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Tuesday, April 24, 2007
First-class ego, third-class brain
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
House Speaker Glenn Richardson is a loose cannon — a ham-fisted, power-mad bully with no political finesse. From the beginning of the legislative session to the end, Richardson behaved shamefully. I can’t wait to see what he does in the special budget session.
If Republicans in the House have any self-respect, they will replace Richardson as speaker before the next session. Not only has he placed special pleaders and his high-octane ambitions above the interests of average Georgians, but he has also made his Republican colleagues look bad. Surely they won’t stand for that.
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