The latest RGA ad: On the ‘iron fists’ of Roy Barnes and Barack Obama
The Republican Governor’s Association today cut loose a second TV ad against Roy Barnes – clearly a campaign to establish a Pavlovian relationship between the Democratic nominee for governor and President Barack Obama.
The RGA accuses both Obama and Barnes of ruling with “an iron fist.”
Not details have yet come from RGA, but we’re told that the 30-second spot will see a significant amount of play in metro Atlanta and beyond – through Thursday. And then will pick up again next Tuesday, after the Labor Day holiday.
Update: Nick Ayers, the former Sonny Perdue aide and RGA executive director, just sent a message indicating the new TV spot will stay up through the Labor Day weekend — the cash was sent yesterday — and has been joined by a 60-second radio ad, also playing statewide, on the same theme.
RGA TV Ad: Roy Barnes, Georgia “Iron Fist” from Republican Governors Association on Vimeo.
The script:
“One man ruled with an iron fist, giving us politics and laws we did not want, and did not support. When challenged, he was thin-skinned and arrogant, putting the blame on others.
“Think we’re talking about Barack Obama? We’re not. We’re talking about former Gov. Roy Barnes. Roy Barnes ruled Georgia for four years, and the results were disastrous. Can Georgia really afford more of the same?”
The RGA does not specify the disasters it alleges accompanied the Barnes administration. But its ad does use an ending nearly identical to the latest Barnes ad. Take a listen:
So the question becomes, who’s more of what “same”?
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Mr. Grumpy
August 31st, 2010
6:58 pm
Hey, Brent — Get the issue straight. No one’s accused Nathan Deal of being a womanizer. He’;s just a thief. Roy Barnes has never been accused by anyone of being corrupt. Can’t quite say that about Nathan, can you?
Hector
August 31st, 2010
7:18 pm
Roy destroyed the state flag, that’s all I need to know.
Lone Star
August 31st, 2010
7:28 pm
Let’s just shuck it down here: Liberals (Democrats) will never approve of a Republican and Conservatives (whether Republican or independent) will never approve of a Democrat. The “line in the sand” is drawn. Liberals generally want to save the world with somebody elses’ money. Conservatives want people to provide for themselves or receive help, if needed, through charitable sources rather than redistribution of the wealth. One of the major obstacles to achieving that is that we have two and three generations of people who have known nothing but welfare.
New ad from GOP governors: On the ‘iron fists’ of Roy Barnes and Barack Obama | Georgia Elections News
August 31st, 2010
7:42 pm
[...] Political Insider’s Jim Galloway has the latest ad GOP governors have come up with targeting Roy Barnes’ ties to President Barack Obama: The Republican Governor’s Association today cut loose a second TV ad against Roy Barnes – clearly a campaign to establish a Pavlovian relationship between the Democratic nominee for governor and President Barack Obama. [...]
killerj
August 31st, 2010
7:47 pm
Will not vote for behind closed doors Barnes that piece of crap can kiss this white boys a$$.
Brent
August 31st, 2010
7:59 pm
Hey Grumpy, nobody accused Deal of being a thief either. I believe the charges have to do with influence, and not proven. Calling Deal a thief is hyperbole akin to calling Clinton a pimp. ( I didn’t use too big of a word, did I?)
I'm a Democrat for Deal or Handel !
August 31st, 2010
8:16 pm
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August 31st, 2010
8:16 pm
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DannyX
August 31st, 2010
9:49 pm
“Liberals generally want to save the world with somebody elses’ money. Conservatives want people to provide for themselves or receive help, if needed, through charitable sources rather than redistribution of the wealth”
Where do you come up with these fantasies LoneStar? Seriously.
As I pointed out yesterday Republicans in Alaska have flooded the state with tax payer dollars, for every $1 they pay the get 6 back! What a deal.
Bush and friends just gave us the unfunded socialist Medicare Part D. Nathan Deal voted for the 100 billion dollar farm subsidy. Perdue just went to Washington begging for more medicaid dollars, then he gobbled up 400 million for the new school program. Bush bailouts, remember those?
Dirty Dawg
September 1st, 2010
2:45 am
By ‘iron fist’ I assume that you’re referring to the fact that back then Roy Barnes didn’t suffer fools lightly and when a task was presented to him, or when he needed to follow through on his job as Governor, he set out to ‘get it done’.
The flag that Hector is so all-fired upset about – and by the ‘hec’ how’s that flag that your boy Goober Perdue gave you suit you? – business leaders in Atlanta and the State came to Roy during what should have been his ‘first’ term, and appealed to him to work to remove the Confederate Battle symbol from the State flag as it was costing the city and state business in the form of conventions, meetings, sporting events and corporate re-locations. He knew that it was gonna be politically explosive and said so to the group and that it meant a number of politicians across the state would be risking their political future to ‘do the right thing’ (Zell Miller’s term) by changing the flag. He further told them (the business leaders) that those same politicians would need financial help in the upcoming election and was promised contributions for them – contributions that never even came close to meeting the commitment they had made.
He, Roy, along with everybody else capable of comprehension, knew that Georgia’s bottom-feeding education system needed changing – especially accountability from top to bottom, including teachers – if we were to make any improvement at all. Teachers, especially those that weren’t doing a particularly good job, took exception to his efforts.
These two, high profile events, combined with financial backing from the greediest billionaires that fund all right-wing efforts in this country – including the man that ran the Diebold company that provided those damn voting machines, all came together in a ‘perfect storm’ that unseated perhaps the best-equipped man to hold that office we’ve ever had. If we have any sense at all we’ll get him back in there to try and fix as much of the crap that Goober and his henchmen have left laying around. He’ll only have four years so a little ‘fisticuffs’ may be in order, but not until after the election.
Oh Well
September 1st, 2010
9:33 am
just saw the “iron fist” commercial twice this morning before heading to work…
wow…is that all?!
linking Barnes to the President because of…..?!?!?!? Exactly.
What the President has done is definitely not my idea of “iron fist”. Need an example of that (and I will spare the previous administration)? Try Kim Jong Il…or maybe Amahdinijad…but really? the President?! Talk about trying to make a connection…WEAK!
Let’s face it…when either one of the two dysfunctional party wins the White House…there are certain “spoils” that come with it. The last 10 years have proven that…NCLB, Patriot Act, Medicare Pt. D, “Obamacare” (as many call it).
earl
September 2nd, 2010
12:54 pm
Why is Roy Barnes and the Democrats so scared of Nathan Deal. Why did they try so hard to get him defeated in July and August. They wanted to face any candidate except Nathan Deal. Where is it stated that Nathan Deal is required to release his tax returns. As a congressman he released more than the required info. Go on line and read all about his finances..what he made, where monies came from, where monies were spent and so much more. And the flim-flam democratic made up ethic charges will all go away and never be heard of again after Novembers election. but, until then the democrats are going to ride this horse for all it’s worth. Roy, why are you so scared of Nathan Deal. But go ahead and run you attack and slanderous tv ads. You saw where that got Karen Handel didn’t you. And remeber..as the republicans come back with rebutal tv ads….you and your democratic camp started the negative campaign ads. Why don’t you apologize and concentrate on telling the good people of Georgia how you plan to fund those many promises you’ve already made. And again, I just can’t understand why you and the Democrates are so scaed of Nathan Deal.
wesleywhatwhat
September 2nd, 2010
7:16 pm
not sure these ads are having the desired effect, they make me laugh pretty hard.