The memo reporting offer of FBI help to investigate governor’s campaign finances
Click here to read the June 15 email in which Stacy Kalberman, executive secretary of the State Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, reports to the commission that the FBI has offered the use of one of its forensic accountant to assist in an investigation into Gov. Nathan Deal’s campaign finances.
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Hear-no-evil
June 17th, 2011
8:05 pm
…changing the subject somewhat…is anyone surprised that the head of the Ethics Committee has been forced to resign / fired? It seems that she was starting to look into the ethics behind Deals use of campaign funds to pay off his large amount of debt that was exposed during his run for Gov. Now that he is in place he feels bullet-proof and everyone who is trying to expose his “dealings” is getting canned or locked out of his office if you are in the media. don’t like what the media says_ just control it. Don’t like the ethics investigation- hire the head of the committee. I see a poorly hidden pattern emerging.
Hear-no-evil
June 17th, 2011
8:07 pm
I meant “fire” not hire…not quite the same
td
June 17th, 2011
9:23 pm
GaBlue
June 17th, 2011
5:50 pm
Angry Voter,
” the Ga Dems continue to fail because they don’t do what needs to be done: get behind someone fresh, real, and competent, and pull out all the stops to support that person’s campaign (to the exclusion of those who believe it’s their “turn.”)”
Is this not the national party just did with Obama, and the results are going to be the worst President in the history of the US. Working out well for you all?
A gloating Karen Handel
June 17th, 2011
9:44 pm
Hmmmm……….
Fox5 reports on Nathan Deal’s daughter shady fund-raising and they are “banned”
Stacey Kalbermann heads an investigation into Deal’s lack of ethics and is forced to resign.
Jim, you and the AJC are next. Look out, you’re going to lose your lease or somethng. You are next if you insist on reporting the truth about this guy. He’s as crooked as the letter S. I would feel sorry for the state of Georgia but you picked him, now you gotta dance with him.
tim
June 17th, 2011
10:16 pm
Deals crap stinks way up here in Marietta,,,,,,,but we’re going to fix that.
Hall Native
June 17th, 2011
10:30 pm
This is just the way things are done in Hall County folks. We call it the Hall County Mafia in these parts. Y’all are just getting a little taste of it now.
eatmotacos
June 17th, 2011
10:33 pm
The purpose of the Georgia Ethics Commission is to keep Georgia’s politicians honest, by providing the state’s citizens with the information necessary to scrutinize their activities. That is why it is preposterous, a mockery, to allow Deal to dismantle it. It’s like putting the inmates in charge of the penitentiary. Where is the FBI and the DOJ? Georgia’s voters were insane to elect this thoroughly exposed crook to the office of governor in the first place.
Given the kind of information that is currently available on the site, I surprised that he hasn’t already shut it down:
“If it weren’t so dangerous, the chicken fight going on in Congress would be laughable. Representative Nathan Deal, a Georgia Republican, slipped a paragraph into a $397 billion spending bill that would allow farmers to give livestock nonorganic feed but call their meat, eggs and milk ”organic” anyway. That would clearly violate the new United States Department of Agriculture standard. Specifically, the provision, which was suggested by Fieldale Farms, that contributed to Mr. Deal’s campaign, prohibits the government from requiring that organic livestock producers use organic feed.
“NY Times” 3/05/03
President Bush is expected to sign into law today a measure that will repeal a controversial revision to federal organic food standards that would have allowed producers to raise their livestock on conventional feed but still label the meat organic.
‘Progressive Grocer” 4/16/03
Filer Contributor’s Name PAC Affiliation /
Occupation / Employer Received /
Type /
Election Cash
Amount In-Kind
Amount In-Kind Description
C2009000086
Nathan Deal for Governor,Inc.
Nathan Deal
Fieldale Farms Poultry Inc.
PO Box 558
Baldwin, GA 30511-
Information Requested
Information Requested 05/21/2009
Monetary
Primary
2010 $6,100.00 $0.00
C2009000086
Nathan Deal for Governor,Inc.
Nathan Deal
Fieldale Farms Poultry Inc.
PO Box 558
Baldwin, GA 30511-
N/A
N/A 07/29/2010
Monetary
General
2010 $1,400.00 $0.00
C2009000086
Nathan Deal for Governor,Inc.
Nathan Deal
Fieldale Farms Poultry Inc.
PO Box 558
Baldwin, GA 30511-
N/A
N/A 07/29/2010
Monetary
Run-Off Primary
2010 $3,600.00 $0.00
C2009000086
Nathan Deal for Governor,Inc.
Nathan Deal
Carrie Hatfield
5157 Little River Dr
Gainesville, GA 30506-3139
Homemaker
N/A 05/21/2009
Monetary
Primary
2010 $2,000.00 $0.00
C2009000086
Nathan Deal for Governor,Inc.
Nathan Deal
Carrie Hatfield
5157 Little River Dr
Gainesville, GA 30506-3139
Homemaker
N/A 12/01/2009
Monetary
Primary
2010 $500.00 $0.00
C2009000086
Nathan Deal for Governor,Inc.
Nathan Deal
Carrie Hatfield
5157 Little River Dr
Gainesville, GA 30506-3139
Homemaker
N/A 05/25/2010
Monetary
Primary
2010 $2,500.00 $0.00
C2009000086
Nathan Deal for Governor,Inc.
Nathan Deal
Carrie Hatfield
5157 Little River Dr
Gainesville, GA 30506-3139
Homemaker
N/A 06/30/2010
Monetary
Primary
2010 $1,500.00 $0.00
C2009000086
Nathan Deal for Governor,Inc.
Nathan Deal
Carrie Hatfield
5157 Little River Dr
Gainesville, GA 30506-3139
Homemaker
N/A 09/10/2010
Monetary
General
2010 $1,500.00 $0.00
C2009000086
Nathan Deal for Governor,Inc.
Nathan Deal
Carrie Hatfield
5157 Little River Dr
Gainesville, GA 30506-3139
Homemaker
N/A 09/15/2010
Monetary
General
2010 $1,500.00 $0.00
C2009000086
Nathan Deal for Governor,Inc.
Nathan Deal
Carrie Hatfield
5157 Little River Dr
Gainesville, GA 30506-3139
Homemaker
N/A 10/12/2010
Monetary
General
2010 $250.00 $0.00
C2009000086
Nathan Deal for Governor,Inc.
Nathan Deal
Deanna B. Hatfield
1005 Carrie Drive
Waycross, GA 31501-
Artist
Self Employed 08/06/2010
Monetary
Run-Off Primary
2010 $250.00 $0.00
C2009000086
Nathan Deal for Governor,Inc.
Nathan Deal
Joe McClain Hatfield
PO Box 558
Baldwin, GA 30511-0558
Partner
Fielddale Farms 05/21/2009
Monetary
Primary
2010 $5,100.00 $0.00
C2009000086
Nathan Deal for Governor,Inc.
Nathan Deal
Joe McClain Hatfield
PO Box 558
Baldwin, GA 30511-0558
Partner
Fielddale Farms 05/27/2009
Monetary
Primary
2010 $1,000.00 $0.00
C2009000086
Nathan Deal for Governor,Inc.
Nathan Deal
Joe McClain Hatfield
PO Box 558
Baldwin, GA 30511-0558
Partner
Fielddale Farms 09/09/2010
Monetary
General
2010 $1,000.00 $0.00
C2009000086
Nathan Deal for Governor,Inc.
Nathan Deal
Rosalyn Hatfield
2336 Fred Pitts Road
Clarkesville, GA 30523-
Homemaker
N/A 05/21/2009
Monetary
Primary
2010 $6,100.00 $0.00
C2009000086
Nathan Deal for Governor,Inc.
Nathan Deal
Hatfield For House
PO Box 1361
Waycross, GA 31502-
N/A
N/A 08/06/2010
Monetary
Run-Off Primary
2010 $500.00 $0.00
C2009000086
Nathan Deal for Governor,Inc.
Nathan Deal
Hatfield For House
PO Box 1361
Waycross, GA 31502-
Representative
State of Georgia 10/07/2010
Monetary
General
2010 $1,000.00 $0.00
Employer Received /
Type /
Election Cash
Amount In-Kind
Amount In-Kind Description
C2009000086
Nathan Deal for Governor,Inc.
Nathan Deal
Gus Arrendale
PO Box 558
Baldwin, GA 30511-
Executive
Fieldale Farms 06/30/2009
Monetary
Primary
2010 $1,000.00 $0.00
C2009000086
Nathan Deal for Governor,Inc.
Nathan Deal
Gus Arrendale
PO Box 558
Baldwin, GA 30511-
Executive
Fieldale Farms 12/18/2009
Monetary
Primary
2010 $500.00 $0.00
C2009000086
Nathan Deal for Governor,Inc.
Nathan Deal
Gus Arrendale
PO Box 558
Baldwin, GA 30511-
Executive
Fieldale Farms 02/22/2010
Monetary
Primary
2010 $500.00 $0.00
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republifart
June 17th, 2011
10:36 pm
the good god fearin’ governor believes in jeebus ’nuff said he be are leader fo’ jesus
RGB
June 17th, 2011
10:48 pm
You must be really steamed at the governor that you’d choose to blaspheme Jesus Christ on an ajc blog.
Tim
June 18th, 2011
12:52 am
Centrist – Are you a first or second cousin of the back woods crook Nathan “Shady” Deal.
Frederick Douglass
June 18th, 2011
1:32 am
td @ 9:23:
For people of your caliber, Obama was the worst president in U.S. history, three days before he took the job. Your biased indignation is really thinly veiled, no one is fooled into thinking that you only feel as you do about Obama, odds are you feel the same about me, and you wouldn’t know me from a can of paint. Now you’re all fired up about the “Rotten Deal” we have for a governor, what’d you expect from a known criminal, he’s just doing what criminals do, he can’t help it. BTW, no U.S. president could ever take the distinction of being the worst from GEORGE W. BUSH, it’s stamped on his forehead!
ANGRY AS HELL
June 18th, 2011
5:36 am
Good job, eatmotacos!!! The ignorant Georgia voter hasn’t figured out why we REALLY have Ethics Commissions in the Executive Branch and ethics committees in the Georgia Senate and House of Representatives: These are places you send ethics charges and complaints when your objective is to be sure to kill or bury these complaints.
south ga. possum
June 18th, 2011
6:22 am
AJC is the one the FBI needs to investigate. And JG needs to be reporting on little leauge baseball games…not politics. All the AJC is good for is to stir crap…and they’re real good at it.
Fire Eater
June 18th, 2011
6:43 am
I wonder if this “investigation” by the FBI was launched in reprisal for Deal’s signing of our tough new anti-illegal alien law? Really, the FBI is a politicized secret police agency worthy of a dictatorship and not a constitutional republic. The FBI targets citizens based upon complaints from PRIVATE thought control groups like their “partners” ADL and SPLC. Anyone who has been involved with the type of politics that the System does not approve can be targeted by this anti-American secret police – remember Waco and Ruby Ridge.
Angry Voter
June 18th, 2011
7:26 am
khc – yes, I think the reps are more competent than Roy. I think a turtle would be more competent than Roy.
More importantly, everyone knew that the majority of Georgians thought Roy was incompetent before the Dems nominated him. He had previously lost an election and was polling very low. It was silly, indulgent and condescending for the Dems to nominate Roy, but they did it anyway. Had the Dems respected the electorate, they would have nominated someone else.
BTW, the fact that Roy was trounced in the election, despite everyone knowing Deal was crooked, proves my point that the majority thought Roy was incompetent, as if his being booted from office shouldn’t have given the Dems that message already. Before you make this assumption, I was in favor of changing the flag, but deplored the incompetent way Roy went about it. I voted for Obama. I voted for Roy the time he won. I am an independent.
Roy’s redistricting scheme proved he couldn’t be entrusted with our government, or he might plot again to steal it. His statement when he ran the most recent time explaining that his biggest failure was not communicating how awesomely great his wonderful actions were showed he was the same arrogant, clueless buffoon we previously tossed out of office.
One more thing – I’d probably vote for Stacey Abrams if the Dems nominated her for Gov, or either of the Porters. Most independents would likely consider those people, whereas they clearly rejected Barnes. The arrogance of the Dems is that they failed to recognize Barnes was unelectable.
Last Man Standing
June 18th, 2011
8:01 am
“The director of the state’s ethics commission agreed to resign Friday, avoiding a showdown with her bosses who she said were pushing her out.”
If I were in her position, knew that I was right and that I was going to be fired for merely doing the job I was appointed to do, any statements that I made would come AFTER my firing and be accompanied by documentation. I would never “agree to resign” if I were right in the performance of my duties and had nothing to hide.
Something about this whole mess stinks, and it isn’t the Governor.
One Party Rule
June 18th, 2011
8:52 am
In over a century, Georgia has been under one party rule except for the first term of Gov. Perdue when the Dems still had the State House and some constitutional officers. Take those two years out and ask yourself if 150 years of one party rule is good? You would not need an ethics commission of there were a real checks and balances between the parties. Also ask yourself, how many former Dems are now in the GOP majority?
The Centrist
June 18th, 2011
9:08 am
Sorry for being late LMS about (your) “day would never be complete without reading something negative about a Republican printed in the AJC.” If today’s Georgia Democrats were in control of anything, then maybe they would. But not to worry, more people listen to WSB “Democrat-Liberial Bashing” radio than those who can read the “Republican-Conservative Bashing” AJC. Just like Fox News (Right wing) and Fox TV (Left wing) makes money both ways, so does Cox Enterprises. Back to ethics. With all the evidence on Perdue, Richardson, and now Deal, Stacy Kalberman should have been fired for incompetence.
The Centrist
June 18th, 2011
9:14 am
We totally missed the part that Kalberman twice asked commission Chairman Patrick Millsaps to sign subpoenas involving the Deal investigation, (which he refused). (1) It don’t know which is worse, “witchhunt,” or “sandbagging?” (2) What would Millsaps done if the new Governor’s name was King Roy? (3) Now the real story is going to be, who will be the replacements?
DLink
June 18th, 2011
9:18 am
Fun fact: He who has the gold makes the rules. If anything threatens someone in office, you can just “De-fund” it, and the problem goes away.
Don’t like national health care? De-fund it. Don’t want that beltway ruining your scenery? De-fund it. Don’t like the FBI snooping? De – wait…
khc
June 18th, 2011
9:19 am
angry, agree barnes arrogant, not to be confused with incompetent….sonny appointed agency heads that were too young and inexperienced but would follow orders….only good appointee by deal is huckaby…..barnes had right ideas on reservoirs, transportation, homeowners tax relief….predatory lending, mortgage predators (no skin in game)…..roy was like the pretty girl no one liked (though he sure was not pretty)……granted the redistricting scheme stunk but repubs just as bad on voter restrictions….if incompetence means running as dem is this bassackwards state, then i guess ole roy is….it would not have mattered if it was the porters or poythress, they would not have beaten the repubs…..but after sonny and nathan their chances are likely to grow
Angry Voter
June 18th, 2011
9:37 am
khc – we’ll never know if the Dems could have won with competent candidates, but until the Dems change, and nominate electable candidates, nobody will ever know. The Dems cannot blame this on a “they’ll vote for any Rep” sentiment until the Dems own up to their own inability to nominate a serious candidate. Everyone recognized the main reason Taylor’s dad pulled the strings to get him in state government was to keep Taylor away from the family business, where he might do harm. Taylor was never a serious contender. Barnes proved himself incompetent in his single term.
I really think the political center, which really decides elections, could easily swing away from the Reps if there was a serious alternative, rather than what has been offered.
Aquagirl
June 18th, 2011
9:55 am
Had the Dems respected the electorate, they would have nominated someone else.
Translation: Deal is a crook, how can we blame this on Democrats?
What a pathetic, childish excuse. Did the Republicans not nominate Deal? Of course, but somehow this is not THEIR responsibility. You’d rather start talking about Roy Barnes, Democrats, or the price of tea in China. I don’t blame you, it takes some creative fast-talking if you’ve got a slug like Deal in office.
jconservative
June 18th, 2011
9:56 am
“Georgia’s voters were insane to elect this thoroughly exposed crook to the office of governor in the first place.”
Voters insane? Surely you jest. The voters of Georgia have always had the kind of government they have chosen to put power via the ballot box.
There was a time when anyone with a “D” after their name on the ballot was an automatic winner.
Times change. Now anyone with an “R” after their name on the ballot is an automatic winner.
There has never been any pretense that the “best, most qualified” candidate would be elected by the voters. Voters do not go there.
Capitol Idea
June 18th, 2011
10:18 am
Why haven’t we seen a news flash from some Republican blaming this on Obama yet since he does control the FBI. Where are Broun and Price and Chambliss and the rest of the GOP when we need them. When our governor needs them.
Red
June 18th, 2011
10:52 am
The irony. We have government agencies handing over and arming Mexican drug cartels. We have voter fraud and intimidation. We have all sorts of issues at the federal level the Justice Department and FBI refuse to investigate but they choose to involve themselves in this. Smells like partisan abuse of power to me. Another example of Obama’s “change”.
tom mitchell
June 18th, 2011
11:04 am
I am surprised that Kent Alexander, the former U S Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia AND current member of the Georgia Ethics Commission, has not resigned his appointment to the Ethics Commission over this debacle. Mr. Alexander has always been a strong supporter of tough ethics laws for public officials, and his silence on this matter is deafening.
DaleRussell
June 18th, 2011
11:08 am
If you would like to see the action:
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/iteam/i-team-state-ethics-commission-shake-up-20110617-es
eatmotacos
June 18th, 2011
12:54 pm
Deal’s imperious flunkies don’t comprehend what being elected to political office means. Giving this group of arrogant birdbrained sleaze balls the keys to the kingdom has put the state in far more peril than anyone has realized.
They think that being entrusted to run the state’s affairs means that they don’t have to abide by the rules – that they can just make up their own as they go, and it’s no one’s business but theirs. If the citizens don’t like it they can just go to hell.
It is time to start impeachment proceedings on this clown and his stooges, before they call up the national guard and declare marshall law.
another comment
June 18th, 2011
12:58 pm
I hope that Sally Yates and the FBI are investigating Nathan Deal. It is very clear that he belongs in jail.
Since when did homemakers make so much that they could give such large political contributions? After all Hugh Hefner’s 25 year fiance just walked because Hugh was only going to give her a $200 a week allowance. Which was double the allowance my mother ever had of $100 a week.
khc
June 18th, 2011
1:13 pm
tom mitchell, it just shows how the elite protect one another; wonder what alexander was afraid of losing? If these were minor issues, the public would not have asked for deal’s vanquishment…..every campaign has little bumps just like college football recruiting….so one has to wonder what deal and his folks are afraid of
eatmotacos
June 18th, 2011
1:27 pm
What is the logic behind defending the actions of a crook by comparing him to someone else? That makes no sense. If Obama and Barnes were ax murderers, what does that have to do with Deal? They weren’t elected to run the state, Deal was.
The other stupid defense is to call everyone who objects to Deal’s shenanigans a “lib”. What in the hell does that mean? That is on a kindergarten level.
eatmotacos
June 18th, 2011
1:34 pm
@khc There is nothing “elite” about Nathan Deal or his peons. They are the proxies of chicken farmers.
khc
June 18th, 2011
1:46 pm
well don’t you think there are elite chicken farmers….maybe i should have said the politically well connected
Angry Voter
June 18th, 2011
2:43 pm
Aquagirl, I absolutely blame the Reps for nominating Deal, but Deal was CLEARLY the best of two extremely bad choices in the most recent election. We had to choose between the guy who already failed and the crook who still had a chance of succeeding. The crook at least gave the people of GA some hope. The imperialistic failure made it clear during the campaign that he had not changed, but he wanted us to think he changed. His actions were much more convincing that his words, and the people of GA were not fooled.
Dems love to whine that people will vote for any Rep on the ballot. It’s the failure of the Dems to realize their role in getting Deal elected that condemns them to loser status. The Dems have failed to field a credible candidate three times in a row, and there is no reason to believe they have figured out the problem. It’s frustrating.
The Reps will nominate Deal again. If the Dems do something foolish, like nominating Barnes again, Deal will be re-elected. It’s absolutely imperative for the Dems to somehow get themselves together and find a nominee that is credible.
Last Man Standing
June 18th, 2011
3:38 pm
The Republicans could have ran a three-legged mule against Barnes and won. My first choice for the Republican nomination for Governor was soundly thrashed here day after day by many of the same bloggers screaming about Governor Deal now. You complanied over and over again about her lack of a college degree, I highly suspect that many Democrats (maybe even some of you) crossed over to vote against Karen Handel.
Concerned Voter
June 18th, 2011
7:42 pm
I voted for Roy Barnes. I would do it again. At least he wasn’t under criminal investigation during his run for office. That has to speak for something positive!
Angry Voter
June 18th, 2011
8:00 pm
Concerned Voter – Barnes should have been arrested, tried and convicted. The Supreme Court issued one of its most scathing opinions, unanimously, which outlined how Barnes tried to steal our government from us. Trying to puff Barnes up by claiming he is honest is like calling the ocean dry or an adult elephant a lap pet.
While I appreciate that those who think it’s okay to steal the government so long as it’s their side that’s doing the stealing sing Barnes’ praises, anyone with at least half a brain who respects democracy understands Barnes was the scariest crook ever to have held the office, present Governor included. Roy wanted to be King. He learned he was an at-will employee whose job performance was deemed unsatisfactory by his employers.
MSFREEH
June 19th, 2011
12:32 am
CNN exclusive: FBI misconduct reveals sex, lies and videotape
By Scott Zamost and Kyra Phillips, CNN Special Investigations Unit
January 27, 2011
Editor’s note: Some content in this report may be offensive to readers. For more on this CNN exclusive story, watch Kyra Phillips’ full report on “The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer” tonight starting at 5 p.m. ET.
Washington (CNN) — An FBI employee shared confidential information with his girlfriend, who was a news reporter, then later threatened to release a sex tape the two had made.
A supervisor watched pornographic videos in his office during work hours while “satisfying himself.”
And an employee in a “leadership position” misused a government database to check on two friends who were exotic dancers and allowed them into an FBI office after hours.
These are among confidential summaries of FBI disciplinary reports obtained by CNN, which describe misconduct by agency supervisors, agents and other employees over the last three years.
Read the FBI documents obtained by CNN
MSFREEH
June 19th, 2011
12:34 am
FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to Child Abuse
Tuesday February 17, 2004 11:46 PM
By JOHN SOLOMON
WASHINGTON (AP) – The former chief internal watchdog at the FBI has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl and has admitted he had a history of molesting other children before he joined the bureau for what became a two-decade career.
John H. Conditt Jr., 53, who retired in 2001, was sentenced last week to 12 years in prison in Tarrant County court in Fort Worth, Texas, after he admitted he molested the daughter of two FBI agents after he retired. He acknowledged molesting at least two other girls before he began his law enforcement career, his lawyer said.
February 22, 2007
SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. A F.B.I. analyst has been sentenced to seven years in prison for having sex with a young girl in Spotsylvania County.
Forty-four-year-old Anthony John Lesko entered an Alford plea yesterday in Spotsylvania County Circuit Court to nine counts of felony indecent liberties upon a child. An Alford plea means Lesko doesn’t admit guilt but believes there is enough evidence for a conviction.
Authorities say Lesko engaged in a sex act with her nine times, beginning when she was nine years old.
According to the plea, Lesko said he was a victim in the case. He said the girl initiated the contact.
Tired of the Tea Party
June 19th, 2011
2:06 am
The commenters on this blog really are a pack of ignorant fools (I suppose I am included by this post), who neglect to understand the fundamentals of GA politics. Deal is doing the best job of any governor since Zell. The partisan Democratic Obama fans can’t take it so they make up whatever they think can help the 9.1% unemployment president to keep from failing.
Bottom line – they all hurt America.
Ms. Kalberman is a hard partisan Democratic Party member. She obviously has an agenda.
Governor Nathan Deal employed his daughter in law and was the victim of the dirty tactics of those who hate him for winning the election in both parties.
To me, if they both hate you – you must be doing a good job.
Real Athens
June 19th, 2011
8:43 am
LMS @ 5:37 PM
“I’d be willing to bet that Galloway and the AJC will never run this and related stories:
“An auditor for the Federal Election Commission is attempting to have his bosses seek a formal investigation into the collection by the Obama for President campaign of more than $200 million in potentially illegal political donations, including millions of dollars of illegal, foreign donations,”
Why would the AJC or Galloway run that story in 2011? It was debunked as a non-story in 2008!
http://spectator.org/archives/2008/10/02/obamas-fishy-200-million
How sad and pathetic.
Mark Johnson
June 19th, 2011
9:04 am
Nothing about Nathan Deal should surprise anyone. This is a man that was run out of Washington due to ethics, comes to Atlanta where the nutts on the right apparently dont care about honesty and ethics and what does he do….continues with the same unethical behavior that he’s known for.
Last Man Standing
June 19th, 2011
4:40 pm
Real Athens:
Keep moving because I’ll waste no more time with you.
Concerned Voter
June 19th, 2011
6:28 pm
Angry Voter: I still would vote for Roy Barnes again. The reasons you espouse – although totally your opinion and I respect that – have no basis in reality. I don’t think Georgia would fall further into the laughing stock pot of the national under him. I fear Deal and his Dealers are going to do just this. At the very least, he should have waited to run for governor AFTER he was exonerated from all of the ethics and felony charges. However, I fear that day will never come, even with his rubber stamp on the ethics committee that he now enjoys.
khc
June 19th, 2011
6:44 pm
angry, wait til repubs draw lines
CJKATL
June 19th, 2011
9:43 pm
Tired of the Tea Party – you wrote “Ms. Kalberman is a hard partisan Democratic Party member. She obviously has an agenda.” Where do you get this information? It’s wrong. You are just making that up.
Unlike most, or probably any, of you, I know Ms. Kalberman. Very well. For thirty years. Speak to her almost daily. Have for thirty years. You are just flat out wrong. Period. She is not connected with the Democratic Party in any way. I have never known her to be active in partisan politics. I’ve known her to be an intelligent, independent thinking, hard working person.
Please detail the facts which support your statement. You can’t, because you are obviously making it up. If you in fact know anything about Ms. Kalberman, you will know exactly who I am, too. My screen name pretty much tells you. My guess is you know nothing about her, me or anything you posted. Your assertion is just flat out wrong. It is a lie. It’s something you made up to support a position you had but couldn’t support with the truth.
Talk about an ignorant fool. You, sir, have proven yourself ignorant and foolish.