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DEL.ICIO.USHow a PSC candidate cheated you of millions
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
One of the more important races on the ballot pits Lauren “Bubba” McDonald against Jim Powell for an open seat on the Georgia Public Service Commission. Voters who cast ballots in that race based on party identification alone may do themselves a great disservice. Here’s why:
Back in 2001, PSC members were trying to set electricity rates charged by Georgia Power. A lot of money was at stake: Georgia Power wanted a $100 million rate increase, while some PSC staff members advocated $400 million in cuts.
At the time, McDonald was PSC chairman. At the last minute, he proposed a surprise 40-page agreement that he supposedly drafted himself and hadn’t shared with anyone, even members of his own staff.
In the interests of fairness, McDonald said, he would adjourn the hearing to give Georgia Power lawyers time to read over his plan. When they returned, they pronounced themselves satisfied with the deal, which the commission quickly approved. It cut Georgia Power rates by only $5 million a year.
Later, McDonald was defeated for re-election in 2002 by Republican upstart Angela Speir. In the six years since then, Speir has been a powerful advocate of reform and ethical behavior on the PSC. Thanks to a little detective work with e-mail and public documents, she also helped expose what had happened in the 2001 rate case.
Remember the deal that McDonald allegedly wrote himself? It had actually been drafted almost word for word by Georgia Power lawyers — the same lawyers later allowed to read the “surprise” document — and e-mailed to McDonald to propose as his own. Not only had McDonald secretly done the utility’s bidding, he created a lie to hide that fact from the Georgia public.
Unfortunately, Speir has decided not to seek re-election. McDonald is trying to regain his seat, and has switched party affiliation to run as a Republican this time. He is also collecting a lot of campaign money from utility lawyers and employees. Speir, a longtime Republican, has endorsed Democrat Jim Powell.
“If you look at Bubba McDonald’s [financial] disclosure, it reads like a Who’s Who list of utility lobbyists and lawyers,” Speir says. “If Georgia consumers want to have a voice that is not beholden to the utilities, then I firmly believe that Jim Powell is the best candidate.”
Powell is experienced and knowledgeable on energy issues, having retired as a U.S. Department of Energy executive. Just as important, he will bring an independent outlook to the commission at a time when the PSC may be asked to approve multibillion-dollar investments by Georgia Power and others for nuclear and coal plants. If Georgia voters want somebody to look out for their wallets and pocketbooks, Powell is the clear choice.
Comments
By ByteMe
October 15, 2008 6:51 AM | Link to this
Reminds me of the saying I used to hear in elementary school: “Screw me once, shame on you. Screw me twice….” Ok, maybe that’s not quite the way I heard it at the time.
By AJC/DNC Management
October 15, 2008 6:59 AM | Link to this
The evil energy companies!!!!
They’re out to get us!!
Turn the power off to that ugly building you’re propagating lies and nonsense from kookman, that’ll show em.
By Bud Wiser
October 15, 2008 7:45 AM | Link to this
Is it true that McDonald has had issues with alcohol in the past? That would question his character, though, and ability to serve.
But wait, he is a politician, and as demonstrated so clearly by the supporters of Bill Clinton, if you do your job, then character doesn’t matter. And now he is a traitor, having switched parties ‘just to get elected.’
And certainly the legendary Teddy Kennedy did have major issues with alcohol, yet look how long he has served the moronic masses of the People’s Republic of Massachusetts? Didn’t he also win some kind of swimming award years back? What a hero for them!
And Jay, the headline for this article is “Powell’s Priority is Your Wallet”; should that not be about how he wants to get into your wallet? After all, he is a Democrat, and a Democrat never met a tax hike he didn’t like.
Please don’t insult us any further by trying to stylize your articles on individual races and try to show that you are a broad thinking writer.
Say what you mean and mean what you say …. just go ahead and tell everyone to vote straight Democrat this year, because that’s what you want.
All of your merry little band of trolls are going to vote straight ticket anyway. They are too stupid not to, or too lazy to check up on who they are voting for, so will do the same.
All of the blacks are voting Obama, because he is black, period. 95% racial support at last poll. Racist, pure and simple. Most of his white support comes from either the socialist left, sprinkled with the ‘white guilt’ crowd, Bush-haters, Hollywood elitists who actually believe their opinions have value, former terrorists like Bill Ayers, and of course, the overwhelming masses who are too dependent on government not to hope for more assistance.
Obama played the race card months ago, saying there are those who will not vote for him with his “I don’t look like the guys on the dollar bill..” remark. He was never called out on it. Scaredy cat and imbedded media choose to ignore racism from The Token One.
If McCain said he needed votes and would take support simply because “I look like the other guys on the dollar bills…”, the outcry from you leftist loons would have been heard from here to Jupiter. However, imagine this, if you will…. if a white ‘silent majority’ does show up on election day……… has you leftists scared sh##less, doesn’t it? You just can’t poll out that kind of unknown variable, can you?
BTW, a Fox News poll, curiously enough, just a few days ago had a puzzling set of numbers. Granted, they polled amongst their viewing audience, conservative in nature. And it was taken from the group classified as most likely to vote.
Results, on a national level?
McCain 64% Obama 34%
Put that in your crack pipe and smoke it.
By Taxpayer
October 15, 2008 7:46 AM | Link to this
That would be, more precisely, energy companies controlled by arrogant, greedy, obnoxious people who, not surprisingly, have much in common with those in control of many other large corporations. They certainly have no problem with buying politicians or with finding politicians to buy. The Republican party just happens to be where those willing to be bought have amassed in recent years. McDonald, Chambliss, Gramm…a who’s who of bought and paid for puppets.
By RW-(the original)
October 15, 2008 8:03 AM | Link to this
Well this is certainly a strange kettle of fish. Day after day Jay B subjects us to poll after poll after poll indicating that nobody but a few garden slugs are going to vote for Republicans. He now sounds a warning to beware of voting for a party label which empirical evidence would seem to say he was telling all you Democrats to resist the urge and vote for the Republican, but the “Republican” in the story sounds corrupt and downright evil.
One can only deduce that Jay B either comes down on the side of corruption and evilness or he doesn’t believe the polls he shakes in our faces three or four times a day.
By E
October 15, 2008 8:07 AM | Link to this
Bubba McDonald is a crook, that’s a fact.
I voted for Jim Powell on Monday.
Obama/Biden ‘08
By hillbilly ragger
October 15, 2008 8:08 AM | Link to this
“Granted, they polled amongst their viewing audience, ignorant in nature.”
Fixed your typo, Butt Geyser.
By Copyleft
October 15, 2008 8:13 AM | Link to this
All of the blacks are voting Obama, because he is black, period. 95% racial support at last poll. Racist, pure and simple.
Gee, that must be why blacks supported Kerry to the same degree, huh? Racism.
Heh. Bud Wiser just makes it too easy to skewer right-wing ignorance.
By Huh
October 15, 2008 8:14 AM | Link to this
Empirical. Slugs. Polls. Republicans. Deduced…Huh.
By BDAtlanta
October 15, 2008 8:14 AM | Link to this
Bravo, Jay.
This is the kind of stuff we should expect to hear from a newspaper.
By Dennis
October 15, 2008 8:27 AM | Link to this
Is Jay correct about McDonald? Based on his Opinion History t is difficult to accept Jay’s words as truth.
If occasionally Jay would remove the patch from his left eye; occasionally turn his un-erring vision of what is wrong onto the Left; then maybe we could look at some of his attacks on the Right with an open mind.
But Jay can not/will not do that. At least not until after November 4.
By BDAtlanta
October 15, 2008 8:27 AM | Link to this
Obama played the race card months ago, saying there are those who will not vote for him with his “I don’t look like the guys on the dollar bill..” remark. by Bud wiser.
That kinda smacks of the truth don’t it? Oh yeah, I forget…you conservative types have a problem with truth and reality.
Thanks for the Fox News Poll results. Unbelieveable that you folks still, to this day, can’t see Fox News for what it is. Totally unbelievable. That’s like Mis-Management quoting from the Investors Business Daily. Totally jaw-dropping that you guys made it out of kindergarten alive
By AmVet
October 15, 2008 8:28 AM | Link to this
Rhetorical question - is there EVER an end to the countless screw ups this administration can foist on the country?
Apparently BushCo is not QUITE finished with some last minute payoffs to their monied masters:
In a move that would set a dangerous precedent for roadless areas across the country, the Bush Administration is pushing to remove protections for over 4 million acres of Colorado’s roadless backcountry forests.
The proposed plan would leave some of the state’s most valuable watersheds, trout streams and recreation lands without strong federal protections and could open the door for similar action in other forests.
As TW laments, “I miss the REAL Republicans!”
Bud, that poll is HYSTERICAL!.
(Fox News viewers are “conservative” in nature???)
DEWEY WINS!!!
By Bud Wiser
October 15, 2008 8:37 AM | Link to this
Copyleft, I could have said that blacks support Obama because they have embraced the new slavery of being under the control of the Democrat Party.
But I didn’t.
I could have avoided the racist tag altogether, but other than the enslavement to Democrats issue that I am already trying to avoid discussing, There seems to be no other way to turn; besides, you people chirp the ‘r’ word at everybody you disagree with anyway, so why not allow me the same description?
i could point out that they voted en mass for Kerry in ‘04 because of that slave mentality that binds them tightly to the Democrat Party.
But I won’t.
You figure it out.
If you can.
Idiot.
(I tried to use small sentences there to accommodate your small mind)
Obama/Biden ‘08 - making it easy to be stupid, and small-minded
By GaNative
October 15, 2008 8:38 AM | Link to this
Don’t forget how * Good Ole Gov. Perdue* cheated us with the Natural Gas Deregulation. I pay more per month in shiddy service fees than I do for gas this time of year.
By BDAtlanta
October 15, 2008 8:39 AM | Link to this
You know Budwiser, there are a number of types like Ken Blackwell in Ohio who aren’t voting for Big O. This is the black republican who helped Bush win Ohio twice.
So, I guess what you were saying is….maybe…racist itself?
Go back to your Fox News to get spoon-fed some more helpings of pure shineola. That seems to be the extent of your comprehension of anything.
By ByteMe
October 15, 2008 8:41 AM | Link to this
Dennis: go into the AJC archives, page F1 of July 25, 2004 for the story that was written up about this.
By RW-(the original)
October 15, 2008 8:42 AM | Link to this
Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but the government says we’ve killed the #2 Al Qaeda guy in Iraq.
I bet the only guy harder to find than OBL today is the # 3 Al Qaeda guy in Iraq.
By Mr Snarky
October 15, 2008 8:45 AM | Link to this
Nice story Jay. To bad nobody has anything to say about it. All they do is re-post the same old off-topic stuff. This is quite a little ecosystem you’ve created.
By Tom
October 15, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this
Blessings we didn’t think of! Having just seen an advance screening of “W,” I can attest to the reminder of his miserable life and learning process being drowned in alcoholism. National statistics scream out to us that in times of extreme stress and confusion, the nation turns heavily to BOOZE for respite. Therefore are the booze companies currently licking their chops as sales begin to rise. Thank you again, Bushie, for this additional “family value.” Truly you are the gift that just keeps on giving. Even after you’ve been flushed, you will continue to destroy lives. Praise Geesussah!
By ByteMe
October 15, 2008 8:47 AM | Link to this
RW: Would you want to be known as #3? I’m not even sure I’d want to be known as #2. Who remembers who came in second in last year’s Super Bowl unless they lost a bet on them?
Reminds me of the line from the best of the Star Trek movies: “You’ve managed to kill just about everybody else, but like a poor marksman you keep missing the target!”
By hillbilly ragger
October 15, 2008 8:49 AM | Link to this
BDAtlanta @ 8.27, the funniest thing about Butt Geyser’s “face on the dollar bill” business is that it was actually McCain’s campaign that floated the whole idea of Obama’s face not belonging on US currency.
(check the ad—19 seconds in).
It’s like they’re not even trying to cover their tracks any more.
By Bud Wiser
October 15, 2008 8:53 AM | Link to this
BDAtlanta, I did say 95%, so that leaves a little wiggle room. With a population of over 14 million, one person is all you can come up with? Idiot.
Besides, you tools usually become quite descriptive yourselves of blacks who vote unconventionally Republican , calling them “Uncle Toms” (like Juan Williams has been called many times; “sellouts”, etc., you pick the adjective. If that is not racially motivated, then spin it out for poor little Bud.
You cannot.
You, like your friends and associates, are racist, small minded little pigs, oinking your way to the polling booth to vote straight Democrat.
And don’t try to think. It’ll make your head hurt.
By Goldie
October 15, 2008 8:53 AM | Link to this
Jim Powell is the best choice for PSC, but getting someone elected who’s not in cahoots with Ga. Power lobbyists has always been the challenge.
By Dennis
October 15, 2008 8:53 AM | Link to this
Byte:
You suggest that I read an AJC story to confirm the opinion of an AJC Journalist-Blogger?
In what world would the AJC story not be just as biased?
Better I would seek information on what conservatives are thinking by visiting CNN or NYTimes.
By Taxpayer
October 15, 2008 8:58 AM | Link to this
Pabst is about the crappiest beer on the market and yet it passes for a fine wine in comparison with a Bud. The truly Wiser amongst us know full well that issues such as race can and will influence some and will therefore be used to the advantage of those who so desperately need any break that they can find, regardless of the number of rocks that must be turned over or what slithers from beneath. Enjoy the bed that you’ve made, Republicans. After all, you’ve toiled so long and hard for it. Reap your well-earned rewards. Savor your Bud.
By RB from Gwinnett
October 15, 2008 8:59 AM | Link to this
Once again, libs, if Obama doesn’t win because of race, it will be because of RACIST DEMOCRATS. Conservatives are not going to vote for a socialist no matter what their color. If his color is a factor, it’s ONLY a factor within the Democratic camp. Stop the BS of calling conservatives racists for not voting for your socialist. Look in the mirror for a change.
By Bosch
October 15, 2008 9:00 AM | Link to this
As a general rule, I do NOT vote for anyone who is named, or goes by the name of “Bubba.”
By Goldie
October 15, 2008 9:00 AM | Link to this
All of the blacks are voting Obama, because he is black, period. 95% racial support at last poll. Racist, pure and simple.
Non-Wiser @ 7:45 — Nope, 95% does not equal “All”, now does it? Or is your math as bad as your rhetoric?
It seems that once again your Party can only attract about a 5% of the minority American voters, just as it usually has. The Grumpy Old People’s Party is just doing its usual job of attracting grumpy old white men and women…
By DebbieDoRight
October 15, 2008 9:00 AM | Link to this
Bud Wiser:
RE: “uncle tom’s”, etc. — I asked my parents once the meaning of the word. My father replied, “When you grow up, you’ll know one when you see one”.
And you know, he was right.
By hillbilly ragger
October 15, 2008 9:00 AM | Link to this
Mr. Snarky @ 8.45, you are right, and I have contributed to the off-topic-ed-ness of the comments thread by not at least tipping my cap to Jay’s work. It is worthy of a hat tip, although since we’re talking about this seemingly corrupt PSC candidate, I wonder why Jay didn’t provide a cite or two, a place to go for some more information? Surely others have taken note of the conflicts of interest involved here, no?
Or is this more like an exclusive, Jay?
By Goldie
October 15, 2008 9:03 AM | Link to this
Conservatives are not going to vote for a socialist no matter what their color.
RB @ 8:59 — so I’m guessing that you’re voting for Bob Barr in November? Good, glad to hear it.
By Tom
October 15, 2008 9:03 AM | Link to this
BD Atlanta. I graduated from XU with Ken Blackwell. Back then he was a Democrat. But openly stated he’d never get elected to anything in Cincinnati unless he was a Repug. So he switched parties, was elected to city council, then mayor, all the while kissing white Repugs and dissing his own fallen people. Cincy’s a deep racist town, but little Ken survived - moved on to Fed jobs with Ray Gun and the Bushies. Now back at State level. An incredible crook who, sadly, happens to be…black. He’s an amazing study of Republican repetitive ravings that actually work w the masses.
By AJC/DNC Management
October 15, 2008 9:04 AM | Link to this
By AmVet October 15, 2008 8:28 AM Bud, that poll is HYSTERICAL!. (Fox News viewers are “conservative” in nature???)
O.K. so we have established the fact that the Fox News poll is biased because their audience tends to be Conservative, which is something I agree with, but what does it say of all the polls coming from PMSNBC, See B.S, “News” Weak, National Pinko Radio, Time ragazine, CNN and all the other slavishly liberal propaganda rags?
You know, the polls that you miserable, spoon fed dimwits are hanging your “hopes” on?
Suckers.
By DebbieDoRight
October 15, 2008 9:04 AM | Link to this
How many Conservatives would really vote for Condeleeza Rice if she ran for president? Probably none. I remember when Elizabeth Dole, (who had more experience in Washington and leadership then Dubya), was running for President, she didn’t even make it out of the first few primaries.
By Goldie
October 15, 2008 9:05 AM | Link to this
Bosch @ 9:00 — that rule has served me well, too! No Bubbas, No Sonnys, No Saxbys…
By RW-(the original)
October 15, 2008 9:05 AM | Link to this
ByteMe,
Sorry to have gone over your head like that. Since we keep killing the # 2 guy over and over and over again I would think the current # 3 guy is just hiding from the news of his impending promotion.
By Joey
October 15, 2008 9:06 AM | Link to this
What “RB from Gwinnett” posted at 8:59.
Truer words have never been spoken or available on line.
By ByteMe
October 15, 2008 9:06 AM | Link to this
Dennis: I see that knowledge is overrated for you. You really think screwing consumers is best conveyed by what “conservatives think”?
And you really think you’ll find the story on an ex-Georgia PSC Chairman on any other web site? Seriously? Good luck hunting.
Or, better yet, why not just call Ms. Spears and ask her about it. She’s a conservative, right? Do let us know if you bother to seek the truth in this.
By Goldie
October 15, 2008 9:06 AM | Link to this
Oh, and Bosch — I forgot to mention “No Newts” as well!
By Mike
October 15, 2008 9:07 AM | Link to this
If Bookman really cared about corruption at all, he would attack Democratic corruption too.
Until he does, he is just a partisan hack who is using whatever tool is in front of him to attack the guy he was going to attack anyway.
Bookman doesn’t care about corruption. He cares about getting people who share his narrow views of the world elected.
By lrd
October 15, 2008 9:08 AM | Link to this
Donny: Are these the Nazis, Walter?
Walter Sobchak: No, Donny, these men are nihilists. There’s nothing to be afraid of.
By AJC/DNC Management
October 15, 2008 9:11 AM | Link to this
Mahoney, 52, won his seat in 2006 while promising to return morals and family values to Washington in the aftermath of the resignation of former Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Foley.
The person said Mahoney was having the second relationship with the official in 2007 while he also was lobbying the Federal Emergency Management Agency for a $3.4 million reimbursement for Martin County for damage caused by hurricanes in 2004. FEMA approved the money late last year.-My Way
Tsk, tsk, tsk.
By ByteMe
October 15, 2008 9:11 AM | Link to this
RW: You didn’t go over my head at all, no need to apologize. I understood your point. I was just riffing off it for my own amusement.
Having trouble remembering: we’ve gotten #1 twice now, yes? Why would #1 only have one #2? Seems odd.
Anyway, if I were #2, I’d also be keeping a seriously low profile. Hasn’t helped so far, but that’s what I’d do to keep the game going longer.
By AJC/DNC Management
October 15, 2008 9:15 AM | Link to this
Washington Times: Biden Routes $2 Million in Campaign Cash to Family…
Tsk, tsk, tsk.
Their website is currently off line so I will be providing the ghastly details later.
By David
October 15, 2008 9:18 AM | Link to this
Sounds like he should be in jail, and there should be a civil suit against Ga Power.
Is everyone in government destined to be corrupted, or were they all corrupt from the start?
By Bosch
October 15, 2008 9:20 AM | Link to this
Goldie,
Indeed. Good rules to go by. :-)
By lrd
October 15, 2008 9:21 AM | Link to this
Biden replies with:
The Dude: Hey, cool it Walter. Look, pal, there never was any money. The big Lebowski gave me an empty briefcase, so take it up with him, man.
By AJC/DNC Management
October 15, 2008 9:23 AM | Link to this
Over already? Hell, no. When Ronald Reagan debated Jimmy Carter one week before the 1980 Election Day, the two men were essentially tied in the polls. Reagan won by 10 points, and garnered 489 electoral votes to Carter’s 49. Repeat that: ten points in just one week. John McCain has three weeks. And he has an opponent who has shown a bizarre and extremely disturbing pattern of consorting with radicals and crooks. Yes, a pattern — a pattern of bad judgment, of associating with bad characters, of playing the bad old political games, of voting for the most leftist legislation, and a pattern of saying things that show disdain for Americans who don’t breathe his rarified leftist air. It’s a pattern that could and should still scare off voters in droves.-AmSpec
By Bosch
October 15, 2008 9:23 AM | Link to this
Wow -
Buckley leaves National Review after Obama endorsement
By lrd
October 15, 2008 9:34 AM | Link to this
The Dude: By the way, do you think that you could give me that $20,000 in cash? My concern is, and I have to, uh, check with my accountant, that this might bump me into a higher, uh, tax… The Big Lebowski: Brandt, give him the envelope. The Dude: Oh, you’ve already got the check made out, that’s great.
By Bud Wiser
October 15, 2008 9:37 AM | Link to this
By DebbieDoRight
October 15, 2008 9:04 AM | Link to this
How many Conservatives would really vote for Condeleeza Rice if she ran for president? Probably none.
Uh, I would vote for her in a heartbeat, certainly over The Token One, and even over McCain.
Go back to the sty with your other little oinkers.
Racist.
By Ray
October 15, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this
A little off the subject today but we seem to be wandering. Interesting site http://www.obamacrimes.com/ describes a lawsuit listing Phillip J. Berg as challenging Obama’s citizenship. He states that Obama and the DNC has refused to hand over any records of his Punahou HS (Hawaii), Columbia University and Harvard Law School records, including his health records. Mr Berg wants only to see a true and valid copy of his birth certificate and to review the actual hospital delivery records to certify that he was actually born in Hawaii ( his sister first said that he was born at Kapiolani Hospital then said he was born at Queens Med Ctr, two different hosptials). Also Mr. Berg takes issue with the fact that when his mother moved him to Indonesia and her new husband adopted him, Obama became an Indonesian citizen by law, adopted his new father’s name and applied for and was given an Indonesian passport. Indonesia does not allow dual citizenship and Mr. Berg cites laws that would have invalidated Obama’s citizenship, even if he was or was not born in Hawaii, which is yet to be determined. The judge hearing the case has put a stay on the proceedings….. liberal judge appointed by Clinton.
By lrd
October 15, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this
AJC and Dusty, you may enjoy this article.
Manitoba, Canada, Oct. 15 — A flood of American liberals sneaking across the border into Canada has intensified in the past week, sparking calls for increased patrols to stop the illegal immigration. The possibility of a McCain/Palin election is prompting the exodus among left-leaning citizens who fear they’ll soon be required to hunt, pray, and agree with Bill O’Reilly. Canadian border farmers say it’s not uncommon to see dozens of sociology professors, animal rights activists and Unitarians crossing their fields at night. “I went out to milk the cows the other day, and there was a Hollywood producer huddled in the barn,” said Manitoba farmer Red Greenfield, whose acreage borders North Dakota. The producer was cold, exhausted and hungry. “He asked me if I could spare a latte and some free-range chicken. Officials are particularly concerned about smugglers who meet liberals near the Canadian border, pack them into Volvo station wagons, drive them across the border and leave them to fend for themselves. “A lot of these people are not prepared for rugged conditions,” an Ontario border patrolman said. “I found one carload without a drop of drinking water. They did have a nice little Napa Valley cabernet, though.” When liberals are caught, they’re sent back across the border, often wailing loudly that they fear retribution from conservatives. Rumors have been circulating about the McCain administration establishing re-education camps in which liberals will be forced to shoot wolves from airplanes, deny evolution, and act out drills preparing them for the Rapture. In recent days, liberals have turned to sometimes-ingenious ways of crossing the border. Some have taken to posing as senior citizens on bus trips to buy cheap Canadian prescription drugs. After catching a half-dozen young vegans disguised in powdered wigs, Canadian immigration authorities began stopping buses and quizzing the supposed senior-citizen passengers. “If they can’t identify the accordion player on The Lawrence Welk Show, we get suspicious about their age,” an official said. Canadian citizens have complained that the illegal immigrants are creating an organic-broccoli shortage and renting all the good Susan Sarandon movies. “I feel sorry for American liberals, but the Canadian economy just can’t support the m,” an Ottawa resident said. “How many art-history and English majors does one country need?
By GaNative
October 15, 2008 9:42 AM | Link to this
Who cares if all the blacks or a majority of the blacks are voting for Obama because he is black. They’ve voted 100% for whites in the past presidential elections.
By Bud Wiser
October 15, 2008 9:43 AM | Link to this
Debbie DoRight.
Racist.
Copyleft.
Racist.
Goldie. Racist.
Hillbilly.
Racist.
Kinda takes the meaning out of the word when you morons spread it around like so much peanut butter on a Ritz cracker.
Give it a rest.
Idiots.
Racists.
By Paul
October 15, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this
AJC/DNC 9:23
To be effective with the undecideds, Sen McCain needs to move past the associations and concentrate on what it says about Sen Obama’s leadership, judgment and likely conduct as President. Sen McCain should say things such as:
“Senator Obama trained ACORN workers. They’re now under investigation for fraud. Senator Obama worked as a lawyer representing ACORN . Acorn offices have been raided by various state’s Attorneys General. We’ve seen America’s families exploited by greedy Wall Street executives with no oversight from the government, oversight I repeatedly called for. Senator Obama gave ACORN nearly one million dollars with no strings attached, no oversight. How can we trust him with the billions of dollars he’s going to take from your pockets in new taxes? This is not the kind of ‘spend and look away’ philosophy America needs. ”
Sen Obama? I don’t see him as doing much different for the undecideds. As your Reagan-Carter example illustrated, faith in polls leading to the same campaign style may not be the best strategy.
By DebbieDoRight
October 15, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this
Bud Wiser:
RE: 95% of blacks voting for Obama cause he’s black….
OBVIOUSLY that’s not true!! If blacks only voted and/or supported other blacks because of the melanin of their skin, then people like Condeleeza Rice, Colin Powell, Clarence Thomas, Alan Keyes, etc. would’ve experienced total black constitutents support.
By Zach
October 15, 2008 9:47 AM | Link to this
Bud Wiser == troll
By RB from Gwinnett
October 15, 2008 9:48 AM | Link to this
Goldie, would you care to explain your 9:03?
Also, I’m still waiting on the evidence of Diebold machines being programmed to sway elections. You find anything yet or are you just a blowhard with no substance?
By Goldie
October 15, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this
What’s that mental problem called that Bud Non-Wiser has? I mean, other than being a drunkard — oh yeah, it’s called “projection”… or maybe it’s just “obsession” with what he sees in his own mirror every morning.
Non-Wiser, you really need to see your shrink today.
By DebbieDoRight
October 15, 2008 9:54 AM | Link to this
Bosch read the article from the link. My comments on it? WOW! Brief synopsis below============
“While I regret this development, I am not in mourning, for I no longer have any clear idea what, exactly, the modern conservative movement stands for,” Buckley wrote.
“Eight years of ‘conservative’ government has brought us a doubled national debt, ruinous expansion of entitlement programs, bridges to nowhere, poster boy Jack Abramoff and an ill-premised, ill-waged war conducted by politicians of breathtaking arrogance. As a sideshow, it brought us a truly obscene attempt at federal intervention in the Terry Schiavo case,” he also wrote.
The resignation comes four days after Buckley formally endorsed Obama on the Web site The Daily Beast, writing the presidential campaign had made John McCain “inauthentic,” and Obama appeared to have a “first-class temperament and first-class intellect.”
By DebbieDoRight
October 15, 2008 9:56 AM | Link to this
Debbie is a racist?! WOW! Well then BudWiser you’re a D!ckh3ead!! A small one at that! Now, isn’t that ridiculous all this name calling? Grow up!
By Bud Wiser
October 15, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this
Debbie, explain the polling that shows it to be true.
By GaNative October 15, 2008 9:42 AM | Link to this Who cares if all the blacks or a majority of the blacks are voting for Obama because he is black. They’ve voted 100% for whites in the past presidential elections.
Wow, now that is really some intelligent form of reasoning, intelligent on the cockroach scale of smartness, that is.
It appears that by that statement that you then are accepting my prior statement I was trying to avoid saying, that blacks are voting color, period.
Guess what that makes you?
Racist.
Who cares if they don’t look at the man, just his color?
Racists, they care.
Who cares if they don’t know one shred of a thing about his moral character?
Idiots, if they know what that really means.
Racists.
Who cares if they don’t care if he is a socialist, or associates with terrorists, or racist preachers, or convicted felons?
Racists?
Who cares?
Obviously you don’t care.
Again, guess what?
Racist.
And they don’t care.
Nobody cares.
But me.
And I’m always here to remind you that indeed, it is the Democrats that are the true racists, taking the black vote for granted, having already locked them in with the false premise of hope and change, a promise that is always there, but never fulfilled.
Racists.
By Goldie
October 15, 2008 10:05 AM | Link to this
RB @ 9:48 — I do believe your guy McSame is proposing “socialist” policies now for gov’t bailing out our banking system… seems like McSame is at least smart enough to know not to repeat the devastating mistakes of Herbert Hoover. Apparently “socialism” is bad except when it isn’t… but you go ahead and vote for BOB BARR, RB — do it, do it!!!
And, if you’re still in the dark about the charges against Diebold and other voting machine frauds that occurred in 2002 and 2004, I can’t help you any further with your ignorance. Apparently you’re beyond educating outside of your very narrow view of the world.
By Zach
October 15, 2008 10:09 AM | Link to this
Debbie,
Just ignore turd-blossom Bud. He’s a troll.
“An ::Internet troll**, or simply troll in Internet slang, is someone who posts controversial and irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum or chat room, with the intention of provoking other users into an emotional response or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion.”
By ByteMe
October 15, 2008 10:17 AM | Link to this
Paul: Your recommendation is measured, but flawed and opens McCain up to the following attacks on his judgement:
McCain was ACORN’s 2006 keynote speaker and showed them the love then.
McCain’s presidential transition chief was one of Saddam’s lobbyists in the ‘90’s. Can’t get more damning that that association.
McCain has been consistently for further deregulating the banking industry — and has a recent quote on doing the same thing for health care — and his campaign has tight lobbying ties to Freddie and Fannie.
In the end, I think the topic is a wash with no winner/no loser.
It’s still going to come back to the economy and who can lay out the best plan to help the muddy middle.
By ByteMe
October 15, 2008 10:19 AM | Link to this
BTW, the market is tanking again this morning. Gotta re-test those lows from last week.
By RB from Gwinnett
October 15, 2008 10:23 AM | Link to this
Goldie, I’ll assume your lack of proof for your claim of election fraud by Diebold is an admission of having made false claims against them. You made the claim, the burden of proof lies with you. And, no, I don’t take you at your word there was something going on 6 years ago. You haven’t earned that kind of trust from anyone who reads your crap.
By Dennis
October 15, 2008 10:57 AM | Link to this
Byte: Koolaid drinkers are always demanding that other people pursue the truth. Meaning “their truth”.
By ByteMe
October 15, 2008 11:06 AM | Link to this
Dennis: sounds like you’re more interested in your own opinion than in facts. Go find the ANY facts about this column and prove Jay wrong on the topic.
Or just continue to “bloviate” as Bill O likes to say. Your call.
I’m fine with whatever facts you find as long as you can back them up.
But you won’t even try. Pathetic.
By Goldie
October 15, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this
So, RB— are you planning to vote for Bob Barr in November?
Because as far as I can tell, Barr’s the only candidate who hasn’t succumbed to the “socialist” disease of assisting American banks through our bankruptcy crisis caused by the Repug Party’s policies… I mean, you’ve already posted that you’ll never vote for any “socialism” no matter the skin color, so I’m sure you’ll agree that John McSame is out of the question for you now.
Do it, RB — vote for Bob Barr! It’s your duty!
Oh, unless you’re considering Ralph Nader instead, the other non-“socialist”? Which is it, RB???
By Amelia
October 15, 2008 11:20 AM | Link to this
Where’s the blog for the grownups? Or is this like “Where’s Waldo”, except you’ve got to try to find the intelligent comments?
By ByteMe
October 15, 2008 11:30 AM | Link to this
Amelia: more like “Where’s Einstein?”.
What exactly were you looking for from blog comments??
By Bud Wiser
October 15, 2008 11:41 AM | Link to this
Debbie, I have your link
my mistake, its only 94 percent
Consider yourself honored, I rarely do someone else’s work for them, but because you have been such a vile pig in your comments about me, I thpought I’d expose you for the racist that you are.
Choke on it, oinker.
By GOPs got to go
October 15, 2008 12:18 PM | Link to this
This came out a little too late for me Jay, Now I can not remember who I voted for, but if “Bubba” came up on the ballot I probably did not go with him.
Was a woman on the ticket? I was kind of disposed to vote our incumbents this time as I live in Gwinnett, “screw the homeowners for a stadium” County.
When incumbents were not opposed, I left it blank. Just my own little protest.
By DebbieDoRight
October 15, 2008 12:39 PM | Link to this
BudWizzer(D!ickhe#ad): Pulled from your link:
From July 8 -13, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,725 likely voters nationwide, with a margin of error of +/- 2.4 percentage points.
1,725 people polled, of how many of those 1,725 were black? No one knows it’s not showing up in the data; however my point is if you poll 10 black people for this survey and 9 of them support Obama, statistically YES you have 95% — however that’s NOT the entire black populace. Just a glimpse of the trend of the people that you’ve polled.
You know, is it me, or shouldn’t you already know this? This is like, what, 5th grade math? Aren’t you smarter than a 5th grader? Obviously not.
Oh and about that pig comment, you really shouldn’t talk about your VP candidate like that. It’s not nice, and I don’t think she looks that bad — especially when you put some lipstick on her…..
By Dennis
October 15, 2008 1:50 PM | Link to this
Byte:
There are many paths that lead to enlightenment. Evidence is abundent in your posts that taking your path will not lead one there.
By Hillbilly Deluxe
October 15, 2008 5:49 PM | Link to this
I wish Speir was running for re-election. She’s the only PSC member in my living memory who wasn’t in the pocket of the utilities and/or using it as a stepping stone to higher office. I don’t know much about Mr. Powell but he isn’t Bubba McDonald so that’s good enough to get my vote. I notice he calls himself Lauren now instead of Bubba. Maybe he thinks us native Georgians won’t remember him.
A brief aside: There is nothing wrong with being called Bubba. My sister calls me Bubba. It’s short for brother. It usually starts with a young sibling who can’t say brother.
And a tip of the hat to Jay for this column. This will affect our pocketbooks as much or more than any of the other races.
By ChuckW
October 16, 2008 6:14 AM | Link to this
McDonald “in the pocket” of GA Power? This supports the idea that corporations are not evil, the politicians are.
Profit motivation is not a vice. Selling one’s integrity in order to remain in office is. Capitalism is the fairest wealth distribution system on the planet until the politicians get involved in it.