Comments on: The case for and against comeback governors in Georgia

By: stuck

stuck — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:33:40 +0000

You have to remember times were different in the 1970’s and Carter launched a campaign with deep racial overtones against Sanders. The Sanders loss can be explained as easily as the previous four races. I know this historical perspective is contrary to Carter’s current infallibility, but it is what it is.

By: saltine

saltine — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:10:58 +0000

As a youthful political enthusiast, I remember the Griffin-Sanders race of 1962 very well. Perhaps my memory is playing one of those tricks that often seem to be its principle function, but I recall that someone did a calculation of the “unit votes” that were no longer being counted in Democratic primaries for the first time, and Sanders actually won that tally, as best as it could be calculated.

Unit votes were assigned by a formula that allocated 2 to each county, 4 to a group of larger counties, and 6 to the largest counties. The reallocation of the units to the larger counties, to have been based on the 1960 Census, was never done because of the legal decision ending the unit system; an exact tally of unit votes was not necessarily accurate.

By: frank d

frank d — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:54:17 +0000

Of course Barnes worshipper Galloway doesn’t link to his own newspaper’s story about the high and mighty Roy’s shady clients like he did with the stories about John Oxendine’s campaign money. For the record, Jim, the people of Cobb are not going to vote to make Dwight Brown’s thug their Governor. And that’s a lot of votes.

Now that I’ve said my peace, Jim, you can now go back to praying in the direction of that temple Roy built himself in Marietta. I’d laugh every time I drive past that thing if my money (by way of Cobb EMC to Dwight Brown to Roy Barnes) wasn’t paying for it.

By: Curly Girly-man

Curly Girly-man — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:16:39 +0000

“Segregationist agitation long since expired”?

Well, it’s baaaaack!

GOP = White Power!

By: Everything Comes Around

Everything Comes Around — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:59:03 +0000

Just as an aside, Ken Hodges, http://www.kenhodges.com, is being supported by Bo Callaway’s family and although not formally announced, probably Bo Callaway as well who was the republican that beat Maddox in Georgia’s first truly democratic campaign for Governor.

By: No thank you

No thank you — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:53:49 +0000

Barnes deserves to be consigned to the dustbin of history if for no other reason than, rather than address the issues that really compromise education, he demonized teachers for his own petty personal ambition to be a potential political player on the national stage.

We have more than enough of the current crop that puts personal gain ahead of integrity and public service. Why add one more?