In December of last year, President Obama quoted a variation of Voltaire’s “Don’t let prefect be the enemy of good” to Democratic Senators. The late Senator Ted Kennedy was famous for saying it is better to get half a loaf than no loaf at all. We need compromise, understanding and dialog in a large diverse [...]
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Party Politics: The Enemy of Good
Posted in politics, tagged Conservatives, democrats, GOP, moderates, palin, sanford bishop on December 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Theory: Campaigning Is Where The Money Is
Posted in politics, tagged austin scott, Blacks, democrats, palin, republicans, sanford bishop, saxby on November 9, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I have a new theory about campaigns and elections. Of course, my new theory could be fact that everyone other than me already knows. My theory is that for some people the business of campaigning is more important than actually governing ( i.e. Sarah Palin). Could prepping for campaigns and campaigning be where the money [...]
President Obama, The Tea Party and Civil Wars
Posted in politics, tagged austin scott, Bush, Congress, Conservatives, democrats, moderates, Obama, sanford bishop, tea party on November 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s 5:15 a.m. on Day Lights Saving Time Sunday morning and my clock just fell back. In American politics, it feels like we are falling back in time also. Are we near a cultural Civil war and isn’t “civil” war the ultimate oxymoron. The one thing that is sure is that we need to have [...]
Albany Herald Wrong About Rep. Sanford Bishop
Posted in politics, tagged austin scott, Congress, Conservatives, democrats, Georgia, Isakson, moderates, sanford bishop, tea party on November 1, 2010 | 14 Comments »
The Albany Herald endorsed Mike Keown for congress in Georgia’s second district over Sanford Bishop. I think that newspaper is wrong because Bishop is uniquely qualified and appropriate to represent the urban/rural; liberal/conservative and yes Black/White hodgepodge that is the 2nd District. Keown is a conservative pastor from a very rural area and speaks with [...]
Ugly Connotations and Comfort Levels: Boot Barnes, Boot Bishop, Boot Scott
Posted in politics, tagged austin scott, Conservatives, democrats, Isakson, sanford bishop on October 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Our shrewd plot has been foiled a week before the elections. The moderators of Project Logic Ga have always supported candidates from our parties (Democrat for me and who knows for Helen) but we also prepped for the worst case scenario by sending best wishes to the best candidates from the other side. The residual [...]
Georgia Politics: Go Hard or Overtime
Posted in politics, tagged democrats, Georgia, Obama, republicans, tea party on October 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I have never seen so many whining southerners in my life. From think-they-are-victimized Tea Partiers to lethargic Obama supporters, a relatively small percent of the population could change the game as others sleep. While driving an old pickup truck in middle Georgia this weekend, I came across a country song on the radio called “Lucky Man” [...]
Rep. Sanford Bishop: Golden Egg
Posted in politics, tagged Congress, democrats, Georgia, Obama, politics, republicans, sanford bishop, troops on October 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Georgia 2nd congressional district race comes down to one simple point for me: Rep. Sanford Bishop is the goose that laid the golden egg. We, the 2nd district voters, have positioned him to serve our state and that posturing took time and effort. Tossing our employee now wouldn’t be smart. An Albany, Georgia, city councilman [...]
Libertarian Party Candidate John Monds and Get Out the Vote
Posted in politics, tagged Congress, democrats, Georgia, Isakson, marijuana, republicans, sanford bishop, tea party, voting on October 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Could it be true: are some people too dim to vote. I just noticed a comment on a post about John Monds, candidate for governor in Georgia from the Libertarian Party. The comment said “he short as hell” and I did not know if the writer was referring to my picture with Monds or with Rep. Sanford Bishop. [...]
The Blindside: President Obama and Rep. Sanford Bishop
Posted in politics, tagged Conservatives, democrats, Georgia, Isakson, Obama, republicans, sanford bishop, tea party on October 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I watched the movie The Blindside on cable on-demand with my mother yesterday and she enjoyed the first football film of her eighty years on earth. Watching a movie was a welcomed departure from the political campaign ads but that movie still had me thinking about election season 2010 which is more like the movie The [...]
Rep. Jim Marshall slams Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Posted in politics, tagged blue dogs, Congress, democrats, Jim Marshall, Obama, Pelosi, republicans on October 13, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I am moderate Democrat and understand that Blue Dogs are moderate to conservative on some level. However, the latest campaign ad from Rep. Jim Marshall might have crossed the line. The ad slams Speaker Pelosi more than she could possible deserve. The same Mrs. Pelosi who engineer the Democrat takeover of the House and helped [...]
Obama Supporters: Watch Fox News then Vote
Posted in politics, tagged Congress, democrats, Fox News, Michelle Obama, Obama, tea party on October 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
What in the world could get Obama supporters voting this election season? Watching Fox Cable News for one hour. That’s it; I have done it again and gratis I unfortunately add. The word unbeknownst comes up in conversational English rarely but many southerners work with people who “unbeknownst” to their neighbors are being brainwashed by [...]
Facebook: Georgia TruthSquad
Posted in politics, tagged democrats, Georgia, Obama on October 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Recently, some old friends and I started a facebook page called the Georgia TruthSquad to share information about this election season and to answer one amazing question: what’s happening with low turnout and involvement from the Democrat side. After the energy of the 2010 election, the coalition that support President Obama didn’t remain engaged as the [...]
Vote or We are Toast
Posted in politics, tagged African Americans, Blacks, blue dogs, Congress, democrats, Georgia, Michelle Obama, Obama on September 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Grown folks knew what is happening was going to happen when we elected President Obama. They said that the same people who cheered and jumped up and down would be the same people who did vote in the midterm elections. I can see it in the First Lady’s face; a face that looks like mine. She [...]
Georgia Political Talks/Obama Style
Posted in Georgia, politics, tagged albany, Congress, democrats, Georgia, John Monds, moderates, republicans, sanford bishop on September 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Albany, Georgia City Commissioner Jon Howard is my classmate from college and one of the most dedicated public servants you will ever meet. He put together a candidates forum this morning and I found myself talking with Bishop, Everson, Monds and Dukes. That list of names isn’t a law firm but speakers at the forum [...]
Pyrrhic Victory: The Politics of Winners/Losers
Posted in politics, tagged Conservatives, democrats, Obama, sanford bishop, saxby, tea party on September 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A Pyrrhic Victory is a victory offset by staggering losses. King Pyrrhus’ of Epirus Army suffered tremendous casualties in the defeating the Romans in 280 BC—winning at all cost. As a student, studying the massive loss of human life during the American Civil War was rough. Some observers have liken the current political battles to [...]
Voting, Flame throwing and Football
Posted in politics, tagged Bill Clinton, Congress, democrats, football, Georgia, Obama, tea party, voting on September 21, 2010 | 3 Comments »
People who skip voting this year are nuts who should be shunned. In rural Georgia, we spend hours every Friday night at high school football games but early voting takes less time than a marching band’s halftime show. What’s up with this one or two tubas stuff? We had an army of tubas back in the [...]
Election Night: Worst-Case Scenarios
Posted in politics, tagged African Americans, austin scott, Blacks, blue dogs, Conservatives, democrats, Georgia, Jim Marshall, Michelle Obama, republicans, sanford bishop, tea party on September 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I was in a discussion this weekend about the worst-case scenarios for election night in November; the situations and outcomes that should have been debated and considered now. Lately, the GOP in Georgia has been taking heat in my community because African American (AA) candidates Dr. Deborah Honeycutt and Melvin Everson couldn’t make it out [...]
10 Questions for 2010: Blue Dogs, GOP candidates, Political Journalism
Posted in politics, tagged African Americans, Blacks, blue dogs, CNN, democrats, Fox News, msnbc, Obama, republicans on September 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
3. Are some Blue Dogs sidestepping the political heat? First, I have an original Blue Dog pin and will never sell it on Ebay. Blue Dogs are a unique breed of moderate to conservative Democrats, but they aren’t Republicans. If you think about it, the Democrat Party looks like America with diverse groups at the [...]
Southern Politics: Check Please
Posted in Georgia, politics, tagged African Americans, Blacks, Conservatives, democrats, Georgia, GOP, Obama on August 11, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The field for the general election is in place and our community needs to check and double-check every aspect of our situation relative to political realities. The candidates’ records, actions and potential must be checked along with their staffing histories and efforts regarding whole community representation. When we watch the news reports, we always look [...]
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