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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Yet another group has walked into the U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia.
We’re hearing that the conservative pro-business group Americans for Job Security has reserved $600,000 to $700,000 in TV air time in metro Atlanta, presumably on behalf of Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss.
If the group is engaged in a statewide hit, the buy is likely to amount to $1 million or so.
AJS has played heavily in U.S. Senate and House races across the country this political season:
— As of Oct. 31, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune said AJS had spent $452,000 in the Minnesota Senate race;
— USA Today says the group dropped $1.2 million in races across the country during six weeks of the general election;
— In a quick Googling, National Public Radio has the most detailed look at the new player.
This from September:
Americans for Job Security — a pro-business advocacy organization with a long record of running election-season ads without disclosing donors — is targeting Democratic Senate candidates in three key races with negative radio messages.
One ad blames Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) for rampant “pork-barrel spending,” and accuses her of trading an earmark for campaign contributions. Another says that Minnesota Senate candidate Al Franken’s economic plan “reads like a bad joke.” Yet another warns that New Hampshire Senate candidate Jeanne Shaheen is all about taxes, taxes, taxes.
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By Old Vet
November 14, 2008 10:41 PM | Link to this
Americans for job security huh? And they’re supporting republicans? That’s a misnomer if I ever saw one.
By Georgia Republicans- For MARTIN ---U.S. SENATE
November 14, 2008 11:57 PM | Link to this
SAXBY IS A CROOK
By Sissy Saxby
November 15, 2008 12:05 AM | Link to this
From their website: “AJS does not disclose or discuss its membership.” Who is spending $1 million to help Sissy Saxby?
By Tom Ga Values Hunter
November 15, 2008 12:10 AM | Link to this
Martin is a closet homo. Saxby is the only candidate that supports GA Values. Only libs would support Martin. Tell Pelosi and Reid and the other democrat hacks to bugger off.
*VOTE SMART, VOTE SAXBY
By Churchill
November 15, 2008 6:46 AM | Link to this
Chambliss is no Republican but you can vote for him if you want. Just remember you’re getting a big spending pro-government fatcat, not exactly the Republicans of yore.
By Saxby is a CROOK
November 15, 2008 8:12 AM | Link to this
I am told that Saxby & his lobbyist son BO have a management company that is skimming 15% off his donations, that’s a cool $1,750,000.00 in his pocket. Keep sending the money suckers.
By Tom Becker
November 15, 2008 8:36 AM | Link to this
Obama’s first act as president should be to pardon Bush, Cheney, and Rove.
By Churchill
November 15, 2008 8:51 AM | Link to this
I agree, Go Saxby. Go home. Go to hell. Go fishing. But don’t go back to the Senate.
By Tom Becker
November 15, 2008 8:52 AM | Link to this
sAxBy: Healthcare for the sick? That’s like infrastructure for the crumbling. or education for the superstitious. or justice for the guilty. (in better words, “forget it, spanky”)
The Right came to power on an evangelical tide of a pendulum’s righteous-indignation backlash against executive branch sodomy. Now they blaspheme against God himself as they hold up God as the poor standard for the new president, (The One, The Messiah), and worse, they infer that The Messiah and Der Fuehrer and tyrant and Osama Bin Laden can be used interchangeably.
Forget about redefining conservatism, lets figure out who Jesus is first.
Has anyone seen the Republican Party in this kind of disarray in their lifetime?
Warning: Dont read the rest of this. Please dont read it. Begging here. This brings up the age old question Frank Sinatra seemed to champion: Can you hypnotize someone into assassinating a president?
If so, then the end is near. Some say suicide bombers have been hypnotized by life itself and religious brainwashing.
Is life’s experience itself a form of hypnotism? We’re stuck on this planet, with a up and a down, and a sideways, and we’re maybe all in motion sickness from the rotation, and our brains can only know what we are immersed in from birth.
I mean, reality is forced upon our brains. All those people everywhere you look. What do they want?
What do you yourself think you are going to get away with? What genius plan is going to save you? R U acting rationally, or is the question of rationality moot because the arena you live in is forcing your options and choices. That is, you have to breathe and eat, and drink. Being human itself forces you to interject yourself into others whether they want you or not. (in the case of hooter girls, not)
Listen to ted turner. Obviously, wealth creates nothing detectible in a human being. neither does bagging barbarella.
Look at what a ridiculous man Trump is. SO what.
People. You cant save yourself. You cant save others. Quit playing Napolean, and stfu.
Impress god. Pray for your enemies. Know what?
U cant.
By Churchill
November 15, 2008 8:56 AM | Link to this
Democrat Mark Begich has reason to feel awfully confident tonight about his chances of defeating scandal-plagued Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska). With about 14,000 votes counted today, Begich has slightly expanded his lead over Stevens to 1,022 votes.
But more importantly, the ballots tallied today have come from Republican strongholds, making it very difficult for Stevens to overcome the deficit with the remaining votes coming from districts more favorable to Begich.
“The news continues to be positive,” Begich said. “With the gap widening slightly in our favor today, I feel even more optimistic that when all the ballots are counted next week, we’ll see Alaskans came out to vote for new leadership in Washington, D.C.”
The AP has still not called the race. About 15,000 remaining ballots will be counted on Tuesday.
By Rusty
November 15, 2008 9:12 AM | Link to this
I hope they do a better job of targeting their ads this time out. I was getting mailers in Decatur.
On second thought, I hope they don’t.
By Tom Becker
November 15, 2008 11:04 AM | Link to this
Do we trust the recounts, and the late counts, and the run-offs?
What reliability do you give the Saxby runoff?
Will you believe the landslide win for Saxby?
Saxby will win bigtime. He looks like a politician. He really is one of the best looking senators we have if the criteria is fashion, that is, how a suit falls on this great man’s posture. He’s a natural with a tie. He is our prettiest political peacock.
Embrace Saxby, Georgia. Take his hand, he is your father. Luke, join the conservative force, together we’ll take over this red state and soon the south and then the country and der verlde.
Saxby 08: Yes, he’s a suit, but it’s a straight flush. and only a royal flush can beat it, but King George is a lame duck, and that’s no way to run an airline, thus the bailout is cool, daddy-o.
paid for by the committe to resurrect Maynard G Krebs.
By Churchill
November 15, 2008 1:25 PM | Link to this
The GOP is a corrupt party and the only path to reform is to throw out the perps.
It is truly sad that there are no provisions to recall a US Senator, otherwise the best move would be to launch a recall effort against Saxby Chambliss immediately after the run-off.
As it stands, suffering the damage that Martin can do is simply the price to pay for reforming the GOP and ridding it of this lousy traitor to any semblance of party principles.
By Tom Becker
November 15, 2008 1:44 PM | Link to this
What if Obama’s intention is to impurify our precious bodily fluids? I think I’m finally beginning to see Rush Limbaugh’s (who should be our prez) point.
OMG. WHat have we done, Liberals? There’s only one answer: Let Scalia annoint W again. Who cares if it’s unconstitutional. SO what? Ooo, I’m so indignant.
Scalia, it’s time for you to betray our founding fathers again, for the common good!
Down with Obama. Up with W! Down with Obama! Up with W!
W 08: He’s a funny little guy, but you dont go forward with the president you have, but rather the president you want.
By Houckster
November 15, 2008 3:03 PM | Link to this
Rush Limbaugh has apparently rotted Tom Becker’s brain. I’m not sure modern medical science can repair the damage.
By petepenguin
November 15, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this
I’ll have you know sir,Tom Becker is the finest human being that I’ve never met and,furthermore,I’ll argue until I’m blue in the face with anyone who disagrees with any true statement Tom Becker makes while he is on any type of rant that he so chooses.And you can take that to the bank,if it’s still open.
By Roberto Valdez
November 15, 2008 4:50 PM | Link to this
Does this mean that there is an “anti-business” org? Who are they donating to?
By FREEDOM FROM $axby Socialism
November 16, 2008 10:36 AM | Link to this
The money coming from Americans for Job Security is really our taxpayer dollars donated by the AIG fatcats who want more bailout money from sissy socialist chickenhawk $axby.
By Geno
November 16, 2008 5:05 PM | Link to this
I’m voting for Jim Martin, I believe that Georgians have had enough with Bush-Saxby Trickle Down Economics (Monies flowing from Wealthy to the Poor)! Protectionism is American, it will save our economy by going back to bi-laterial trade. I love my country unlike Saxby who favors Communist China workers over American Middle Class Georgia Workers!
By U.S. VETERANS FOR MARTIN
November 16, 2008 10:31 PM | Link to this
Should we let Saxby finish the wonderful job which made us better off than 6 years ago? Broken economy, Broken Middle Class, Broken Disabled Veterans, Broken Immigration Policy.—NOBODY COULD DO ANY WORSE THAN CHAMBLISS.!!