Your morning jolt: Rick Santorum leads, Newt Gingrich trails in Tennessee poll
A Vanderbilt University poll this morning shows Rick Santorum with a commanding 38 percent lead in the GOP presidential contest in neighboring Tennessee, with Newt Gingrich in a statistical tie for fourth place with Ron Paul.
Gingrich will spend all of today at events in Nashville. Tennessee voters, like those in Georgia, will cast their primary ballots in the 10-state, Super Tuesday vote on March 6.
The top line in Tennessee:
– Santorum, 38 percent;
– Mitt Romney, 20 percent;
– Ron Paul, 15 percent;
– Newt Gingrich, 13 percent;
– Undecided, 13 percent;
That’s based on telephone interviews with 815 likely GOP voters with an MOE of +/-4.1 percent. A larger aspect of the poll, also conducted Feb. 16 to 22 by the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions at Vanderbilt, indicates that both Santorum and Mitt Romney would narrowly defeat President Barrack Obama in November.
The Vanderbilt poll measured antipathy toward the current occupant of the White House this way:
Fifty-nine percent of those polled correctly identified Obama’s birthplace as Hawaii, with 7 percent saying he was born in “Another Country.” Twenty-four percent of those polled believed that Obama was a Muslim, while 39 percent said he was Protestant. Among the 14 percent of registered voters who think of themselves as a member of the Tea Party, however, 43 percent thought Obama was a Muslim, Catholic, Jew or an atheist.
And yet, the poll summary also includes these lines:
Voters didn’t seem to think that having a Republican or Democrat in the White House would influence the economy much. Forty-one percent thought the economy would be “fairly good” or “very good” the next few years if Obama is reelected, versus 39 percent if a Republican became president.
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Ever since GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich decided to give up on Michigan – polling shows him in the single digits – and concentrate on Georgia, there’s been the question of whether Rick Santorum would reciprocate.
After a large reception in metro Atlanta eight days ago, Santorum has yet to schedule another appearance in Georgia, and these paragraphs from an Associated Press piece indicate he may remain absent:
With Gingrich the home-state favorite in Georgia, the state offering the most delegates on Super Tuesday, Romney and Santorum were turning to Ohio, the state with the second-biggest Super Tuesday cache.
Romney was expected to head straight there from Michigan on Wednesday. Santorum wasn’t even waiting until the votes were counted and planned to go to nearby Toledo on Tuesday.
Underscoring the fight already being waged in Ohio, it’s the only upcoming state where Romney and Santorum and allied super political action committees were all spending money on television advertising, according to records of advertising expenditures provided to The Associated Press.
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We’re told that a bill to enforce the application of the state sales tax on some Internet businesses is expected to make its debut today. The vehicle is likely to be HB 993, which is now simply a shell of its future self.
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The state Senate today will take up HB 800, the measure to make good Gov. Nathan Deal’s appointment of Joe Jarrard as assistant adjutant general of the Georgia National Guard. State law requires five years’ service in the Guard. Jarrard, a 20-year Army vet who retired as a lieutenant colonel, has none.
Dale Russell of Fox5 Atlanta has this summary of the dilemma. In addition, Russell has posted on Facebook a promo touting an examination of Deal’s appointment of former state Sen. Jim Butterworth as adjutant general.
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Also on the defensive today will be Tim Echols, chairman of the Public Service Commission. SB 483 would allow the five-member PSC to return to its former practice of choosing its own chairman, rather than rotating the position. It’s very likely that Echols would be ousted on passage.
The bill’s lead sponsor is state Sen. Jeff Mullis, R-Chickamauga, but Ronnie Chance, R-Tyrone, is also a co-signer. And Chance is one of the governor’s floor leaders.
Writes Echols on his Facebook page:
Back in ‘92, the PSC could choose their chair, but there was constant bickering, drama, and infighting that kept them from being able to elect a chairman. The legislature got dragged into it because of how bad it made the state look and how embarrassing it was for the PSC. They set up the rotation system.
By rotating the Commission chair, all the posturing was removed and the PSC could focus on its job–protecting consumers and regulating Georgia Power.
One other benefit that was not originally intended is that the various regions of the state gets “representation” as the chair rotates. This is certainly not the most important dimension to the system, but with power plants and telephone companies situated all over Georgia, it keeps the Commission’s focus on all of our state.
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The AJC’s Politifact Georgia today takes a look at this statement from state Supreme Court Chief Justice Carol Hunstein: “Our small staff of 51 is still fewer than we had a decade ago, yet our caseload – like that of other courts — has grown.”
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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180 comments Add your comment
liberalefty
February 27th, 2012
11:09 am
tennessee is another state where righrting white men get their manhood from black college football players…GO VOLS
Tom
February 27th, 2012
11:11 am
Well, it is Tennessee.
George Hills
February 27th, 2012
11:13 am
Mr. Gingrich helped pass the 1996 misdemeanor gun ban in Congress, hiding it in a 750-page last-minute budget bill. Many people in his district stayed mad until he quit in 1998. Only a fool would vote for him now.
Cutty
February 27th, 2012
11:23 am
“By rotating the Commission chair, all the posturing was removed and the PSC could focus on its job–protecting consumers and regulating Georgia Power.”
Laughable at best! Depressing at its worst.
General Turgidson
February 27th, 2012
11:34 am
Blah blah blah Obama blah blah liberals blah blahs Soros.
oppo
February 27th, 2012
11:38 am
Butterworth is a clown and a disgrace to our state. anyone who knows him can tell you that he’s mentally unstable. hope that dale russell shows georgia who nutty that nut bar really is.
Becky
February 27th, 2012
11:41 am
oppo-unfortunately it will not matter. Deal will appoint them anyway.
On another tangent-sonny’s go fish! would be hilarious except for the $19 million the state lost.
Grey Goose
February 27th, 2012
11:51 am
GOP Grumpy Old People
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
12:03 pm
IT SURE SEEMS LIKE DEMOCRATS BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT CAN AFFECT GAS PRICES.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4e6_1330224490
HOWEVER THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IS SHOULD RUN THIS AD AND OBAMA IS DONE!
td
February 27th, 2012
12:03 pm
Rick, Newt or Romney. It does not matter because each are 1000 times better the the current occupant of the white house.
ABO
td
February 27th, 2012
12:05 pm
Herman was 100% correct about how African Americans are still on the plantation.
“Drawing on the history and language of slavery, the film argues that the Democratic Party and the welfare state are the new version of the slave-holding plantation, keeping black people mentally enslaved.”
““They’ve been deceived that race is their issue,” says Peterson. “But that’s really not it. It’s the breakup of the home.”
http://pjmedia.com/blog/blacks-enslaved-by-the-left-argues-new-film/
td
February 27th, 2012
12:11 pm
Time to see if you so called stanch “separation of church and state” crowd are true believers or just when it comes to Republicans.
“Imagine if Ron Paul announced a national campaign called ‘Whites for Ron Paul’ – he’d be vilified as a racist. And yet Barack Obama has done the equivalent of precisely that with his launch of ‘African Americans for Obama’.”
“Not only is Obama playing the race card in an attempt to pressure black Americans into voting for him, he is also violating the separation between church and state. In the video promo for the campaign, Obama urges black people to pressure churches into supporting his administration by getting his message out via “the faith community”. He also calls on voters to become “congregation captains”.”
http://www.prisonplanet.com/obama-plays-race-card-calls-on-churches-to-support-campaign.html
yuzeyurbrane
February 27th, 2012
12:11 pm
I guess Newt is not so “cheerful” anymore.
Carole
February 27th, 2012
12:27 pm
td
“Not only is Obama playing the race card in an attempt to pressure black Americans into voting for him, he is also violating the separation between church and state. In the video promo for the campaign, Obama urges black people to pressure churches into supporting his administration by getting his message out via “the faith community”. He also calls on voters to become “congregation captains”.”
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So I guess you didn’t hear about the big powpow that GWB had with the likes of Eddie Long, Creflor Dollar and T.D. Jakes just to name a few so that he could get their support and that of their congregation. Or about the full webpage that Dollar had on the church website denouncing anyone who did spoke ill of GWB. Even used scripture to back it up. Until it got so much national attention he took it down.
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
12:31 pm
Carole….Sounds like Dollar had his priorities straight! ha.
td
February 27th, 2012
12:32 pm
Carole
February 27th, 2012
12:27 pm
I forget to mention that I personally do not have a problem with Obama going to the African American churches because I believe religious believes and politics do mix in this country.
I posted this article because I wanted to see if all the secular humanist on these blogs that have been bashing the Republicans for the past week or so are true believers and will take offense to Obama as well or are just hypocrites.
Cutty
February 27th, 2012
12:33 pm
td- Puh-leeze! Blacks have been voting for whites for generations! Blacks finally vote for a candidate whose hue is the same as theirs, among other reasons, and its somehow racist!
Were blacks racists when they voted for Clinton, Kennedy, or Roosevelt? Are whites only voting for a candidate because he is white when they vote (which is 99.99999% of the time)?
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
12:36 pm
Cutty….That is a LAME excuse. Why did 95% of blacks vote for Obama?
No Longer Republican
February 27th, 2012
12:42 pm
TD – you continue to amaze me with your stupidity. But back to a post you posted the other night…in 40 years you have never seen anything in a your southern Baptist church that was political. I can guarandamtee you that is a lie. The Baptists were BIG on passing out voter guides just a few years back…and then to top off your stupidity Newt Gingrich takes the podium and speaks during a Sunday morning worship service at one of the largest SBC churches in these parts. No there is no politics there. You gotta be kidding me with such stupid statements.
Oh…after 40 years of sitting in a SBC church you think you might have read a little scripture to see that Jesus was all about people…and not your money.
No Longer Republican
February 27th, 2012
12:44 pm
I will be voting for Rev. Sick Rantorum on Super Tuesday! Newt doesn’t really have a shot at beating Romney and making it easier to elect President Obama. Once people get familiar with Sick Rantorum and his ideology there is no way America elects him President. Vote Rantorum GA!
liberalefty
February 27th, 2012
12:45 pm
uga
we voted for OBAMA because we thought he was the best candidate…and we were right/…lol
td
February 27th, 2012
12:46 pm
Cutty
February 27th, 2012
12:33 pm
You do understand that African Americans did not put Obama in office. African Americans make up 12% of the population and over 50% of them live in what is known as the Confederacy which voted for McCain. It was white people that voted Obama into office more specifically white middle class suburban married women with children. They will be the ones that decides if he is re elected as well because the majority of the African American vote will not even be counted.
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
12:46 pm
liberalefty….Wrong, you voted for Obama because he is black.
liberalefty
February 27th, 2012
12:46 pm
THE SOUTHERN BAPTISTS supported the kkk and JIM CROW..
liberalefty
February 27th, 2012
12:48 pm
uga
wrong i voted for the best candidate..now dont get mad…lol
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
12:48 pm
No Longer….Once again you spew “half-truths”. It is ok, we are used to the lies you guys spread.
http://churchtithesandofferings.com/blog/bible-verses-about-tithes/
Trial Lawyer
February 27th, 2012
12:48 pm
Republican choices the one who hides money in the Cayman Islands.. not bad but I don’t have enough to do that.. the one who is in favor of open marriage.. I sort of like that idea.. the one whose views on religon and women is right in line with middle eastern Mullas..no he will make it a law that church attendance is compulsory
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
12:49 pm
liberaleft…Ok, I will entertain your ignorance. Tell us all why in 2008 you thought Obama was a better presidential candidate than Hillary Clinton.
isaiah crowell
February 27th, 2012
12:51 pm
uga
dude i dont have to tell u why i voted…you rightwingers think blacks have to justify our votes to you..youre a pathetic sad racist…jock sniffer
Carole
February 27th, 2012
12:52 pm
Once again the bi-polar that goes on in the Repub party is shown on these boards. Now most Repubs claim that blacks vote DEM 99% of the time. So when they do the same thing in 2008 and the candidate happens to be black they claim that the only reason blacks voted for Obama was because of his color. What, were blacks supposed to vote Republicans that time? How intelligent does that make you guys look?
td
February 27th, 2012
12:53 pm
No Longer Republican
February 27th, 2012
12:42 pm
Since you said you were at one time in the SBC churches then you must have read these voter guides? Did any of them tell you who to vote for or did they give you the positions of the candidates that were running? Did you ever hear a Pastor announce from the pulpit that the members should vote for X candidate?
I think the Pastor of the church Newt was at Sunday said on the news that he had an open invitation to Obama to come and speak at his church. Did this Pastor say his members should vote for any candidate?
Harry Paulms
February 27th, 2012
12:53 pm
I’m a moderate and I’ll be voting for Obama. The 4 remaining candidates tell us all we need to know about the Republican Party: it is fractured and in search of its identity. We don’t need that undercurrent complicating matters from 2012 to 2016.
In spite of the rhetoric, Obama has achieved modest success in the face of great adversity, an adversity caused in great part by the actions of the Republican Party. Too soon to see if those demons have changed their stripes.
honested
February 27th, 2012
12:53 pm
The ‘poll’ doesn’t show the mass of GA Democrats who will be voting for noots just to make their November vote for President Obama all the more fulfilling.
When picking the opponent, pick the one who is clearly the most incompetent (unless maybe you have a line on moon real estate).
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
12:53 pm
Hey guys look Liberalefty has to hide behind a different moniker (isaiah crowell). He is too much of a coward to post his own thoughts. More evidence of democrats lies.
Cutty
February 27th, 2012
12:55 pm
UGA1999- Just like voters for McCain were well over 90%. Are they racists too? And we know why the reason black votes may not be counted… Republican voter suppression.
td
February 27th, 2012
12:55 pm
Trial Lawyer
February 27th, 2012
12:48 pm
How can you hide money when it is reported on your tax forms?
td
February 27th, 2012
12:59 pm
isaiah crowell
February 27th, 2012
12:51 pm
uga
dude i dont have to tell u why i voted…you rightwingers think blacks have to justify our votes to you..youre a pathetic sad racist…jock sniffer
Your vote for Obama in Georgia was not counted anyway, just like your vote this year will not be counted. It really does not matter why you voted for you messiah and chief because we all know.
Carole
February 27th, 2012
1:03 pm
Cutty
Were blacks racists when they voted for Clinton, Kennedy, or Roosevelt? Are whites only voting for a candidate because he is white when they vote (which is 99.99999% of the time)?
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And there are a few examples of that. Right in here the state of Georgia black Conservatives rarely if ever get backing from the Party. Deborah Hunnicutt has run for office against David Scott in a district that could go either way twice. Lost both times. The party would not back her. Same thing happened against Hank Johnson. Poor old Alan Keyes can’t get a break. To me J.C. Watts would have been a great presidential candidate or VP back in the day. The Party sure used him as their “black face” often enough, but wouldn’t even give him the VP nod.
td
February 27th, 2012
1:04 pm
Harry Paulms
February 27th, 2012
12:53 pm
Obama had two years of something no President has had since FDR. He had an overwhelming majority in the house and a filibuster proof Senate and what did he accomplish? $750 billion payoff to unions and welfare recipients and Obamacare.
No wonder people like you are trying to talk about it is the Republicans fault or the evil rich.
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
1:04 pm
Carole….YES Because they didnt have any other viable option.
MrLiberty
February 27th, 2012
1:05 pm
New Rasmussen poll:
Paul 43 – Obama 41
Romney 45 – Obama 43
Obama 45 – Santorum 43
Obama 49 – Gingrich 39
Ron Paul unelectable???? Looks like at least two of these clowns need to drop out now to save themselves the embarassment.
liberalefty
February 27th, 2012
1:05 pm
td
THE PRESIDENT DIDNT NEED GEORGIA TO WIN…obviously your vote didnt count either because OBAMA WON…hehehehewhe
td
February 27th, 2012
1:06 pm
Carole
February 27th, 2012
1:03 pm
I think whoever the Republican nominee is would make a wise decision to select Allen West as their VP, although Mark Rubio would be just as good a choice.
liberalefty
February 27th, 2012
1:06 pm
TD
its your vote that didnt count cause OBAMA WON…HEHEHJE
liberalefty
February 27th, 2012
1:08 pm
TD
WEST wont get the vp nod…hes black …duh
Carole
February 27th, 2012
1:08 pm
U1999
Carole….YES Because they didnt have any other viable option.
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If you’re answering the question were blacks supposed to vote Republican,obviously you’re both delusional and didn’t pay attention to the last election. Their “OPTION” occupies the White House. You must have things mixed up with the McCain/Pail campaign. Now there is a case of no option.
Karen
February 27th, 2012
1:08 pm
92% of Blacks voted for Kerry. Blacks have voted for the Democratic Presidential nominee by 85% or higher since Carter. More whites represent majority black districts than blacks that represent majority white districts in this state and country. So based on facts..Blacks have shown more of a willingness to vote across race lines. Just by looking at facts and history. This is not an indictment on whites.
Mark
February 27th, 2012
1:11 pm
@ td
I thought you were just a radical conservative, but now I’m starting believe that you are just a idiot blowing hot air!
Prior to the 44th President; have you ever worried about how the African-American community voted? Oh and keep in mind td….I’m not hardly African-American…..We are waiting
No Longer Republican
February 27th, 2012
1:11 pm
Hey UGA – so mine are “half truths?” At least I got it half right then. Nothing I have seen you post is even remotely true. You and your crazy cohort won’t admit it, but its politics in the church that had me leaving mainline churches and it keeps millions of Americans from even thinking about going. But thats ok with you since you don’t give a rip about people anyway…and Sick Rantorums rants based on “christian” values will keep even more people out of the church, since obviously this is what the churches stand for.
liberalefty
February 27th, 2012
1:11 pm
ALLAN WEST WILL NOT GET THE VP job because hes black…case closed..
No Longer Republican
February 27th, 2012
1:13 pm
If Sick Rantorum gets the GOP nomination I believe even the state of Georgia may go BLUE! Wow what a night that would be!
WOW
February 27th, 2012
1:13 pm
Once again TD introduces race into the discussion.
td
February 27th, 2012
1:13 pm
Where are all the secular humanist at today? Why have they not posted anything about the Obama campaign asking the African American churches to actively campaign for his re election?
Just as I thought, you all only dislike the churches involvement in politics if it is on the right. Bunch of hypocrites.
Auntie Christ
February 27th, 2012
1:14 pm
I’m sure all the Black folks out there appreciate the concern shown here by the benevolent White men posting here. You darkies jes lissen to massa td and uga 1899, they’ll tell you what’s best fo you. They’ve always had the best interest of Black folks at heart.
They like to point out that Black folks vote 90-95% for Black candidates, while the White folks split their votes, implying I guess, that white folks are better voters. It eludes them that the Irish vote 99% for an Irishman, the Italians will vote 99% for an Italian, and Latinos will vote 99% for a Latino in races where their ethnic group is opposed by someone outside it.
Carole
February 27th, 2012
1:16 pm
td
I think whoever the Republican nominee is would make a wise decision to select Allen West as their VP, although Mark Rubio would be just as good a choice.
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I’d love to see Alan West put on the ticket. Of the 4 top contenders, who do you think he would go better with?
td
February 27th, 2012
1:17 pm
Mark
February 27th, 2012
1:11 pm
I can say from the bottom of my heart that yes I have wanted the conservative African Americans to join with the true conservatives in the Republican party to join forces since after Sonny was elected to drive out the RINO’s from the Republican party and have a truly conservative state.
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
1:22 pm
No Longer….Fine pick one of my comments and we can discuss it. That is if you can stay mature.
2.1 Billion Christians in the world. That is a hard number to argue with.
td
February 27th, 2012
1:22 pm
No Longer Republican
February 27th, 2012
1:13 pm
Gallop poll
Obama 49%
Santorum: 48%
orlando
February 27th, 2012
1:23 pm
Carole, I want to repost your post, it says it all…..
“Once again the bi-polar that goes on in the Repub party is shown on these boards. Now most Repubs claim that blacks vote DEM 99% of the time. So when they do the same thing in 2008 and the candidate happens to be black they claim that the only reason blacks voted for Obama was because of his color. What, were blacks supposed to vote Republicans that time? How intelligent does that make you guys look?”
That says it all…
WOW
February 27th, 2012
1:23 pm
@ TD
Telling them that they are on a plantation is certainly not a good way to convince them.
Becky
February 27th, 2012
1:24 pm
good grief-td and uga 1999 appear and all reason and logic leave as well as I. There really should be an intelligence test given and passed before one can post here.
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
1:24 pm
The Democratic Party hates the poor and uneducated.
They do everything possible to keep them poor and uneducated.
td
February 27th, 2012
1:24 pm
Carole
February 27th, 2012
1:16 pm
Romney the best because he would give the campaign creditability with the Tea Party and help Romney carry the state of Flordia.
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
1:25 pm
Becky….Pick a topic. Lets debate. You use broad brush strokes to generalize.
td
February 27th, 2012
1:26 pm
WOW
February 27th, 2012
1:23 pm
@ TD
Telling them that they are on a plantation is certainly not a good way to convince them.
Not me. I am repeating what other conservative African Americans are saying.
WOW
February 27th, 2012
1:29 pm
Which is why the convincing is not working. Maybe you should look at other African American conservatives, who are getting larger majoritires of the AA vote are doing. Tim Scott and JC Watts are just a couple of examples.
WOW
February 27th, 2012
1:33 pm
@ UGA
Santorum said over the weekend that we were ’snobs’ for expecting our children to go to college. So which is it? We want people to remain uneducated or are our expectations are too high?
Marlboro Man
February 27th, 2012
1:37 pm
Cro Magnum man evolved after Santorium, even though he don’t belive in evolution.
Marlboro Man
February 27th, 2012
1:39 pm
An electrician or carpenter that has math skills would be better than one that doesn’t have them.
honested
February 27th, 2012
1:40 pm
‘give credibility to the tea potties’.
Don’t bet the farm on that one.
They have already been accidentally given all the ‘credibility’ they are ever going to get.
The rest of us realize they are just the lame whiners that have always sought first to find a way to skirt appropriate taxation.
td
February 27th, 2012
1:44 pm
honested
February 27th, 2012
1:40 pm
No comments about Obama getting in bed with the African American churches? Where is the same level of disdain you had last week?
Carole
February 27th, 2012
1:47 pm
td
Romney the best because he would give the campaign creditability with the Tea Party and help Romney carry the state of Flordia.
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And there would be a true conservative on the ticket.
orlando
February 27th, 2012
1:49 pm
“Not me. I am repeating what other conservative African Americans are saying.”
This statment implys you are African American, I sure hope that is not correct, and just another example of your stupidity.
honested
February 27th, 2012
1:49 pm
td
Nothing has changed.
I live in a country where freedom from religion is expected from the government.
Wallis T. Coper
February 27th, 2012
2:01 pm
that is right an we done wont a other black in the W.H. an sence oboma shows blacks cant be presadents so west is just a other oboma that wonts too take taxes from wites an give taxes to the blacks. we must take back are county an take wellfare from the blacks and oboma an west.
DJ Sniper
February 27th, 2012
2:04 pm
Allen West as VP?? BWHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Keep that nutjob as far away from the White House as possible. Rick Santorum too.
Carole
February 27th, 2012
2:04 pm
td
Telling them that they are on a plantation is certainly not a good way to convince them.
Not me. I am repeating what other conservative African Americans are saying.
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Here’s the thing, many blacks believe that these guys are the ones who are brain-washed. Like Herman Cain they talk like whites in black face. Saying there is no racism until it slaps them in the face. Believing that there are no obstacles for blacks in America. If they would acknowledge both and say, but in spite of this you can make it. It’s a challenge but here are the things I did. And more importantly, how about reaching back instead of looking down while you’re telling all the other blacks how good it is at the top.
WOW
February 27th, 2012
2:08 pm
@ Carole
Well said.
Wallis T. Coper
February 27th, 2012
2:09 pm
cane is a oboma puppiit an i will not vote for him. mark my werds oboma will not win carorel!!!! we must get behine gangrish if we wont to take this county back from oboma an his puppits.
Wallis T. Coper
February 27th, 2012
2:12 pm
an gangrish wife way pretty then obomas. they just voted for him sense he is black. palen an the tea party will change that.
Becky
February 27th, 2012
2:16 pm
wallis-you are a bit too obvious.
Wallis T. Coper
February 27th, 2012
2:17 pm
TO BECKY: what does that meen?
Mark
February 27th, 2012
2:21 pm
@ carole
February 27th, 2012
2:04 pm
Excellent!
td
February 27th, 2012
2:24 pm
Carole
February 27th, 2012
2:04 pm
Way back when I worked for DFCS Micheal Thurmond was the director and I had to go to meeting where he addressed the entire state staff about Welfare reform. During his speech he stated that the time of coddling life long welfare recipients was over and that we needed to show them ” Tuff love” or they would always have a dependency on welfare and we would fail them. He said that the dependency could be broken if we told them that work was good and honorable and everyone had the responsibility to take care of their own family.
This is the same type of message that Herman and Allen are giving out today to the African American community. I think Bill Cosby went around later and gave the same type of message. The libs and the “welfare pimps” like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are giving a totally different message that due to racism African Americans can not make it on their own without the special handouts, set asides and programs.
Which is the better message?
orlando
February 27th, 2012
2:25 pm
@Carole, well said.
Wallis T. Coper
February 27th, 2012
2:27 pm
they thank they should get wellfare an its payback for slavry for all them years they dint get payed an oboma an his puppits is helpen them
orlando
February 27th, 2012
2:27 pm
I’ve never heard Jesse jackson or Al Sharpton promote welfare. Show us where they did this td?
Corey
February 27th, 2012
2:29 pm
UGA, tell you what. Run Herman Cain and see how much of the black vote he gets.
Random Reader
February 27th, 2012
2:29 pm
UGA. is a a Racist Coward….. Still throwing out the hate..still hiding behind his brand of foolishness…Come on out from under the rob and SAY WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW!!! Coward!!
Wallis T. Coper
February 27th, 2012
2:31 pm
newton county use too be a nice amercan place but now its crime drugs wellfare an pimps ever sense oboma become presadent
td
February 27th, 2012
2:35 pm
orlando,
Read the article below. Jesse has been doing this similar stuff for years. Anytime a politician wants a person to take responsibility for their actions then Jesse says no because it is “racist” to make people take responsibility.
http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2011/10/rev_jesse_jackson_judge_saved.html
Corey
February 27th, 2012
2:37 pm
UGA, history never has come down on the side of conservatives and never will. People such as yourself deep down inside realize this. That’s what keep you awake at night. That’s whay Rick Santorum went on a tirade this past weekeend sounding like a complete fool. Oh the gnashing of teeth! As more and groups in this country become liberated you and your ilk so desrarately want to hold onto a smither of what makes you feel more empowered or run back to the past.
Becky
February 27th, 2012
2:39 pm
wallis-obvious and not funny. why don’t you go outside and play?
Corey
February 27th, 2012
2:40 pm
Even with all the typos, UGA, my message is clear.
theGOPsucks
February 27th, 2012
2:43 pm
I agree with Puck and let’s not forget the many years during and after reconstruction when blacks in the south were falsely arrested and rented out to their former owners, railroads or coal mining companies to continue suffering in bondage while whites made huge profits. Many more suffered under peonage and other forms debt bondage. It’s a travesty that this country still will NOT take responsibility for its past and still today blames blacks for the past conditions that lead to the way things are today in America. Your darn right I’m voting for Obama again.
Wallis T. Coper
February 27th, 2012
2:45 pm
TO BECKY: i done no what you meen.
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
2:45 pm
Corey….Ok, I will entertain your ignorant remarks for a moment. Tell uss all why you like Obama.
Sandy L.
February 27th, 2012
2:47 pm
Gingrich will be visiting Chattanooga in the morning. He has a fundraiser planned at 8am for a round table discussion with him only $1000. per person. The venue according to the invitation is “Chattahoochee Choo-Choo”. Pardon me boys, hasn’t Gingrich ever heard of the Andrew Sisters or Glen Miller. Way to go, Newt. Thought with all that history you brag about, you would know the name of the Chattanooga Choo Choo.
Carole
February 27th, 2012
2:48 pm
td
This is the same type of message that Herman and Allen are giving out today to the African American community. I think Bill Cosby went around later and gave the same type of message. The libs and the “welfare pimps” like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are giving a totally different message that due to racism African Americans can not make it on their own without the special handouts, set asides and programs.
Which is the better message?
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The problem is, both messages are needed. There are some people who have grown up believing tha the only way they can make it is to get help. That could be due to the fact that maybe they’ve never seen a better or different way. I didn’t grow to hate snow until I moved from up north to the south. Now you would have to drag me back up there. But nobody hit me over the head and told me I was stupid for preferring cold dank days over warm sunshine. They didn’t make me feel that I was clueless for not realizing it sooner. For 22 years that was all I knew. packing on layers of clothes and walking a mile in knee deep snow was just how things were and what you did. Some folks just don’t know any better. But when you demonize them for it, you don’t win them over.
I do agree with Bill Cosby’s message. I think people were wrong for how they came after him. I also think there is room for the likes of Sharpton at the table. I used to despise him. But the issues he tackles today are much more focused. He has become a much wiser person over the years.
portcharlotte
February 27th, 2012
2:48 pm
Watch Rick Santorum make his case on NBC’s Meet the Press yesterday.
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/rick-santorum-makes-his-case/6giifeb
WOW
February 27th, 2012
2:49 pm
@ TD
No one listens to Jesse Jackson anymore he is old news.
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
2:54 pm
WOW… I would assume a few still do.
captguitarman
February 27th, 2012
2:54 pm
Just bad luck for the Pubs this election cycle. The field was pretty much awful, and before that it was comedic with Palin, Bachmann, Perry, Pawlenty, Huntsman,and Cain (who brought about his own demise). Those left have viciously torn into each other, giving Obama a pass, and where Jimmy Carter failed with his similar, abysmal record, things are looking good for Obama. The last Pubs left standing do attack Obama’s policies, but that all falls on deaf ears because their increasingly vicious attacks on each other got all the press.
Had the Pubs rallied around their only possible winning candidate, Romney, from the beginning, things might have been different. The Anyone But Mitt circus and a new front runner every two weeks conveyed a lack of Pub seriousness, especially with Palin’s punditry, and Bachmann and Perry in the race, and Cain’s scandalous downfall – and then after that the confessions of Newt’s ex-wife. The election will turn on the economy, not St. Santorum’s social issues. He will never be elected, even if he some how wins the nomination. Newt is a loose cannon who will never be elected. If Romney is finally nominated after going through this Pub/Con run and operated meat grinder, it is easy to picture a bloody, wounded, exhaused, and dying bull having conquered 8 previous political bull fighters, and then looking up to see the best political bull fighter in the country enter the arena. The Pub/Cons will not come together with the moderates as Romney wishfully predicts, and St.Santorum will have, by then, scared away all the independent voters from the GOP.
The best thing the Pub/Cons can do now is to focus on holding the House and trying to gain the Senate.
Wallis T. Coper
February 27th, 2012
2:54 pm
we didnt use to have all these problims with blacks who new there place.
Wallis T. Coper
February 27th, 2012
2:55 pm
now oboma is presadent an they thank they own the contry
orlando
February 27th, 2012
2:57 pm
Again, great post Carole…. Hopefully your words won’t fall on deaf ears.
Frankie
February 27th, 2012
3:04 pm
looks like there are 13% who know that none of these candidates are qualified enough to represent this country…
and whats up with two admitted adulterers hanging out with each other…Newt and cain or is that cain and Newt(not)able..
Bob in Atlanta.
February 27th, 2012
3:06 pm
Of those people who voted for John McCain in 2008 what percentage was white? 98%? 99%?
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
3:07 pm
Frankie…You mean qualified like a two year senator from one of the most corrupt states in the country? NICE!
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
3:08 pm
BOB in Atlanta….You do realize that Obama could NOT have won the election without the white vote. But keep up your propaganda, you are just helping our cause!
theGOPsucks
February 27th, 2012
3:08 pm
- they only voted for McCain because he was white I guess.
Samuel L. Jackson
February 27th, 2012
3:09 pm
I only voted for Obama because he is black!
theGOPsucks
February 27th, 2012
3:10 pm
UGA 1999 – you do realize your extreme right wing backward thinking candidates will not win the election even with a token like Cain?
Frankie
February 27th, 2012
3:11 pm
@UGA Newt sqandered his time in office by chasing skirts. if he was serious about taking this country to the next level, he would have done so long before now…..the rest of them have had the same opportunity…where they been.
Yuo put up an astroNUT and a Moose head to represent the elephant league..and your existing candidaes keep canceling themselves out… that’s whats nice…
David Dukes
February 27th, 2012
3:11 pm
and i will vote for any white candidate that runs against Obama, even a criminal like Newt!
Carole
February 27th, 2012
3:12 pm
Orlando, thanks.
nomaj
February 27th, 2012
3:13 pm
Go Rick, go!
Once, again, you’re right, this separation of church and state business is so wrong; what idiot came up with that, anyway?. Only a liberal mush-brain would think that it’s not a great idea to have an official national religion.
claude von vonclaudhousdingerski
February 27th, 2012
3:13 pm
jesse jackson is about as relevant as pat buchanan, two racist peas in the same pod.
Frankie
February 27th, 2012
3:13 pm
ANd I guess you all voted for the other 44 presidents because they weren’t white because they actually cared abuot the country….righttttttttttt
Ummmno one held a gun to the other white voters to vote for a black man..you are after all the majority….morons straight up morons….
claude von vonclaudhousdingerski
February 27th, 2012
3:14 pm
newt’s to fat to be on mount rushmore.
Grand Dragon of the GA Chapter
February 27th, 2012
3:16 pm
Join us at the next klan rally…errr I mean Tea Party event!! We’ll get the country on the right course by electing a white man again because we know that things can only get better if we put the superior race in the highest positions of power
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
3:17 pm
“David Duke(s)” HAHAHA you ignorant fools! You guys can not even spell the mans name correctly!
severely pathetic panderer
February 27th, 2012
3:17 pm
I like American cars and trees that are the right height.
Grand Dragon of the GA Chapter
February 27th, 2012
3:18 pm
hey UGA 1999, i love ya brother! keep on preaching the truth
Barack Obama
February 27th, 2012
3:19 pm
Vote for me, I will….
Kill Jobs
Increase Debt
Keep the poor people poor and needy.
Keep blacks in poverty
Kill the value of the dollar
Pass legislation that will cause gas to increase to over $5 per gallon.
HAHAH, poor souls, if they only knew the truth.
theGOPsucks
February 27th, 2012
3:20 pm
Duke is not a man. He’s an ignorant fool that happens to think just like you do!
Frankie
February 27th, 2012
3:21 pm
so Newt is hanging out with Cain, must make the adulterers feel great to see two morons like this trying to represent this country….
At least make the election interesting so far, you have got two adulterer, an anti-christ, a mormon, and the old man of the sea….they all walk into a brothel..have you heard this joke before…….
theGOPsucks
February 27th, 2012
3:22 pm
If Obama would do all that then the right wing should be voting for him, half of that list is what the right wing themselves want to do (keep the poor needy, keep blacks in poverty, increase cost of gas so oil companies can get richer)
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
3:22 pm
theGOPsucks….Did I ever say I supported David Duke. However he is no more a racist than Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson. HA this is GREAT!
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
3:23 pm
theGOPsucks….Nope you can vote for him like the other 95% of blacks. You guys cannot see the forest for the trees. Your blind faith in a man that is killing America is great.
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
3:24 pm
theGOPsucks….Your last comment is hilarious. Gas prices are higher now than they ever were with Bush. So I guess you are right Obama just wants to make the oil companies richer.
Frankie
February 27th, 2012
3:24 pm
vote for which republican
they will;
tax the poor
increase the wealth of the rich
promise $2.00 gas
approve adultery for every household
kill the elderly
and not create one damn job, except increase their own financial portfolio
Lourdes Whipperwill
February 27th, 2012
3:24 pm
Fascism will come to the shores of America wrapped in the flag, carrying a bible, and proudly displaying a stillborn fetus on the family mantle.
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
3:25 pm
I admit that I am an idiot. I know the country is better off if Obama gets reelected. I simply just can’t bring myself to vote for a black man. There I said it. Are you all happy now?
Frankie
February 27th, 2012
3:26 pm
continued;
fight useless wars
kiss china’s A$$
let IRAN…run up in’em
Random Reader
February 27th, 2012
3:26 pm
Coward!!! Step up and speak on it!! His blood is boiling because a person that does not look like him is in the Oval office!!!
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
3:26 pm
Nice job moniker stealing. You have been reported and are going to be banned. SEE YOU ALL THE LEFT HAS NO MORALS OR ETHICS, THEY WANT TO STEAL EVERYTHING!
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
3:27 pm
Obama is white, I have no idea what you guys are talking about.
the GOPsucks
February 27th, 2012
3:28 pm
UGA – newsflash for you, I’m not black. I’m white as I assume you are. It’s no wonder gas is higher than in W’s years, the far right is doing anything and everything possible to get Obama out of office, even if it destroys the country. Most people are wising up to that but you need to wake up too man
Frankie
February 27th, 2012
3:29 pm
UGA….why is it every republican thinks the president controls the price of gas..gas did hit $5.00 when Bush was in office…
BUSH signed off on $5TRillion dollars for the bailo out in Aug 2008..
put us in two wars
allowed freddie mac and fannie mae (along with Newt) to ram rod the housing market..
Lourdes Whipperwill
February 27th, 2012
3:30 pm
Not all gopers are bigots, but all bigots are gopers.
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
3:31 pm
I am so ashamed of myself. This has been a intervention. Thank you all. I am such a fool. Help me overcome my predjudice and racist ways.
Frankie
February 27th, 2012
3:31 pm
hey UGA…your GOP cronnies even said they will destroy the country jst to get Obama out of office…does that sound like people I want representing me…NOT…
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
3:31 pm
theGOPsucks….Oh so when Obama and the Democrats had control of the House, Senate and Oval Office it was the Republicans that forced him to continue the Bush tax codes, increase debt, bow to China and pass policies that have caused gas to skyrocket…..OH I GET IT NOW! haha.
Random Reader
February 27th, 2012
3:31 pm
Can anyone tell me why Santorum thinks it is a bad idea for parents to want their kids to go to college???? This guy really does want to send this country back into the 40’s and 50’s… Women need to stay barefoot and pregnant, Only rich white men need to be educated beyond high school…Where did the right get this clown from???
theGOPsucks
February 27th, 2012
3:31 pm
this place has gone mad, I’m outta here
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
3:34 pm
Frankie….Because DEMOCRATS SAID THE EXACT SAME THING ABOUT BUSH….THE ROOSTERS ARE COMING HOME!!!
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4e6_1330224490
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
3:34 pm
Frankie…Provide a link or proof of your last statement please.
Lourdes Whipperwill
February 27th, 2012
3:34 pm
The Father of Lies lives on my cul-de-sac. HE’s a snazzy dresser and loves to bbq.
Random Reader
February 27th, 2012
3:36 pm
Mitch McConnell said his only job was to make Obama a 1 term President…Please tell us how that means working to advance the country???
curious
February 27th, 2012
3:37 pm
Anybody working today? No wonder our unemployment rate is so high.
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
3:38 pm
Random…EASY…Because everything Obama does hurts the country. So working against him only advances us.
Army(RET)
February 27th, 2012
3:41 pm
I do remember gas being about a buck more than it is now during Bush’s presidency. I didn’t blame him though and I don’t blame Obama now. The Chinese didn’t use to be a factor but now that more and more of their citizens are able to afford cars and other oil/gas running items we’re going to see much higher prices for a long time. Either we become self-sufficient or we get away from oil. Best option is to do both simutaneously which I believe Obama is trying to do but getting stiff push back from Big Oil.
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
3:43 pm
Army…Obama is “trying to do”. How, please provide references.
WOW
February 27th, 2012
3:49 pm
@uga
Because everything Obama does hurts the country.
Everything? Really? Come on…
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
3:50 pm
WOW….Ok, that was an exaggeration
Army(RET)
February 27th, 2012
3:56 pm
UGA, it’s just common knowledge, I read the paper, watch the news, listen with an open mind to the president when he speaks. No offense but by asking me for a reference is like asking me to show you a reference that 2+2=4.
Obama has been trying to push an agenda that would get us away from our addiction to foreign oil but it seems that the lobbyists for Big Oil have convinced Republicans to fight it and to make matters worse, the speculators drive up prices every opportunity they get. Again, just common sense from watching the news.
Not that I’m in love with Obama. There just isn’t a better alternative.
Penny Pincher
February 27th, 2012
3:58 pm
Frankie
February 27th, 2012
3:04 pm
The real problem is there is not a qualified candidate from either party.
UGA 1999
February 27th, 2012
3:58 pm
Army…If you do not think that there is a better alternative to Obama then your eyes are closed. You must be in love with Obama to make that statement. Either that or you have not been paying attention.
Carole
February 27th, 2012
4:07 pm
UGA 1999
Army…If you do not think that there is a better alternative to Obama then your eyes are closed. You must be in love with Obama to make that statement. Either that or you have not been paying attention.
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And if you think anyone in the GOP line up is a better alternative you aren’t paying attention.
Army(RET)
February 27th, 2012
4:07 pm
UGA – My eyes aren’t closed. I’ve been listening to other views other than Fox News and Rush Limbaugh. I’ve been paying close attention and I’ll give the president his due. He’s done fine considering the circumstances. He didn’t get us in this mess and I’m sure it will take some time to get us out. Like Clinton was the far better choice over Dole. I find myself thinking the same today of Obama vs. the other choices.
Newt – will never trust that man. He’s lied to the country, his wives, and his family.
Romney – do I need to even go there?
Paul – some good ideas but some horrible ones too.
Santorum – the more I hear about him the less I like.
honested
February 27th, 2012
4:12 pm
Army(RET)
You provide a wonderful rundown of the Clown Car Candidates and why none of them will win in November.
I’m glad to see the ‘republican talking point of the week’ is falling flat, as the Public is aware of why gasoline is more expensive and why moving to other sources of propulsion is in ALL of our interests.
td
February 27th, 2012
4:13 pm
Carole
February 27th, 2012
4:07 pm
And if you think anyone in the GOP line up is a better alternative you aren’t paying attention.
Romney has forgotten more about how the private sector works then all the members of the Obama administration combined.
Rick has forgotten more about the ways Congress works then Obama will ever know and has 10 times the integrity
Newt is by far the smartest person running.
All three of them are 1000 times better then Obama..
Michael
February 27th, 2012
4:18 pm
td didn’t used to use so much hyperbole. Maybe it’s an impostor.
Carole
February 27th, 2012
4:26 pm
td
Romney has forgotten more about how the private sector works then all the members of the Obama administration combined.
Rick has forgotten more about the ways Congress works then Obama will ever know and has 10 times the integrity
Newt is by far the smartest person running.
All three of them are 1000 times better then Obama..
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No offense, but just because you say something doesn’t make it true. Not saying you don’t have a right to your opinion, but it’s just that.
Army(RET)
February 27th, 2012
4:26 pm
Something else I don’t like is that the GOP candidates keep insisting that the president isn’t leading, keeps apologizing, etc. I think he has lead, in his own style and it’s worked no worse than other leadership styles. Effective leadership doesn’t come from bullying everyone around as Newt, Romney and Santorum would have us believe.
Carole
February 27th, 2012
4:39 pm
Army(RET)
Amen to all you’ve said. And most of all, thank you for your service to this Country.
honested
February 27th, 2012
4:55 pm
td,
Apparently sans-scrotum has forgotten a tremendous amount of how Congress functions.
Just ask the people of PA!
The Captain
February 27th, 2012
5:42 pm
Newt may be smart, but he and his cronies engineered the most corrupt congress in American history. Look up “K Street”. He was very proud at one time of his organization of that, but quickly backed off once people started getting investigated and indicted. Newt intentionally lied to Congressional investigators, and had his attorney write complete fabrications, again, intentionally. The same transgression he declared Clinton “unfit to be president” for.
Newt is also, and possibly more so, unfit to serve as President. He is far too crooked.
I’m not overly fond of Obama, but like others, I find myself realizing that the Republican’s pathetic bleating and petulant whining over ever single economic hiccup is disturbingly hypocritical. When they start blaming Obama for gas prices, I look back at the same ones who screamed that GWB had no control over the same. When GWB handed out hundreds of billions in corporate welfare, it was “best for the country,” when Obama does it even on a smaller scale, it’s going to bankrupt us.
I despise political parties, and have seen over the last 40+ voting years just how much they are destroying any notion of fair and honest government. You want real change? Vote for ALL independents this year. Toss Obama, and the whole clown car pack of so-called conservatives. Completely flush the House, and 1/3 of the Senate. in two years, 2/3 of the Senate will be gone, then finally, all of them. Vote for new people every four years. This is at the Federal and state levels. There is more childish bickering that a playground full of red-headed stepchildren with toothaches.
jezel
February 27th, 2012
5:51 pm
After many days of campaigning…the GOP is as irrelevant today as it was months ago. Against separation of church and state. What is next? How did this once proud party become so out of touch with America?
td
February 27th, 2012
8:11 pm
jezel
February 27th, 2012
5:51 pm
The polling data I have seen shows that it is you that is so out of touch with America my friend.
Carole
February 27th, 2012
8:44 pm
td
The polling data I have seen shows that it is you that is so out of touch with America my friend.
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The polls that you take on your block don’t count.
Santorum?
February 28th, 2012
12:52 am
For voters to pick Santorum, it shows poor judgment.
Is this the Santorum you want to vote for? Take a look: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-february-23-2012/indecision-2012—three-men-and-a-white-haired-man-baby
Fox Focus Group Praise Ron Paul, Criticize Santorum
Source: http://youtu.be/xhW6cLoLS_g
The views from this focus group represent a wide spectrum of voters.
RonPaulMyChoice
February 28th, 2012
12:55 am
[Drudge] Rasmussen Poll: Ron Paul beats Obama by 2 points for the first time ever!
Texas Congressman Ron Paul leads the president
Paul 43 – Obama 41
Romney 45 – Obama 43
Obama 45 – Santorum 43
Obama 49 – Gingrich 39
tyuielethd
February 28th, 2012
3:31 am
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Lee
February 28th, 2012
5:23 am
I am a white 40 year old male, a Georgia native with two post graduate degrees. I used to be a Republican. I finally realized that i had been hearing those same slogans every general election. You know, “big government/little govt”, “tax and spend”, “right to life”, “prayer in schools”, “balanced budget amendment”, yet George W. did nothing to advance any of them for 8 years. Now i am self employed and the same people tell me that I am a socialist if i cannot afford $400 per month health insurance and have the audacity to think that if a nation dare consider itself to be one of the greatest on earth that it should at the very least regulate and ensure the delivery of basic health care for its citizenry to a greater degree than it provides roads for travel or deep space exloration. I WILL VOTE TO RE_ELECT President Obama. Atleast he has made an effort to better our lives.;
zeke
February 28th, 2012
6:54 am
read david brooks you thoughtless, clueless far righters….voting democratic will almost always be the lesser of two evils…..santorum has ship for brains
Army(RET)
February 28th, 2012
7:59 am
Lee, well put. I have a feeling those thoughts and beliefs are going to catch fire the closer we get to election day.
WOW
February 28th, 2012
9:09 am
The real clear poltics polling average has Obama up by of 5.8 on Santorum, 4.8 on Romney, 7.1 on Ron Paul, and 13.1 on Newt.
Frankie
February 28th, 2012
10:59 am
@UGA….
Republicans Would Rather Destroy America Than Work With Obama
http://www.politicususa.com/en/republicans-obama-work
Jul 13, 2011 – It should be evident by now that Republicans will destroy America before they will work with President Obama regardless how much he tries to …