Your morning jolt: Rick Santorum, Ann Romney headed to Georgia
We know that Newt Gingrich, who avoided the Republican presidential contest in Michigan, will be at the state Capitol this morning.
We know that Gingrich has declared a win in Georgia, which he once represented in Congress, to be crucial to his GOP presidential campaign.
What we didn’t know is whether a win-hungry Rick Santorum, deprived of victory in Michigan by Mitt Romney last night, will put all his eggs in Ohio and seek a post-industrial rematch with Romney. Or might he concentrate on the South?
We’re told this morning that the former Pennsylvania senator, who has a foray into Tennessee today, will be in Dalton at 8 a.m. Thursday for a rally outside City Hall.
Atlanta, GA – Republican Presidential candidate Rick Santorum will visit Georgia tomorrow morning, beginning with a manufacturing plant tour and a Town Hall meeting in Dalton. Santorum will then head toward Atlanta, holding an 11 a.m. rally at the Atlantic Aviation hanger, 240 Airport Road, at Peachtree Dekalb Airport. The event is free and open to the public.
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We’ve also just gotten word that Ann Romney, wife of Mitt, will be in Georgia for two events on Thursday: A noon appearance at Smokejack Barbecue in Alpharetta, and a 5:30 p.m. appearance for the opening of Romney state headquarters on Maple Street in Buckhead — just down from Newt Gingrich’s headquarters. Both Romney events are open to the public. Take the spousal visit as a sign that her husband isn’t likely to be here before Super Tuesday.
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And you thought Occupy Atlanta didn’t make much of an impression.
State Capitol police were called to haul a number of protestors out of a Senate Insurance and Labor Committee hearing on SB 469, a measure that – among many other things – would make it a crime to conduct mass picketing at private residences.
From my AJC colleague Kristin Torres:
The bill, drafted by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, passed unanimously through the Senate Insurance and Labor Committee despite nearly an hour of testimony — mostly by union members, advocacy groups and individuals who opposed the bill. Committee members made one change, making it a “high and aggravated” misdemeanor and not a felony for someone convicted of conspiring to commit criminal trespass.
A taste of the language:
A person, or organization that he or she is affiliated with or acting on behalf of, commits an offense when he or she engages in targeted picketing of a private residence that has or intends the effect of interfering with the resident’s right to quiet enjoyment, or when such targeted picketing has or intends the effect of violence or intimidation.
Keep in mind that several condo complexes were within earshot of Occupy Atlanta’s fall camp-out at Five Points in downtown Atlanta.
The measure is sponsored by state Sen. Don Balfour, R-Snellville. Protestors say at least one of their number was arrested and is awaiting a bail hearing. We’ve got a call into the Georgia Building Authority for details.
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After eight years in the Legislature, state Sen. Greg Goggans, R-Douglas, chairman of the State Insurance and Labor Committee, has decided not to run for re-election, citing the economics of his orthodontic practice in southwest Georgia. From the Blackshear Times:
“This is a very important decision for someone running in the Seventh Senatorial District. It is the largest district in the state covering 4,500 square miles. To serve this district requires a tremendous amount of time away from family and from business. It requires a lot of travel. The expenses are beyond what the $17,000 a year salary covers.
“By announcing my decision now, it will give potential candidates the time to discuss this important decision with their families and to examine their abilities to make it work.”
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The AJC’s Politifact Georgia this morning challenges GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s assertion that the nation’s unemployment rate is going down because more people are giving up and leaving the workforce.
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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196 comments Add your comment
Becky
February 29th, 2012
9:45 am
If Noot’s mouth is moving he is lying.
Sergio
February 29th, 2012
9:47 am
Santorum’s no sex, no book learning, and no seperation of church/state should play well in the southland.
Becky
February 29th, 2012
9:47 am
I listened to 3 minutes of Boortz yesterday trying to get a weather forecast. He said Obama was cutting all veteran’s health benefits. How do a$$hats like him and Hannity get away with down right lies?? I
Centrist
February 29th, 2012
9:58 am
Santorum, Gingrich, and Paul (descending order of damage) have probably sunk GOP chances of replacing Obama and have made the nomination essentially worthless. None of them have a legitimate shot at getting the nomination, but have wounded and drained Romney enough to almost guarantee incumbent Obama’s reelection by a wide margin. It is hard to fathom the egos or motives involved. Democrat crossover voting against Romney has also contributed, and at least Santorum has publicly encouraged it. The left, including the media, loves it. Even this blog said Gingrich was going to concentrate on Arizona, and Santorum was leading in Michigan (never acknowledged Michigan polls flipped last week).
Centrist
February 29th, 2012
10:02 am
@ Becky – The Obama budget has a proposal to increase premiums percentages of already earned retired veteran health care benefits (tricare). There is NO such proposal to increase either active or retired civilian unionized employees/retirees.
Road Scholar
February 29th, 2012
10:13 am
Increasing health care premiums…I’ve had that happen for each of the past 10 years! Why shouldn’t they pay their fair share? Where are the “50 % of low income folks don’t pay ANY taxes” folks saying that they should pay more? Or does that not apply to our armed forces????
Also, Newt, what are the details of your $2 /gal gas? Nationalizing the oil companies? Another war? Using the chili dogs and onion rangs at the V? Fess up!
Centrist
February 29th, 2012
10:13 am
Becky posted “said Obama was cutting all veteran’s health benefits. How do a$$hats like him and Hannity get away with down right lies??”
You’re right, Becky. There is NO CHANCE Obama’s D.O.A. budget with such proposed cuts has a chance of becoming law this year.
gm
February 29th, 2012
10:13 am
Newt the scum, this man lied and said he helped bring the Olympics to Atlanta, what has this man done for Georgia? look at all the poverty, last in education, no job creations, but this 3 times adultry can claim Georgia as his home, and the country idiots are proud of him.
Hey Newt, President Obama is a threat to national security go ask the top 10 terrorist of the world who are pushing up flowers in their graves, and once again the southern bubbas fall for this none sense””’
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
10:17 am
BECKY
BOORTZ’S listeners dont care for facts and he knows it..
Julia
February 29th, 2012
10:20 am
Newtie Pootie & his crew do nothing more than spew toxic gas into the atmosphere. Someone needs to tell Newt that OPEC sets the price of oil and the President of the USA has NO CONTROL over that.
The entire GOP is one giant traveling freak show.
Centrist
February 29th, 2012
10:20 am
@ Road Scholar – There is NO proposal for the bottom 50% of the lower income folks to pay any taxes. The proposal of increasing premiums on those who already EARNED health care benefits. They already paid their “fair share” by past wage cuts in exchange for other benefits which Obama hopes to expropriate. Our military should not pay more when the lower 50% are getting a free ride, and unionized civilian DOD workers aren’t subject to increased health care premiums. And they won’t this year because it can’t possibly pass Congress just because Obama proposes it.
WOW
February 29th, 2012
10:22 am
@ Centrist:
You omit the fact that the cuts are coming because we have had such dramatic increases in the past ten years. The first three years of the Obama administration saw a dramatic increase in Veteran’s spending, especially towards health care. This budget seeks to responsibly cut some of the increase out of it. The same with the defense budget overall. It has increased so much over the last few years that we need to look at ways to make responsible cuts.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
10:25 am
I dont think too many people were surprised by the results last night. Now next Tuesday may be a different story.
healthnerd
February 29th, 2012
10:27 am
The retirement of Senator Goggans is a huge blow to health care in Georgia. His knowledge and passion will surely be missed at the Capitol.
ByteMe
February 29th, 2012
10:27 am
It requires a lot of travel. The expenses are beyond what the $17,000 a year salary covers.
That should be “… the $17,000 a year salary plus unspecified lobbyist gifts and meals covers.”
Becky
February 29th, 2012
10:29 am
i’m voting for santorum next tuesday just to keep the clown car rolling.
WOW
February 29th, 2012
10:30 am
My above comment was wrong there is no cut to Veterans Benefits in the Presidents Budget request so Becky you were correct Boortz is making up facts again. We shouldn’t be suprised.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/02/military-va-budget-seeks-10-percent-boost-in-funding-021312/
Just Wait
February 29th, 2012
10:31 am
The Republican choices for President: A billionaire completely out of touch with the middle class, a power hungry career politician and an extremist who believes a pregnancy via rape is a gift. Does anyone really think the Republicans have a chance? If so, I have some prime ocean front property in Dalton for sale.
Becky
February 29th, 2012
10:33 am
WOW-I know Boorz and Hannity make up stuff, the problem is the sheeple that believe it.
Republican Base
February 29th, 2012
10:36 am
As far as I am concern Centrist, Romney can stay the H out of Georgia and even go where his money is off shore. He and all of the Media punds have sunk the GOP. We held our nose last time and voted for a Moderate in John McCain because we were told he could win. This time I want a True Conservative. Second, if the Republican party is becoming a Centrist, Moderate party then I will leave the party. I have serve on many a county, district, and state committees so I know what I am talking about.
Becky
February 29th, 2012
10:37 am
Please describe a True Conservative. Thanks.
Mark
February 29th, 2012
10:40 am
@ Becky
February 29th, 2012
10:29 am
i’m voting for santorum next tuesday just to keep the clown car rolling.
Count me in Becky, because I’m doing the same thing!
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
10:41 am
true conservative; .. a self righteous bible thumpoing fool who loves the fetus but will bomb arabs in a new york minute..
ByteMe
February 29th, 2012
10:41 am
He and all of the Media punds have sunk the GOP. We held our nose last time and voted for a Moderate in John McCain because we were told he could win.
Yeah, cause nothing says “winner” like appealing to only 20% of the population. From your lips to the electorate’s ears… let’s prove you right (or wrong).
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
10:41 am
“thumping”…oops
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
10:43 am
RICKY SANITORIUM says education will make u like OBAMA…a ivy league grad whose the president…Charles Barkley says, “TUUUURIBLE TUUURIBLE TUUURIBLE”
clyde
February 29th, 2012
10:44 am
Becky,
A true conservative lives in Afghanistan,Iran,etc,and kills people that burn his holy book.He is also insanely concerned with women lives.Santorum would like to be one.
Becky
February 29th, 2012
10:46 am
And tell what “Bring our Country back” means. Seriously.
Redstateneck
February 29th, 2012
10:46 am
Santorum doesn’t have another gig. Newt has been too lazy to put any kind of national organization together. The Texans tried to put a dunce in the mix. Romney has worked for years putting an organization in-place, managed his personal life, governed effective despite a weaker political position, was vetted as all Republican are by running the first time. My prediction: Santorum gets gig on Fox, Newt raises speaking fees for having run, Paul gets to be Surgeon General. Palin, finally divorces and becomes playmate. Oh yeah, Romney wins, senate turns Republican, Israel attack Iran and Arab league sits it out. South Carolina sucedes to Deliverance states of american taking south ga Alabama and Mississippi with them. Everybody is better off.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
10:47 am
Becky….PLEASE DO!
WOW
February 29th, 2012
10:48 am
Good Question Becky, I found this quote from Jeb Bush quite interesting, so I don’t think the Republicans even know anymore…
“I used to be a conservative, and I watch these debates and I’m wondering, I don’t think I’ve changed, but it’s a little troubling sometimes when people are appealing to people’s fears and emotion rather than trying to get them to look over the horizon for a broader perspective, and that’s kind of where we are,” the ex-governor said, according to Fox News.
Tom
February 29th, 2012
10:49 am
“If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals–if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.” – Ronald Reagan
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
10:52 am
RICK SANITORIUM says college is for libruls….lol..
WOW
February 29th, 2012
10:58 am
Since Santorum went to college and actually has two post-gradutate degrees, what does that make him?
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
10:59 am
WOW…..A very smart man. Nice point. Thanks for pointing that out!
DannyX
February 29th, 2012
11:01 am
Was Ronald Reagan a true conservative?
Reagan increased the number of federal employees by 61,000. (Clinton -373,000)
Reagan expanded Social Security.
Reagan raised Social Security taxes.
Reagan raised federal income taxes.
Reagan raised corporate taxes.
Reagan raised the gas tax.
Reagan signed the expanded Earned Income Credit that Republicans like “Centrist” hate.
The deficit went up during the Reagan years.
Reagan gave amnesty to 22 million illegal immigrants that Republicans like “Centrist” hate.
WOW
February 29th, 2012
11:02 am
He is a very smart man, its just a shame he feels the need to hide it.
Becky
February 29th, 2012
11:02 am
I wonder who paid for Ricky’s education and how they feel about paying for his education he so willingly disparages.
Becky
February 29th, 2012
11:04 am
Dannyx-now don’t be bringing any facts into this discussion! Reagan was far far from a conservative. And those who think he was make me lol.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
11:05 am
DannyX….Sounds like you are a Reagan fan. Welcome to the Republican party!
WOW
February 29th, 2012
11:06 am
Becky:
I believe he paid for it himself, unlike Willard he wasn’t born rich, which make his comments even more frustrating. He should be promoting people accomplishing what he did (like President Obama was trying to do) not belittling it.
clyde
February 29th, 2012
11:13 am
Becky,
I recently returned to the U.S after an absence of 10 years.I cannot believe what has happened to this country. The government has become very intrusive in the lives of it’s citizens.Multiple forms of ID are required for what used to be mundane transactions.To open a bank account has become impossible for people without identification.”Your papers please” is a stark reality in the U.S. today.It’s all for our “protection”you understand.
Double Zero Eight
February 29th, 2012
11:15 am
Santorum is the male version of Palin.
It is too late for someone to come
to the rescue of the GOP. The party
is stuck with its current bunch of
contenders. The only hope to defeat
the democrats is for a “big name”
as the VP candidate for the GOP.
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
11:16 am
maybe RICKY SANITORIUM thinks PRESIDENT OBAMA is too uppity for a black man…that will play well in the south
Michael
February 29th, 2012
11:18 am
I turned on 750AM yesterday just to get traffic and within 5 seconds I heard “OBAMA”. Boortz just won’t let it go, EVER.
honested
February 29th, 2012
11:19 am
clyde,
We can thank shrub and the enforcement of fear because he was asleep at the switch for the ‘your papers please’ reality.
It is amazing the number of things we have come to tolerate as a function of ‘national security’ (whether doing so enhances the security of anything or not).
Becky
February 29th, 2012
11:21 am
clyde-I’m not sure why that was aimed at me but concur the scaredy pants mentality has to go.
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
11:22 am
ricky sanitorium SAYS…THAT BLACK BOY AINT GOT NO business in our WHITE HOUSE..we need to get rid of that uppity so n so
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
11:23 am
Obama is not black. Nice try though.
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
11:25 am
RICK SANITORIUM…OBAMA aint got no business telling folks they can go to college…shame on him, i’m here to give u folks real jobs..by the way i was against the auto bailout eventhough it saved peoples job….i just hate that it actually worked
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
11:26 am
uga
sniff sniff…hehehehe
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
11:26 am
liberalefty……Great POST! Great job President Bush on the auto bailouts! We miss you President Bush!
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
11:28 am
RICKY BOBBY SANITORIUM…i’m for giving AMERICANS real jobs…thats why i was against the auto bailout…..lol..
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
11:29 am
uga 1999
we know the repubs wont win MICHIGAN…lol
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
11:30 am
RICKY BOBBY SANITORIUM…women youre womb belongs to me…and GOD…but mostly to me
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
11:31 am
RICKY BOBBY SANITORIUM…I CAINT STAND UPPITY OBAMA…
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
11:32 am
ricky bobby sanitorium….if i’m president masturbation will become illegal…god dont want u wasting your seeds..
DannyX
February 29th, 2012
11:33 am
“We miss you President Bush!”
To bad Bush had to go into self imposed exile. Any chance on getting him to end his exile early so he can hit the campaign trail? Although at this point Obama doesn’t need the help.
honested
February 29th, 2012
11:36 am
DannyX,
Yep, I’m hopin’ shrub makes an endorsement before Super Tuesday.
Just endorse them all and see the lowest turnout in a century!
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
11:42 am
DannyX…You call retirement…exile, that is great.
View From Midtown
February 29th, 2012
11:44 am
Hmm.. SB 469 sounds like it could be an effective tool to deal with the radical Christianist wingnuts that always protest Pride. Thanks GOP!!
Emily Fountaine
February 29th, 2012
11:46 am
Good for Thurston Howell, I prefer him over the rabid christian.
Becky
February 29th, 2012
11:46 am
Word on the street is shrub hasn’t been sober for a day since he was shown the door. We know he isn’t getting speaking engagement invites. All the wood is chopped, all the brush cleared, nothing else to do. Maybe he will buy another baseball team since that turned out so well last time.
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
11:47 am
GEORGE “THE SHRUB” BUSH is about as popular with the GOP as a black man at a klan meeting…
Emily Fountaine
February 29th, 2012
11:47 am
Wet dreams are man-slaughter under a Sanctorum regime.
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
11:49 am
RICKY BOBBY SANITORIUM says to women, ” your soul may belong to GOD but your womb belongs to me!
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
11:49 am
President Bush is something Hussein will never be…..”A two term President”.
Becky
February 29th, 2012
11:50 am
Emily-ha ha. I too watched countdown last night and loved the Thurston Howell bit.
Emily Fountaine
February 29th, 2012
11:50 am
GW:”Rarely is the question asked, is our children learning?”
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
11:51 am
RICKY BOBBYSANITORIUM says wet dreams ARE destroying AMERICA …wet dreams and college education
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
11:51 am
uga
yeah OSAMA looooved him some SHRUB…LOL
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
11:52 am
And Iran loves them some Hussein.
ole gal
February 29th, 2012
11:54 am
If you weren’t scared spitless in the past, you should be now. Of all the jack-booted bills that have had a free pass in the Ga Legislature, HB469 may be the worst violation of your freedom this session. Joining the roll of infamous Republican moves, the right of free assembly has been stomped into the ground — now, it will be a felony for a union to picket an unfair employer, a felony for a private citizen to publicly protest an out of control legislature, an unjust law or act. Gathering together to make yourself heard in opposition to the status quo has always been a perilous business but the Constitution protected us. In Georgia today, that protection is gone. What is going to be next? Free Speech — already under attack, Privacy – almost gone – Unwarrented Search — under attack.
You know, even if you are sitting around pickin your teeth and thinking what a good thing this Bill is for gettin rid of them pesky pinko liberals and gettin them into the jailhouse where they belong, one of these days you may like find yourself on the pointed end of the bayonette, say at your next Tea Party. Good luck boys and girls and remember — you did it to yourself.
Becky
February 29th, 2012
11:59 am
ole gal-the one about prescriptions? what is wrong with that?
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
12:01 pm
UGA
OK, BIG DEAL…at least HUSSEIN hasnt let AMERICA get attacked like THE SHRUB did…lolololololo
Travis McGee
February 29th, 2012
12:03 pm
There will be a “State-Wide I.Q. Test” on Super Tuesday. The stated will be exposed to the country as a bunch of idiot bumpkins if it gives Gingrich a victory, resurrecting a campaign that’s on Sheldon Adelson life support.
Michael
February 29th, 2012
12:04 pm
Well, that’s unconstitutional.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
12:05 pm
liberalefty…>WOW you have no idea about history or current events do you?
Becky
February 29th, 2012
12:06 pm
You know, how is Noot, being a god fearing catholic and all, justifying taking Adelson’s dirty money from casinos? What will the payback be? He knows he will never be POTUS. So what is in it for him?
Carole
February 29th, 2012
12:06 pm
UGA 1999
Obama is not black. Nice try though.
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So he was a WHITE guy sitting in a black liberation church for 20 years? That’s why your side says when they aren’t calling him a Muslim. Fascinating.
DannyX
February 29th, 2012
12:06 pm
“You know, even if you are sitting around pickin your teeth and thinking what a good thing this Bill is for gettin rid of them pesky pinko liberals and gettin them into the jailhouse where they belong,…”
Yep, the Georgia Republican communists hate the Constitution. The Georgia Republican communists hate freedom, especially the right to protest. Of course the Georgia Republican communists love one party rule. The Georgia Republican communists hate our free press. Our Georgia Republican communist leaders spend a lot of time in China. Our Republican communists love Chinese style environmental policy, none.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
12:06 pm
Travis….Really. Gingrich has done great in the debates and is responsible for balancing the budget during the Clinton years. I don’t think he will win, but I understand the people that vote for him.
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
12:09 pm
uga
i enuff history to know BUSHY BOY couldnt protect AMERICA….duuuuuuhhhh
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
12:10 pm
carole
yeah the racist say OBAMA isnt black when the argument dont suit them…lol
Becky
February 29th, 2012
12:16 pm
I ponder what the clown car occupants will do when the election is over in November.
Romney will buy an island and live there.
Santorum will have to help raise all his children, I guess he will not have to worry with funding their college education. lol
Noot-will be shopping for jewelry everyday but may be at Sams or Costco when the money train is gone.
Paul-will be sitting on his porch smoking a doobie.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
12:16 pm
liberalefty….Really Clinton could have killed Osama. Why didn’t he?
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
12:16 pm
THE SHRUB couldnt protect AMERICA, like OBAMA is doing…that makes conservatives mad…hehehr
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
12:16 pm
liberalefty…Not racist but rather accurate. Obama is not black.
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
12:17 pm
uga1999 12:16
jeez why dont u aks CLINTON….DUUUUUUHHHHHH, …..DUUUUHHHH….LOLOL.OLO
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
12:18 pm
February 26, 1993, attack on the World Trade Center: 6 deaths and 1,042 injured,
* April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City bombing: 168 deaths and over 800 injured,
* June 25, 1996, Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia: 20 deaths and 372 injured,
* August 7, 1998, attacks on American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania: 12 U.S. deaths out of a total of 223 deaths; 12 U.S. injured out of a total of over 4,000 injured,
* October 12, 2000, attack on the USS Cole in Yemen: 17 deaths; 39 injured.
ALL UNDER DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP.
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
12:18 pm
UGA
HES BLACK..HE LOOKS LIKE A TYPICAL BLACK guy…hehehehehe…
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
12:18 pm
liberalefty…..Is that ebonics again? “aks”? HAHAHA
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
12:19 pm
liberalefty…..”Looks like the typical black guy”….Now who is racist? Why don’t you tell us all what the “typical black guy” looks like? This should be good.
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
12:19 pm
uga
what does that have to do with the fact that THE SHRUB couldnt protect AMERICA.???????/…
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
12:20 pm
liberalefty…..He did. It was Clinton that left America vulnerable.
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
12:20 pm
UGA
EBONICS is good at wading through your bs…JUST AKS anybody…hehehehre
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
12:21 pm
uga
the typical black guy looks like OBAMA…duh…
Carole
February 29th, 2012
12:22 pm
liberalefty
carole
yeah the racist say OBAMA isnt black when the argument dont suit them…lol
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Yeah I know. That’s why I like to point out the inconsistencies in what they say. I mean really. They have become the party of masters of mud slinging. They will throw anything out there and hope that it sticks. Unfortunately there are so many people on their side who don’t even bother to assess what they say to see if it makes sense.
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
12:22 pm
uga 12:20
BUSH will forever be known as the fool who couldnt protect AMERICA…..sooooooooooooorrrrrrrrryyyy
DannyX
February 29th, 2012
12:23 pm
“Not racist but rather accurate. Obama is not black”
But, Michelle Obama is, right UGA? When you called her an ape on this blog a few weeks ago you were making that quite clear in your own racist way.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
12:23 pm
liberalefty….That is not an answer.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
12:24 pm
liberalefty…..Nope, President Bush will always be knows as a two term President. Hussein will not.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
12:24 pm
DannyX..Wow, really, you just called Michelle an “ape”. Now that is not classy at all. DannyX that is the most racist comment I have seen all day.
td
February 29th, 2012
12:25 pm
ole gal
February 29th, 2012
11:54 am
I think you are talking about SB469. This bill only effect union picketing.
“It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in mass picketing at or near any place,
21 including private residences, where a labor dispute exists in such number or manner as to
22 obstruct or interfere with or constitute a threat to obstruct or interfere with the entrance to
23 or egress from any place of employment or the free and uninterrupted use of public roads,
24 streets, highways, railroads, airports, or other ways of travel, transportation, or conveyance”
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
12:25 pm
uga
yep the 2 term president who let BIN LADEN kill 3000 AMERICANS and knock down the TWIN TOWWRS…by the way why is the GOP hiding THE SHRUB?…
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
12:26 pm
twin towers
Carole
February 29th, 2012
12:26 pm
UGA 1999
liberalefty…Not racist but rather accurate. Obama is not black.
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Ok, keep fighting with Liberalefty and completely ignore the fact that your side (actually just you) continues to say that this WHITE guy sat in a black church for 20 years. Oh and without question he did marry a black woman. But he’s also a Muslim.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
12:29 pm
liberalefty…How many times were the twin towers attacked under Clinton. How would you have suggested that we had stopped 9/11?
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
12:29 pm
Carole..So you are saying that a white guy cannot sit in a black church. Are we back to segregation?
liberalefty
February 29th, 2012
12:30 pm
uga 1999
why are u aksing me? i’m not the president is…THE SHRUB WAS WEAK AND INCOMPETENT THANK GOD HES GONE…
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
12:31 pm
liberalefty….HAHA “aksing”? This is great.
“i’m not the president is”…..WHAT???
DannyX
February 29th, 2012
12:34 pm
Here’s another one Carole,
How many times on this blog has UGA gone on and on with his “Blacks voted for Obama because he is black,” whine?
Teddy Roosevelt
February 29th, 2012
12:36 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mprxd4ggpm4&feature=share
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
12:36 pm
DannyX….You cannot argue with facts. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15297.html
96% of blacks voted for Obama. Why is that?
Samuel L. Jackson
February 29th, 2012
12:36 pm
“I only voted for Obama because he is black”.
Carole
February 29th, 2012
12:36 pm
UGA 1999
Carole..So you are saying that a white guy cannot sit in a black church. Are we back to segregation?
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Nice try. Not just a black church. You know darn well you folks call it a “black liberation” church. Where he supposedly was learning all of these racist things and how to hate white people. You mean a white man would actually sit in a church like this for 20 years?
I know it kills you to admit that in THIS country a man with one drop of black blood is considered black. A man who looks like President Obama is DEFINITELY considered black. Oh and by the way, he refers to himself that way. So explain to me how you have to right to refer to him any other way?
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
12:36 pm
DannyX….I know your side has a hard time dealing with facts.
DannyX
February 29th, 2012
12:38 pm
“96% of blacks voted for Obama. Why is that?”
According to you because he is white!
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
12:38 pm
Carole….Who are “you folks”? I have never called a church a black church or a white church, it is God’s church.
Why would a white man not sit in that church for 20 years. Explain your comment?
Teddy Roosevelt
February 29th, 2012
12:38 pm
danny this one is more up your boat, and no I’m not in the tea party
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sbvXvS3LhA
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
12:38 pm
Carole…EASY…Because he is not black.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
12:38 pm
DannyX…..Ok, that is fine.
Becky
February 29th, 2012
12:39 pm
Did you ever notice the side losing their argument starts spewing banality. (look it up)
DannyX
February 29th, 2012
12:40 pm
“danny this one is more up your boat, and no I’m not in the tea party”
Teddy, UGA says Obama is white. In that case blacks voted for Obama because he is white.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
12:41 pm
Becky….Do you mean like Liberalefty?
BTW….You do know that in all of the recent polls that Romney will beat Obama?
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
12:42 pm
DannyX…Did I say Obama is white? Please show me where I said that. MORE LIES FROM THE LEFT.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
12:43 pm
Uh oh, Obama’s approval rating is at 43% and dropping fast. You guys better come up with some more lies fast.
Teddy Roosevelt
February 29th, 2012
12:44 pm
I didn’t vote for Obama because I do not generally agree with his politics, but I guess that’s beside the point right?
Becky
February 29th, 2012
12:44 pm
appears the “good” reverend graham got a big whoop a$$ from his daddy and is now walking back his comments about the President’s faith. Love it!
Bernie
February 29th, 2012
12:47 pm
Give it up Newt your 15min is just about over, it will not be long now for sure. Newt can go back to WASHINGTON,DC and resume his record paying ” HISTORIAN JOB” (wink! wink!). Newt is the highest paid Historian in America! who knew!
Conyers Guy
February 29th, 2012
12:47 pm
UGA 1999…Are we back to segregation?
You often talk like you wish we were.
reebok
February 29th, 2012
12:48 pm
Rick Santorum’s gonna save us from the perils of birth control and book learnin’…
reebok
February 29th, 2012
12:49 pm
To Boortz’s credit, he doesn’t pretend to be anything other than an entertainer…his job is to enrage people and get ratings…whether something he says is true is not relevant, as long as it works.
WOW
February 29th, 2012
12:51 pm
@ UGA
Poll Date Sample Obama (D) Romney (R) Spread
RCP Average 2/10 – 2/28 – 48.7 44.7 Obama +4.0
Rasmussen Tracking
2/26 – 2/28 1500 LV 44 45 Romney +1
Politico/GWU/Battleground
2/19 – 2/22 1000 LV 53 43 Obama +10
USA Today/Gallup
2/20 – 2/21 881 RV 47 47 Tie
Associated Press/GfK
2/16 – 2/20 1000 A 51 43 Obama +8
Quinnipiac
2/14 – 2/20 2605 RV 46 44 Obama +2
Democracy Corps (D)
2/11 – 2/14 1000 LV 49 45 Obama +4
CNN/Opinion Research
2/10 – 2/13 937 RV 51 46 Obama +
Sugar foot
February 29th, 2012
12:52 pm
Nooter, is a CARPET BAGGER from Pennsylvania.
NEWTON LEROY MCPHERSON was born as the afore name.
FAILED TO QUALIFY AND BE ON THE VIRGINA STATE BALLOT.
VIRGINIA IS WHERE HE LIVES, WHEN HE’S NOT ON THE BUS.
Becky
February 29th, 2012
12:52 pm
WOW-don’t bother with the facts.
missmollie
February 29th, 2012
12:55 pm
Newt has Georgia sewed up via the legislature, governor and a herd of good ole boys & a few good ole girls Newt will stay in the GOP race as long as he has the price of a plane ticket from primary to primary with his Lady in Red who now introduces him, I am told??? A trip to Georgia (Ann R and RS) is a waste of time, IMO. Congratulations to Romney on his wins in Arizona and Michigan.. Why can’t those biased elite media “eat a little crow”???? Romney is on his way to the Oval Office.
Becky
February 29th, 2012
12:57 pm
Define elite media. Do you folks even know the definitions of the talking points you spew?
Elite media
Take back our country
What the heck do they mean?
Bobby
February 29th, 2012
12:58 pm
I’m voting for Santorum so Obama can be reelected in 2012. Even if Gingrich is the nominee, same thing. Romney concerns me but only a little. He so flip flops and is so out of tune with American voters I suspsect Obama can defeat him almost as easily as Santorum. Maybe Boortz and Hannity will both leave the USA.
dre
February 29th, 2012
1:01 pm
“After eight years in the Legislature, state Sen. Greg Goggans, R-Douglas, chairman of the State Insurance and Labor Committee, has decided not to run for re-election, citing the economics of his orthodontic practice in southwest Georgia.” Huh…had no idea they had an orthodontic practice in southwest GA.
Carole
February 29th, 2012
1:15 pm
UGA 1999
DannyX…Did I say Obama is white? Please show me where I said that. MORE LIES FROM THE LEFT.
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Well you say he’s not black. So how about this, don’t leave us in limbo. What is he according to you.
Oh, and I can give a straight answer to a question. “you folks” is Republicans. See how easy that was.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
1:15 pm
Conyers….Really? Prove it.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
1:15 pm
Carole….But I didn’t say he was white either did I? There you go again putting words in other peoples mouths. Lies Lies Lies.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
1:16 pm
Bobby….You do know that Santorum is beating Obama in the polls don’t you? Keep up the good work.
Angel Macaroni
February 29th, 2012
1:17 pm
Will the hypocritical theocrat Santorum be driving his Audi while extolling the virtue of American manufacturing? To him, Obama is a “snob” for encouraging college education, even though Santorum holds three degrees.
Marlboro Man
February 29th, 2012
1:18 pm
Who said the republicans wouldn’t run a Morman for president ? He will do in a tight, I guess.
missmollie
February 29th, 2012
1:18 pm
Be sure and go & greet/meet the next First Lady, Ann Romney, tomorrow at Smokejack’s BarbecueAlpharetta. (noon) and also at his Ga Hq at 5:30 PM in Buckhead (Maple St). (Thursday).
Carole
February 29th, 2012
1:19 pm
UGA 1999
Carole….But I didn’t say he was white either did I? There you go again putting words in other peoples mouths. Lies Lies Lies.
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No one is lying. But if it makes you feel good bantering the word around feel free to do so. If you say he is not black yet genetically he is 1/2 black and 1/2 white then it stands to reason to a rational person that you’re saying he’s white. Forgive me for attempting to give you credit for being a rational person.
WOW
February 29th, 2012
1:20 pm
@ UGA
What polls?? Facts please
RCP Average 2/10 – 2/28 — 49.3 44.3 Obama +5.0
Rasmussen Tracking 2/26 – 2/28 1500 LV 46 43 Obama +3
Politico/GWU/Battleground 2/19 – 2/22 1000 LV 53 42 Obama +11
USA Today/Gallup 2/20 – 2/21 881 RV 46 49 Santorum +3
Associated Press/GfK 2/16 – 2/20 1000 A 52 43 Obama +9
Quinnipiac 2/14 – 2/20 2605 RV 47 44 Obama +3
CNN/Opinion Research 2/10 – 2/13 937 RV 52 45 Obama +7
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
1:22 pm
Carole….Ever hear of the word “milano”?
Carole
February 29th, 2012
1:24 pm
Missmollie
Next first lady, really? Is Mitt planning to run for Governor in one of the places he calls home?
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
1:26 pm
Carole….You can attempt to call him a Govenor. However the “next President” of the Great United States has a better ring to it.
Carole
February 29th, 2012
1:28 pm
UGA 1999
It has a nice ring to it for him too, but my guess is he won’t hear it this year LOL.
gm
February 29th, 2012
1:29 pm
Poor, middle class whites in Georgia will come out and support Newt even though the man has done nothing for this state, at least the people in Mich came out and voted against their own knowing Mitt did not do anything for them, you win by 3% in our home town is not good.
Conservative poor whites can not name one thing Newt has done for them, yet they line up and support these good old boys like Newt, Deal who could care less if they live in their trailers for the rest of their lives, now we know why the north won the civil war, wow””
Carole
February 29th, 2012
1:29 pm
UGA 1999
Carole….Ever hear of the word “milano”?
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Have you ever heard of the word mulatto?
DannyX
February 29th, 2012
1:29 pm
“Ever hear of the word “milano”?”
Wow, UGA! Are you one of those birthers? Do you think Obama was born in Italy? Do you think he’s a closet catholic too????
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
1:29 pm
Carole…..You are correct! That is your GUESS!
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
1:30 pm
Sad news in music. Davey Jones just died.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
1:31 pm
DannyX….You went from Obama’s race to his birthplace. NICE TRY. You cannot win one debate so you attempt to start on something else. HAHA GREAT!
Carole
February 29th, 2012
1:32 pm
I liked Davey Jones. I was sad to see that a few minutes ago. I think he was the cutest of the Monkees.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
1:33 pm
Carole….I am not going to comment on his cuteness, ha. But it is sad to see him go. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family.
Carole
February 29th, 2012
1:37 pm
UGA 1999
If you did comment on his cuteness I’d be worried LOL. I agree about thoughts and prayers. It’s always such a weird feeling when you hear about these things. He pretty much was just out of sight out of mind, then you hear about him dying.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
1:39 pm
Carole…Yep, I was just reading about him. Everyone that knew him said he was a good man.
Alabama Communist
February 29th, 2012
1:40 pm
More Breaking News On Satantoria Coming To Georgia Today And Burn Newt At The Stake…A ArchAngel Spokensperson for Satantoria said today..” We plan to be like General Sherman and burn Newt the minute he opens his Anti-Christ mouth complaining about our Campaign not being of God”..
Carole
February 29th, 2012
1:41 pm
GM
You’re absolutely right. Newt is definitely a word smith. He knows exactly what to say and when to get the biggest impact. Basically he’s used the social, economic and racially differences of voters to propel himself. That is really the only reason he did so well in SC. Notice he had done jack since then. When you can’t even get on the darn ballot in a lot of places, why even bother? Oh, I forgot “Brain” has got to be front and center. That ego needs stroking on a regular basis. This race brings him out of obscurity. Also helps to fatten his pocket later for speaking engagements. That’s unless he just really ticks people off down the road.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
1:41 pm
Alabama…..Please post your source.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
1:42 pm
Carole….So the niceness is over? You think Newt used the social, economic and racially differences to propel his career. But Obama hasn’t? REALLY!?!?!
Carole
February 29th, 2012
1:56 pm
UGA 1999
Carole….So the niceness is over? You think Newt used the social, economic and racially differences to propel his career. But Obama hasn’t? REALLY!?!?!
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You put words in my mouth I never said that Obama didn’t lies, lies lies.
See how silly that looks? I never said anything about Obama. I was responding to comments about Newt. Try to keep up.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
1:57 pm
Carole….But Obama has done the EXACT same thing.
Carole
February 29th, 2012
2:03 pm
UGA 1999
Carole….But Obama has done the EXACT same thing.
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I’m not saying he has or has not. But right now the discussion is about how it has propelled Newt’s candidacy. He hasn’t won since SC–the south. And in one of the most bigoted states in the US. Isn’t that his ONLY win? And he keeps talking about being from GA when he hasn’t lived here in years. But like SC, the state of staying in 48th place goes right along with it. The fact that the Governor and some other top officials would hook their wagon to this limping on 2 legged horse is really telling.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
2:05 pm
Carole…You actually seem like a nice person. Can you tell me why you support Obama?
missmollie
February 29th, 2012
2:07 pm
Jim, please update your polls since RS got beat in Arizona and Michigan yesterday.
Franklin Graham and the Governor are not improving their standings either….Evangelicals and real conservatives take a closer look before you vote for “the favorite son” on Mar 6. I know the following governors are rejoicing today: S. C., N. J., Virginia, Michigan, Arizona plus Pawlenty, McCain, Trump to mention a few. P S If gasoline goes to $5.00 a gal, it won’t matter who wins the GOP
nomination ….that individual will be the next POTUS, IMO..
Carole
February 29th, 2012
2:20 pm
UGA 1999
Carole…You actually seem like a nice person. Can you tell me why you support Obama?
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Sure, because he’s Black LOL. I had to say that.
Believe it or not, I actually voted for GWB during his first term. About 3 months into it I regretted that decision. You see, I’m not someone who just votes D or R. I vote based on my my interest.
So that’s one of the reason I voted for President Obama. He ran on improving and focusing on education (one of the reasons I voted for GWB) since we are in a global world. He ran on improving American energy sources and reducing our dependency on foreign oil. He ran on passing a healthcare bill. He ran on being a uniter and President to all Americans (GWB did the same and even bragged about how he had done it in TX another reason I voted for him). He’s intelligent. He has a model family for people to immulate. The fact that he has these qualities and is black too was just a bonus to me.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
2:22 pm
Carole….So do you feel Obama has lived up to his promises.
gm
February 29th, 2012
2:26 pm
UGA 1999
Come on, I’m nice too
LOL
missmollie
February 29th, 2012
2:29 pm
The ghost of Strom Thurmond was riding in S C at their Primary….You know the one that was a Congressman for 50 years and had a black daughter (secret) when he was a student in his twenties at the a famous college in S C. (check it out.)
Carole
February 29th, 2012
2:41 pm
GM
LOL.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
2:44 pm
http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-government/personal-growth-mandate-passes-1367390.html
GREAT JOB MEN!
Becky
February 29th, 2012
2:44 pm
Cross posted here because no one is offering a definition:
So no one here can tell me what the following means:
media elite
take back our country
So sad these are your talking points but you don’t actually have a definition.
Carole
February 29th, 2012
2:45 pm
UGA 1999
I believe he, just like other Presidents before him have tried to do what he said. But lets be honest, your side is making it extremely hard for him to get anything done. It’s not like he isn’t trying. He hasn’t abandoned what he wanted to do. But it’s a little hard to do it when you are facing a brick wall everyday. More importantly, like ALL politicians he set goals, things he wanted to do. I told you some of the things GWB said he would do. Shift happens. You have to re-group and sometimes refocus because until you actually get into the job you have no idea that what you want to do may be more difficult because of all of the things that have to be done in order to make it happen.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
2:48 pm
Carole….Our side is doing what it can to keep his Presidential control in check. Many of his policies are harmful (kind wording) to the country.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
2:49 pm
Jamming to THE MONKEES on Pandora!
Carole
February 29th, 2012
2:58 pm
UGA 1999
Jamming to THE MONKEES on Pandora!
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Just saw a more recent picture of Davey Jones. He got hotter with age. I know TMI LOL.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
3:03 pm
Carole….That is still funny. I am assuming you are a similar age?
gm
February 29th, 2012
3:16 pm
UGA 1999
Our side is doing what it can to keep his Presidential control in check
Maybe if you had keept your last President in check this President would not had to deal with this mess, but you guys gave W. the keys and he drove America to the edge of the cliff and this great President is trying to drive in the right direction.
I’m still being nice”’
Carole
February 29th, 2012
3:22 pm
Missmollie
The ghost of Strom Thurmond was riding in S C at their Primary….You know the one that was a Congressman for 50 years and had a black daughter (secret) when he was a student in his twenties at the a famous college in S C. (check it out.)
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I agree with you. It was pretty obvious.
UGA 1999
February 29th, 2012
3:25 pm
gm….I pray Obama uses that excuse.
missmollie
February 29th, 2012
6:57 pm
The elite media: MSNBC. Rev Al Sharpton & Company. If Romney is so terrible and you are obviously very biased in favor of Obama why are you working so hard to get MR out of the race???
The FCC needs to deal with your yellow journalism…..Everyone knows that RS is the one he wants to win the GOP nomination. He would also prefer Newt and Paul over Romney. You need to go back to preaching and get off of the airways. Maybe you can take a sabbatical and join the
incumbent’s Demotratic travel team….
missmollie
February 29th, 2012
7:25 pm
Newt and Santorum have both played to the “very conservatives” and evangelicals by being
special guests at mega churches in Georgia…Newt knows how Ga politics works from the gutter up to the Capitol but RS is going to get blindsided again….he is not as smart as some thought he might be. He will not get the women’s vote based on his birth control views (98 % plus women have practiced birth control and that includes Catholics.) RS thinks he tied in Michigan and bragged about getting cross-over Democrats to help him throw the election (10%). He’s the one with the machine gun nasty ad with a look alike MR shooting at him. He may never get back on task again. Doubtful. He missed his chance in Michigan and also Arizona.. IMO…NG and RS are
not certified to compete in Virginia and several other Primaries. Both have grand delusions.
Sara
February 29th, 2012
7:40 pm
Funny how both the senators and you and my right-wing nutjob college friend pull the LEAST egregious part of the bill out to quote as if that were even important. The big issue is that this would criminalize protest (which as political speech gets extra PROTECTION, not extra punishment) particularly in connection with labor disputes. And the big story here is that this is an American Legislative Exchange Council boilerplate bill, sponsored by an ALEC member, passed by ALEC members, and with an ALEC lobbyist in attendance…a week and a half after a protest against an ALEC board member started. Corporate corruption of the political process in action. You’re supposed to be a journalist, do your job.
Fifty something
February 29th, 2012
8:57 pm
Newt spent much of the day with Philip Wiheit, Governor Deal’s campign money man and later, appointee to the Board of Regents
Super Tuesday Update: Santorum, Ann Romney Head to Atlanta on Thursday | Atlanta Local Me.me
February 29th, 2012
9:17 pm
[...] The respected Political Insider column in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Wednesday that Rick Santorum plans an 11 a.m. appearance Thursday at Peachtree DeKalb Airport in Atlanta.Article source: http://tucker.patch.com/articles/super-tuesday-update-santorum-ann-romney-head-to-atlanta-on-thursday [Translate] [...]
Carole
February 29th, 2012
9:23 pm
Sara
…LEAST egregious part of the bill out to quote as if that were even important. The big issue is that this would criminalize protest (which as political speech gets extra PROTECTION, not extra punishment) particularly in connection with labor disputes.
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ALEC, the worst laws money can buy. This is truly how the 1% circumvents the real political process.
Super Tuesday Update: Santorum, Ann Romney Head to Atlanta on Thursday
February 29th, 2012
11:08 pm
[...] The respected Political Insider column in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Wednesday that Rick Santorum plans an 11 a.m. appearance Thursday at Peachtree DeKalb Airport in Atlanta. The event is free and open to the public. [...]
missmollie
March 1st, 2012
11:20 am
March 1: Early morning Rasmussen Polls show Romney and Obama in a virtual tie since MR’s
two wins (Arizona and Michigan.) RS will not get the women’s vote and hit the panic button & bragged about urging the Democrats to vote for him to throw the election…10 percent did. Folks, what is legal and what is ethical is not always thy same. Newt should win Ga even though not all GOP voters “love” Newt. Ann Romney is in the Atlanta area today..Alpharetta …noon, and in Buckhead at Romney’s Grand Opening Hq at 5:30 PM.
missmollie
March 1st, 2012
1:15 pm
Ann Romney was in Alpharetta at noon today speaking to a capacity crowd. My son-in-law who owns a business very close by spoke with her and got an autograph for me. She will speak in Buckhead at 5:30 PM at the Grand Opening of Romney’s Ga Hq’s Office. Newt is down in Middle Ga today. He needs to outlast RS … Romney is on a LONG journey to the White House. Word has it that RS wants to team up with Newt???? Interesting…