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DEL.ICIO.USCagle’s response: Jim Martin’s a liberal, but “not a bad man”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Casey Cagle, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, now has an ad up responding to the shot that Democratic rival Jim Martin took at him on the predatory lending issue.
See it here.
“Jim Martin is falsely attacking Casey Cagle to hide his liberal record,” the narrator intones. Martin’s alleged misdeeds include voting for a 25 percent increase in the sales tax “on everyone and everything, including the food on your table.”
But you can tell that Cagle, after his race against Ralph Reed, wants to avoid enhancing a reputation for going after the jugular. Says Cagle, to close the ad: “Jim Martin’s not a bad man. But his false attacks and liberal policies are bad for Georgia.”
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By Randy
October 27, 2006 12:37 PM | Link to this
I have to vote conservative, particial birth abortion is absolute murder and although Democrats may not be bad people, they have a policy on abortion and many other areas of life.
By cosmo
October 27, 2006 12:54 PM | Link to this
Cagle’s response makes Martin look like nothing more a mudslinger. Way to take the highroad and not stoop to the level of an obvious rabid Liberal.
By RepublicanDawg
October 27, 2006 1:23 PM | Link to this
Cagle is a class act, and he shows it through his ads. It would be easy to crush Martin like a bug on a windshield with Martin’s liberal record, but Cagle has taken the high road. If I were Casey’s consultants, however, I’d keep one of those response ads handy the way Democrats have ran their campaigns this year.
By uncle jessie
October 27, 2006 1:39 PM | Link to this
The hound dawgs is a barking in the woods, sounds like they got something up a tree Boss Perdue. Must be why yore campaign folks is a worrying & drinking, tell them white likker don’t smell as strong as bourbon if they gonna drive.
By Charles
October 28, 2006 8:56 AM | Link to this
The other day, a telephone poll company called my house asking how I planned to vote. Sonny hasn’t been bad, so I hit the button indicating I’d probably vote for him. But I chose Mr. Martin as Lt. Gov. thinking it would be good to have at least one loud Democrat voice in the state government. This one ad probably changed my mind. We, the electorate, must stop rewarding negative campaigners. Instead, we need to reward people like Cagle who have seen the light and moved to more positive campaign tones. Face it, there really won’t be that big a difference whether Martin or Cagle is elected. But if candidates see that voters reward those who aim for the high road, maybe we’ll get candidates aiming there more often.
By John Sullivan
October 28, 2006 10:14 PM | Link to this
Negative ads are when Sonny took a personal attack on Taylor and made his nose grow. That was going way too far. I was offended by that tactic - and would have been no matter the party.
Is it negative when the facts are reported? Sadly, how else do we know if elected officials do something that even if it is legal - is in poor taste and potentially taking advantage of his or her office. Ethically wrong and illegal are different - but important when I am considering my vote.
I support England where the elections are all ran in 6 weeks, they are all public, and everyone has the same amount of money to run on. It is fair and balanced and does not come down to who has the most money to spin the election.
As Americans, I think we need the best candidate. Not the one who can raise the most money - which is almost always the incumbent unless the person is a personal millionaire and funds his own campaign.
Sonny took a lot of money out of education, and put a lot back just before the election.
I feel like the year all we had to choose from was Bush and Kerry. I hate voting for the lesser of two evils. I really want to believe that Americans can get the best of the best and allow us to choose between two excellent candidates. Regardless of party - a one party system is prone for corruption. I would not want any party holding all the seats. We need checks and balances.
By Dawgful
October 29, 2006 1:13 AM | Link to this
Jim Martin’s ad pointed out how Cagle is in the pocket of big business and their special interest. There’s nothing wrong or deceitful about that. Just look at who is supporting Cagle and look at his voting record. Takes only a few minutes to find out that Jim Martin’s ad is correct.