A late jolt: Roy Barnes’ new ad and his bank investments
Other candidates and the Savannah Morning News are pointing out that the latest TV ad by former Gov. Roy Barnes leaves a few details out. Writes Larry Peterson:
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Roy Barnes is airing a television ad that takes aim at lobbyists – and banks that receive federal bailouts.
But the former governor – the frontrunner for his party’s nomination – was himself a registered lobbyist in 2007.
And his state financial disclosure report says he owned stock last year in five banks that received more than $34 billion in bailout loans.
The stock he said he owned in them was worth about $654,000 as of Wednesday. Since late 2008, they have paid him dividends that may have totaled almost $23,000.
In his ad, Barnes says that, as governor, he’d make sure banks don’t foreclose on a home before there are negotiations.
“Bankers and their lobbyists got bonuses and bailouts, but you lost your home,” Barnes says in the ad as video shows a family being evicted.
Viewed against the backdrop of his investments, the ad drew sharp rebukes from other candidates.
The ad in question:
Rival candidates for governor, Democrat and Republican, were happy to pile on:
“This goes to the heart of credibility,” said Democratic state House Leader DuBose Porter. “He’s got little to none. It’s another example of what he says, as opposed to what he does.”
Ben Fry, campaign manager for former Savannah Republican State Sen. Eric Johnson, was equally blunt.
“This is just typical Roy,” Fry said. “He thinks his trial lawyer-funded TV ads and slick political double-speak can cover up the truth.”
The explanation from the Barnes camp:
Chris Carpenter, Barnes’ campaign manager, defended the candidate and his television commercial.
Carpenter said Barnes, an attorney, represented a client in a zoning dispute before the Atlanta City Council.
“He didn’t do any lobbying,” Carpenter said.
Barnes was unsure of whether the law required him to register, but he did so out of “an abundance of caution,” Carpenter said.
Later, the Georgia State Bar told him registration for such work isn’t required and Barnes hasn’t registered since 2007, Carpenter said….
Carpenter said Barnes’ investments should be viewed in a wider context.
“Roy,” he said, “has owned most of these stocks for years, well before the financial crisis, and most of them are currently at a loss.“And despite owning these stocks, he still passed the toughest anti-predatory lending law in the nation.”
Barnes supported and signed legislation dealing with the issue.
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george byrd
May 28th, 2010
11:34 am
I trust Barnes to clean up the banks more than any of the other candidates. Roy passed tough banking regulation when he was Governor and Perdue and the GOP quickly gutted the legislation when they took over 8 years ago. Barnes is the ONLY candidate that will watch out for the little guy vs. the powerful and ruthless bankers. The GOP would let banks foreclose on Jesus Christ and it wouldn’t bother them a bit.
BobK
May 28th, 2010
11:35 am
Roy, we don’t believe what you SAY….because we know what you DID.
bob s
May 28th, 2010
11:55 am
Barnes speaks with forked tongue. Ask him about immigration. Stand back and watch the double speak.
Billy T.
May 28th, 2010
12:00 pm
Attention george byrd,
How dumb can you be…or do you work for King Roy.
Roy is a lying crook. He just happen to leave out how he has cashed in with his bank stock!
What a jerk…anybody but King Roy or the Ox Man!
King Roy
May 28th, 2010
12:02 pm
Vote for me…the crook everyone knows!
I will turn water into wine and make Georgia shine.
tc
May 28th, 2010
12:21 pm
yea, the repub candidates are paragons! whew! they are either too crooked or too dumb (although that fits in nicely with a good many georgians) to lead in office….
Raquel Morris
May 28th, 2010
12:31 pm
DuBose needs to get out the race. If he had done his job as House Minority Leader, Democrats would have half a chance of taking back the House.
Raquel Morris
May 28th, 2010
12:31 pm
DuBose needs to get out the race. If he had done his job as House Minority Leader, Democrats would have half a chance of taking back the House.
Don't want to vote anymore
May 28th, 2010
12:39 pm
Once again I don’t want to vote for ANY of the candidates. YOU ARE ALL CROOKED POS’S AND THE TIME WILL COME ONE DAY THAT THIS COUNTRY SEES IT TOO.
RetiredSoldier
May 28th, 2010
12:47 pm
Hey TC-
There you go again. To crooked or to dumb. Gosh I’m sooooo glad you are the sole paragon of truth. Yes I agree there are questions about some reublican candidates, as there are about Dems. None have been convicted of anything and as the paragon of truth I know you have heard of innocent until proven guilty.
Now the dumb part. Please give us the facts you have. IQ tests, etc oh the Repub candidates.
Mel
May 28th, 2010
12:52 pm
For governor, the honesty and effectiveness pick’ins look pretty slim on both sides.
JAMES
May 28th, 2010
12:54 pm
Booted Barnes once, boot him again
Mr. Grumpy
May 28th, 2010
1:02 pm
Barnes is going to win because the alternatives are untenable. John Oxendine???? Eric Johnson??? Karen Handel??? My God, Nathan Deal???? I don’t think so.
RetiredSoldier
May 28th, 2010
1:06 pm
Mr. Grumpy-
History has few examples of the those defeated for re-election returning to office. History will continue on that path with Roy Barnes defeat in November.
RetiredSoldier
May 28th, 2010
1:07 pm
TC-
That was “of” the candidates.
Aaron Burr V. Mexico
May 28th, 2010
1:15 pm
It is impossible to over estimate the intelligence of the GA voter.
They REELECTED Sonny Perdue.
The odds of a Republican winning are significant. Probably Oxendine.
Will Jones - Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis
May 28th, 2010
1:15 pm
Roy Barnes, Vietnam draft-dodging Mammon-worshipping philistine: his wife’s the “man” and all Georgians need do is look at the way he says “It’s only fair,” (27sec mark) to know with what “feather” he “flocks.” Guest lists for social events his backers host are filtered to prevent his actually coming into contact with those who don’t share his effete “Richmondese Castilian” “manner,” the same way draft-dodging, closet-queen George W. Bush is “shielded” from the shock of being around true Americans.
Demublican/Republicrat: the “bi-partisan” fascist plutocracy wins either way unless the People make its voice heard and power felt.
Carol Porter’s virtue and obvious worth as the next Lt. Gov. suggests DuBose Porter is the man for the governorship this time.
Ned Puddleman
May 28th, 2010
1:16 pm
Isn’t this the same Roy Barnes that wanted to use the police power of government take people’s homes for the Northern Arc? Talk about double speak and least the banks and lenders have a mortgage contract!
RetiredSoldier
May 28th, 2010
1:22 pm
Amen Ned
Williebkind
May 28th, 2010
1:26 pm
My first question to Roy Barnes is,”Roy are you a democrat or a progressive liberal?”. If you are democrat, then you have a chance at my vote. If you are republican you have a chance at my vote. However if you are a progressive liberal, you have no chance in hell.
RetiredSoldier
May 28th, 2010
1:29 pm
That seems fair Wille. Since 97% of democrats are progressive liberals (my made up number) you’ll almost certainly vote republican. Glad to have you on board
Williebkind
May 28th, 2010
1:31 pm
Yeah it does seem that way RetiredSoldier.
RetiredSoldier
May 28th, 2010
1:34 pm
My motto has always been: Vote Early, Vote Often, Vote Conservative
kt
May 28th, 2010
1:43 pm
King Roy, at it again…
Plain and simple truth
May 28th, 2010
1:43 pm
Roy left the store in good shape.
Sonny burned it down.
Julie Camp
May 28th, 2010
1:47 pm
Remember what Roy Boy did to education!!!!!!!!!! He is scum and will always be scum!
Williebkind
May 28th, 2010
1:48 pm
Plain and simple truth
May 28th, 2010
Roy left the state in 1 billion in debt. Are those DNC numbers you are reading?
Williebkind
May 28th, 2010
1:49 pm
Julie Camp
May 28th, 2010
1:47 pm
I like it when a woman talks dirty.
David
May 28th, 2010
1:52 pm
Julie, I’m guessing you think the Republicans have done much better?
Republicans have used furloughs to drastically cut teacher pay, hampered our children’s ability to learn by saturating them with unnescessary standardized tests, and micromanaged educators to the brink.
Roy may have screwed teachers over, but at least he admits it. Sonny Perdue is robbing our educators blind to build horse barns and fishing docks and not blinking an eye.
Plain and simple truth
May 28th, 2010
1:55 pm
Even those who normally vote GOP will admit in November that their grip upon their ankles is simply too weak for another four years of bending over.
lmno
May 28th, 2010
1:55 pm
Please look at David Poythress’ resume and positions before you vote. I’m not saying to vote for him, but at least consider him.
His website gives a clear picture of his resume. Its extensive and he is not an extremist.
Williebkind
May 28th, 2010
2:00 pm
lmno
May 28th, 2010
1:55 pm
I heard that he has a good resume.
David
May 28th, 2010
2:02 pm
I thought about supporting Casey Cagle… but he got caught with his pants around his ankles and never got off the starting line.
JDW
May 28th, 2010
2:06 pm
I know this is about the Governor’s race, but Sam Olens is running for the second highest office of the State, Attorney General, and this article was published in the Marietta Daily Journal.
http://www.mdjonline.com/view/full_story/7724844/article-Power-Grab
RetiredSoldier
May 28th, 2010
2:14 pm
IMNO-
You need to tell your man he has a mistake in his commerical. He has his rank as Gen. That denotes he was a four star general when in fact he was a LTG or three star general. He does mention 3 stars in his tv ad, but having his rank wrong is very bad. Either he didn’t check the ad well or he is trying to mislead.
Anyone who misleads rank, awards, combat time, etc is rejected out of hand by most Vets. The democrat running for the senate in Conn. comes to mind.
lmno
May 28th, 2010
2:19 pm
Retiredsoldier, as I am not former military like yourself, I will just have to take your word for that ranking stuff. I know he was “Adjuct General” as the head of GA National Guard. He was Major General at one point. And LT. General.
I have not seen his commercial. I also do not know this man personally. I have never seen him or met him. I just think that a person with his qualifications deserves a fair shake at his candidacy.
From his website:
“David Poythress is a native Georgian. He was born and raised in Macon, where his father worked for the city water department and his mother was a school teacher. David attended Bibb County public schools and played football at Lanier High for Boys. David was raised in the Methodist Church, and the Poythress family was founding members of Riverside Methodist Church in Macon.
He attended Emory at Oxford, and earned his degree and his commission as an Air Force officer at “big Emory” in Atlanta. David served four years on active duty in the U.S. Air Force as a judge advocate officer (JAG.) He volunteered for duty in Viet Nam, and served one year as defense counsel and Chief of Military Justice at DaNang Air Base, in the Republic of Viet Nam.
David’s civilian career has included public service, military service, and private law practice.
Upon returning to civilian life, David held several positions in Georgia state government, including Assistant Attorney General, Deputy State Revenue Commissioner, and Secretary of State. During the 80’s, David practiced law in Atlanta, with concentrations in taxation and public finance. In 1992 he was elected statewide to the office of State Labor Commissioner, and he was re-elected in 1994.
David resigned as State Labor Commissioner in 1998 and ran for Governor of Georgia.
After leaving active duty, David remained in the Air Force Reserve, and attained the rank of Brigadier General. In 1999, then Governor Barnes appointed David Adjutant General – the commander of the Georgia Army and Air National Guard – in the rank of Major General. He was reappointed by Governor Perdue, who also promoted him to the rank of Lieutenant General – the first Adjutant General in Georgia history to wear three stars!
General Poythress has held several local and national leadership positions. He served as Vice Chairman of the Board of the National Guard Association of the United States, and is a member of the Board of Directors of Jobs for America’s Graduates. He served two terms as Chairman of the Board of the State YMCA of Georgia, and he previously served on the boards of Wesley Homes and the Atlanta Day Shelter for Women. David is a Rotarian and a Mason. He is a member of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the USO.
The General and his wife Elizabeth are members of Peachtree Road United Methodist Church. They have three grown children, and eight grandchildren
“
lmno
May 28th, 2010
2:22 pm
David Poythress also says he won’t take a salary as Governor until Georgia is under 7% unemployment. That says something to me.
RetiredSoldier
May 28th, 2010
2:25 pm
I’m sure all that is correct, and I don’t think he was trying to mislead on his commerical. But the mistake he made is not a small one for military types. JUst thought you would like to know.
Pompano
May 28th, 2010
2:25 pm
“Sonny Perdue is robbing our educators blind to build horse barns and fishing docks and not blinking an eye.”
Wow David – so how much money does the Educational System generate that is “robbed”? Typical that your group would attempt to lay claim to all the tax revenues of the state. It’s the Educators that have been the ones fleecing GA taxpayers all these years.
I’d rather see it spent on a dock (and I don’t even fish) than have it dumped into the black-hole school system budget.
Mr. Grumpy
May 28th, 2010
2:33 pm
Hey, Julie, be stupid like some other educators are right now, and vote against your own interest. Did Sonny Perdue help you at all…besides gutting the state’s education system? Why do you think Kathy Cox resigned? She publically disagreed with his plans to cut the budget more and got thrown under the bus by him, so she got out. He gave you furloughs and would have done anything to institute Eric Johynson’s vouchers plan so that the tax payer could foot the bill for someone else’s kid to go to a private school. Is that also in your best interest? Your complaint with Barnes is what? That he tried to remove incompetent teachers from the classroom? If you’re a good educator, you should applaud those kinds of efforts. There are very few teachers bad enough to be run out of the classroom, but the ones that are bad deserve to be run out.
So, vote for someione who either has no chance of winniong or wuill do even more to hurt your profession.
RetiredSoldier
May 28th, 2010
2:48 pm
I love liberals. If you disagree with them it is because you are stupid. When will liberals ever learn there is more than one opinion and that doesn’t mean a person is stupid. Unreal.
professional skeptic
May 28th, 2010
2:53 pm
RetiredSoldier
May 28th, 2010
2:48 pm
Ummm… It’s the Georgia Conservatives who are forcing each other to sign pledges before they’re allowed to run for office. Literally, in order to be Conservative in this state, you’re allowed to have only one opinion. You have to sign a pledge swearing never to deviate from the hive mentality, or you can’t run for office as a Conservative in the great state of Georgia.
Adrian
May 28th, 2010
2:54 pm
If we all voted for anyone but the “incumbent” could we do any worse than the clowns that represent us in State government? I’m ashamed to say that I actually believed them when I voted for them but no more; throw them all out and start over. I truly believe with my whole heart that a new, fresh batch in the State government – Republican or Democrat – with absolutely no prior experience, would do a better job than the idiots that call themselves “Senators” or “Representatives” (uh, “representing Who? What? I might add).
I would even pray for better governance but I thing the Good Lord is mad as hell, too.
RetiredSoldier
May 28th, 2010
2:57 pm
Skeptic-
Have you read the pledge? Or are you like Obama, Holder & Janet who comment negatively on th AZ law before they read the bill.
Please inform the blog what the pledge says.
Bobby Anthony
May 28th, 2010
2:59 pm
If you are an educator in Georgia and vote for Roy or a Republican then you probably are stupid. You do have a choice and his name is David Poythress. Galloway why are you reluctant to cover Poythress are you afraid he might have a chance when teachers cast their vote?
RetiredSoldier
May 28th, 2010
2:59 pm
P.S. Skeptic-
You mean republican don’t you, not conservative. Are you saying conservatives aren’t allowed to run as a democrat?
Bobby Anthony
May 28th, 2010
3:07 pm
Mr. Grumpy Barnes did far more than what you are saying. He tried to glut the Teacher Retiremaent System which was in excellent condition to bail out some of the recless spending which occured during his administration.
Williebkind
May 28th, 2010
3:15 pm
why has Thurmond not resigned from the Labor Commission if he is running for senator. Does he still get a state check?
Williebkind
May 28th, 2010
3:17 pm
RetiredSoldier:
What really gets me peeved is for a liberal to run for public office disguised as a moderate republican. Deception from the start.
RetiredSoldier
May 28th, 2010
3:20 pm
whom are you referring to willie?
Will
May 28th, 2010
3:20 pm
David Poythress HAHA
Will
May 28th, 2010
3:22 pm
IMNO says -David Poythress also says he won’t take a salary as Governor until Georgia is under 7% unemployment. That says something to me.
Yeah kinda easy to say when you’re already drawing 2 GOVERNMENT PENSIONS.
Williebkind
May 28th, 2010
3:28 pm
Some of my favorites are Charlie Crist and Mark Kirk.
Williebkind
May 28th, 2010
3:28 pm
I would vote for DP.
Aaron Burr V. Mexico
May 28th, 2010
3:29 pm
I’m a liberal and I’m calling Retired Soldier Stupid.
And I’m not calling you stupid because I’m saying there is ‘only one option.’ I am, however, saying there is only one truth and conservative Republican Libertarian Tea Bagging Retards routinely ignore the truth and instead wallow in Fox News/CATO institute generated DRIVEL.
My primary motivation to BE a liberal is because of people who make up their own facts.
Like you Retired Soldier.
I am grateful for the veterans of our country who have made our nation free.
But you’re not one of the ones I’m grateful for.
Williebkind
May 28th, 2010
3:29 pm
My question again has Thurmond resigned?
Williebkind
May 28th, 2010
3:31 pm
I rather be called a baby raper than a liberal…just me.
Aaron Burr V. Mexico
May 28th, 2010
3:32 pm
OK, you’re a baby raper Willbkind.
But you know, since you’re probably Pro-Life, you no doubt metaphorically are one.
AOK with restricting abortion but God help the poor child once they’re born because Conservatives sure as hell won’t.
GEORGIA, the entire state!
May 28th, 2010
3:36 pm
Is the BIG RAT trying to re-invent himself? Is Roy Barnes going to befriend Georgia’s teachers instead of betray them like he did the last time he was governor? Is BIG RAT going to make us go back to that awful ugly flag he rammed down our throats, making us the laughing stock of the nation?
professional skeptic
May 28th, 2010
3:37 pm
Yes, RS, I read the pledge after the Georgia Republicans (many of whom used to be Dems, or Dixiecrats, hence my preference for the term Conservative in this state), refused to allow Ray Boyd to run for office.
If you care to learn more, Google is just a few clicks away.
Williebkind
May 28th, 2010
3:37 pm
Aaron Burr V. Mexico
May 28th, 2010
3:32 pm
Now, now, AB v M we know rich democrats do not pay their taxes but they raise them for rich republicans. So I guess you are mistaken, again. Your side promotes sex far more than the conservatives. However, I do not know many conservatives who fathers a child and does not take care of it. Can you name any or a group of conservatives who does not take care of their child. I can name serval groups of liberals who will not.
LMAO
May 28th, 2010
3:38 pm
Roy Barnes may clean out the banks but he sure won’t clean them up!!!! Why should we put a man who failed at being governor back in office?
Aaron Burr V. Mexico
May 28th, 2010
3:39 pm
Is THE BIG CAPITAL LETTER USER working for a Republican or Fox News? Probably not since they have hoards of tea baggers to do their dirty work for them. Is THE BIG CAPITAL LETTER USER going to point to a Republitard that is a better alternative? Or is he going to continue to harp on about a flag like the inbred ignorant hillbilly knuckle dragging son of traitors son of war losers fact making up troglodytes that make up born this side of the Mason Dixon and takes pride in it thing that he obviously is?
RetiredSoldier
May 28th, 2010
3:41 pm
Burr-
My day is complete, I have been insulted by Burr. I’ll sleep well tonight.
Intruder
May 28th, 2010
3:42 pm
Same ol’ Roy. He’s seeking only the POWER! I just hope everybody remembers his first term as Governor! If they remember, he will lose – despite all the money he has backing him!
RetiredSoldier
May 28th, 2010
3:43 pm
skeptic-
Glad you read it, though it is a bit strange that you won’t share its contents with your fellow bloggers. Me thinks I smell a Holder here.
Aaron Burr V. Mexico
May 28th, 2010
3:43 pm
WillieBeStupid
May 28th, 2010
3:39pm
Now, now WillieBSmall, we know Republicans pay even less of their taxes but lower them for their good buddies in corporations. So I guess you’re mistaken, again. Your side promotes sex with people in air port bathrooms far more than anyone. However, I do not know many liberals who father a child and don’t take care of it. Can you name any or a group of liberals who do not take care of their child? I can name several groups of conservatives that would sooner see children mowed down with weedwakers than pay a penny more of taxes to pay to help them….like…all of them.
And to answer your ‘question’ Wee Willie, I can safely say that any truly liberal organization believes in family first and then a social safety net composed of ROBBING YOU BLIND! We’re coming for you personally willie…lock your doors! We’re after your money!
AHAHAHAHAHAHAAAH!
Williebkind
May 28th, 2010
3:44 pm
RS;
Is it not amazing how the democrats have so many trailers before their name. Dixiecrat, liberal, progressive liberal, moderate, and conservative. Just to name some. Can they make up their minds? Do they really stand for anything that is durable? Oh and they claim to be the educated ones. I think it is more along the line of education indoctrinaters. There are no absolute truths among these socialists.
Aaron Burr V. Mexico
May 28th, 2010
3:45 pm
RS,
I don’t doubt you sleep well at night. Since you’re a conservative you clearly murdered your conscience and any empathy you had a long time ago. Therefore insulting you is only for my own amusement. To imply otherwise would be to imply you had a soul.
I doubt the devil is giving it back any time soon.
Sleep well Nosferatu.
Williebkind
May 28th, 2010
3:45 pm
Aaron Burr V. Mexico
You must be a transplant.
Aaron Burr V. Mexico
May 28th, 2010
3:46 pm
There is one absolute truth at the least WillieBSmall.
You are a dumbass.
Aaron Burr V. Mexico
May 28th, 2010
3:47 pm
I am PROUD to call myself a yankee.
Then again I’d be proud to call myself anything if it meant pissing off Republitards.
@RetiredSoldier
May 28th, 2010
3:51 pm
RetiredSoldier – read your own posts. You tell me who is stupid.
“Hey TC-
There you go again. To crooked or to dumb. Gosh I’m sooooo glad you are the sole paragon of truth. Yes I agree there are questions about some reublican candidates, as there are about Dems.”
“I love liberals. If you disagree with them it is because you are stupid. When will liberals ever learn there is more than one opinion and that doesn’t mean a person is stupid. Unreal.”
RetiredSoldier
May 28th, 2010
3:54 pm
Burr-
My soul is between me and God. Thank you so much for your concern. See you in church Sunday
RetiredSoldier
May 28th, 2010
3:56 pm
to @
Ok I have a typo or two. Put me up against the wall. If that’s all you have, go back to sleep and dream of govt. checks falling fron the sky.
Aaron Burr V. Mexico
May 28th, 2010
3:56 pm
Why would I care about YOUR soul? I’m more concerned for the weak, the helpless and the poor. You know….just like God? Or does your church use one of those fancy new Republican Bibles that reinterpret anything for a Right Wing Agenda just like Fox news.
And you won’t see me in YOUR church any time soon. In MY church we actually WORSHIP God instead of Mock Him.
Thanks for playing.
RetiredSoldier
May 28th, 2010
4:00 pm
Burr-
There in is the difference, I would never say something like you just typed. You sir are in need of serious prayer. Play time is over with you.
Williebkind
May 28th, 2010
4:04 pm
Aaron Burr V. Mexico
CAUTION: WE DO NOT DIAL 911.
Hey I am different, I do not have a lot of money.
Aaron Burr V. Mexico
May 28th, 2010
4:11 pm
RS,
You’re right there is a difference. If you truly serve Him you don’t fear to say anything in His cause. So when you see Satanic behavior, you call it out. I’m not the one who drug religion into this, but if you want to go there, then I’m all fine with it. I probably know more about Theology than your minister does and anyone that acts like you do clearly is someone who loves to cloak himself in God and Country (hence your NAME RS) but who really doesn’t BELIEVE in the things they really mean or teach.
WBK……You don’t dial 911? Is this a feeble attempt at humor? I mean seriously. You obviously don’t dial 411 either. In fact I wouldn’t at all be surprised if you had to dictate to your 5 year old child to type what you say. Can you even read? Or does someone have to do that for you?
And just because you don’t have a lot of money doesn’t mean you’re not an astroturfed idiot who does whatever his corporate little masters on FOX tell him to do.
Aaron Burr V. Mexico
May 28th, 2010
4:19 pm
WBK-4:10pm. Yes. You are.
Which is why you and your kind want to make them even dumber by defunding them. Then again, as the Drug War, the War War and many other failed Conservative Causes have taught us, there are some causes for which no amount of money will solve the problem.
Some people are simply too dumb to educate. Not all Liberal ideas are good ones. But I still like them better than I like you and your kind WillieBSmall.
@RetiredSoldier
May 28th, 2010
4:24 pm
Sleep and Gov’t checks???
RetiredSoldier
May 28th, 2010
4:26 pm
??? made ya think didn’t I.
Aaron Burr V. Mexico
May 28th, 2010
4:31 pm
No, actually you just made me sad.
Aaron Burr V. Mexico
May 28th, 2010
4:33 pm
Have a good memorial day all.
Except the trogledytes. The nation as they remember it is more horrific than you can imagine.
Fortunately reality is not as the historical revisionism of the Texas School Board dictates.
professional skeptic
May 28th, 2010
4:34 pm
Soldier: Certainly you can understand my choice to “pick my battles”… it’s Memorial Day weekend, time is precious, and I refuse to waste it bickering with you over how many angels can tapdance on the head of a pin. Regards…
RetiredSoldier
May 28th, 2010
4:43 pm
Skeptic-
Sorry to hear you were bickering, I thought we were discussing. Have a wonderful weekend and like we fail to do so often at Christmas, remember the reason for the holiday. Those who made the ultimate price that allows us to agree to disagree.
Tolja Sou
May 28th, 2010
8:29 pm
Aaron Burr V. Mexico: PLEASE get back on your medications, NOW!! You promised when they took off the straps and let you out you would behave. But what do you do? You’re back on the Marijuana, don’t take your medication and, yep, you’ve broken your word and your also back to crack and LSD. Will you ever learn? Son, you’re no longer in grammar school! OOPS! Yes you are, but at 35 + years of age you’re a tad larger than the others but haven’t learned how to behave in public yet.
Barnes: lesser of many evils
May 29th, 2010
12:27 am
While Perdue plucked, cooked, deep fried and charred the economy and schools of Georgia, his cronies like Oxendine lined his pockets with cash along the way.
Oxendine knows about education….all his kids go to private schools. Oxendine is like Perdue 2.0, only with more arrogance and lower ethical standards, if that’s even possible.
Ron Revog
May 29th, 2010
12:45 am
Wow, Democrats better pray that DuBose Porter gets the nomination over Roy Barnes if they wish to win in November. I just saw that Porter moved to #2 in the most recent poll (For what that matters) and wouldn’t be surprised to see him steadily move up, even though he’s got a little ways to go.
mainstreet
May 29th, 2010
12:52 am
Roy I will never vote for you or any other democrat.
Keith Gardner
May 29th, 2010
4:28 am
Hey, Jim, some of us really know what is behind the “nativism” of the Tea Party… the neo-feudalism of neo-classical economics… Some of us are completely awake to the greater depths of the political insiders. Some of us actually read and understand the words of the classicals and didn’t just take the neo-classicals for their word….
here is the real knock-out blow to ray mcberry, and it isn’t your paid neocon slander either….
http://libertyrevival.wordpress.com/2010/05/29/debra-medina-rerun-ray-mcberry/
Keith Gardner
May 29th, 2010
4:43 am
Nice to see a lot of people realize they’re all crooks in the governor’s race, Republican or Democrat. I’m looking for a classical liberal or a classical progresive. The last one I saw in Georgia was shot down by a Soviet Mig. Rest in peace Larry McDonald. They’re all sell outs for the stage or idiots who confuse modern libertarianism (neo-feudalism) as classical liberalism.
Cobb Neighbor
May 29th, 2010
8:12 am
@Keith Gardner: Surely you jest! “Classical Liberal” or Classical Progressive” are both oxymorons (or, simply, “morons”). Progressive (AKA Socialist or Communist) thinking was the absolute anathema to Larry McDonald!! Perhaps you never met him; I did and I knew Larry McDonald – he’s gotta be rolling over in his grave right now
Winfield J. Abbe
May 29th, 2010
8:22 am
Do not vote for that corrupt coward Barnes. He refused to take action against the corrupt American Cancer Society as it routinely defrauded numerous unwitting cancer patients and their loved ones out of money in annual Relay for Death races around the State as documented in the article “American Cancer Society America’s Wealthiest ‘Non-Profit’ Institution” by Samuel S. Epstein M.D., International Journal of Health Services, 1999, also available at http://www.preventcancer.com. Barnes is a gutless coward and should do all the citizens of Georgia a favor and not run any more. What does he want to be governor for anyway if not to satisfy his own inflated ego? Haven’t we had enough of this good for nothing lawyer who winks at the fleecing of unwitting cancer victims by the corrupt outlaw organization American Cancer Society which promotes and supports all those toxic treatments which kill most of the cancer patients.
metro independent
May 29th, 2010
8:25 am
Mr. Galloway, something that might be good for all Georgian’s to know is that Roy is (or certainly used to be) owner of various commercial buildings that are on long-term leases to state agencies. Of course, these properties are held in LLC’s or the like, as most all commercial properties are. A few that come to mind are in Albany and Athens. If memory serves me right, I think they might be DOL offices. If the state can’t pay cash for these needed offices, wouldn’t it be simple enough to float their own bonds to spread out the cost? It just seems like an extreme conflict of interest for a governor (current or former) to have such strong credit tenants. These buildings appreciate significantly and can be sold farily easily to wall street investors or pension funds when cap rates come down. I’d like this kind of investment opportunity…. get a 30 year lease in place with a state agency, build to suit with very little equity, cash flow from day one, and can sell whenever the cap rates come down (and thus property value goes way up)!!!!!
Morrus
May 29th, 2010
8:46 am
Curiously, in a supposed anti-incumbent year, most of the departing are not retiring but seeking higher office. We may recycle more than we replace. The bad news is that a frustrating 114 seats still have but one contestant. Two of them aren’t even incumbents, meaning they will affect state policy without being vetted by voters. And I have to think that we’d be better off if many had run instead for the Legislature — and cut down on the number running unopposed. Georgia’s problems are numerous. They aren’t going away. There’s too much stale thinking at the Capitol, on both sides of the aisle. New voices would be welcome.
TruthSquad
May 29th, 2010
9:55 am
Sorry, I’m late to the party – didn’t this all get started with Roy’s bank bashing ad? Typical. He takes their money and then tries to fool people with ads like that. I checked the Treasury Dept’s website. None of those small banks that failed he talks about got bailouts. Tell the truth, Roy. This is typical trial lawyer tactics. But in court, he has to fool 12 people. At least he’s got a lot more people to fool in this election and the majority has already been fooled once. His big hope is he can fool the majority again.
professional skeptic
May 29th, 2010
10:11 am
Retired Soldier: Both my grandfathers, my father, step father, and many friends either served or are serving. No need to remind me of anything, tyvm. Go preach to someone else. And no, we were not discussing. We were bickering over whether or not I would copy and paste a nonsensical, laughable, asinine one-sentence Georgia Republican pledge. I assure you: anyone who cares has already used Google to find it. And, now, we’re bickering over whether our exchange constitutes discussion or bickering. God bless America for our freedom to waste time engaging in meaningless chatter.
Finished my coffee so I’m off to enjoy the day. And, yes, thanks to all the current and former members of our nation’s military, and may God bless all who died serving our country.
J
May 29th, 2010
10:14 am
“King Roy Barnes” = Mistreatment of teachers & No Immigration Reform.
Garry Owen
May 29th, 2010
10:21 am
I agree with J!
Chuck UGA
May 29th, 2010
10:59 am
We need Roy Barnes back in the Governor’s charir like we need a hole in our heads. Anyone who falls for his BS and votes for him is a LOSER.
Chuck UGA
May 29th, 2010
11:04 am
Keith Gardner, you are a good man for mentioning Larry McDonald, the greatest politician I have ever known. Bet that corrupt ex-KGB Soviet leader Putin knows the REAL story on that incident!
Chuck UGA
May 29th, 2010
11:16 am
Aaron Burr v Mexico,
You are a perfect example of why the mentally ill should not be allowed to cast a vote. You are suffering from wealth envy and are also an uninformed dolt. BOTH political parties are corrupt and that is NOT going to change unless we (who have a healthy, sane mind and can make an unemotional decision in the voting booth) choose new blood for elected office. Thank goodness the majority of this state will elect someone OUTSIDE the hyper-corrupt, Obama-hugging Socialist Democratic Party. Conservatives of some kind are going to rule this state for a LONG TIME to come, so if you don’t like it, you can lump it and leave.
Too tired to be mad
May 29th, 2010
2:55 pm
Note that the AJC did not dig out and publcize Barne’s bank investments.
Of course not.
He is the Obamacrat
REPUBLICANS ARE SORRY
May 29th, 2010
7:30 pm
Bill Clinton was defeated in his re-election bid for Governor of Arkansas… he came back later and won another term. If memory serves me correctly, he went on to be President…left us with record surpluses after record Reagan/Bush deficits. The republicans congress and George W erased that success and quickly left us this MESS ! WE WON’T BE FOOLED AGAIN !!!!
Give em hell Roy . Sonny and the republicans left us with record unemployment… and they didn’t bring back the precious rebel flag either , DID THEY ?????! ha ha ha…..suckers
REPUBLICANS ARE SORRY
May 29th, 2010
7:32 pm
If you want to go forward … put in (D)
If you want to go backwards… put in (R)
We’ve gone backwards long enough, Georgia.
No Longer Republican
May 29th, 2010
9:25 pm
Can’t vote for Roy. I blame him for 8 years of the moron in office now! David Poythress is the only one who seems to understand things. He understands we have realy problems and has ideas that will help Georgia move forward. Some poster earlier was making fun of Poythress for not accepting pay as governor because he already earns governemnt pensions. Key word there is “EARNED.” He worked for them. He’s got them and now he is in a position where he wants to help his state. Is doing your job and earning your penion a bad thing? http://www.poythressforgovernor.com.
There are NO republicans that deserve a vote from anyone who actually cares about the state of Georgia and its future. Any of them will build on the mess Sonny has started. Come on Georgia…haven’t you had enough of career politicians who are only out for themselves? I know I have!
MD
May 30th, 2010
8:46 am
Jan.21,2013 obamas last day in office.
Moses Waddell
May 30th, 2010
9:49 am
Who cares? They’re all crooks…and we know it.
Christpher Collins
May 30th, 2010
12:00 pm
Karen Handel is the one that needs to be the new Governor.
U-have-my-attention
May 30th, 2010
1:41 pm
Why is King Roy doing this to the party? It is clear that he cannot win against the Republican’s primarily because of his baggage. His arrogance just will not allow him to see the forrest. Poythress and/or Porter gives us the best chance of winning, and the Republican’s know this. Please King Roy, don’t do this us!
DAN DEACON
May 30th, 2010
2:06 pm
Roy “passed tough anti-predatory lending laws”???? What a dumb+ar+ss statement. The worst predatory lending activities took place after the law passed. There was less predatory lending prior to legislation that there was after…..go figure. This just goes to show everyone what a joke Barnes is. He invest in banks and lobbies and then criticizes those two professions actions. The double talk is plainly seen and Barnes will be lame in his crusade for election.
By the way, since billions of dollars have been taken in by the Dept of Banking and Finance in Georgia to regulate mortgage companies, a substantial increase of unscrupulous and predatory lending took place. Prior to regulation and the anti-predatory legislation, there was considerably less. What happened to the billions of dollars taken in by the Ga. Dept. Of Banking and Finance?
Is this dept. just a farce and taking in all this money to only have it diverted to other areas other than protecting citizens from predatory lenders? That dept. is a joke. If they were doing their job during audits, they’d caught most of the idiots that violated the law. But, most examiners don’t know what they’re doing anyway.
tc
May 30th, 2010
2:08 pm
collins, you want a repeat of the sonny fiasco…handel cut from same cloth except that she is not a true leader
tc
May 30th, 2010
2:11 pm
DD you gotta be kidding the repubs repealed actions taken by barnes….do some research DA
DLink
May 30th, 2010
2:18 pm
The pledge reads in full: “I do hereby swear or affirm my allegiance to the Georgia Republican Party.”
But Boyd, a relative new-comer to politics whose Republican-turned-Independent campaign is predicated on his ability to self-finance, objected to the oath, which more than 150 would-be and current Republican office holders signed Monday. The businessman said he could not pledge allegiance to a party that has deviated from good policy for the sake of politics; alternatively he offered a “compromise oath,” and was quickly rebuffed by party leaders.
“They’ve left me no other choice,” Boyd said of his decision to run as an Independent after a terse stand-off with an attorney for the state GOP. “Maybe I’ll set up a Ronald Reagan Republican wing.”
http://www.redstate.com/jrichardson/2010/04/27/after-refusing-to-sign-party-pledge/
Virginia
May 30th, 2010
3:07 pm
Retired Soldier: That Democrat in Connecticut is running way ahead in the polls, so I guess that military thing doesn’t bother some people as much as you think it does! BTW, I usually vote for Democrats, but I wouldn’t vote for Blumenthal in Conn., he sounds like a complusive liar to me and we already have enough of those!!
Bobby Anthony
May 30th, 2010
3:13 pm
Did not the Nazi’s have to swear allegiance to their party? Allegiance should only be sworn to God, but I will give my vote to Poythress.
Lou
May 30th, 2010
3:26 pm
To the commenter who agreed that Barnes betrayed teachers but said at least he “admitted” it: How on earth could he deny it? His own words and actions are there in dozens of newspaper articles. You think he could deny it? King Roy had his chance and blew it by betraying teachers and most of Georgia’s citizens. He doesn’t stand a snowball’s chance in Hell of regaining his crown. Are any of the others better, either party? Not as far as I can see. If it’s not too late (don’t know the deadline), let’s hope and pray a better candidate than the current crop enters the race.
Wilda
May 30th, 2010
4:09 pm
Barnes along with his stooge Bobby Kahn, stage managed what might have been the most partisan, gerrymandered redistricting in the history of the USA. As his legislative leader said at the time, “it’s partisan right down to it’s toenails”. You bet we remember King Roy.
He was an arrogant, pocket lining jerk who has been funding the Obama wing of the democrat party in GA for years. We don’t need him back in office. Ever.
Bill Orvis White
May 31st, 2010
7:33 am
Let’s ask the “big picture” question of these candidates. Will any of them expand and defend the installation of more nuclear and coal-fired plants to power up this growing state? Will any of them allow offshore oil drilling off our coast so that we can be a player on the world stage to supply Earth with a much-needed resource? Will any of them take a tough stand on illegal immigrants who are taking our jobs and sending their earnings back to their motherlands? Will any of these candidates institute a voucher program for education so that I can choose where to send my kid to school? Will any of these men or woman actually stand up to the ever-expanding federal government by saying no to Obamacare and Cap and Trade? Will any of the gubernatorial candidates fight to not only keep our Georgia military installations intact, but actually lobby to create more of them? Will any of these people say NO to union boss thugs and kick them out of the state? Will anyone make Georgia an English-only state?
Right now, I’m not buying any of it. They all talk the talk, but once any of them get in there, they won’t follow through.
If I were elected, I would have a 90-day rule to pass all of the aforementioned items. If those items, didn’t get passed, I would stand in front of the General Assembly and perform mandatory “Force Vote Sessions” to implement everything on my plate into law. No more negotiating. No more wiggle room. No, no, no! I’m tired of great state like Georgia kowtowing to the feds and in the end, only losing power.
Burroughston Broch
May 31st, 2010
10:20 am
Another Wizard of Oz ad – pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. Roy Barnes suffers from the politician’s disease – I am smarter and more industrious than the voters, so I can tell them anything and they will blindly believe it.
tc
June 1st, 2010
7:31 am
bow, why don’t you and your drill baby drill crowd get down to the gulf and help with the cleanup?
Bill Orvis White
June 1st, 2010
1:20 pm
@tc
I’m in Hattiesburg and will head down in a few weeks to volunteer if President Hussein Obama can’t fix his mistake.
History will prove that Lil Hussein and his helpers are totally incompetent and that his predecessor made all the right moves.
In 50 years, you’ll be thanking GWB for the ridding the world of evil and increasing the need for a much-needed resource that powers your car.
You’ll also be thanking GWB for safer streets and the freedom to worship the Lord Almighty whenever and wherever you choose. You see, tc, GWB made the hard decisions that Bubba Clinton, Jimmah and now Lil Hussein were scared to make. Check back with me and thank not only GWB, but me as well.
God Bless,
Bill
wesleywhatwhat
June 1st, 2010
4:05 pm
roy barnes is the smartest guy to occupy the governors mansion in a long time.
i just hope that we vote him in again, we vote out the right wing nutters so we can get something done…
Curious
June 24th, 2010
3:47 pm
1) What exactly did Roy Barnes, as governor for GA in 1999 -2003, do for educators? I can’t find specifics.
2) If the answer is “very little”, anybody want to guess why he’s sucking up to one of the largest groups of GA voters?
3) If anyone can give me a legitimate answer with PROOF (not opinion….I want documentation and websites), I’ll rethink my vote this fall. Right now, all I can think of is his transportation reform for 4 years. Just curious.
BILL KINSLAND
July 21st, 2010
12:29 am
I think Roy Barnes’ campaign people need to emphasize his hard work as governor to pass the “2002 Georgia Fair Lending Act” (GFLA). It was a landmark piece of legislation which would have put a stop to the crooked subprime ARM lending that led DIRECTLY to the financial crisis we now endure.
We should also point out that the REPUBLICAN Bush Administration used so-called “Federal Pre-emption” in January, 2003 to undermine the law by exempting virtually all Georgia banks, thrifts and subsidiaries from the GFLA. (Where were all the “States Rights” whiners when this happened!!)Then in March, 2003, REPUBLICAN Governor Perdue and his REPUBLICAN legislature completely undid the GFLA so that lenders could
“flip” all their worthless subprime loans for securitization by big-time
investment banks….and the rest is history as they say!
Let’s put Roy Barnes back in the Governor’s Office so we can bring some justice for borrowers and some REAL consumer protection…something REPUBLICANS oppose with a vengeance!