Thinking Right

By momtoAlex&Max

November 6, 2008 8:08 AM | Link to this

With all due respect, eat crow Wooten. Now you know how we felt in 2004.

By John

November 6, 2008 8:08 AM | Link to this

Raise your hand if you think the most partisan idealogue to ever sit in the Secretary of State office will find a way to make certain Senator Chambliss just crosses the 50% mark.

Me too.

Raise your hand if you think the voter turnout totals in Georgia are inexplicably low.

Me too.

By MamaS

November 6, 2008 8:09 AM | Link to this

You have totally convinced me, Mr. Wooten! If there is a runoff, I will be voting for Martin.

By DAinGA

November 6, 2008 8:09 AM | Link to this

Jim, can you ever not be a douche? “…when Fulton County (Atlanta) election officials deem it convenient to count ballots…” Have you ever worked an election Jim? I have, several, including the last two major ones in Fulton Co. (in July and this past Tuesday). The election workers, of all stripe, are hard working people. They are doing the job as fast as can be expected given the volume they have to deal with. You should be thankful they are making sure to take the time to do it right.

By John

November 6, 2008 8:10 AM | Link to this

It’s too bad it may come to this, but Saxby has no one to blame but himself and his party. Many of them stayed home and sat this one out rather than face the prospect of losing. Right or wrong, he did not explain his support for the bailout. Finally, he just came across as cocky about this election. He had more money and a big lead, but underestimated his opponent (who, by the way underestimated the coattails of Obama). Now, anything can happen.

By Steven Daedalus

November 6, 2008 8:12 AM | Link to this

I agree we don’t need a filibuster proof senate, but Saxby Chambliss is probably the most dishorable man to ever sit in that office. It might be worth it to see him go.

By GOP is gone

November 6, 2008 8:16 AM | Link to this

Jim,

You betcha I will be at the polls voting for Martin. I also plan to help his campaign in any way possible. Not because I want a filibuster proof majority, but because I want to be represented by an honorable man, not one who is big business’s pockets. I truly do not want a 60 Democrat Senate, I would worry about the old “Absolute Power” adage.

It sure is nice to know that the bailout money is going to the right places. I heard it from the wife of an AIG executive that her husband just got a large retention bonus. Those GOP guys are SO good at pocket lining. So all you over 250,000 GOPers, rest assured that your tax increase is actually going to the “right” welfare recipients, Big Business and Wall Street. Hello socialism, GOP style.

By No How No Way No McCain

November 6, 2008 8:16 AM | Link to this

DAinGA, the answer to your first question…no, he can’t.

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

November 6, 2008 8:18 AM | Link to this

Good morning all. Obama would surely come to Georgia to campaign for Jim Martin. Saxbe would do well to invite Magna Sarah – she is more inspiring for the base than Captain Queeg. I’ll bet Saxbe could also get Bobby Jindal and Mitt Romney to fly in. Such a post-election invitation would allow her to start her run for 2012, assuming she is so-interested.

But, the essay is not about “election strategies,” it concerns consequences of a democrat super-majority in the Senate. I think my 7:06 essay yesterday morning provided sufficient reason for Obama to want 59 votes in the Senate but no more. If he wants to call the shots, he needs to be the big Kahuna. If Harry has 60 national socialists marching lock step behind him, Obama is irrelevant. I perceive that Jim Martin is not an independent thinker, that he does as told. That was the same crime that got Max Cleland fired by Georgians six years ago. (Don’t give me that weird stuff about “questioning his patriotism,” or I’ll resurrect the video which plainly contradicts that view. Max was fired for drinking Labor’s/Daschle’s kool-aid on the Homeland Security Bill.)

Not that I am enthusiastic about Saxbe. He is a RINO. The only reason to send him to Washington is to deprive Harry of the 60th vote. Here’s hoping Jim Wooten will run against Saxbe in six years.

Note to Bo @ 4:56 yesterday, thanks, you are kind. A couple of postscripts on yesterday’s blog tie directly to today’s essay:

(1) An unusually large number of seemingly-Obama voters objected to Jim’s line, “Plainly a majority of the country has grown comfortable with big government.” I did not address that one line from Jim’s essay; I thought it an obvious truth. I don’t think the objections reflect buyer remorse, at least not yet. WSJ has a (for conservatives) hopeful note, a page 3 essay whose title says everything: “Next Administration Shows Signs It Will Seek Middle Ground With Business on Thorny Issues,” mostly discussing proposed changes to labor and pollution laws.

(2) In the afterglow of a call to get away from “partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long,” the level of Saxbe Derangement Syndrome on the blog was striking. Probably anything harsher than “Jim Martin will work closely with the Obama Administration, and Saxbe Chambliss will fight everything Obama suggests” is beyond the pale. Why can’t you nuts leave it at that? Limbaugh suggested yesterday (imagine, citing Limbaugh as the voice of reason) that the modern left is driven by hatred and is incapable of civil discussion of any issue, and that Obama’s biggest problem will be reining in his supporters – if he is serious about being president for all of America. Those who manifest Saxbe Derangement Syndrome give credence to Limbaugh’s argument.

By Jarhead

November 6, 2008 8:19 AM | Link to this

Saxby is a lying Chickhawk who spent the 60’s going to Frat parties and refusing to serve his country while people like Max Cleland and Jim Martin were humping rucksacks in the jungle. He doesn’t deserve to be in Congress and should be voted out ASAP. He doesn’t represent the real values of this state.

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

November 6, 2008 8:20 AM | Link to this

Winner of the 2008 Academic Award for Most Vicious Anti-Obama Video Distributed After the End of the Political Campaign. . Of course, the most vicious Anti-Obama commentary is “-486.01. ”

By Whiners

November 6, 2008 8:21 AM | Link to this

Jim why are you so scared of Pelosi? What legislation has she advocatated that makes you feel the country will become some left wing landscape of full-term abortions, parole for serial killers, and 10 trillion dollar budgets? If the country is pulled back to the left some, then so be it. Stop trying to scare the stupid righties that read this blog.

By Mid-South Philosopher

November 6, 2008 8:25 AM | Link to this

Good morning, Jim.

While Saxby is a little too corporatist for my liking (especially in the vote to take care of Wall Street), he did stand firm against the Bush-Kennedy-McCain Amnesty for illegal aliens a while back.

More importantly, even though I suspect that Saxby lies from time to time (after all that is a sympton of being a politician), Jim Martin’s embrace of the GREAT LIE “that Saxby supported enacting a 23% sales tax,” but not telling all of the story that the “national sales tax would replace the archane Federal Income Tax” demonstrates to me that Martin is just another lousy politician.

I had rather have a lousy conservative politician than a lousy liberal one. Either way, keep the Vaseline handy.

By For Max

November 6, 2008 8:25 AM | Link to this

From the day I saw Saxby’s lying, despicable Bin Laden ad against Max Cleland, I vowed he’d never again get my Independent vote. Some things are more important than politics. Don’t let the door hit you in the rear Saxby.

By republicankillstealanddestroy

November 6, 2008 8:26 AM | Link to this

Like i said on election day the facist rethuglicans time is up look at the two parties the dems look out for the poor like jesus. The neo-cons look out for the greedy like satan its that simple! P.S. Truth over takes lies in the end.

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

November 6, 2008 8:26 AM | Link to this

Dear Whiner @ 8:21, the answer to your question is the rirst sentence on the right-most column on the front page of today’s WSJ:

“Congressional Democrats signaled plans to use their momentum from Tuesday’s electoral vitory to quickly pursue big plans to tackle economic woes, including doubling planned aid to U.S. auto makers and redrawing the regulation of financial companies.”

By Skeptic

November 6, 2008 8:28 AM | Link to this

So, we should vote for Sen. Chamblis not because he is an able legislator, not because he’s effective upholding Georgia’s values, not because he’s a statesman who can promote unity. No, we should vote for him strictly because he has an “R” in front of his name. How absurd!

By For Max

November 6, 2008 8:29 AM | Link to this

From the day I saw Saxby’s lying, despicable Bin Laden ad against Max Cleland, I vowed he’d never again get my Independent vote. Some things are more important than politics. Don’t let the door hit you in the rear Saxby.

By Redneck Convert

November 6, 2008 8:29 AM | Link to this

Well, I sure hope old Saxby wins when all the votes are counted, but if he don’t, I don’t want this Obama down here campaigning in a runoff. We got enough of Those People as it is.

Now I say Saxby needs to bring Sarah Palin down here pronto. She knows us rednecks because she is one. I bet she knows what it’s like to wake up in the middle of the night and see blue lights flashing down the road. You got to admit it, it ain’t every woman that’s a crack shot and can shoot mooses from a helicopter. I just hope she don’t go out hunting and get blood all over the $150,000 worth of clothes she got.

We sure need old Saxby to stay in the Senate and gum up the works along with the other godly Republicans. That way the librul Democrats don’t get nothing done and we can hit them again and again about being a do-nothing Congress. It’s sort of like giving them a drug to make them throw up and another drug to give them the runs at the same time. Saxby can do that and it won’t get in the way of his golf game at all. He just has to show up maybe 10 minutes a day. They can call him at the golf course when they need him to come in.

Anyhow, I looked in the papers this a.m. to see if they found Captain Freedom in his garage yet and weather there was going to be a funeral. If so, I’ll be there, but I’ll be mighty disappointed if they don’t have the little sandwiches at the wake. All I got to say is Wooten was mighty ungrateful about the whole thing. If Southern Democrat takes a break to go out and get a haircut and then comes back, Wooten is slobbering all over him, telling him how happy he is to see him come back. But Captain Freedom is more conservative than Southern Democrat ever was and Wooten don’t say a thing when Captain Freedom says he won’t never be back.

I couldn’t hardly help but notice that Sister Dusty didn’t show up on this blog yesterday, tho she had time to fool around on Bookman’s blog. I reckon she thinks she’s too good for us now.

Have a good day everybody.

By Jason

November 6, 2008 8:31 AM | Link to this

Ugh. Georgia’s senators are among the most useless and ineffective in the country. They both need to go. Ms. Handel, too.

By Gen Neyland

November 6, 2008 8:36 AM | Link to this

Jarhead

Most politicians don’t actually represent anyone but their own self-serving interests. That goes for ex-military personnel seeking office to the ones that didn’t serve. Jim Martin ran a dishonest campaign, especiallly with the Fair Tax issue. Don’t stand front and center proclaiming that because he served he is therefore a honest and upstanding man…BTW, Tim McVeigh served too, remember him..?

By Copyleft

November 6, 2008 8:36 AM | Link to this

For those of you who didn’t get a clear enough picture of how stupid Alaskans are by watching their governor in action:

They’re about to re-elect Ted Stevens, AFTER his conviction on corruption charges! Man, these fascist brains are just incapable of learning, aren’t they? Yet another illustration of why reason cannot penetrate the right-wing rockpile masquerading as brains.

By SOUTHERN ATL

November 6, 2008 8:37 AM | Link to this

RUNOFF TIME

On December 2, 2008, the Congress in Washington D.C. will come to order…

They will ask “SENATOR SAXBY CHAMBLISS” to stand…..speeches will be made…followed by applauses…and a song will be dedicated… here is it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3YSHwJ_SAA&feature=related

It will be a LONG ride back!!!!

By Richard Huggins

November 6, 2008 8:38 AM | Link to this

I’m an independent voter who went for Obama this time around. I confess that giving too much power to either party makes me uncomfortable. However, I will never forget how Chambliss villified Max Cleland rather than engage him on the issues. When the Georgia GOP learns to appeal to the better angels of our collective nature, then maybe I will consider voting for a Georgia Republican once again.

By atlantarick

November 6, 2008 8:39 AM | Link to this

I’m an independent voter who went for Obama this time around. I confess that giving too much power to either party makes me uncomfortable. However, I will never forget how Chambliss villified Max Cleland rather than engage him on the issues. When the Georgia GOP learns to appeal to the better angels of our collective nature, then maybe I will consider voting for a Georgia Republican once again.

By Gator Joe

November 6, 2008 8:39 AM | Link to this

Wooten: I am a 61 year old veteran who voted for Jim Martin on Nov. 4 and I will happily to do so again. Chambliss, who avoided the draft, ran a shameful and dishonorable campaign against a good and decent human being, Max Cleland. I urge you and all veterans, indeed all Americans who care about decency and fairness, to vote for Jim Martin. I also sent the Martin campaign a donation and I urge others to do so. As long as there is breath in my body, I will oppose cowardly, arrogant, hypocrites such as Chambliss.

By techwreck

November 6, 2008 8:42 AM | Link to this

Jarhead said: Saxby is a lying Chickhawk who spent the 60’s going to Frat parties and refusing to serve his country while people like Max Cleland and Jim Martin were humping rucksacks in the jungle.

You do realize Chambliss and Martin were actually fraternity brothers at UGA at the same time, right?

Keep spreading the FUD, though.

By findog

November 6, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this

Jim,

What is too bad is that there is not a conservative to choose from with the libertarian out.

By Ga Values

November 6, 2008 8:48 AM | Link to this

I am 1 of the 120,000 votes for Allen Buckley, I plan to vote for Martin but would vote for Saxby the Socialist if 3 things happened:

We all know this will not happen because Saxby is in this for Saxby not Georgia

By bake

November 6, 2008 8:48 AM | Link to this

why do you idiots think that sarah palin has any business running for the white house?!?!? i’d love to see her on the ticket in 2012…that will insure 8 years for Obama to straighten out this gop mess we’re strapped with.

By willie

November 6, 2008 8:49 AM | Link to this

Great! bring Obama to politic for Jim Martin in Ga. Last time I checked Obama lost Ga. so what benefit would he bring? I think if Saxby holds on to win maybe he should start listeneing to his constituents! When i called his office to voice opposition to the bail out i was told the calls were 90% against and yet he still voted for it, so he may see after this election that he’s not an automatic shoe in!

By Bush

November 6, 2008 8:50 AM | Link to this

Dam, I hope Martin wins! I really jacked up the country and the democrats deserve to be in power. Mr. Wooten, your a prick, just like Chambliss. I can’t wait until all the votes are counted. Barack very well may have won Georiga, and Martin his seat. I will be campaigning vigourously for Martin.

Go Martin, Let’s show these RETARD’S Republican, that we are tired of their mess. And oh Ms. Handel, you will be the next one. Please don’t even think about running for an office.

By Saxby The Socialist

November 6, 2008 8:51 AM | Link to this

saxby, and the policies he supported… saxby blame saxby!!!

do you think that “IF” he goes back, he will remember what going against his own party, and the people that elected him, got him???

saxby’s actions snatched defeat, or at least a runoff, from the jaws of victory!

saxby, here are your clues:

you are a republican you rely on replublicans to get elected you screwed them! you expected them to forget! what did you forget?

look up!

many of the folks here want to say… his stance on immigration, drilling, bailout should be ignored… NO WAY!!!

it called taking responsibility for your own actions!

if he voted like the republican he is supposed to be… he wouldn’t be in this mess!!! he would have won!!!

By Donna P.

November 6, 2008 8:52 AM | Link to this

Saxby has my vote on Dec. 2 like he did on Nov. 4.

By Obama supporter

November 6, 2008 8:56 AM | Link to this

The only thing a Chambliss/Martin runoff is going to do is allow Chambliss to win by a larger margin. Saxby won on Tuesday (49.9% to 46.7%) and he will win again on Dec 2.

By John

November 6, 2008 8:59 AM | Link to this

to Ragnar Danneskjöld;

New rule- if your commentary is longer than the original article don’t submit it. You appear to be quite full of yourself.

By SaGa Values

November 6, 2008 9:00 AM | Link to this

John 8:10 AM

Saxby voted for the $700 BILLION Wall Street Bail out because Wall Street LOBBYIST gave him over $2,000,000.00. With Saxby it’s LOBBYIST first, Taxpayer Last

By findog

November 6, 2008 9:00 AM | Link to this

Ragnar,

An image of the entertainer Limbaugh as a voice of reason, did she switch your coffee to decaf?

There is really no reason to worry about the RINO being sent back. All those who went with McCain but not Saxby will come back after having the old boy sweat it out to get him back in line. I think there was a post Monday that put it together, vote libertarian to embarrass Saxby and then come home in the runoff. For at least the next four years Saxby will act conservative as he will not be supporting the last liberal republican to hold the white house.

By Tom Becker

November 6, 2008 9:03 AM | Link to this

Racism and the Berlin Wall

Like Berlin, there will be rejoicing over the breach. But a leaner, meaner, more sinister Russia emerged after Berlin, with the same nuclear clout.

Racism will still enable lesser men to rise to the level of their incompetence over more qualified “lesser” men.

Racism will retrench in stealth, cloaked in tradition, and stoked by fear. Look for more secessionist talk, especially from the aryan brotherhood and white supremicists, who used to appear on Oprah. They’ve been awfully quiet lately.

Part of the problem is that the USA that Obama inherits will be a rifled shell of what it once was. Bush crooks and cronies searched all the nooks and crannies for any untook pennies in fear that we’ll book nannies.

We’re broke. The conservatives handed over the country in the same financial condition that the Confederacy handed over the South in 1865.

Bush’s reputation can never be untarnished, like Nixon’s. Bush is our great national disgrace. Look at him lately? His hair? His visage. His general comportment and demeanor are as ransacked as our treasury. He is a bad man. He’s beating himself up. His own father splashed the Koolaid back in his face. There wasn’t supposed to be an Iraq War.

He is a very bad man. God help us. he still has time to do even more damage.

and he will. Abominable pardons. Acts of war. Treasury treason. Is there nothing to stop this obscene presidency?

Except inauguration?

By Bo Chambliss LOBBYIST

November 6, 2008 9:03 AM | Link to this

Daddy working with his best friends,, Liberal Republicans.. Boxer, Kennedy,ETC;;;;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK5TprmkgRw&feature=related

By Tomhere

November 6, 2008 9:05 AM | Link to this

Leaks about Palin are revealing. She didn’t know that Africa is a continent. Her knowledge of the Constituion would get her above an F in ninth-grade Civics class. What a joke! BUT TYPICAL FOR REPUBLICANS.

By Lee

November 6, 2008 9:05 AM | Link to this

God, I am so sick of partisan politics. I wish we could elect someone who would go to Washington and represent me instead of marching in lockstep with their party.

It took a while, but I finally figured out that the best we Americans can hope for is gridlock in Washington. When one party gets too powerful, the people take it, uh, you know where (as the previous poster said, get the vaseline ready).

If the Democrats get a filibuster proof Congress, the Republicans have no one to blame but themselves. In ‘94, we sent Newt with his “Contract with America” to Washington only to find out it was written on toilet paper.

We Americans already have a contract with Washington. It’s called the Constitution.

Saxby, Pelosi, Obama et al need to read it. Even more, they need to abide by it.

By yankee

November 6, 2008 9:06 AM | Link to this

I don’t hear any Saxby supporters calling for Bush to come down and help. Why is that?

By Harry

November 6, 2008 9:06 AM | Link to this

Saxby Chambliss is a draft-dodging frat boy!

He is just like all the other phony republican chick-hawks bush/chenny/rumsfield/ashcroft!

He needs to held accountable for the dishonest and despicable smear campaign he ran against a true American hero, Max Cleland.

Any veteran who would vote for the coward Chambliss should be ashamed! That goes double for all you phony heroes at the local VFW and American Legion posts who turned your back on Max!

By Bdawg

November 6, 2008 9:14 AM | Link to this

Yeah, bring McCain and Palin here, b/c everyone wants to be supported by losers. McCain probably hates Chambliss. As for Palin, she only cares about advancing her own career. She probably doesn’t even know who Saxby Chambliss is. She probably is unsure if she is being asked to campaign in the state of Georgia, or the country of Georgia. She wants to take on the Russians!

By Bo Chambliss LOBBYIST

November 6, 2008 9:14 AM | Link to this

Saxby is the poster child of what’s wrong with America. Grey haired men is dark suits and red ties who have no talent for office but who make a great puppet for whoever will pay them.

By Tom Becker

November 6, 2008 9:14 AM | Link to this

You have 2 admire Palin’s campaign strategy: When the shop-talk got tuff, the talk-tuff went shopping.

And go shopping she did. And what finery she did buy. Nice things. Wonderful things for you and me, no, just her and hers. ooo, feel the cloth, notice the fit. Oh, so nice, girlfriend. You go girl. Go Sarah, uh huh, you rock, you fine girl, go sarah, uh huh.

She went shopping, and set back the woman’s movement fifty years. What is it with you chicks? You cant not shop for a few weeks no matter what? You have to shop?

If only there were a pied piper for mall rats…..

By Shar

November 6, 2008 9:16 AM | Link to this

Good Morning. It’s a sign of the current state of the Republican Party that hope hinges on the ascendency of a convicted felon and the Senator deemed worst incumbent by the Wall Street Journal. There is not a word in your essay this morning, Mr. Wooten, as to why Senator Chambliss deserves re-election. That is because he doesn’t. His record is indefensible, his conduct on the campaign despicable (there is no excuse or forgiveness for his attacks on Max Clelland, and his racist remarks about early voters are embarassing and disgusting), his performance in representing Georgia excreable. Yet you support his re-election simply and solely because he is a Republican. I don’t want single party governance either (and the first six years of the Bush hegemony offer an ugly example of why this is such a bad idea), but I don’t want a venal, stupid, arrogant, self-interested racist to represent me in the Senate, either. Your willingness to overlook his complete lack of character or ability says more about you than you might wish.

By Condorcet

November 6, 2008 9:18 AM | Link to this

Even if Stevens wins, he’s more than likely going to be ejected from the senate for being a convicted felon serving a sentence.

Alaska forces a new election in that case, and Begich will have an instant advantage over an unknown republican candidate.

By Yeah, okay

November 6, 2008 9:18 AM | Link to this

I will make it my business to vote for Jim Martin come next election day.

By jim is a caveman

November 6, 2008 9:21 AM | Link to this

So Rush thinks the left is so driven by hatred that it cannot conduct a civil discussion of any issue? And Ragweed believes that? Take another look at the campaign that just finished. Who was the voice of reason throughout? Who never raised his voice in anger? Who provided thoughtful, intelligent responses to questions (putting aside whether you agreed with the answers)? Who never lost his cool? Who didn’t suspend his campaign and rush back to DC to do nothing while the bailout was negotiated? Obama was calm, cool and collected, and projected that to the electorate. No one wants to discuss the issues rationally with Rush, Sean and the rest of the right wing radio nuts because you can’t have a rational discussion with them. You have no credibility if you are citing Rush as a source. Try again.

By findog

November 6, 2008 9:21 AM | Link to this

Jarhead, Jim Martin went to Vietnam, but he did not do any humping…

Of course your analysis of Saxby is correct, but redundant. You do not have to put “lying” in front of “Chickenhawk.”

On a side note it really is too bad what has become of the iconic chicken hawk. It was one of the best Vietnam personal histories I’ve ever read and always thought it would make a really good movie…

Mid-South, Did Jim spread that GREAT LIE or the DSC?

Copyleft, And the difference between the Alaskans and Louisianans with the cold hard cash representative is?

By SOUTHERN ATL

November 6, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this

By Tom Becker November 6, 2008 9:03 AM | Link to this Racism and the Berlin Wall

EXCELLENT POST!!!!

I was wondering why all of the states in the SOUTH stayed RED except for FLORIDA, and maybe NORTH CAROLINA!!! It was not a landslide in Georgia between OBAMA and MCCAIN. People are slowly UNITING in the NEW SOUTH and one day, we will get to the PROMISE LAND together!!

By Mr. Pork

November 6, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this

Mr. Wooten, you’re an @ssclown

By Peter

November 6, 2008 9:28 AM | Link to this

Gosh Jim….still worried I guess…..for the first time America can be controlled by folks with Morals !

We still have to deal with Bush wanting to Pollute America though, and deregulating !

By Mike

November 6, 2008 9:42 AM | Link to this

Given that the Democrats are in power, and can pretty much do what they want, wouldn’t it make more sense to have a Democratic Senator so our state can benefit from the next few years, rather than just electing someone to be an obstructionist? No matter what you think of Chambliss and Martin, Georgia will do better in terms of federal dollars and representation if that someone is part of the party in power.

By ron

November 6, 2008 9:43 AM | Link to this

Good morning all,The Republicans sure do need Saxby in the Senate.No arguement about that.He’s needed ,according to Jim,to offset those nasty Senators up there in Maine who’s biggest fault is they seem to be listening to their constituents.Those two are my kind of politician.

See,The way I look at iti s that people in the middle,both politicians and voters,have to think.They weigh all the issues from both sides before deciding what they like and dislike.Then they vote accordingly.The flaming conservative goes in and asks,”Just tell me which one supports for gay marriage.That’s the one I’ll vote for”.At the same time the real conservative says,”Just tell me which one’s against abortion.That’s where my vote goes,every time “.See the difference people?

By The Truth

November 6, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this

Liberals trip me out. Folks, not ONE of you who voted for Martin can give a good reason that you voted for him other than the advertisements that came to your house that had Barack endorsing him.

I am a 100% non-partisan voter. I realize that giving Harry Reid more power would be the equivalent to living in Cuba therefore I’m going for Saxby. I suggest you do the same and actually learn about the issues (which would be a major breakthrough in politics) as opposed to voting for someone because they are a Democrat. Half of you probably don’t even know what Martin does for a living. You just pick him because he is a Democrat.

As for the bailout… It HAD to be done. It was all the extra stuff Pelosi put in it that made it a pork bill.

By Armed Forces for Martin

November 6, 2008 9:45 AM | Link to this

Chambliss-(the Crook)- must LOSE

By Zach

November 6, 2008 9:49 AM | Link to this

If the Republicans are serious about rebuilding, then Ted Stevens needs to step down.

By Saxby Stole our Social Security Money

November 6, 2008 9:50 AM | Link to this

Saxby sold out to the big wall street crooks like Goldman and Morgan….The Republican Secretary of Treasury, Hank Poulson, is a recent former CEO of Goldman. Yet Mr. Poulson never once mentioned in all his whining and groveling on Capital Hill that Goldman owed 20 billion dollars plus to their executives for past and present bonus money, and that the 25 billion dollar Federal Tax Payer Bailout (Read “Our Social Security Money”) would go to pay those bonuses, and not to stimulate lending. Saxby the crook supported the lying thief Poulson all thru this debate, and voted to give OUR social security money to New York Fat Cats….The Repukes have got to go, and that includes our fat little crook, Saxby, imho….Make it So…

By Gen Neyland

November 6, 2008 9:52 AM | Link to this

Why are the liberals posting here so angry ? Shouldn’t you be jubilent and excited about the transformation that has taken place over the past 4 years..? As a fiscal conservative, I’ve been disappointed with both parties over the last 16 years, but now the the DEM’s are at the plate, I hope they get pitched high and tight with alot of chin music…After all, it’s our money they’ll be playing with and the biggest bang I can get for my buck would be to keep more of it…Believe me, the DEM’s will the the 2008 Yankees of politics…over-paid failures…

By Amelia

November 6, 2008 9:54 AM | Link to this

Fallout from the bailout baby, fallout from the bailout. The Republican party has turned a deaf ear on the working class, the ones you rich folk like to call the loser class. We have been struggling for the past few years to keep out head above water and now we are sinking. The insult to injury was the bailout. The American people are not as stupid as the Republic party believes.

By findog

November 6, 2008 9:58 AM | Link to this

Truth,

Glad you not all bold today.

As to facts, the pork came from the senate, not the house. If you followed your own advise you would have had your facts together, or maybe I missed the constitutional change where the speaker is a part of the senate like the vice president is in whole part of the legislative branch…

For a 100% non-partisan you sure do have all your facts slanted in a republican twist…

By Tom Becker

November 6, 2008 10:06 AM | Link to this

Truth, please tell us about the bailout and Y it HAD 2B done. Enthrall us, sir. This is your big chance to redeem your lost credibility, you know, the credibility you squandered with your last 500 comments.

Tell us about this so called bailout.

We, who about 2B edified, salute you, sir.

Wooten spent all of his credibility, especially in the last few weeks, with his blinders-on insistence that McCain had a chinaman’s chance, his bet with the vunder-kintershern Bookman that Palin would be the difference, and his concede-nothing, hold your cards close to your vest, dont give an inch, and never let anyone outside the family know what you’re thinking arrogance which he fronted all the way to the polls. It tells us much about the man Wooten. He leads with his chin.

Now, he’s forced to stick to assembly legislation reports, (zzzzz), and his free for all friday, which have tanked in the fun factor for months and months.

Forget rebuilding conservatism, sir. Rebuild your journalism. I miss the old, funny articles.

jklol

By Moderate Mike

November 6, 2008 10:06 AM | Link to this

Saxby Shameless is a despicable, dishonest, draft-dodging corporate puppet who cares about no one but himself.

Jim Martin is a decorated Vietnam veteran with over two decades of experience IN GEORGIA, HELPING GEORGIANS.

In this election Georgians have finally shown they aren’t mindless, apathetic, or dumb enough to be controlled by Shameless and its corporate buddies.

Republican, Democrat, or otherwise, people in this state are seeing Shameless for what he is—an arrogant, self-serving, immoral poster child for special interests and big corporations.

*LET”S UNITE AND FINALLY GET REPRESENTATION IN WASHINGTON WE CAN BE PROUD OF! *

JIM FOR GEORGIA

By Martin must win

November 6, 2008 10:07 AM | Link to this

all i ask of the government is to foster peace and prosperity.

thanks gop, i’m voting martin

By getalife

November 6, 2008 10:07 AM | Link to this

Jim,

It has been fun but now you are the minority and will be ignored.

Good luck on fixing your party.

By Tenfour G. Buddy

November 6, 2008 10:09 AM | Link to this

I voted for Mack Mattingly, Paul Coverdell, Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss. On Tuesday I voted for John McCain and Jim Martin. I’m not so eager to throw up roadblocks to the Democrats that I’ll vote again for a man who has sold his honor. Saxby deserves to be fired. I hope our next president will campaign vigorously for Martin.

By .... Saxby the Socialist

November 6, 2008 10:09 AM | Link to this

MARTIN WIN VITAL?…YOU BETCHA!……….Sack Saxby for good.

By Gen Neyland

November 6, 2008 10:11 AM | Link to this

Amelia

Did you know BHO voted for the bailout, too..? Course you did, but you voted for ‘Change’ nonetheless, right ?. The main problem I have with Saxby was his stand on illegal immigration, and most current, the bailout. I did not vote Saxby in the general, but I will in the runoff. I got what I wanted, and that was sending him a message. He and what’s left of his REP counterparts will now have to decide whether it’s gonna be our way or the highway. As a fiscal conservative, I don’t want what others have, but I do want to keep what is mine and what I’ve earned. If you feel you’ve been kicked in the teeth, better yourself, not by dipping into my pocket, but by doing something about it with whatever integrity you have left…

By Backroads

November 6, 2008 10:20 AM | Link to this

The real question is “Does Sarah Palin even know Georgia is a State?” Obviously, Wooten wasn’t listening when the American people spoke this past Tuesday!

By jabster

November 6, 2008 10:21 AM | Link to this

Just remember members of the DemocratiCCCParty, it’s YOUR problem now. You broke it with the CRA, Barney Frank/Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, and all of the other regulation and government meddling masquerading as a “free market”, and now you bought it. Good luck for the sake of the USA.

And don’t you dare pull an FDR and try to blame YOUR failures on the GOP. We’re wise to that now and that dog won’t hunt no more. For starters, get Jim to quit lying about the FairTax.

As loyal opposition, I’m going to be loyal, and I am going to be opposition. If you want my support, you’re going to have to earn it or buy it (like you did for your whory base)—and I’m not cheap.

By Tom Becker

November 6, 2008 10:21 AM | Link to this

Here’s a tell: how many commenters here know that there’s an Ohioan serving time for poll fraud committed in the 2004 election? How many know exactly what this clown got convicted 4?

Pardon much?

2008 is nothing like 2004, where one state and a relative handful of machines determined the outcome.

One troubling factor: look at how many voted for McCain. That’s not drinking the Koolaid, that’s using the koolaid as a marital aid…….ew.

By Backroads

November 6, 2008 10:21 AM | Link to this

The real question is “Does Sarah Palin even know Georgia is a State?” Obviously, Wooten wasn’t listening when the American people spoke this past Tuesday!

By .... Herbert Hoover from Moultrie

November 6, 2008 10:23 AM | Link to this

Throw the draft-dodging rascal out.

By Amelia

November 6, 2008 10:28 AM | Link to this

Gey Neyland: As a matter of fact I did know BHO voted for the bailout. That’s why I voted for Bob Barr. I also voted for Lynn Westmoreland (Republican in case you didn’t know)because he didn’t vote for it. Don’t make assumptions about me you condescending a*. You know what they say about assuming. This blog is supposed to be about Saxby Chambliss.

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

November 6, 2008 10:28 AM | Link to this

Dear John @ 8:59, urge you to hire a computer consultant, to teach you how to use the scroll wheel on your mouse.

Dear Yankee @ 9:06, because, with the victory in Iraq and the effective extinction of al Qaeda – President Bush’s signature issues - domestic spending is now the top prospective issue for Georgia Republicans. President Bush, by reaching across the aisle in 2002 to Tom Daschle (Agriculture Bill) and to Ted Kennedy (Education Bill) blew his reputation on domestic spending. Thus he would do little to encourage anti-spender conservatives to vote for our senior RINO, and Saxbe needs the anti-spenders to win re-election. Jim’s suggestion of an appearance by Magna Sarah is best for Saxbe’s needs.

Dear Shar @ 9:16, welcome back, long time no see. You magnify a single republican, one despised by conservatives, as emblematic of republicans? I urge you to rethink that position. That would be like me (1) attributing Chuck Schumer’s “fairness doctrine” censorship as a core belief of democrats, or (2) Barney Frank’s and Chris Dodd’s corruption on FNMA/FHLMC as a core characteristic of democrats, or (3) John Murtha’s false charges against Iraq military as typical democrat hostility to servicemen, or (4) Charles Rangel’s “forgetting” to report taxable income as a norm for democrats (indeed, is that not the substance of the charge against Stevens, wherein he under-reported values on a disclosure form?) Do you suppose an honest prosecutor would hold Mr. Rangel and Mr. Stevens to comparable standards? Forecast, Rangel will keep his chairmanship, because that is the real way democrats differ from republicans.

Dear Caveman @ 9:21, clearly you did not read this or any other political blog during the recent campaign, or you would remember the venom. If you had read my complete sentence, which integrates two ideas, you may have absorbed, “the modern left is driven by hatred and is incapable of civil discussion of any issue, and that Obama’s biggest problem will be reining in his supporters.” Just read most of the leftist notes about Saxbe here today. I affirm that Obama is not driving the modern left, but Limbaugh and I assert Obama has a problem. As to your “credibility” note, you are well aware that only leftists are cultists, and I could not care less about any leftist view of my “credibility.” I am not a cultist.

By Georgia

November 6, 2008 10:32 AM | Link to this

If Sarah Palin comes to Georgia, she should appear at the Laugh Factory or Dad’s Garage. I’d pay two bucks to hear her bumble through a speech about anything—which apparently she knows nothing about.

Dan Quayle may have spelled “potato” wrong, but at least he knew what Africa was, and what three countries make up North America.

That woman is terrifyingly stupid… but having been to the GA State Fair in Perry this year, so are 99% of Suxby’s supporters!

By southern hope

November 6, 2008 10:33 AM | Link to this

Can I join the paranoia train here?

I am really really suspicious (worried? weirded out?) that not all of the early votes were counted…the numbers don’t feel right….is there any way this can be verified by an outside source? After all, this was the state’s first attempt at early voting….where is the verification in this?

By --TaxPayers Against Saxby

November 6, 2008 10:34 AM | Link to this

Saxby’s son is a Congressional Lobbyist in Washington, padding his bank account off Taxpayers.

By Tom Becker

November 6, 2008 10:38 AM | Link to this

Truth has had enough time to google the bailout and realize he’s only going to read vague descriptions of volatile mechanisms in the credit markets, some pedestrian descriptions of Fanny and Freddy Mae, and some philosophical turns about how trust is the foundation of the economy, all written by eighth graders for third graders.

He’ll realize his blunder, and then go all medieval and reptilian in attack mode.

zzzzz

By Copyleft

November 6, 2008 10:39 AM | Link to this

If you want my support, you’re going to have to earn it

You’re missing the point, Jabster. We don’t NEED your support… we’re just offering you a chance to participate in OUR new government. If you want to sit on the sidelines and pout, that’s your problem.

We’re in charge, and we’re being gracious enough to offer you a chance to still sit at the grownups’ table. If you blow it (as I expect the right-wing cultists will, in hysterical unison) you deserve your exile to irrelevance.

By honest vote tally

November 6, 2008 10:43 AM | Link to this

Republican Secretary of State Karen Handel will make sure Saxby gets credit for all his votes,be assured of that.

By Dennis

November 6, 2008 10:43 AM | Link to this

Wooten’s support of Saxby Chambliss is ample proof of conservative’s dementia.

The last person I’d want “helping” my campaign is Sarah Palin.

You don’t have to be a blind conservative not to see it, just an ignorant one to deny it.

By Amelia

November 6, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this

I would like to apologize for my last post to Gen Neyland. I made a personal attack on him. That’s just how these blogs devolve. I was just angry and let my emotions rule instead of my head. Jim should have pulled that one.

By Steven Daedalus

November 6, 2008 10:51 AM | Link to this

Palin didn’t know Africa was a continent, I hope she doesn’t get lost going back a Alaska.

By Tom Becker

November 6, 2008 10:51 AM | Link to this

Copyleft, we didn’t win nuthing. What really did we elect?

Vague notions of change? Some bitterness-motivated revenge polling? And now you would act like the Black Knight guarding the bridge where none shall pass….only to be easily cut down and even then consider your plight a draw…..

No. NO! NO!!

We won nothing. We’ve got no money. We’ve are stuck in Iraq. Half the country is still redstate, redneck, and white.

All we really have are receipts from a shopping trip Palin took, and we can console ourselves and exclaim: See? She wasn’t a hockey mom. She was a clothes horse.

We won nuthin.

By Wes

November 6, 2008 10:52 AM | Link to this

I know I will be sure to vote for Martin…just as I did on the 4th.

By Anthony

November 6, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this

after what he did to Max. A man who gave so much for his country. I want him out.

By Viertnam Veterans Against Saxby

November 6, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this

Bring our troops home and quit wasting money on a fake war.

By Peter

November 6, 2008 10:58 AM | Link to this

Gosh where is Dusty ???????

She must be in morning………eating herself to happiness at a Waffle House I guess…..!

No answers to my question of how we fix the deficit from the REPUBLICAN’S here….duhhhhhhhh.

Gee how would anyone on the Right have an answer anyway…….. all they have is rhetoric, baloney, anger, and because they are NOT True American’s, they only have solutions for themselves !

Gee no wonder the Republican’s are lost and now facing an Identity crisis………

Imagine Sarah Palin being their new Face…….. Wow imagine how depressing that would be !

By Saxby Stole our Social Security Money

November 6, 2008 11:02 AM | Link to this

Sack Saxby the Crooked Draft Dodger….

By Tom Becker

November 6, 2008 11:06 AM | Link to this

Martin is such a milquetoast, n’est ce pas?

I hate to look at him, dont you? He looks remarkably similar to Mr. Whipple, the charmin guy, no, that’s wrong, he’s that other guy, from the sixties and seventies who always wore a bow tie, remember him? he usually wore a hat, oh, what was his name?

Doesn’t matter. Martin was the best we had in Georgia? Man, is politics wide open or what?

I am seriously considering a run for office. With my ability to disect a slogan, and turn it inside out, and then slap the clown who spoke it silly, I think I could be successful.

But I have to ask myself, upon which platform should I campaign? Change? Law and Order? Hope?

I also have to resolve my impatients with my fellow Georgians, that is, are the worthy of my patronage? I’ve been a Georgian since 1978. Thirty years I’ve listened to the drawl, and the fixin to, and the might could be’s, and the “it’s cloudy but there’ll still be some good fishin’”…..and I cant take it anymore. I’m going to run on a platform of educatin’ billy.

Me ‘12: Try putting the verb in front of the object you inbred idiot.

By Jerry Lee

November 6, 2008 11:06 AM | Link to this

McCain would have nothing to do w/Chambliss because Chambliss slandered a REAL AMERICAN HERO-MAX CLELAND. Chambliss will NEVER get this vet’s vote. Yes,Martin was a frat brother of Chambliss’-but he DID SERVE HIS COUNTRY-unlike the gutless Chambliss.

By SaveOurRepublic

November 6, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this

“Suxby Shamless” is a standard Neocon/RINO/”Rockefeller” Republicrud and a puppet for the Globalist Elite. As an Independent, paleoconservative, Constitutionalist, I voted for Buckley. On principle alone, I won’t vote for the “lesser of two evils” when viable 3rd party options exist. I’m not overly familiar with Jim Martin, so I’ll need to research his platform more. As a paleoconservative, I don’t support Necons or leftist leaning Dems, so I may abstain from voting on the run-off. In my estimation, about 95-99% of “Crapitol sHill” have sold out to the Globalist Elite & the Internationalist agenda (save for rare patriots like Ron Paul).

By Hamad Meander

November 6, 2008 11:10 AM | Link to this

The worst thing for this country is to have one party in unchecked control of government. Government can never say “We have enough of your money, and we don’t need any more power”. If you Obama supporters think that giving more power to government is the answer to all your problems, take a look at what has happened in other countries that went that route.

Another point: Jime Martin’s ads, whether hey were paid for through his campaign or the DNC, were insulting to our intelligence. To say Chambliss was going to raise taxes 23% on everything forget to mention that your federal income tax would be eliminated is the worst example of deception I’ve ever seen in a political ad. The backroom of that team must have thought “The general public in Georgia is too stupid to figure out that what we are saying is wrong, let’s run it”.

By Gen Neyland

November 6, 2008 11:12 AM | Link to this

Steven Daedalus, et al

Regarding Africa as a continent, your guy claimed to have visited all 57 states…and he’s THE president…Gonna be a pant load of fun watching him. I just HOPE he doesn’t drag our country down with him…all 50 states.

By Mr Charlie

November 6, 2008 11:18 AM | Link to this

Chambliss is a moron. Someone with younger blood is needed.

By Farmers for MARTIN

November 6, 2008 11:18 AM | Link to this

6 years ago Saxby promised the small farmers of Georgia help with the farm bill, I voted for him. He went to Washington became the head of the Ag committee, wrote the farm bill & took care of the Sugar farmers in Florida and the Corn farmers in the Midwest. The little farmers got the shaft & the big money got more money.Chambliss is just another crook we sent to Washington. I will be voting Martin.

By GaLiberal

November 6, 2008 11:19 AM | Link to this

Moron Jim says: Georgia, then, could give Democrats such power in Congress that Republicans would be reduced to bystanders.

What MJ doesn’t tell you is that he’s not interested in the best interests of the country. Only the best interests of the Rethuglicon Party. What a political hack. He wants obstructionist Saxby Shameless back in Congress to continue filibusters and his red meat baiting of Democrats. He wants to gridlock Congress and thwart the will of the majority.

Another thing MJ doesn’t tell you is that Saxby Shameless has made a lot of enemies in the Senate when he smeared Max Cleland just to get elected. That will not be forgotten if he is returned to represent Georgia. That could mean loss of federal funding for road projects, loss of the AFRICOM military command center, and other things that would directly benefit Georgia. Re-electing Saxby Shameless will be bad for Georgia and bad for the country. Unless you’re a selfish, self-centered, bigoted, homophobic, ignorant, redneck. Then Saxby Shameless is your man.

When you vote Rethuglicon, you vote against your own best interests. And re-electing Saxby Shameless is living proof.

By Copyleft

November 6, 2008 11:19 AM | Link to this

Hamad Meander: Your comments about “one-party rule” would be more plausible if you could show how you made those same complaints a few years ago, back when the Republicans were running everything.

Were you voicing your opposition then? Or were you cheering for everything BushCo did, no matter how badly it trashed our rights, our economy, and our standing in the world?

By Farmers for MARTIN

November 6, 2008 11:19 AM | Link to this

Last year Saxby decides to work with a bunch of LIBERAL democrats to give a bunch of Illegals AMNESTY. We all yelled and Saxby changed his mind. This year Saxby works with a bunch of LIBERAL Democrats to put a windfall tax on oil. We are yelling but Saxby is listening to lobbyist not the voter. I am voting for a MODERATE Jim Martin. You just have to wonder what Saxby will work out with the LIBERAL Democrats next year & what he does when we are not watching.

By jabster

November 6, 2008 11:21 AM | Link to this

Copyleft wrote:

*If you want my support, you’re going to have to earn it

You’re missing the point, Jabster. We don’t NEED your support… we’re just offering you a chance to participate in OUR new government. If you want to sit on the sidelines and pout, that’s your problem.

We’re in charge, and we’re being gracious enough to offer you a chance to still sit at the grownups’ table.*

Unless you expect a communist revolution where you can shoot those for the crime of disagreeing with you, you WILL need the Right’s support (or in my case, the Libertarian’s). I dare you to try to succeed otherwise.

Secondly, as far as the DemocratiCCCParty offering the non-left/GOP/RLC “a chance to participate in OUR new government”, I’d like fries with that whopper.

By Tom Becker

November 6, 2008 11:22 AM | Link to this

The first item on our list, fellow democrats is Iraq.

We withdraw immediately? Is it possible to do that without causing a regional grab for Iraq’s oil? Would we simply abandon the oil that even Churchill found irresistible?

Or do we tell the world why we’re there: To act as an oil guard dog. We should definitely pull back from the population centers and serve only as a deterrent to invasion and let the Iraqis fight this thing out.

Let them murder each other, and whoever emerges from the dust is Modern Iraq, and it is with them that we should deal.

Look at the poor choices we have in Iraq thanx to W, one man. It was W alone who got us into this. He is a very bad man. I’m so ashamed 2B an American that I cant even say the cub scout pledge anymore.

What a mess this country is in. Nobama cant fix this. We are stuck in Iraq forever, folks.

For. ever.

Know it. Believe it. Live it. Beat your wife over it. Kick your dog. Look at yourself in the mirror, and see your own father. Doesn’t he look silly with a joint in his mouth?

I dread the future. No money. No economy. war. no bridges. no roads. no healthcare. no education. just war.

just war. That’s what we got.

Why are you all like children. We are at WAR! WAR!!!

WAR!!

By GaLiberal

November 6, 2008 11:22 AM | Link to this

Moron Jim says: Georgia, then, could give Democrats such power in Congress that Republicans would be reduced to bystanders.

What MJ doesn’t tell you is that he’s not interested in the best interests of the country. Only the best interests of the Rethuglicon Party. What a political hack. He wants obstructionist Saxby Shameless back in Congress to continue filibusters and his red meat baiting of Democrats. He wants to gridlock Congress and thwart the will of the majority.

Another thing MJ doesn’t tell you is that Saxby Shameless has made a lot of enemies in the Senate when he smeared Max Cleland just to get elected. That will not be forgotten if he is returned to represent Georgia. That could mean loss of federal funding for road projects, loss of the AFRICOM military command center, and other things that would directly benefit Georgia. Re-electing Saxby Shameless will be bad for Georgia and bad for the country. Unless you’re a selfish, self-centered, bigoted, homophobic, ignorant, redneck. Then Saxby Shameless is your man.

When you vote Rethuglicon, you vote against your own best interests. And re-electing Saxby Shameless is living proof.

By jabster

November 6, 2008 11:26 AM | Link to this

Copyleft wrote:

*If you want my support, you’re going to have to earn it

You’re missing the point, Jabster. We don’t NEED your support… we’re just offering you a chance to participate in OUR new government. If you want to sit on the sidelines and pout, that’s your problem.

We’re in charge, and we’re being gracious enough to offer you a chance to still sit at the grownups’ table.*

Unless you expect a communist revolution where you can shoot those for the crime of disagreeing with you, you WILL need the Right’s support (or in my case, the Libertarian’s). I dare you to try to succeed otherwise.

Secondly, as far as the DemocratiCCCParty offering the non-left/GOP/RLC “a chance to participate in OUR new government”, I’d like fries with that whopper.

By MD N8tv in GA

November 6, 2008 11:27 AM | Link to this

Maybe I could forgive Chambliss for only responding to every letter I have ever sent him with a request for funds and never addressing the issues I inquired about.

But what that man and his campaign did to Max Cleland was so reprehensible there is no way I would vote for him. Ever.

Maybe we should make them fight it out like the Roman Gladiators in the GA DOME and whoever is still standing gets the seat?

Unless it is Saxby…in which case we release the lions and forfeit our seat in the Senate. It’s effectively empty anyway since he doesn’t listen to his constituents.

By findog

November 6, 2008 11:31 AM | Link to this

GaLiberal @11:12

In the book, what happened in Kansas [I think] the author laid out the truth that Americans do not vote in their best financial interest. That Georgia could be persuaded to replace Saxby to give them: a leg up on the Africa-Command, or to keep the joint fighter’s rolling off the line at Lockheed, or to prioritize transportation funding to improve the Atlanta interstate bottleneck, or even to secure funding for the port to mountains expressway; is to ask them to keep their guns at home [or in their vehicles] on Sunday while they are in church.

By opie south

November 6, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this

After reading the idiots that have commented here I wish that South Georgia could split and form our own state. You Obama worshippers do not know what you are getting with a Democrat controlled house and senate with him in control. You people see nothing but your idol. You better hope Saxby does win and I am not even a fan of him.

By ron

November 6, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this

It appears that the Republican Party has a bone to pick with Mrs. Palin.It seems they think she was responsible for the loss.They think she spent too much money on clothes.When questioned about whether she was responsible for the loss she said she didn’t think she could trump the economic mess all by her lonesome.That was a good answer.

By Woo woot

November 6, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this

Wooten you r so full of it,son.

By findog

November 6, 2008 11:49 AM | Link to this

opie south, Oh whatever would you south Georgian’s do without north Georgia and Metro Atlanta’s redirected taxes? How would you meet national mandates for clean water if not for over regulation of the Piedmont Region so the peanut belt can continue to economically produce Jiffy?

Please go; it will give our schools at least one move up in rankings, and probably more, as our tax dollars will go to our children and not yours.

By McCain for Martin

November 6, 2008 11:52 AM | Link to this

John McCain will campaign for Mr Martain the honorable war vereran and against the draft dodging coward Saxby…

By McCain for Martin

November 6, 2008 11:57 AM | Link to this

Tom Becker - if U were ever so misfortunate as to git ur wish, Palin the Tramp would release your bone diseased, disfigured by leprocy and contaminated by the genetic disease she carries that produced the monster baby…..at that point no decent woman on earth would ever have you….stick to ur blow up dolls, just remember to fill them with hot water for a life like feel…

By GetAGrip

November 6, 2008 11:58 AM | Link to this

Handel is the most partisan SOS this state has seen, as far as my personal knowledge goes. We all know how partisan Wooten is so he can be forgiven for his lack of compassion.

Handel bothers me since she’s probably gonna make a try for the governorship as soon as she can.

Both of them (Handel & Wooten, if case you’re not sure who I mean) are totally missing the point. You cannot push workers beyond which is physically doable. Do they want the ballots counted or do they want accurate results?

Obviously, they want the ballots counted whether correctly or not since they both believe the more Republicans vote absentee ballot than do other voters.

I hope Martin whoops Chambliss who is not worthy of being returning to the Senate.

If there is a run-off, for goodness’ sake, make sure you vote a 2nd time. And, get your friends to the polls, too. Be too lazy to go and Chambliss makes it by default, as it were.

By ron

November 6, 2008 11:59 AM | Link to this

Tom Becker—I heard she laughed at that bone of yours.Just heard mind you.

I read now that when the government prosecutors go after the mal adjusted executives of Fanny and Freddie that we,the taxpayers have to pay for that privilege.That’s to be expected.I also read that due to Fannie and Freddie contracts with said executives we also have to pay for their defense.That’s a little hard to swallow,but if we have to also pay for their jail time,it’s all ok with me.

By Sharon Bailey

November 6, 2008 12:03 PM | Link to this

Why? Mr. Chambliss hasn’t deserved to represent this district, ever. After what he did to the honorable Max Cleland, Mr. Chambliss should have been on that plane to Anchorage with Caribou Barbie and never have served one day in Congress. In addition, when W was no longer served an advantage, Saxby dropped him like a very hot potato. Then implied that his people should get out to vote because the “other ones” were voting. Saxby is a piece of #$@&. No issues, no values, win at any cost. Wake up, Southerners, the Civil War is over. Double standards, selective accountabilty - all the way against that right wall. And we are suppose to trust a krait like Saxby? Sad.

By slt

November 6, 2008 12:05 PM | Link to this

You give me all the reason in the world to vote for Martin. I will be back at the polls to do what I can to make sure Chambliss is not re-elected.

By slt

November 6, 2008 12:09 PM | Link to this

You give me all the reason in the world to vote for Martin. I will be back at the polls to do what I can to make sure Chambliss is not re-elected.

By Tom Becker

November 6, 2008 12:11 PM | Link to this

Forgive my crudeness, but now you know I am a man in love.

Ike always looked horrified whenever Nixon was speaking. The old stills, the old videos show that he had no respect or confidence in his Veep. He was saddled with him in 1952 because of some backroom deal from hell for this country. Like sarah palin with Katie Courik, Ike had no response for reporters when asked what Nixon had contributed to his eight year administration.

So lets not be too harsh on a woman wearing only a towel and those legs, lets not forget about those legs.

I’ve got it bad enough for Palin, but this towel report, well, it’s going to take a long time for me to get over it. I’m jealous, and angry yet beguiled all at the same time. I feel like in high school when my girlfriend broke up with me for the football player.

It hurts.

America 08: We went from brokeback mountain to just plain broke. If only couldn’t have afforded that towel…..

By Beowulf

November 6, 2008 12:27 PM | Link to this

A 60-vote super majority in the Senate is NOT in Obama’s best interest. Here’s why - the Congressional Democrats are going to be significantly more partisan than President Obama will be. Keep in mind that he ran a moderate centrist campaign, b/c like it or not liberals this country still averages in the middle. It balances out. One of these ultra-liberal MoveOn.org fools could no easier get elected on that mantra nationwide than Dick Cheney could on his own.

But if you give Harry Reid the 60-vote super majority, they can easily override any vetoes by Obama. Don’t think there will be any? Try again. Barack Obama will do what he needs to do to try to keep the country unified and voting for him in 2012. He is a shrewd man who ran a brilliant campaign. I do not know how he will govern on all issues, but his statements thus far are not super-liberal. They so far seem to be an intelligently-presented subtle shift toward the center from the center-right positions of the Bush administration. If Obama were to have learned anything from McCain, it would be that he would gain even more fans by helping cut earmarks. If he does try that, look for Reid and Pelosi to go off the deep end.

Ever wonder how Bill Clinton was able to get more done in his last 6 years with the GOP congress than in his first 2? So those of you on here saying you really want lying Jim Martin and his cronies to get to 60 will be working against Obama. Saxby is not my favorite, I’d much prefer another alternative, but sadly in a runoff you only get the top two vote-getters. Stop Reid liberalism and give Obama a chance!

By Nurse Ratchet

November 6, 2008 12:35 PM | Link to this

Saxby Shameless… ‘nuff said…

Peace…

By duward

November 6, 2008 12:37 PM | Link to this

Knowing that the VP does not control the senate and that Africa is a continent and not a country would not have helped the economy either (nice reporting on FNC last night). Hopefully this wreck of a political party can be redeemed by the likes of Bobby Jindal. Charisma will never overcome education, common sense, and credible knowledge.

By Farmers for MARTIN

November 6, 2008 12:43 PM | Link to this

—-all our 7 real Republican Congressmen in the House voted against the Wall Street Bail out but Saxby the SOCIALIST voted for it first time in the Senate.. By the way, in the PORK that was added an English Company, DIAGEO, got a $192,000,000.00 Rum factory in the Virgin Islands at US taxpayer expense.. SAXBY ECONOMICS AT WORK

By Allen Buckley

November 6, 2008 12:47 PM | Link to this

Meanwhile, Chambliss and Martin likely will court supporters of Buckley, the third man in Tuesday’s race. Buckley hasn’t made his position known, but in a debate Sunday he said Martin is a good man, but the wrong one to be senator and that Chambliss had been a terrible senator.

By duward

November 6, 2008 12:53 PM | Link to this

how about Saxby in a towel?

By McCain for Martin

November 6, 2008 12:56 PM | Link to this

Saxby is a draft dodging coward who bashed a triple amputee war veteran…does that sound like the kind of man you want to support?

By McCain for Martin

November 6, 2008 1:12 PM | Link to this

Saxby in a towel? Is Saxby an Arab? Wearing a towel around his head? Saxby the Rag Head?? Sounds about right for the lying, thieving little coward….

By Algonquin J. Calhoun

November 6, 2008 1:17 PM | Link to this

if there is a runoff, Martin will sin it big. The Republinazis are defeated and bringing McCain and/or palin here will only reinforce that reality. by all means, bring them on!

By Shar

November 6, 2008 1:19 PM | Link to this

Dear re-branded jbmlaw@10:28: New job, no time, thus absent. How nice to know that I am not completely forgotten.

I did not intend to paint all Republicans with a brush stained by Stevens and Chambliss. As I have sprinkled votes relatively evenly between Rs, Ds and other options, I have no inherent malice towards the affiliation although I still think the Parties do far more harm than good. Mr. Wooten’s piece this morning is a very sorry reflection on the state of Republicanism right now, as the best hope of retaining influence rests with a criminal and a venal, deeply stupid stooge. Mr. Wooten’s unyielding advocacy for Chambliss despite the implicit admission that there is not one single positive thing to say about his six years of living at Georgia’s expense - and in fact a cornucopia of failures, thievery and refusal to attend to his constituents’ interests - displays a deep, blind prejudice against a political party that transcends reason or responsible citizenship. Suppoorting a venal imbecile for the sole purpose of obstructing government goes beyond petty and irrational to a betrayal of the duties of citizenship.

Hope all is well with you, whatever your nom de guerre - I’m back to work!

By Mr Snarky

November 6, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this

I would love to see Palin! After all she helped win the presidency for Obama. We probably won’t see much of her after this.

By @@

November 6, 2008 1:37 PM | Link to this

Want to see Sarah Palin in Georgia? And if she’s not available, John McCain?

Not really Jim. I’ve never gone out of my way to see any politician in person, if that’s what you mean.

I will be running off to vote in early December though. I’ve gotta defeat somebody named Cleopatra, who’s running for my district B.O.E. seat. Don’t wanna see her barge sailing in from Fulton County with John Trotter at the rudder — enough already!

I’ll be puttin’ the touch on Pam Anderson to sit on the B.O.E. for my district. I had hoped to vote for Honeycutt in a run-off, but alas……..dimwits down my way chose to have David Scott put the touch on them.

I’ll reach out for Chambliss too.

Unfortunately, Honeycutt was defeated by the same underhanded fear-mongering employed by Jim Martin against Chambliss. The Fair/Flat Tax is now alive and thriving in this conservative’s mind. Up to, and until the new Wealth Distributor-in-Chief was elected, I was reluctant. Now, however, I’m fully on board with what is truly fair when it comes to taxes.

To each his own, I say! POWER TO THE PURCHASER!

A quick side note. I had to drive my husband’s car to choir practice last night — his radio is always tuned to talk radio. He’s a big fan of Herman Caine.

An African American caller solicits Herman’s opinion on The Fair Tax, agreeing it’s the way to go. He then goes on to question why Alveda King supported McCain. “I know it’s because of the abortion issue, but John McCain didn’t support a national holiday for Dr. King” he said.

I couldn’t help but laugh. Did this guy really believe Dr. King would rather have his birthday recognized over the non-birthday (abortion) of the least among his people? I think not.

A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan. — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I’ll add physical death since Dr. King did not live to see the genocidal consequences of Roe v Wade.

Abortion…..born in Hyde Park, Chicago from whence it’s unrestricted “Freedom of Choice Act” will be expanded upon. The wealth of “a generation” redistributed.

By Chad Harris

November 6, 2008 1:43 PM | Link to this

Wooten—

Is Jim Wooten functioning at grade school level as to domestic and foreing policy? you betcha goshdarnit.

I fully understand why you went to UGA. You are virtually unteachable.

I don’t know how efficient the Fulton Elkection team is—but even though the Registrars are independent, they have been working all night the last two nights while you slept.

Handel who wasted millions failing to voter supress has responsibility. The absentee ballots from the Armed Forces who have been stupidly deployed to Iraq didn’t get to any of the states on time due to the stupidity of the Bush government.

Instead of blaming the economy that your party wrecked, begin looking at why people soundly rejected you and quit being as stupid as Chris Wallace has shown himseelf to be as Jon Stewart cleaned his clock last night. Wallace said “they all screw up.” LOL President’s are not perfect—who’d have thought that after Bush?

You Betcha. There’s going to be a runoff and no one with a brain wants to see Palin anywhere.

Are you aware that Alaska projects weeks to count their ballots and they have less population than Georgia had new voters this year?

Are you aware that the Minnesota recount in the Frankin battle could take weeks?

Apparently reading is a difficult chore for Jim Wooten.

Here’s how it will unfold for Wooten who can’t figure it out.

Georgia is a runoff. Obama has already said he’d come and he will bring out the race you love to hate that helped defeat your white supremacists and racial bigots yesterday—and Bush was a great help as well. 3/5 voters of all parties deemed Palin too moronic to be qualified and she’s a loser for you. Keep pushing her and keep losing.

Palin will steal a page from Happy Chandler in 1939 and resign and have her pawn the Lt. Gov. appoint her to the Senate avoiding a runoff in which Mark Begich would defeat her.

Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins are rarely helpful to Democrats or this country and two of the dumbest senators in history.

I call the Alaska vote the Felon Effect or the Al Capone effect as in the Bradley effect.

Bush said he had capital in 2004 and 2000 and he barely won. Obama won by a huge number of electoral votes. He has a mandate whether you believe it or not.

This country is so broken and ruined by Republicans that he have a full time job repairing it in spite of the Wooten bigots who are too lazy to read and too poorly educated to comprehend, and we will.

By MV7

November 6, 2008 1:44 PM | Link to this

Ok, you shrills out there that keep repeating the same thing over and over like Jim Martin does. Your point is that Saxby voted for the $700 billion bailout plan. His alternative in Jim Martin would have done the same thing so this isnt even a valid point. While I cant say that I have been very pleased with the leadership that Saxby has given to Georgia over the past 6 years he is so much better than Jim Martin who will be hook in tow with Harry Reid. Georgia needs a strong conservative to run against Saxby next election and not make this a cake walk for the democrats. Balance of power is a good thing because with the lefts historic win, they are going to overreach way too much and need to get slapped down. Let Saxby get one more term, then lets put him out of his misery with a real conservative. As for you idiots who think that Martin represents the values of Georgia then why did McCain win decisively here? Georgia has spoken, we dont want liberals representing us.

By duward

November 6, 2008 1:46 PM | Link to this

…as opposed to the genocidal consequences of an unecessary war.

By Ga Values

November 6, 2008 1:54 PM | Link to this

Saxby Economics..After recieving over $2,000,000.00 from LOBBYIST Saxby voted for the $700,000,000,000.00 Wall Street Bail Out with $153,000,000,000.00 of pork added. Included in the pork was a gift to an English company of a $192,000,000.00 Rum Plant in the Virgin Islands paid for by the US Taxpayers. It is my understanding that Saxby did not read the bill but his friend Chris Dodd & the LOBBYIST told him every thing was OK. FIRE SAXBY HERE, FIRE SAXBY NOW, PAY LESS

http://www.politico.com:80/news/stories/1008/14939.html

By Bo Chambliss LOBBYIST

November 6, 2008 2:01 PM | Link to this

In six years, Sen. Saxby Chambliss has spent billions in taxpayer dollars and raised millions more for his own campaigns. But for Saxby, being a Senator doesn’t have to be all work and no play. Fortunately he can lean on his leadership PAC, the Republican Majority Fund, to spend a little on himself.

A new study and video released by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee show that ever since Chambliss took over the Republican Majority Fund leadership PAC, the majority of the $1.4 million he has raised has not gone to Republicans. Instead, Chambliss spends the contributions by a nearly 4-1 ratio on entertainment expenses and overhead. While the funds have gone to help Saxby’s colleagues like Ted Stevens of Alaska and Norm Coleman of Minnesota, the largest single recipient of Chambliss’ PAC money was the Ritz Carlton Naples resort.

The Ritz Carlton Naples describes itself as a “breathtaking beach resort with a tradition of unparalleled luxury and service.” Its website brags that Saxby Chambliss and his guests could “delight in the best of Florida’s Paradise Coast [and] enjoy dazzling views of the Gulf of Mexico, warm golden sunsets and three miles of pristine beach.” According to the resort’s website, Saxby and his guests “could choose from seven unique restaurants, indulge in our luxurious world-class spa, or relax and enjoy our pools and beach activities, including a wide selection of water sports.”

Second on the list was the Boca Raton Resort, “an icon of elegance,” according to its website, and closely behind was Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mill Maryland, just a a short drive from Saxby’s office in Washington DC – a mega-exclusive private club limited to just 600 members.

If Chambliss wants to spend $50,000 relaxing in the Florida sun, that’s his business. But all this money has to come from someplace. As it turns out, the bulk of Chambliss’ PAC money comes from corporate Political Action Committees and corporate lobbyists – many representing interests he oversees in the U.S. Senate. Prominent contributors include:

Fannie Mae PAC $12,500 Chicago Mercantile Association $10,000 Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association $10,000 American Bankers Association $10,000 Bond Market Association $10,000

Chambliss’ PAC Took Over $500,000 In Special Interest Money Including Lobbyists and Wall Street Interests. According to FEC records the Republican Majority fund has taken over $500,000 in contributions from special interest PACs including lobbyists and Wall Street interests. [FEC.gov; Center for Responsive Politics]

During The 2007 – 2008 Cycle, Chambliss’ PAC Has Spent $207,955 Directly On Luxury Resort Getaways. FEC records show that Senator Chambliss used more than $200,000 to enjoy luxury and golf resorts across the country, primarily in California and Florida. FEC records also show that at times Chambliss’ RMF incurred the cost of using charter and corporate jets for travel to the golf resorts. [CQ Political Money Line, summary through 10/15/08, accessed 10/28/08]

Chambliss Getaways Are Rarely to Georgia. The Republican Majority expenditures include trips to Pebble Beach Resorts in Pebble Beach, CA; The Greenbrier in White Sulpher Springs, WV; The Breakers in Palm Beach, FL; the Ritz Carlton in Naples, FL; the Ritz Carlton in Greensboro, GA; Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mill, MD; Boca Raton Resort in Boca Raton, FL; Jonathan’s Landing Golf Club in Jupiter, FL.

Significant Chambliss PAC Entertainment and Travel Expenditures

Ritz Carlton Naples $57,894 Boca Raton Resort $34,595 Caves Valley Golf Club $32,210 The Ritz-Carlton Lodge $26,742 Ruths Chris Steak House $20,413 Pebble Beach Resorts $19,341 The Greenbrier $7,500 Belle Haven Golf Shop $7,087 Pasatiempo Golf Club $6,334 Jonathans Landing Golf Club $6,137 The Breakers Palm Beach $6,000 Monterery Peninsula Country Club $5,828 [CQ Political Money Line, summary through 10/15/08, accessed 10/28/08]

By deegee

November 6, 2008 2:03 PM | Link to this

I am so sure that the Wootang Gang would be pleading for us to vote for Jim Martin if there existed a chance that a republican president would have a filibuster proof republican congress at his or her disposal. I am so sure.

By WAW

November 6, 2008 2:07 PM | Link to this

Johnny’s going to be our senior senator. btw: Notice to GOP, your country club dues are going up!

By The Truth

November 6, 2008 2:08 PM | Link to this

LOL! I make my first post today and people are labeling me as someone else. Yeah, whatever.

I would get into all the nuances of why the bailout was needed, but since it was introduced by the Republicans the Democrats think it is a bad idea. I don’t have the time to waste and go back and forth.

The Market has gone down around 1000 points since Obama got elected. That isn’t coincidence. Democrats do not have a clue about the economy.

By Mr Snarky

November 6, 2008 2:09 PM | Link to this

Not that I hope she Palin goes away. If she’s the face of the republican party, all the better. If you’re going to be in the wilderness for a long time, being able to hunt for moose will come in handy. In Washington, though, you don’t get to hunt wolves from a helicopter. There, the wolves will eat you for lunch if you’re not careful.

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

November 6, 2008 2:14 PM | Link to this

Dear Shar @ 1:19, your new employer’s gain is our loss; come back when you can. We miss you clear vision, and in this case your reasoning is sound. Our disagreement is that you magnify the individuals making the soup, and I am more concerned with the contents of the soup. The ideology trumps all for me. I always take even a corrupt low-life who falsely affirms conservative values over the purest Marxist. (And just for the record there, I am not calling Martin a “Marxist” nor am I calling Chambliss a “lying corrupt low-life.”) Just talking about soup. Re the nom-de-blog, I am toying with changing to Winston Smith, although I really like “Ragnar.”

Dear @@ @ 1:37, your genius staggers. I wish you had run against Saxbe. I wish you would run against Johnny.

By Drafted Vet

November 6, 2008 2:16 PM | Link to this

hambliss Asked for and Received Five Student Deferments from the Draft

Selective Service Records for Clarence Saxby Chambliss (1961-1967)

11/10/43: Chambliss born in Warrenton, NC 11/10/61: Chambliss turns 18 12/08/61: Classification questionnaire mailed 12/12/61: Questionnaire returned 12/21/61: Chambliss classified 1-A (Available for military service) 01/22/64: Chambliss classified 2-S ( First student deferment) 11/17/64: Chambliss classified 1-A (Available for military service) 01/04/65: Chambliss scheduled for physical that was cancelled 01/26/65: Chambliss classified 2-S ( Second student deferment) 11/17/65: Chambliss classified 2-S ( Third student deferment) 10/10/66: Chambliss classified 2-S ( Fourth student deferment) 10/24/67: Chambliss classified 2-S ( Fifth student deferment) [Source: United States Selective Service System Records]

Chambliss Claimed a “Bum Knee” Kept Him Out of Draft…

In 2002 Chambliss Said a “Bum Knee” Kept Him Out of Vietnam. “Uh…I was…uh…determined not to be physically fit. I had a bum knee. I had an old football knee that unfortunately they wouldn’t take me.” [Georgia Public Television; GOP Senate Debate, 8/16/02] …But He Went On to Become the 2nd Best Golfer in the Senate, 33rd Best in Washington and Played in the Congressional Baseball Game Year After Year

Chambliss Ranked #2 Golfer in Senate. [Roll Call, “Saxby’s Day Off,” 11/8/05; Golf Digest, October, 2005, http://www.golfdigest.com/rankings/2007/politicalrankingsgd2007] Chambliss Ranked #33 Golfer in Washington, DC. with Just a 6.8 “Handicap” [Roll Call, “Saxby’s Day Off,” 11/8/05; Golf Digest, October, 2005, http://www.golfdigest.com/rankings/2007/politicalrankingsgd2007] Chambliss Practiced as an Outfielder for the Republican House Members During the Congressional Baseball Game. “At the sparsely attended Republican practice Thursday…Rep. Jack Fields (Texas) was back at third, and the outfield included Reps. Peter Blute (Mass), Peter Torkildsen (Mass), Saxby Chambliss (Ga), and John McHugh (NY). [Roll Call, “Democrats Stay Upbeat, Republicans Flaunt Largent as Congressional Classic Approaches,” July 24, 1995] Chambliss Made it to Most of the Practices and May Have Seen Time at the “Hot Corner.” “Saxby Chambliss (Ga); Home: Moultrie; Elected: 1994; Position: Outfield; Bats/Throws: R; Votes: R; Glory days may be here again for freshman Chambliss, who played second base at the University of Georgia for two seasons in the 1960s. Has been to most of the early morning practices and may see some time in the outfield or at the hot corner. Will be wearing an Atlanta Braves number 95 jersey.” [Roll Call, 1995 Congressional Baseball Game Program] Chambliss Once Again Made the Baseball Roster in 1996. “REPUBLICAN ROSTER: Dan Schaefer – Manager; Joe Barton, Peter Blute, Ed Bryant, Steve Buyer, Saxby Chambliss , Jon Christensen, John Ensign, Jack Fields, Jon Fox, Wally Herger, Ernest Istook, Scott Klug, Steve Largent, John McHugh, Mike Oxley, Richard Pombo, Frank Riggs, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Rick Santorum, Chris Smith, Todd Tiahrt, Peter Torkildsen, Jim Walsh, and J.C. Watts.” [Press release, Office of U.S. Rep. Martin Sabo, “Annual Congressional Baseball Game,” 7/16/96]

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

November 6, 2008 2:17 PM | Link to this

Dear deegee @ 2:03, I think you don’t understand the plan. We favor conservatism and oppose leftism, and electing Jim Martin would do nothing either to advance conservatism or to slow leftism. However, to give you credit, yours may be the first anti-Saxbe post today that does not reflect SDS.

By Money Talks

November 6, 2008 2:25 PM | Link to this

GEORGIA VOTERS WAKE-UP! Saxby Chambliss IS A BUSH ‘YES’ MAN AND A BIG PART OF THE PROBLEM IN WASHINGTON. WHAT HAS HE DONE FOR GEORGIA? NOTHING. HOWEVER, HE GIVES BILLIONS OF YOUR TAX DOLLARS TO THE OVERPAID WALL STREET CEOs. WHO DO YOU THINK GOT THE BEST DEAL, GEORGIA TAXPAYERS OR WALL $TREET.

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

November 6, 2008 2:27 PM | Link to this

Dear Truth @ 2:08, my morning post from October 27:

The distress in the current markets no longer reflects “mortgage meltdown” – that ended a month ago. Today the erosion in markets is entirely attributable to the flight of capital, from an anticipated leftist government in the United States. It is a vote of “no-confidence” in the US future under democrat rule.

The US has seen leftist governments before – Wilson (Panic of 1917), Roosevelt (depth of Great Depression 1937), Johnson (inflation, 1968), Nixon (wage/price controls 1973), and Carter (October 1978 total economic meltdown). In contrast, the laissez faire provided by the Republican congress from 1994-2000 provided one of the greater prosperities of our times. The democrats interrupted the prosperity by taking the Senate in 2000, thus the poor performance through 2002. When the republicans seized control again late in 2002, the economy grew quickly from 2002-2006. In 2006 the democrats seized control of Congress again, and the economy began the current slowdown. US investors are generally students of economics, and are aware of the significant effects of “policies” on the economy (as opposed to the frivolous relationship between economies and “personalities.”) The general rule is that Congress can only damage an economy, by passing laws that steal private capital or restrict freedom; in contrast, legislative passivity, or even better, repeal of restrictions, allows the economy to flourish.

The reasonably literate among us understand that Obama promises nothing that will make it easier or cheaper or more profitable to do business in the United States. In a global economy, closing opportunities in one market sends capital to more-open opportunities – that is simply rational business practice. So, while we all regret the looming bankruptcies of Chrysler and General Motors, such large-scale failure is the natural consequence of government constriction. (What constriction, you ask? Pollution rules, CAFÉ, safety requirements.)

The democrats promise to:

(1) make it easier to compel union membership as a requirement of retaining a job;

(2) raise corporate taxes;

(3) raise taxes on higher income individuals;

(4) renegotiate international trade agreements, to make them less free and more “fair”;

(5) implement a “cap and trade” system for energy, primarily to enrich those who control the system;

(6) restrict production of traditional energy sources, such as coal, oil, and nuclear;

(7) raid the taxpayers for corporate welfare, to be paid to preferred “alternative” energy producers, mostly leftists;

(8) nationalize health care, and to finance all costs through business taxes.

All of those policies increase costs, and will thus reduce quality of life for all living under the yoke of nanny government. The flight of capital, seen in the decline of the Dow Jones Industrial average, is fully rational, and, as we regularly note here, voters deserve the governments they elect. If McCain wins next week, the Wednesday after will see the largest daily point increase in the history of the market, so depressed is the market by the prospect of a democrat government.

By Chad Harris

November 6, 2008 2:33 PM | Link to this

@M7

Our point is that when Republicans believe we are stupid beyond belief, we reject them and we did just that.

Chambliss made lying false statement after false statement on the FISA legislation in 2007 and I could be specific but you wouldn’t understand what I’m talking about. He voted nearly 98% with Bush and he’s a white bigot.

His comment last weekend was “the other ones voted early” and now it’s our time.

The “other ones” meaning African Americans are who are dying in the biggest numbers in Iraq a venue Chambliss’ son is too much of a chickensh*t to go to and Draft Dodger Chambliss was too much of a coward to go to Nam, faking a knee injury.

We removed Chris Shays. There are now no Republican Congress people in the entire NE. Only the bigoted South still has a few. We will remove Chambliss and enjoy firing up the popcorn as we do this just as we removed the moron Palin and the erratic liar McCain from TV.

And if Palin gets her Lt. Gov. pawn to appoint her Senator she will make a fool out of herself and display her stupidity widely. She still will avoid interviews because she knows she can’t answer any questions put to her.

Leiberman was told this morning he can stay in the caucus but he is leaving his committe chairmanship. We hope he goes Republican. It’s just fine with us—we can’t stand him.

Begich still has an excellent chance in Alaska which would block Palin’s getting her Lt. Gov. to appoint her Senator after Stevens is removed from the Senate soon.

By @@

November 6, 2008 2:33 PM | Link to this

Dullwad:

I know how hard it is for you to accept the deaths of Saddam’s little Udai and Qusai, but the death of them and their dear ol’ dad spared millions the gifts they offered.

BBC News — Tiny bones

The victims are believed to be Kurds killed in 1987-88, their bodies bulldozed into the graves after being summarily shot dead.

Map of Iraq One trench contains only women and children while another contains only men.

The body of one woman was found still clutching a baby. The infant had been shot in the back of the head and the woman in the face.

“The youngest foetus we have was 18 to 20 foetal weeks,” said US investigating anthropologist P Willey.

“Tiny bones, femurs - thighbones the size of a matchstick.”

Mr Kehoe investigated mass graves in the Balkans for five years but those burials mainly involved men of fighting age and the Iraqi finds were quite different, he said.

“I’ve been doing grave sites for a long time, but I’ve never seen anything like this, women and children executed for no apparent reason,” he said.

That ^^^ was before we got there! Since?

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Iraqi insurgents used two children as cover to get through a checkpoint in Baghdad and then blew up the car while the kids were still inside, a U.S. general said Tuesday.

The car went through a checkpoint Sunday and parked by a market across the street from a school, said Maj. Gen. Michael Barbero, deputy director for regional operations in the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Two adults jumped from the car, leaving the children in the back. Moments later, the car exploded, witnesses said.

Plenty where those came from. Care to see?

It doesn’t surprise me that you, a tiny little bonehead liberal believes our troops are killing innocent Iraqi children.

Now go away! or come back under another name. I’m on my way to the track. If I can find time for you later, I will.

I can waste time as easily as I can waste you.

By Drafted Vet

November 6, 2008 2:44 PM | Link to this

Chambliss Has Either Poor or Mediocre Grades from Veterans’ Organizations

Disabled American Veterans 2006: 60%….

Disabled American Veterans 2005: 35%….

Disabled American Veterans 2004: 0%…

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America 2006: D-….

Vietnam Veterans of America 2006: 57%…

Vietnam Veterans of America 2005: 33%….

Vietnam Veterans of America 2004: 0%….

Vietnam Veterans of America 2003: 50%….

By Drafted Vet

November 6, 2008 2:47 PM | Link to this

Chambliss Has Repeatedly Opposed Efforts to Increase Funding for Veterans Health Care

Chambliss Voted Against Making a Portion of VA Funding Mandatory or Automatic, Like Other Health Related Programs. The VA’s enrolled patient population has grown 134 percent since 1996, while appropriations have risen only one-third as quickly. The Partnership for Veterans Health Care Budget Reform, which represents 26 million veterans, supported this amendment because quality health care should be a right for all veterans. [S 2400, Vote 145, 6/23/2004] Chambliss Voted Against Funding for Veterans’ Health Care. Daschle amendment to create a reserve fund to allow for an increase in Veterans’ medical care by $2.7 billion and lower the national debt by reducing the President’s tax breaks for taxpayers with incomes in excess of $1 million a year. [SCR 95, Vote 34, 3/9/2004] Chambliss Voted Against Increasing FY06 Veterans’ Health Care Funding by $2.8 Billion and Reducing the Deficit by $2.8 Billion. Akaka, D-Hawaii, amendment that would increase funding for veterans health care by $2.8 billion for fiscal 2006 and reduce the deficit by $2.8 billion. [SCR 18, Vote 55, 3/16/2005] Chambliss Voted Against $3.5 in Additional Funding for Veterans in the FY08 Budget. Saxby Chambliss voted against both the initial and final versions of the Fiscal Year 2008 budget resolution, which provided for over $3.5 billion more in funding for Veterans than the Bush Administration’s proposal. Bush’s budget called for $39.6 billion in funding compared to the Democratic plan for $43.1 billion. The budget Chambliss opposed included $6.7 billion more for veterans than 2007. [Vote 114, 3/23/07; Vote 172, 5/17/07; Senate Budget Committee, 3/20/07, 5/17/07] Chambliss Choose Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Over Additional Veterans Spending. In February 2006, Saxby Chambliss voted against an amendment that would have provided at least $19 billion for military and veterans hospitals, to be offset by rolling back tax cuts for millionaires. According to an official from the American Legion, the proposed funding “acknowledges the need for adequate funding to ensure our nation’s veterans receive the healthcare and other benefits to which they are entitled.” [Vote 7, 2/2/06; Dodd Floor Speech, 2/2/06] Chambliss Supported Budget Which American Legion Said “Short-Changed” Vets. In 2005 Chambliss supported the Senate Republicans’ initial FY06 budget resolution which slashed domestic discretionary programs by $204 billion over five years, including significant cuts to veterans’ benefits. Arguing against the budget, the leader of the American Legion said, “ No veteran should be shortchanged by those in Congress with higher national priorities than the ongoing cost of war.” The final version of the budget included $212 billion in cuts to domestic discretionary programs, including veterans’ health care. [Vote 81, 3/17/05; Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 4/1/05; American Legion Press Release, 3/18/05; Vote 114, 4/28/05; Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 5/6/05; Congressional Record, 4/28/05]

By Drafted Vet

November 6, 2008 2:48 PM | Link to this

Chambliss Repeatedly Voted Against Increased Funding for the Men and Women in Uniform in the FY09 Defense Bill

Chambliss Votes Against 2008-09 Defense Authorization Bill. Saxby Chambliss voted against the National Defense Authorization Bill for Fiscal Year 2009. [Vote 195, 7/31/08] Chambliss Voted Against 3.9 Percent Pay Raise for Military Personnel. The bill Chambliss voted against authorizes a 3.9 percent across-the-board pay raise for military personnel. [Senate Armed Services Committee Press Release, 5/1/08] Chambliss Voted Against Increasing Healthcare for Troops. The bill Chambliss voted against authorizes $26.1 billion for the Defense Health Program, which includes $1.2 billion to reverse the Bush administration’s proposal to raise fees on troops and their families. [Senate Armed Services Committee Press Release, 5/1/08] Chambliss Voted Against Additional $3 Billion to Protect Troops from IEDs. The bill Chambliss voted against authorizes $3 billion in funding to protect troops in Iraq and Afghanistan from improvised explosive devices, which have killed 1,713 American service members in Iraq. [Senate Armed Services Committee Press Release, 5/1/08; iCasualties, accessed 8/1/08]

By @@

November 6, 2008 2:54 PM | Link to this

Ragnar @ 2:14:

O.K., I’ve got my pink bandana and running shoes on, but a quick response.

A genius, I’m not……but thanks anyhoo.

I’m gonna check with my husband (the genius) to see if he cares to share a retaliatory strategy against The Wealth Distributor-in-Chief. IT IS BRILLIANT, as is my husband.

The negative impact on his presidency and the democrats would be profound. It would leave them with a burden they couldn’t unload. He’s a capitalist at heart, so it could be marketable, but one he may be willing to share.

We’re somewhat at odds on the prospect. Mine is more of an unconditional giving nature. He, on the other hand, is into the teaching a fisherman principle.

I’ll let’cha know.

By Drafted Vet

November 6, 2008 2:57 PM | Link to this

Chambliss Repeatedly Voted Against Additional Funding to Give the Men & Women in Uniform the Armor and Equipment They Need

Chambliss Twice Voted Against Funding for Armored Vehicles. In October 2005, Chambliss joined the majority of his Republican colleagues and voted against an amendment to the Defense Appropriations for $360.8 million to provide armored vehicles to American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. In April 2005, Chambliss voted against an amendment offered by Senator Kennedy which would provide an addition $213 million to ensure that Humvee production remained at its maximum level through the fiscal year. [Vote 248, 10/5/05; Vote 108, 4/21/05] Chambliss Opposed Funding For Equipment And Armor For Troops. In 2003, Chambliss voted against providing an additional $322 million for safety equipment, including body armor, to troops in Iraq. Earlier that year, Chambliss voted against providing an additional $1.047 billion for procurement of National Guard and Reserve equipment. According to Mary Landrieu, the bill’s sponsor, much of the money would have been used for protective gear for Guard and Reserve troops. [Vote 376, 10/2/03; Vote 116, 4/2/03] Chambliss Voted Against $50 Million to Repair Military Equipment. In 2006, Chambliss voted against instructing conferees on the tax reconciliation bill to including funding to strengthen the military instead of extending capital gains and dividends tax cuts for the wealthy. Sen. Reed, who sponsored the motion, asked that $50 million be spent to repair military equipment, arguing, “Because they depend upon this equipment for their lives, we can’t tolerate equipment that won’t operate properly.” [Vote 18, 2/14/06; Congressional Record, 2/13/06] Chambliss Voted Against Funding for Military Equipment Repairs. In 2006, Chambliss voted to kill a proposal to provide $44 billion to improve and repair military equipment. According to sponsor Sen. Jack Reed, “$47 billion worth of equipment which they have used in Iraq and Afghanistan needs to be repaired and reconditioned.” The funding would have been offset by repealing capital gains and dividends tax cuts, while extending protections for middle-class taxpayers. [Vote 8, 2/2/06; Congressional Record, 2/2/06] Chambliss Voted Twice Against Protecting Soldiers’ Salaries When Forced to Take Leave From Work For Iraq Deployment. In 2005, Chambliss tried to kill a proposal to require that federal employees who take a leave without pay to serve as a member of the military or National Guard be reimbursed for the difference between their salary and the pay and allowances they receive while on duty. In 2003, Chambliss helped kill a proposal that would have provided a 50 percent tax credit on the salaries employers pay workers who are in the National Guard or Reserves and have been put on active duty. [Vote 91, 4/13/05; Vote 163, 5/15/03] Chambliss Voted Against Health Care Funding for Active Duty Military. In 2003, Chambliss rejected an amendment to increase TRICARE funding by $20.3 billion over 10 years to allow more members of the National Guard and Reserves to benefit from the program. [Vote 81, 3/25/03; National Journal’s Congress Daily, 3/27/03]

By Drafted Vet

November 6, 2008 2:59 PM | Link to this

Chambliss Opposed the Webb Amendment Guaranteeing Troops Time At Home Between Deployments

Chambliss Twice Opposed Guaranteeing Troops Time At Home Between Deployments. In 2007, Chambliss twice voted against the Webb dwell time amendment. The amendment guaranteed active duty forces as much time at home as they served while deployed. Further, it guaranteed National Guard and reservists three years at home between deployments. [CQ Bill Summary; Vote 241, 7/11/07; Vote 341, 9/19/07] Chambliss Said Troops Don’t Need Rest Because In WWII They Didn’t Come Home For Years – Call’s Webb’s Proposal Out Of Touch With History. Chambliss said, “During World War II and other wars of this country, service members participating in those wars deployed for 3 and 4 years with little or no break. With this in mind the current proposal by Senator Webb seems out of step with history and what it has taken to win the wars of this country. I can think of no way in which the Webb amendment will help our Nation succeed in Iraq.” [Congressional Record, Pages S8974-S8975, 7/11/07] Chambliss: Military Shouldn’t Worry About How Long Units Are At Home When Deciding Who To Redeploy. One reason Chambliss gave for objecting to Webb’s dwell time amendment was, “Units would need to be selected for deployment based on dwell criteria that may in fact cause significant disruption to needed reset, planned transformation or unit training schedules.” [Congressional Record, Pages S8974-S8975, 7/11/07] Chambliss: “This Is A Long And Enduring War.” [Congressional Record, Pages S11712- S11713, 9/19/07] Chambliss: War’s Going Too Good To Let Troops Have Time With Their Families. “What I heard from those men who are the leaders from a diplomatic standpoint as well as from the military standpoint is we are seeing great progress made on the ground by our military that is unlike any progress we have seen during the last 4\1/2\ years. That is significant. If you are not impressed by that, then you simply did not hear what they had to say. So I think now to say to them: Well, we appreciate the great job you have done leading our troops, but we are going to take the decision-making process out of your hands, and we are now going to decide how the war is going to be prosecuted, that, I think would be a huge mistake.” [Congressional Record, Pages S11712- S11713, 9/19/07]

By Drafted Vet

November 6, 2008 3:05 PM | Link to this

John McCain criticized Chambliss’ 2002 race against Max Cleland.

“I’ve never seen anything like that ad,” says McCain. “Putting pictures of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden next to a picture of a man who left three limbs on the battlefield — it’s worse than disgraceful, it’s reprehensible.”” (Washington Post, 7/3/2003)

Chambliss Voted Against the New GI Bill for Veterans of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Chambliss Voted Against the New GI Bill for Veterans of the Wars in Iraq & Afghanistan. According to the IAVA, Saxby Chambliss voted against the new GI Bill for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. (The Post-9/11 GI Bill: Fair Education Benefits for Veterans second vote.) The emergency supplemental funding for the Iraq War, to which the GI Bill was attached, bounced from the House to the Senate twice while legislators ironed out differences between the House and Senate versions of the legislation. In the second round of emergency supplemental voting on the Senate side, a new “transferability” provision had been added to the GI Bill at the behest of the Bush Administration. The new provision offers current service members who agree to remain in the military for ten years the opportunity to transfer their GI Bill benefit to their spouse or children. In a procedural vote to waive a Senate budgetary rule and bring the supplemental with the GI Bill to the floor, the GI Bill advanced by a margin of 77-21. For more information about this legislation, please see House votes 330 and 432 in the House Vote Descriptions, and Senate votes 137 and 162 in this section. [ http://www.iava.org; Senate Vote #161, 6/26/08; http://www.veteranreportcard.org/reportcard.pdf]

By @@

November 6, 2008 3:05 PM | Link to this

Quick redo!

He, on the other hand, is into the teaching Obama, the fisherman a lesson principle.

That is MUCH better.

Off to run.

By Mableton Mom

November 6, 2008 3:11 PM | Link to this

CHAMBLISS PUTS WASHINGTON INTERESTS OVER THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN

Chambliss voted against protecting children from sexual predators. Saxby Chambliss voted against a package of 35 non-controversial bills on July 28, 2008, some of which he cosponsored, because his party leaders instructed Republicans to block all bills in the Senate. The bills Chambliss voted against, all but one of which already passed the House by huge bipartisan margins, had all been blocked by Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), who was single-handedly obstructing nearly 80 bills - the most of any senator. The bills in the package covered a huge range of subjects, from protecting children from sexual predators to improving stroke prevention to expanding access to broadband internet services to helping victims of Lou Gehrig’s disease and paralysis. Some of the bills that Chambliss voted to block that would have protected children include: Drug Endangered Kids (HR 1199/S. 1210); Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act (S. 2982/HR 5524); Effective Child Pornography Prosecution Act (HR 4120); Enhancing the Effective Prosecution of Child Pornography (S. 2869/HR 4136); PROTECT Our Children Act (HR 3845/S 1738). Chambliss opposed expansion of PeachCare. “In this 68 to 31 vote, the Senate passed an expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.” In Georgia the program is known as PeachCare. [Chambliss voted NO, 8/2/07, Vote 307: H R 976, Washington Post Key Votes]

Chambliss believed covering more children with health care was too expensive. “I wound up voting against it [SCHIP] because of three reasons. One, they spent way too much money. They’re going from capping the program at 250 percent of the poverty level to 300 percent and allowing waivers for up to 400 percent. [Columbus Ledger Enquirer, 2/16/07] Chambliss voted against an amendment that would provide funding for children exploited in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Voting 41 for and 56 against, Senators refused to add $1 billion nationwide in fiscal year 2006 to the COPS program, which helps local police departments add personnel and equipment. The amendment also proposed $10 million to care for Gulf Coast children exploited in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and $8 million to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse in areas struck by Katrina. [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 9/18/05]

Chambliss voted against expanding early childhood education. Voting 47 for and 52 against, Senators refused to increase Head Start funding by $153 million, or nearly 3 percent, in fiscal year 2006. The underlying bill (HR 3010) provides more than $6 billion for Head Start, which conducts pre-kindergarten schooling for about 900,000 disadvantaged children. The amendment was designed to keep the Head Start budget abreast of inflation, with the additional funding added to the 2006 deficit. [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 10/30/05]

By Dusty

November 6, 2008 3:19 PM | Link to this

WHAT A SHAME. Obama was elected and made a fine talk calling for all citizens to work together for America.

SO WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE TODAY? An almost total cesspool of hate by liberals. I could stay “cool” as ‘tis said, until I read McCain for Martin @11:57. This absolutely teetotal numbskull was running down Palin and her baby with Downs Syndrome. How low can one sink to insult a little baby and his mother? There comes a time when such people should be called out by their real name, i.e. DERANGED IDIOT.

As Ragnar mentioned, the bigggest problem that Obama will have is getting rid of the hate in his followers. He’d better start here @ 11:57 but I would say that 11:57 is too far gone to save.

But questions from Peter: What to do about the deficit?

Answer: Stop spending money.

RedNeck: Wake up, baby, and try to catch up. I was on yesterday’s blog after five o’clock. Get off the sofa and try to stimulate the brain(?) a bit.

Saxby Chambliss; The more hate poured on him by libs the more I think he must be the right one for Congress. Sure he was in a political battle with Cleland and it was dirty on both sides. Cleland lost mainly for his political record.

So now libs want to say that Chambliss has NO MILITARY Record AND THEY WILL NOT VOTE FOR HIM. What hypocrisy! Libs just elected OBAMA to be Commander in Chief of the USA Military and HE HAS NEVER SERVED IN THE MILITARY. The hate and simplicity of most liberals is overpowering. You just can’t believe it is possible.

By Chad

November 6, 2008 3:19 PM | Link to this

The FairTax would save this country.”

Do you actually believe sending Chambliss back for another term will really result in your flat tax scheme becoming policy? He’s already been in the senate for 6 years, and what does he have to show for it? You can’t name one material benefit to Georgia from Chambliss’ first term.

Chambliss can talk about the flat tax all he wants, but that’s all that will ever come of it - talk.

In another six years, you’ll be making the same argument - “we need to send Saxby back to Washington to get us a flat tax and save us from those liberals and their bloated government spending.”

And you’re telling other people to wake up…

By New Day Rising

November 6, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this

Redneck Convert Thank God you and your ilk are a dying breed. One thing this election proved is that the number of people who think like you is to small to matter anymore. By the way don’t worry you will get used to the new sherrif in town!

By Dusty

November 6, 2008 3:31 PM | Link to this

Chad Harris et al,

You are so full of cut and paste venom that one reads in a hurry to skip the poison.

We know you are a liberal.

We know you don’t like Saxby Chambliss.

We know you want to keep a Democratic majority in Congress.

We know you work for Martin and are probably paid with Demo funds.

We know you and your comrades and his phony son “BO” do not like Saxby.

We also know we are sick and tired of YOU. I am definitely going to vote for Saxby Chambliss and not another Democrat.

By dirty harry

November 6, 2008 3:39 PM | Link to this

Dusty @ 3:31 PM

DUSTY .. You state “We know you want to keep a Democratic majority in Congress.”

If you hadn’t noticed DUSTY it’s already been decided. The democrats now hold a wide majority in congress!

In fact today Gordon Smith (R-Or) was defeated.

Saxby Chambliss is a chickenhawk coward who opted out of going to war…Then tried to associate Max Cleland with Osama Bin Laden. Associating a triple amputee with Osama Bin Laden? And, people like you bought into the nonsense.

By McCain for Martin

November 6, 2008 3:57 PM | Link to this

Could Dusty really be Saxby in dreg….

By Giiiirl

November 6, 2008 4:02 PM | Link to this

JIM —

Girl.. Girl, girl, girl… this is over. Pack it up… go home for a while… get your head clear… rethink the Republican Party and get back to us in four years… or eight. Whatever.

GIRL it is over!

By deegee

November 6, 2008 4:06 PM | Link to this

Sorry, Ragnar. After what happened over the last 8 years I don’t think that the republican party knows what conservatism is any more. If it’s less government involvement in private industry then you are the polar opposite of that. If it’s less government spending then you can’t be serious. If it’s respect for privacy then how do you explain the patriot act? Conservatism has come to mean protection of big business at the expense of the taxpayers. You protected the oil industry when you had the power to enact a comprehensive energy plan that would have weaned us off of foreign oil. You had the power to invest in border security while enacting comprehensive immigration reform. You had some of the most experienced foreign policy experts in the world yet you squandered your political capital on a war in Iraq.

The population of this country is aging and not likely to turn leftist. Young people today have not been influenced by the post-Vietnam era. Today’s conservative is a moderate that is willing to move the country forward by investing in alternative energy, higher education, reducing health care costs, and repairing the nation’s aging infrastructure. If building consensus for moving forward is leftist then I suppose you can call me a leftist.

By Unfathomable

November 6, 2008 4:17 PM | Link to this

What part of sarcasm don’t you understand, New Day? Redneck Convert is a Democrat, a well-known liberal satirist. Geez.

By McCain for Martin

November 6, 2008 4:21 PM | Link to this

How Ironic: Saxby claimed to be too crippled to be drafted, yet played intercollegite baseball for years and now has the NERVE to critize as a coward a man who left three limbs on the battlefield. Yo, Saxby the Coward…we are gonna run you out of office on a rail….some one run and fetch the tar and feathers….

By Cornbread Fred

November 6, 2008 4:24 PM | Link to this

Peter: no response to my idea about fixing at least a small part of the deficit? Too much of a controversial hot button topic? Dusty: do the liberals really have the market cornered on hate?

By Jeff H

November 6, 2008 4:37 PM | Link to this

I almost voted for Martin till I saw the lies about the FairTax. After that I gave a contribution to Chambliss and will make another if there is a run-off.

I also don’t want any one party having all the power. American is center right/left country….and you will never have that with one party controlling everything. Balance of power worked well under Reagan and Clinton.

By Chad Harris

November 6, 2008 4:55 PM | Link to this

**You Betcha betcha betcha.

From Ancourage Daily News: GOP BLAME GAME HEATS UP: As the McCain campaign starts deconstructing its election loss, Gov. Palin’s role is being blasted by unnamed advisers in many media reports. So far, Palin is refusing to address specific allegations, saying she’s no diva and that anonymous sources don’t deserve any attention. See her comments on arrival back in Anchorage last night here.

Fox News led the way yesterday, going into detail about what sources say is Palin’s ignorance of government structure and of world geography - she thought Africa was a country and couldn’t name the nations of North America. Fox also brings up alleged temper tantrums thrown by Palin as her pile of bad press clippings grew.**

The New York Times begins with the prank phone call to Palin from a Montreal radio DJ impersonating French President Nicolas Sarkozy, McCain advisers saying she never informed them of the planned call and a Palin adviser saying it was right there in plain view on her schedule.

Whatever the truth, one thing is certain. Palin, who laughingly told the prankster that she could be president “maybe in eight years,” was the catalyst for a civil war between her campaign and McCain’s that raged from mid-September up until moments before Mr. McCain’s concession speech on Tuesday night. By then, Palin was in only infrequent contact with McCain, top advisers said.

The Times, making it clear that finger-pointing in a losing campaign is traditional, says most allegations continue to center on the $150,000 Republican wardrobe budget for the Palin family (some reports are now saying it was more than that).

On Wednesday, two top McCain campaign advisers said that the clothing purchases for Palin and her family were a particular source of outrage for them. As they portrayed it, Palin had been advised by Nicolle Wallace, a senior McCain aide, that she should buy three new suits for the Republican National Convention in St. Paul in September and three additional suits for the fall campaign. The budget for the clothes was anticipated to be from $20,000 to $25,000, the officials said.

The Times quotes the advisers as saying Republican National Committee lawyers are likely to come to Alaska to find the clothing and try to account for all the money spent.

Palin’s interview with Katie Couric of CBS also comes up, with McCain advisers charging that Palin’s team never gave her time to prepare for what turned out to be tough questioning.

Palin, who had prepared for and survived an initial interview with Charles Gibson of ABC News, did not have the time or focus to prepare for Couric, the McCain advisers said. “She did not say, ‘I will not prepare,’ ” a McCain adviser said. “She just didn’t have a bandwidth to do a mock interview session the way we had prepared before. She was just overloaded.”

The Washington Post largely says out of the fray, quoting McCain friend and former campaign adviser John Weaver:

“In this media world that we live in, you can’t take someone who has not had any exposure, who had not had any vetting, public and private, and strap her to a rocket.”

By Azo

November 6, 2008 5:00 PM | Link to this

Mr. Wooten’s ideology is a thin cover for incompetence, cronyism, corruption, legalized piracy, sexual hypocrisy, environmental degradation, and contempt for American tradition. He is wrong about everything that matters. He is now tossed onto the trash heap of history, along with Newt and the rest.

By deegee

November 6, 2008 5:07 PM | Link to this

I’ll betcha Second Hand Sarah wishes she had said “thanks, but no thanks” to that charge card at Saks.

By Chad Harris

November 6, 2008 5:14 PM | Link to this

*SAYRUH SAYRUH

Sayruh Moron thought Africa was a country. It’s a continent that produced enough progeny to crush the Rethugs and will crush Saxby Chickensh*t afraid to go into the service as well.

Sayruh Sayruh is Wooten’s idea of a cerebral woman.

By Chad Harris

November 6, 2008 5:21 PM | Link to this

**If we were to hold a current events, geography, foreign policy and government oral exam who would win?

a) Jay Bookman b) Sarah Palin c) Jim Wooten

There is close affinity of the ignorance of all the above topics displayed by Jim Wooten and Sarah Palin—this extends to the vast majority of Republicans. Reading is an anathma to them. Their children read no books in school—texts or classics.

By catlady

November 6, 2008 5:30 PM | Link to this

I hope Martin’s folks are ready to file for a recount, because I, too, distrust the highly partisan Ms. Handel.

I have nothing but the utmost disgust and contempt for Saxby Chambliss. We sure don’t need his brand of “representation!” I am not even talking about his defamation of Cleland. If you saw his mailings in the last 2 weeks, you have seen some of the dirtiest lies immaginable! And when Martin threw one back in his face, Chambliss’ supporters start moaning and b*tching about “unfair”. I LOL at that.

Look at Chambliss’ record: for the big agribiz, for the big bankbiz, for the big employer of illegal immigrants, for the pork. Whaddabout the millions of other folks you are supposed to represent, Saxby? Oh, we can’t “do enough for you?”

Notice that Chambliss flip flops when it suits him. Think of what 6 more years of him robbing the till for himself and his buddies will look like. Then vote for someone who has not betrayed us wholesale—Martin. Give him a chance to represent us—Saxby Chambliss has NOT.

By Tom

November 6, 2008 5:31 PM | Link to this

As a true conservative, I e-mailed the less than conservative Chambliss that I’ll cover his azz in the runoff, but only barely. He’ll be left hanging out to dry if he doesn’t get his act together.

By Dusty

November 6, 2008 5:38 PM | Link to this

Chad Harris,5:21

If YOU are the product of a fine school, then we need to start over on education.

What office or position do you hold besides local publicity flack for a political store front office?

Do you read anything beyond political fodder?

You cannot even “hold a candle” to the two journalists and governor you mentioned.

Take a break. Relax. The world will keep turning without you huffing and puffing.

By Debate101

November 6, 2008 5:39 PM | Link to this

The Republican Party is a very interesting party indeed. They tell you that our President-elect will raise taxes, then I see this from Gov. Schwarzenegger.

*SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday proposed $4.4 billion in new taxes and a similar amount in spending cuts to deal with California’s worsening fiscal crisis, saying, “We must stop the bleeding.” Much of the new revenue would come from a 1.5-percentage-point increase in the sales tax; the Republican governor described the hike as temporary but did not say how long it would last. “We have a dramatic situation here and it takes dramatic solutions … and immediate action,” Schwarzenegger said as he called the Legislature back into session to deal with the budget shortfall. The governor said $4.5 billion in cuts will be necessary across all state programs, including education, social services, health care and prisons. Just six weeks ago, Schwarzenegger signed an overdue state budget that was intended to close a $15.2 billion deficit. The rapid pace of decline in the national and state economies since then has reopened an $11.2 billion gap that threatens to widen even further. *

He’s going to cut back on all the necessities and then raise taxes to boot. Less services plus an increase in taxes. I want more/better service for my money, not less and then bill me more.

Then you have Sarah handing out money in Alaska……

I can’t wait for President-elect Obama, at least he has ideas to help the middle class and cares about my healthcare, schools and the economy.

I’m not concerned about the idea of Arnold raising taxes, but the hypocricy I see in this party.

By Chad Harris

November 6, 2008 5:40 PM | Link to this

Palin’s ignorance is finally being nailed down by the media. Could there be a pandemic that the ignorance is shared by Wingnut journalists who write columns with no significant facts to buttress their sweeping generalizations?

By Dusty

November 6, 2008 5:49 PM | Link to this

**CHAD HARRIS, 5:40

WHAT HIGH POSITION DO YOU HOLD?? YOU FORGOT TO TELL US?

SARAH PALIN IS GOVERNOR OF ALASKA.

AND YOU????????????????

By catlady

November 6, 2008 5:49 PM | Link to this

I hope Martin’s folks are ready to file for a recount, because I, too, distrust the highly partisan Ms. Handel.

I have nothing but the utmost disgust and contempt for Saxby Chambliss. We sure don’t need his brand of “representation!” I am not even talking about his defamation of Cleland. If you saw his mailings in the last 2 weeks, you have seen some of the dirtiest lies immaginable! And when Martin threw one back in his face, Chambliss’ supporters start moaning and b*tching about “unfair”. I LOL at that.

Look at Chambliss’ record: for the big agribiz, for the big bankbiz, for the big employer of illegal immigrants, for the pork. Whaddabout the millions of other folks you are supposed to represent, Saxby? Oh, we can’t “do enough for you?”

Notice that Chambliss flip flops when it suits him. Think of what 6 more years of him robbing the till for himself and his buddies will look like. Then vote for someone who has not betrayed us wholesale—Martin. Give him a chance to represent us—Saxby Chambliss has NOT.

By dave

November 6, 2008 5:54 PM | Link to this

Chad Harris - recently a poll was taken to see who had more knowledge of the workings of government and current affairs… guess who won (with facts and data) hands down… wasn’t your kind chad, they were Rush listeners… that said Chambliss needs to get on his knees and re-assure the voters of GA, he’s going to vote as a conservative. Only way I’ll go vote for him, after his “bail-out” vote

By @@

November 6, 2008 6:03 PM | Link to this

Debate 101:

California has been inundated with illegals who are sapping the life’s blood out of their economy. Impacts healthcare, schools, infrastructure, social services. It’s astounding the damage leftists can inflict on a state with their big-hearted drive for sanctuaries for the oppressed.

I was reading an article the other day about welfare fraud in my former home state of Cali. Not only was it rampant, but the government employees who were put in place to oversee the administration of welfare have, themselves, been convicted of the crime.

Unbelievable! Liberals always get what they ask for.

By catlady

November 6, 2008 6:03 PM | Link to this

I suspect that when Saxby heard Max Cleland “left 3 limbs in Vietnam” he wondered, “Were they pine limbs or oak limbs?” not understanding they were flesh and blood. And now Saxby probably says, “I wish they’d quit beating me over the head with Cleland’s lost limbs!”

As to Ms. Palin: I think the next 4 years will NOT be kind to her. I foresee much more legal trouble ahead for her which will come to light over the next couple of years. I also would hope she would use the next 4 years to read a little: maybe some economics, some history, some civics. Maybe she could take one of those on-line courses. Then, at least, when her grandchildren ask her questions, she might be able to answer them correctly. And for God’s sake, someone lock those guns away from her! She was the silliest excuse for a VP runningmate possible.

By SaveOurRepublic

November 6, 2008 6:06 PM | Link to this

“Suxby Shameless” is a typical fatcat, double-talking, forked-tounge DC shyster (like most on “Crapitol sHill”). The worst part is that he’s deceived many (well meaning) Georgians into thinking he’s a legitimate “conservative”. “Suxby” is a Neocon & to quote real conservative Pat Buchanan neoconservatism is “a globalist, interventionist, open borders ideology.” Massive government spending, foreign entanglements & wasteful foreign handouts & Imperialism are NOT true conservativism!

By Chad Harris

November 6, 2008 6:37 PM | Link to this

You betcha.

Sarah Palin is the train wreck the McCain campaign didn’t see coming. The rest of the country can’t take its eyes away, which is why stories about her are number one on so many news sites and why SNL’s ratings are sky high.

“Ultimately, what the bailout does is help those that are concerned about the healthcare reform that is needed to help shore up our economy helping the ULP ULP ULP SNOWBILLY ULP …It’s gotta be all about job creation too.”

Is Palin ghost writing Wooten’s column’s?

300 more votes to count.