Some people treat politics and sports like similar activities.
Georgia v. Georgia Tech
Morehouse v. Clark AU
Fort Valley v. Albany State
These are games…. friendly rivalries…
But, politics and the selection of policymakers are real. So whether a candidate has a D or a R on his jersey, give some consideration to what that person has done or would do for your community. This writer thinks it is ridiculous that some Georgia congressmen break their necks to serve the whole community, catch heat for it from their national party and still face opposition. Really.
Which Georgia congressmen get Congressional Black Caucus support for the Farm Bill? Hint: do they have a R or D on their jerseys.
Which Georgia congressmen support the Georgia ports while protecting our fragile coastline? Again, R or D, or both.
Which ones fight to keep our state’s military bases?
Folks can bicker all they want but smart states don’t recreationally slam responsive leaders. Think about it, that isn’t the southern way of doing things.
Project Logic Ga 
The Washington newspaper The Hill has reported that Georgia Congressman Lynn Westmoreland recently called Senator Obama and his wife “uppity.” To most people across the nation and to young people this means nothing, but to southerners the congressman’s comment sounds eerily familiar. Was Westmoreland using “code speak” to say that the Obamas should be put in their place? I don’t think so but the Dean of the Georgia Congressional Delegate John Lewis should put his hand on Westmoreland’s shoulder in the cloak room and say:
“Lynn, be careful what you say because enemies of our state use stuff like this to make us look simple and that could impact our economic development and industry attraction efforts. It might sound funny but there are people who do not want to work in the New South for fear of intolerance becoming physical.
Colleague Westmoreland, August 28, will always be remembered as the day Obama gave his acceptance speech in Denver and the day Dr. King gave that famous speech at the March on Washington. Two speeches, but what is unspeakable is that on August 28, 1955, African American teenager Emmett Till was murder in Mississippi for being “uppity” and whistling at a White woman. If you have not seen Till’s funeral picture, search them online before lunch.”
This is a time when J.C. Watts would quietly urge caution in the republican conference meeting. But, he is not there and there is no Republican in congress who has skin like mine—even Bobby Jindal when back to Louisiana and he doesn’t really count.
I have done my part for political diversity by supporting conservative Herman Cain for Senate and begging begging begging Republican Karen Bogans to run for congress from Savannah (for sake of full discourse, Bogans is a ProjectLogicga contributor).
The African American community in the South has always had a natural conservative element; I would say that most African Americans Georgia voters outside the big cities are moderate to conservative. We think of Sanford Bishop as a conservative and to tell the truth when Nathan Deal switched to the GOP, many staffers in the Georgia delegation speculated that Bishop would be next.
I remember J.C. Watts and Sanford Bishop warmly greeting each other while walking to the House chambers. We need more of that; and I want to also see a southern White Republican congressman who African Americans helped into office elected this year
I did not vote for Barrack Obama this morning; I voted for me and my future by touching the pad next to his name. Sanford Bishop really deserved my vote for his tireless bipartisan efforts in our service (come on 2nd District Republicans, are you going to seriously argue that Bishop is not the better choice…really.)
After voting for Bishop, one naturally votes for Saxby because they work together on rural Georgia issues (Ag , Vets, military bases) and Vernon Jones told us that Martin was to liberal for south Georgia.
Lastly, my down ballot votes were a combination of support for the Democrat Party and voting for a few Republicans I personally know to be good people.
What should a person do if they don’t like “any of the above?” What would I do if I lived in Tifton and did not want to vote for Jim Marshall because he is not respectful to the Democrat Party and Senator Obama.
Bottomline: To me, if McCain wins I will be disappointed but he is (was) one of the most cooperative Republicans in the Congress (I really think he is holding his nose just long enough to get elected then “bam”—he actually wants to “change” corporation control on Washington and you know Annie Oakley Palin hankering for a fight.
If Senator Obama wins, his time in Washington was not long enough for him to become part of the system and he would (like Kennedy) assemble a Dream Team to get this nation on the right track. Some people play checkers, I play chess; always thinking three moves ahead. Obama keeps saying that Democrats and some Republicans will work together …some Republicans…some Republicans. Hello, that is a hint and a half; he is saying (on a sly note) “If the opportunity is there, send me a few Republicans who want real change.”
I am not saying those Republicans would go against their core beliefs; I am saying that the African American community could support a GOP candidate who had the temperament of Senator Isakson if that support would ultimately help President Obama’s administration—I like the ring of that.