent, hardworking, selfless, thoughtful, and dedicated patriots I have ever met. I understand that you are angry with the reckless spending that is going on in Washington, DC, but you also have to understand that Congressman Deal is firmly in the minority of people who are on our side on these issues. He voted against all of the multi-billion-dollar bailouts (from both Bush and Obama), he voted against the Obama/Congressional Democrat budget that will triple the national debt within the decade while still increasing taxes by trillions of dollars, and he was one of the primary authors of a bill (the Deficit Reduction of 2005) that will save the American taxpayers well over $100 billion in less than 10 years. Of course, these savings have been eclipsed by the tax-and-spend Leftists in power now (Pelosi, Reid, Rangel, Waxman etc.), but to blame that on Nathan Deal is like blaming the moon for chasing away the sun.
John
May 1st, 2009
2:38 pm
If you want a Governor who does even less than Sonny I suggest you vote for Nathan.
And I hate to tell you that those “direct responses/replies” you received from Nathan are actually done by his staff. Yes I know it’s hard to grasp but it is actually someone’s full time job to make you believe Nathan is responding to you. Odds are he has no knowlege of the conversation you had.
william
May 1st, 2009
2:41 pm
I haven’t been energized by any campaign since Ronald Reagan came on the scene in 1980. Why is Nathan running? He wants to see his children and grandchildren live in a better state and nation. For those that question his understanding of education, wait and see what this son of two public school teachers who is married to a middle school teacher understands. I feel confident many will be surprised by his intellect, willingness to listen and steady hand. What a breath of fresh air in a day and age lacking statesman. Godspeed, Nathan!
John
May 1st, 2009
2:43 pm
Jawga,
While I value your opinion I just don’t see Deal finishing the job. I find it hard to believe he even has the effort needed to campaign for a year.
And I feel confident in saying that over 80% of Georgians do not have the slightest idea who their Congressman is or what he stands for. So, to most people — he’s just another Congressman and that’s not good.
Tom
May 1st, 2009
2:46 pm
clarification…..he’s “anti-abortion”.
“Pro-life” is the long-popular rhetorical buzzword that inaccurately infers that “pro-choice” folks are “anti-life”, which is just plain stupid.
James Hatcher
May 1st, 2009
2:52 pm
This man has represented his constituents proudly in both State and National Government for over 28 years. He is one of the few politicians that will leave public service (hopefully not anytime soon) as good a man as the day he entered. Georgia citizens will be lucky to have his service in Atlanta just as we have been so fortunate in North Georgia. Good luck Rep. Deal
Jawga Boy
May 1st, 2009
3:20 pm
John, maybe you know Nathan Deal better than I do, but I really see no basis for your saying that the man is somehow lazy and uncommitted. He took care of his 90+ year-old mother and both of his wife’s parents in his own home for several years while helping to take care of his numerous grandchildren and numerous pets (mostly adopted strays), running a horse farm, serving as Deacon of his local church, and capably serving as chairman of the subcommittee responsible for nearly 20% of our GDP and with more legislation under its jurisdiction than any other subcommittee in Congress. Also, while other members of Congress took leisurely vacations, Nathan Deal risked his own safety by personally visiting injured U.S. troops throughout Iraq and Afghanistan.
Clearly, he could have put his elderly mother and in-laws in a nursing home, but he didn’t. He could have called animal control on the stray animals that wondered onto his farm, but he didn’t. He could have turned down his nomination to be chairman, but he didn’t. He could haven spent his vacation days far away from the realities, dangers, and stresses of war, but he didn’t.
If Nathan Deal was as lazy and uncommitted as you are trying to lead us to believe, why would he choose to take on any of these?
I wish I could be half the man that Nathan Deal is, and it pains me to see someone who clearly has never spent two minutes with Nathan Deal actively try to tear down a man we have been blessed to have on our side these past few decades.
John
May 1st, 2009
3:30 pm
Wow Jawga — how much is Nathan’s camp paying you? You just wrote a book on his personal life but said absolutely nothing about his ability to lead. In fact, I wouldn’t put it past his staff to hire a blogger, especially for today.
Hoof Hearted
May 1st, 2009
3:36 pm
Looks like Deal’s campaign staff has hit this blog pretty hard today.
Joseph
May 1st, 2009
3:38 pm
It is very rare that any elected officials replies to mail or phone messages. Staff cover all of that. Some staffs are better than others. For instance, Tom Price’s staff sucks at constituent communication, whereas, say, John Linder’s staff is pretty good at it. However, they’re both Congressman, each with a staff of roughly 10 in Washington and 10 in the Georgia office.
On the other hand, Jack Murphy is a State Senator. State Senators and Representatives get no staff, other than a legislative aide (intern from UGA, GA Tech, or GA State) during the session from January to April. Hence the tendency for those in the General Assembly to be very slow in responding, or to not respond at all.
Not really an excuse, but that’s why you heard from Rep. Deal and not from Jack Murphy.
And as a hint, next time you get a letter from an elected official, check the bottom of the page. If it has their initials next to another set of initials, that means staff wrote it. Example: a letter from Congressman John Linder at the bottom will have “jl:jmr” meaning that the staffer with initials “JMR” wrote the letter for John Linder — most officials use that marker, that way if someone gets really pissed about a letter, they know who wrote it.
James Hatcher
May 1st, 2009
3:42 pm
Jawga Boy,
Do not let “John” drag you into a pointless debate. John, I encourage you to spend some time around Rep. Deal and form an opinion based on fact. I can assure you that I am not a “paid blogger” and nor would I aspire to be one.
I am simply a voter who was FINALLY inspired by a politician today. If each voting citizen had the opportunity to spend five good minutes talking with Rep. Deal I would be shocked if the election were not a landslide.
That said, I encourage all voters to research the candidates and try to speak with them on a personal level. Trust me, these guys are accessible and want to have a meaningfull conversation with you.
We are at a crossroad not only in Georgia but in our Country as well. It is time to lay aside party loyalty and vote for the candidate you feel has the values and morality to represent your best interests.
Anthony
May 1st, 2009
4:15 pm
John, I do not like to be disagreeable but I know some of Congressman Deals staff. I know for a fact that he is kept very well informed on his constituant’s inquires. Yes of course his staff writes the letters otherwise thats all he would have time to do. But he crafts the framework for all the major issues and the others are all crafted based on his personal stance on the given issue.
Otha
May 1st, 2009
4:23 pm
The bump I felt in my check has been real helpful with gas and such, and I know others down here feel the same. We got this money back, our money, because Obama made it happen. Had Nathan Deal gotten his way, we’d have gotten nothing. And all this crap about it being welfare because we ought get another job if we need money is just the type of nonsense we don’t need from another Governor. My co-workers are a hard working bunch and we needed the help. Best I can see, Nathan Deal has had lots of opportunity as of late to distance himself from the bunch that got us into this mess and he has not.
Randy
May 1st, 2009
4:25 pm
Nathan Deal would make a good governor, but I hope Chip Pearson doesn’t replace him. Chip is an “empty suit”
Darren
May 1st, 2009
4:25 pm
Deal could have shown his fortitude, but instead he crawled up that peanut company’s skirt – as did the bunch of poll watchers he has working his phones and email.
More of the same.
No thanks.
GMan
May 1st, 2009
4:27 pm
The question is, “Can he chew bubblegum and walk at the same time without regurgitating a Hannity-Limbaugh-Bortz talking point?”
bobby c
May 1st, 2009
4:33 pm
he’ll run as what? a turncoat, a dem a repub. what? an idiot would fill the bill.
he like spector tested the water found they couldn’t be re elected as what they were, so they just changed..that’s all just up and changed like the dog they both are and the cheap cheating life they all live.
from one to another, how do you tell the difference? they smell the same.
rac
Pallet Guy
May 1st, 2009
4:41 pm
If was is as honest as everyone seems to think he is, he would step down as US Rep to run for govenor. I am sick of all these politicians running for some other office while gettin paid for the job they obviously are not doing. It is a win – win. Win or lose he still has the cushy taxpayer paid job. We seen this with the 2 bums and their running mates for 2 years, running for President. Maybe are economy would get better if we demand they put in a HONEST days work.
Bob
May 1st, 2009
5:02 pm
The libs have their professional bloggers out again today. Thankfully most Georgians are more conservative than that. Sure, I listen to Hannity, Limbaugh, and Bortz from time to time, but I don’t always agree with them either. Most conservatives can think for themselves and have to work too hard to listen to every moment of those programs. I for one am tired of left-wing bloggers and others who have to down conservatives in personal attacks in order to attempt to make a point. Most know they will never convince most Georgians to agree with them because they are just wrong.
Just about everybody has suffered because of the economy. Both parties have a lot of blame to share, but Congressman Deal has used an intelligent approach to the economy, to illegal immigration, and to other issues facing our state. I wish that others in the government were more concerned with Georgians and not with what is politically correct. The stock market is hopefully getting better, but it is not back where it was in late January AFTER President Obama took office.
The unemployment situation is only going to get worse because businesses and most governments are having to tighten their belts. And thank you Governor Purdue for making hard to swallow adjustments that had to be made. Our state government has to run on a budget and cannot operate in the red. The only other action would have been tax increases and we certainly don’t
need that when we already suffering.
JDP
May 1st, 2009
5:08 pm
Nathan Deal was a fraternity brother of mine at Mercer. He was a role model fall who knew him. He’ll be a great Governor.
Joy
May 1st, 2009
5:14 pm
He would definitely get the teacher vote if he could limit the size of school systems’ central office staff, mandate that school systems post their check ledgers online, and allow parents and teachers choose textbooks and curriculum instead of systems jumping on every band-aid bandwagon. THAT in the words of Mr. Deal himself would “put the joy back into teaching!”
Jawga Boy
May 1st, 2009
5:25 pm
I guess if your points are solid and irrefutable enough, you get labeled a professional blogger and a professional campaign staffer. I can assure you that I am neither (never have been and probably never will be), but I will probably do my civic duty and volunteer some of my free time in support of my Representative now that he is officially in the race.
Will Jones - Atlanta
May 1st, 2009
5:32 pm
Mr. Deal got his law degree before he joined the Army during Vietnam and has done not one thing since, as a Member of the Bar or Congress to bring to justice the traitors Nixon and Bush1, who assassinated John Kennedy with the Roman Catholic CIA to keep us dying for the pope in Vietnam.
The same sectarian faction, the “Fifth Column” of the Roman Anti-Christ, as America’s Founder called it, operates politically out of the “Republican Party” as its front.
Nathan Deal is a member “in good standing” of that organization and Bush2 was cheated into office by only the illegal Roman Catholic votes in the patently unconstitutional ‘Bush v. Gore” (Viz. Breyer dissent) to commit 9/11.
Someone who knows Mr. Deal, ask him, Was he was outside the Capitol when “the white jumbo jet made a lumbering turn directly overhead” as the shock of the explosion at the Pentagon arrived? Were none of his staffers? Thousands witnessed the 500 MPH “overrun” of the “David Copperfield” jet witnessed flying up its Columbia Pike approach path, which deadends in the Pentagon and is co-linear with the top of the U.S. Capitol.
Perhaps he was one of the several Congressmen who openly discussed it on “Larry King Live” before they “got their stories straight” like most of the Parkland Hospital doctors who told us 22Nov63 President Kennedy was shot from the front, and the next day said he’d been shot from behind.
Soon after 9/11, decorated Vietnam combat veteran Max Cleland, our U.S. Senator, was shamefully, dishonestly, and unpatriotically cheated out of office by Bush’s “good buddy” and fellow Vietnam draft-dodger, Saxby Chambliss, and put on the 9/11 Commission to give it legitimacy.
“The New Pearl Harbor,” by PhD and Emeritus Professor David Ray Griffin was issued to each of the members of the 9/11 Commission. Now downloadable for free as a pdf file on-line, so none of Deal’s staff or campaigners can feign ignorance of its clear, readable, and manifest truth, Dr. Griffin sedulously lays out as a logic primer the evidence and questions of 9/11.
No one with an I.Q. over 80 and reading comprehension on par with a Seventh Grader can finish reading the book and not know for a moral absolute that Bush and Cheney committed 9/11. It’s not even close.
We, the People, are the Jury of American Justice. G-d’s Covenant depends on our shared consciousness of and gratitude for Divine Providence by The Creed: “Annuit Coeptis.”
G-d is not mocked.
All is revealed and the truth of 9/11 is no longer an “open secret”…it is an open proven fact of Treason.
Nathan Deal and his staff have been paid to protect their Masters’ interest: The American Taxpayer, their boss – yet no word of the truth of Bush’s 9/11 treason has been promulgated in Gainesville by Mr. Deal, their U.S. Representative. Is he a knowing servant of the Anti-Christ, or “just” an ignorant dupe?
Max Cleland, born in Atlanta, on the other hand, quit the 9/11 Commission because he knew it wasn’t getting at the truth.
That only proves his worth as Georgia’s next governor.
There is no better place than Georgia, and, as civilization pivots on urban culture, Atlanta.
It was clear to this writer that America needed a new city to rise up to repair the overt evil of the New York/L.A. “Sodom and Gommorah Axis” and Washington as “New Rome” and “Babylon on the Potomac” after Vietnam and Watergate. Atlanta is a “magic town” and we need to break from the corruption here which has been “hand-in-glove” with Bush’s.
Georgia and Atlanta must be the future of a restored America.
Obama is Our President and the American People must “get out in front” of him in the pursuit of Righteousness: Establishing Truth and Justice in Our Land, and rectifying the evil that has been visited upon us.
Georgia must lead the Nation, and can do so by making elect Max Cleland, showing the same wisdom and imagination that had Georgians realize what a blessing to the Nation it was to honor Mohammed Ali at the Olympics, for he, like Max Cleland, is a genuine American Hero.
Those we honor reflect honor on us.
Nathan Deal is part of the problem…the obvious, inarguable problem.
Max Cleland’s personification of Our Creed and lifetime of service and sacrifice to the American People and Constitution, in addition to his public and prophetic rejection of the manipulated proven lie that was the 9/11 Commission’s findings (Viz. Mineta testimony at 2nd comm. hearing ignored, of Cheney’s witnessed stand-down order) make him just the man for the time in Our State.
We must move Georgia away from the racist, fascist plutocracy now in the throes of collapse following Obama’s election, anointed by G-d, by grace, and by the People.
There is much work to be done and this is the best place to do it…where the best Americans raise the finest children and do the best work: the Great State of Georgia, Our Home.
Let’s get to work making America righteous again, and help President Obama and true Americans across this Blessed Land.
Let’s make Max Cleland Governor of Georgia, and be proud of it!
GG
May 1st, 2009
5:42 pm
Can’t vote for anyone who has changed parties in order to simply win an election. This is simply wrong. It shows that they will do or say whatever it takes to get elected and lack the personal fortitude to make a commitment.
Will Jones - Atlanta
May 1st, 2009
6:35 pm
Max Cleland proved his integrity quitting the 9/11 Commission cover-up. Real men and real women are grown in Georgia. We need elected officials who do right and have integrity…People who take and live the Oath we trust to lead us in righteousness and keep us safe and true to The Creed. The Gay Old Perverts are known draft-dodgers who cheated their worst into the White House to take down America and lift up the Anti-Christ.
Georgia needs no more of them…we need Max Cleland.
Will is an IDIOT
May 1st, 2009
7:02 pm
Will is taking the really good drugs today. AJC would do good to
hire that boy to do a new comic strip.
Hey Will, how do you like those $600 sneakers Ms.obama has on her feet. Spread the
wealth and laugh at the suckers.
Mary DeNeuve
May 1st, 2009
7:20 pm
“Ignorant dupe?” Will Jones, you have just personally defined the term in more clarity than I have seen in decades. You are to be roundly congratulated! You, Sir, are the eptitome of what is wrong with this country. You clearly have some, ah, shall we say “issues” with your conspiracy theories. Seek professional help, and soon. I know Nathan personally for many years dating back to college. He is what Georgia needs in order to bring sanity to our state. (Get it, Will, sanity?)
The Snark
May 1st, 2009
8:36 pm
Anybody but Eric Jones or Karen Handel or John Oxendine, PLEASE.
Elkiniah
May 1st, 2009
10:59 pm
Will Jones is freakin’ scary! Wow.
Dan
May 1st, 2009
11:51 pm
We have a child with cerebral palsy and due to an error in some paperwork he was denied medicare coverage. He has had medicare coverage since birth but because we were two days late the government refused to reinstate our child’s coverage. No private insurer would cover our child. We tried to appeal the decision but were given nothing but excuse after excuse. We were about to give up but decided to ask Nathan Deal’s office for help. Congressman Deal’s staff was very kind and helpful and immediately resolved the problem the next day. I was so appreciative for the help that I thought to myself I hope I can one day pay off my debt of gratitude. Nathan, please accept this humble note of thanks as payment of the first installment.
Will Jones - Atlanta
May 2nd, 2009
12:21 am
“Mary DeNeuve” – Is that how your Jesuit instructors taught you to argue? Don’t “care” to download the free proof that Bush and Cheney committed 9/11? Here’s the link again so if you don’t bother “clicking” on it you certainly won’t qualify as an “ignorant dupe.” At that point it’s Misprision of Treaosn. http://www.angelfire.com/biz/hankramey/The%20New%20Pearl%20Harbor.pdf
U.S. Code
TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 115 > § 2382
§ 2382. Misprision of treason
Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States and having knowledge of the commission of any treason against them, conceals and does not, as soon as may be, disclose and make known the same to the President or to some judge of the United States, or to the governor or to some judge or justice of a particular State, is guilty of misprision of treason and shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than seven years, or both.
As you are more than ten years younger than Mr. Deal, how did you happen to know of him at college, if the name you’ve chosen (Changing your first name to “Mary” make you sound LESS Roman Catholic?) is actually true?
It is understandable that Roman Catholics, in Georgia and around the globe, would support Nathan Deal despite his faux-anti-illegal immigrant “show-boating,” which is, no doubt, why he’s not seeking re-election in a part of the state, The Poultry Capital of the World, so dependent on Hispanic labor, of one sort or another.
Had he truly wished to stop illegal immigration, all he needed to do was bring a copy of the Roman Catholic Church’s published stratagem for its invasion for conquest of Jeffersonian Whig America (Bloody Marsh by other terms unfinished in the Civil War), by promotion of illegal immigration, “The National Pastoral Plan for Hispanic Ministry,” from the Library of Congress (ISBN-10: 1555861997).
His efforts, on behalf of the Roman Anti-Christ in support of their front George Bush, whose Hitler-financing grandfather was a member of the Vatican-running Knights of Malta (SMOM), and the above cited 9/11 “Reichstag Fire Redux” you’ve failed to address, are certainly more “subtle” than the Spanish force’s landing at St. Simons Island to exterminate true, patriotic Georgians’ ancestors at Fort Frederica,..but then as a carpetbagger that’s not something you really want to think about, eh? Just as you don’t really want to think about the hundreds of millions of Americans who know perfectly well that Professor Griffin is correct in his scholarship: Bush did 9/11.
And you want Georgians to support a man like Nathan Deal, sworn to The Oath, who doesn’t bother doing anything about it?
Well Max Cleland, an actual Vietnam Combat Vet, unlike Army lawyer Deal, had the guts to quit the 9/11 Commission when it became clear it was a fraud, like your choice of the less “foreign-sounding” name.
Nathan Deal is part of the problem Atlanta and Georgia can “get out front” and help Our President solve.
Max Cleland, a man worthy of respect by all good, decent, and grateful Georgians, is the man we need right now to be Governor.
It won’t take the Big Money now trying to con us with their various “fronts.” We, the People, made Obama elect; we, the People of Georgia, can make Max Cleland elect to redeem Our State and to help restore America.
Let’s make it happen.
Annuit Coeptis
Even Crazier than Will Jones - Atlanta
May 2nd, 2009
1:46 am
During the 9/11 Commission investigation, Max Cleland (who is secretly a very hard worker) discovered the truth about how the Pope had a pact with Cobra Commander and the multinational banking/assassination conglomerate OOICU812. In order to divulge this information to Will Jones – Atlanta without the Episcopalians and the Reform Baptists intercepting it with their brain-wave-capturing devices, Max Cleland quit the 9/11 Commission and took a lucrative and cushy gig with American University in order to make it look like he was resigning from the Commission for a selfish reason, which clearly he wasn’t.
Therefore, logic clearly dictates that we should vote for Max Cleland to be our governor.
jay
May 2nd, 2009
4:09 am
It is me or am i just not getting it. didn’t Mr. deal back in the 90’s stand with white supermacist group to stop mexicans from coming to Georgia. He hasn’t did anything for the blacks of hall county and now he wants to run for Governor.
deegee
May 2nd, 2009
8:05 am
Nathan Deal may have been a democrat at one time but now he represents the republican party of “NO”. He votes No on everything but funding war. That’s it. All he has to do is show up and vote no. He’s anti-everything on social issues. He demonstrated that by proudly campaigning on his hispanic ethnic cleansing initiative. If you want a throwback to the 1960s vote for Nathan Deal. He won’t get my vote.
James Hatcher
May 2nd, 2009
9:00 am
Wow, there are some scary posters out there. The argument that Rep. Deal was a Democrat but switched parties does not hold water.
Look, I vote on the candidate or the issue on the ballot not the party intial by their name. Not to speak for Rep. Deal, but I assume in the late 90’s he saw the Democratic Party moving away from his principals and ideals. He therefore chose to affliate with the party that most closely resembled said principles. The point being, he stays true to his beliefs and morals, not those of the party he sits with.
My personal the Dems have moved too far left, and the Republicans have moved to far right. This is dividing our country and taking the focus off of our goal as a Nation. Whether Rep. Deal was a Dem. or is a Rep. should not be the argument…..lets discuss the issues that affect each of our lives and then decide who best represents us.
Jack
May 2nd, 2009
9:23 am
Deal has voted with Bush 98% of the time. Further proof that intelligent design and faith based government is misguided. I’m sure he’s a nice guy (so was Bush probably) but they have been wrong almost every step of the way and they need to be held accountable for the terrible shape this country is in–both economically and internationally. We need to move forward and not be held back by these
self-righteous ideologues.
itpdude
May 2nd, 2009
10:52 am
This is a real win for the GOP.
Paul W
May 2nd, 2009
10:55 am
Who gave this “John” nut a press credential? Sir, post your opinion and get off of the blog.
DC
May 2nd, 2009
11:06 am
Don’t worry, as one post already said, Rush and Sean will tell us all what to do. The Republican Party needs to narrow their focus and argue more about abortion. Forget the other issues. We also need more torture. Who needs the economy? The Republican Party needs to do what it does best. Intrude into our lives. We need to be wiretapped once in awhile. What’s wrong with that?? We need to be told what to do, while we think the Constitution is being upheld. I need to be told I’m a sinner and I’m UnAmerican. I need to be told that I don’t come from the real part of America.
Thank God for the real Americans…Republicans…..They keep the 68% of Godless Communists who call themselves Americans in line!
Can I get a Hallelujah!?!?!
Former Georgian
May 2nd, 2009
3:36 pm
This has never been proven, so he’s going to have a tough time finding those statistics.
— On education: “Sociologists tell us that we can determine how many prison beds we must build based on the achievement level of third-graders. I want us to use those statistics to know how many college classrooms we will need.”
Mary DeNeuve
May 2nd, 2009
7:08 pm
Will Jones, I am not sure how you jumped to the conclusion I am a Catholic, and a Jesuit at that; it must be that same overactive imagination (to put it kindly) that leads you to believe in irrational conspiracy theories regarding 9/11. And, too, how would you surmise I am ten years younger than Nathan? Like I and others have said, Will, you must be on some mind-warping drugs, or as I suggested….in need of professional help in any case. But you are right about one thing…I am not “Mary”. I am a former Army Ranger (and don’t get me started on Max Cleland); I am, in fact, a Protestant and attended ROTC at Mercer with Nathan who was our battalion commander. Yes, my “nom de guerre” is Mary DeNeuve for reasons I cannot disclose, but you have to admit, Will, it is better than “Will is an Idiot.” So, let the wars begin. Nathan was easily the star of our Mercer debating team, ergo the “war” in the primaries will be a short one with a quick and decisive victory leading to a rapid mop up following that with your weak, left-wing contenders. All of us former ATO’s at Mercer have a wide ranging network of (rational) supporters around the entire state for Nathan Deal, a man of great integrity, patriotism, and executive leadership abilities who will win this race in a landslide. He represents the beliefs and the intentions of our forefathers. Regards, yours truly, Mary, Mary Quiet Contrary
William
May 3rd, 2009
12:12 am
I wish that I could express all my sentiments about Nathan Deal here, but this is not the time or forum. I have known this man for over 60 years, from first grade through college and until this very day. I have watched him, worked with him, learned from him and am grateful to be able to call him my friend. I would like to say in all soberness that I am firm in my belief that this state has not produced a son or daughter of greater character and wisdom. He has always been conservative. That is his nature. But it is with moderation, and the decisions he makes come with balance and forethought. I would invite all Georgians to look closely at Nathan personally, professionally, and politically to discover the noble qualities that I have known in him all these many years.
DeborahinAthens
May 3rd, 2009
6:33 am
Nathan Deal was my Congressman when I lived in his district, and he is useless. He will be a good little Republican yes-man for the no ideas Republicans. I sent him an e-mail once and received a written letter many, many weeks later (basically telling me that he was with Dubya all the way with this war in Iraq thing). In the opening paragraph, he apologized for taking so long to respond to my letter, but, explained in detail how the anthrax scare was slowing the mail system in D.C. I just had to laugh. When I sent him a second e-mail asking how anthrax affected e-mail, I got the exact same response…the first paragraph explaining that the anthrax scare had slowed the mail. I guess he doesn’t understand the concept of e-mail, and the pea-brained interns that were responding didn’t have enough sense to read my letter in the first place. Yeah, he was a great representative–NOT!
Save Georgia
May 3rd, 2009
5:25 pm
TB is a joke. No one is more useless than Thurbert Baker. Who will he serve? Himself? Now, he’s “courting the Black vote”, after taking an “Anti-Black” stance on issue after issue. The thought that he is actually meeting with “Black Leaders” like Emmanuel Jones and Joseph Lowery (a civil rights icon and great man) is absolutely sickening. Hopefully, Lowery and Jones will ban together and prevent Baker from winning. Whites can’t trust this guy either. Baker is a friend to no one but himself.
Mary DeNeuve
May 3rd, 2009
5:29 pm
Oh Will, Will, where are you, my boy? I miss you. We are waiting to hear from you…but then maybe you took my sage advice and went in for some much needed therapy. You really need to reexamine your theories on 9/11 before they come with the white jacket thing, you know? As we all sadly understand, your kind of insane pronouncements are not constructive at all for the still bereaved from 9/11. On the other hand, I need you, my man, to be here for me to show Georgians what happens when your brain becomes infected with left-wing ideologies. Your presence in the fight only helps our cause against those who would bring down our constitution. So, come back at me, Will, hit hard, Sir. Don’t hold back. And, too, give me some more of your Latin! Nathan is a good and honorable man, one of those very few who can and will save us from the socialistic sink and stink succored by the likes of you, Will! .
Bellate impravide!
Mary, Mary “Quiet” but Contrary
Will Jones - Atlanta
May 4th, 2009
7:36 am
Wannabes, draft-dodgers, and closet-queens support wannabes, draft-dodgers and closet queens like Nathan Deal, George Bush, Saxby Chambliss, Sonny Perdue, and the rest of the Gay Old Pervert sectarian faction known as the “Republican” party, against The People, The Constitution and The Creed, to further the Roman Anti-Christ’s Fifth Column fascist plutocracy.
I took The Oath and gave you the book which proves Bush’s and Cheney’s 9/11 treason.
Bush took an oath to the State of Texas after he was cheated into their AFNG’s Champagne Flight to dodge Vietnam. Perhaps even self-proclaimed “ROTC Rangers” of Year Group 1964, like you, had a similar rathole to run down to explain looking up to Nathan Deal’s Law School Dodge because no one else would betray The Oath, commit Misprision of Treason and badmouth an actual Silver Star-winning Georgian who survived against all odds, with grace and honor intact, to be cheated out of office by Diebold and a panty-waist draft-dodger working for the same faction of traitors who killed Kennedy and King to send us to kill and die shoring up the pope’s estate in Indochina, and financed the rise of Hitler to profit from war and promote the papacy.
My view is consistent with America’s Whig Founders. Yours, attached to a female Roman Catholic name, is treasonous.
Read the book, written by a scholar of proven integrity, then respond as if you had any integrity at all. If not, you are a laughable philistine fascist at best, a fellow-traveling traitor promoting the Roman Anti-Christ at worst. btw Your claim of Protestant affiliation should be taken with a grain of salt. Your hero George Bush’s grandfather was publicly affiliated with the Episcopal Church yet he was a member of the Vatican-running Knights of Malta, the papal fraternity which practiced slavery of Jews on the Mediterranen into the 1890’s and issued 2,000 passports to Hitler’s SS after WWII and the Holocaust to evade Nuremberg.
Those The People elect to public, holy office, to lead and inspire us and our children, do so by example with the lives they live, and reflect that honor back on The People. “Annuit Coeptis.”
Max Cleland’s military, government and elected service proved his integrity and honor. By his quitting the fraud of the 9/11 Commission’s coverup, proven by “The New Pearl Harbor,” he shows his honor is yet bright to teach us and future generations of the virtue and righteousness of serving in our military and in elected office as a true servant of The People, The Constitution and The Creed…unlike traitor, draft-dodger, closet-queen George Bush and the racist, fascist, wannabes, fakers, and frauds who support such as one-time Army Lawyer and full-time opportunistic con-artist Nathan Deal, no matter how many frat pal “Good Buddies” he has to say otherwise.
Will Jones - Atlanta
May 5th, 2009
7:19 am
Fellow Georgians and Atlantans – There is no “come-back” in this argument. Those who support the hypocrites, adulterers, closeted-queens and traitors who cheated Bush into the White House on only the Roman Catholics’ votes on the Supreme Court are not Americans. Read “The New Pearl Harbor,” linked above, and know these “nouveau-riche whitetrash” Gay Old Perverts are Enemies of The People and must be rooted out at every turn. Georgia is the finest state of the Fifty. Isn’t that why we live here? And because our ancestors were blessed to have come here to help create America?
Each generation has the duty to move forward against the forces of evil in this worldly jungle. Bush did 9/11, his father killed John and Martin, his grandfather financed the rise of Nazism with Vatican-banker Rockfeller’s Roman Catholic collectioni plate funds.
Mr. Jefferson was correct: “They,” knowing who “they” are, are wannabe “elitists” who believe themselves “better” than to “do honest labor with their own hands.” Reprobates, perverts, venal and deviant, It is We who must “cull” them out socially and politically.
The People is sovereign in America. The Gay Old Pervert sectarian faction is a tool of the Roman Anti-Christ and must be removed from Georgia and from Atlanta.
Jeffersonian Exegesis http://theamericanfundament.blogspot.com
Mary DeNeuve
May 5th, 2009
8:36 pm
“Cleland, an “actual Silver Star-winning Georgian who survived against all odds, with grace and honor intact, to be cheated out of office by Diebold and a panty-waist draft-dodger working for the same faction of traitors who killed Kennedy and King to send us to kill and die shoring up the pope’s estate in Indochina, and financed the rise of Hitler to profit from war and promote the papacy.”
I rest my case, Georgians! This is so supremely laughable and entertaining…that is, if you like sick humor. But, you are rising to the bait, Crazy Will, like a Chattahoochie brown trout to my deftly presented dry fly after a long winter of no sustenance; were you so noble, sir, as that delightful salmonid!
Will, I warned you not to bring up Max Cleland’s military service. Are you not familiar with his service in Vietnam? As I said, I will not go there, but for all of us vets who really know what happened to Cleland…how it happened, when it happened, well…yes, it was a terrible thing, but…A Silver Star? A Purple Heart, yes. But, a Silver Star? My brother, a year younger than me, an “ROTC” Airborne Ranger, an Infantry Captain, and in country far longer than Cleland, served heroically, but did not get a Silver Star. My mother, instead, got a Gold Star. Like I said, Will, don’t go there with Cleland; I am waiting in the wings with a personal agenda.
And Will, what is all this gay bashing? You are, in fact, a left wing NUT, right? Seems inconsistent this gay pervert rant you have going, but then nothing you utter is all that rational is it? Keep coming out with it, though. I really love it. It definitely helps the cause.
The cause of course, is to get a decent and honorable man elected to govern our state, a man who has a long and unblemished record of serving our state and our nation, Nathan Deal. To that end, Will, you are, believe it or not, in you own convoluted way, helping the cause.
Mary DeNeuve
Republicans for Rational and Responsive Government in Georgia
Will Jones - Atlanta
May 6th, 2009
10:36 am
You use a woman’s name because you are no man, but merely a pathetic wannabe and perfect company for the traitorous draft-dodging pederasts you support politically.
Silver Star Medal Citation
“Captain Cleland distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous action on 4 April 1968 … during an enemy attack near Khe Sanh.”
“When the battalion command post came under a heavy enemy rocket and mortar attack, Captain Cleland, disregarding his own safety, exposed himself to the rocket barrage as he left his covered position to administer first aid to his wounded comrades. He then assisted in moving the injured personnel to covered positions.”
“Continuing to expose himself, Captain Cleland organized his men into a work party to repair the battalion communications equipment, which had been damaged by enemy fire.”
“His gallant action is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service, and reflects great credit upon himself, his unit and the United States Army.”
You, “Mary DeNeuve” are accursed and no American.
Please do not respond. You are beneath contempt.
Mary DeNeuve
May 6th, 2009
5:20 pm
This is just great! You are so clueless, Will! You are obviously not aware of the gross and outrageous inflation of battlefield commendations which occured in Vietnam (check out the stats on John Kerry). There has been an over reaction to this abuse, transcending many years, which has disabused my son of a higher award for his heroism in Iraq. He got the Purple Heart for his wounds and a Bronze star. But maybe that is where it should be, i.e., the proper, measured and uninflated response. We need to get back to some form of rational and reasonable response to all manner of issues. The inflated rhetoric between you and me, Will, does no one any good. Where are we headed with all of this? My son-in-law, a very mild mannered graduate of Emory, has armed himself. I am not at all happy about that.
Libertas licentia tranquilitas
Mary
gritsnga
June 2nd, 2009
6:46 pm
didn’t Bush win again ater his first 4 years???? Who is Will Jones??? A real nutcase????