Political Vine: The Inside Dope on Georgia Politics

Excerpted from the August 9, 2010 edition of The Beacon:
“We know this woman. Her ambition appears, at times, blind. Her thirst for power often approaches the throws of narcissism. Apparently, she’ll do anything to win, as evidenced by her nasty and appalling direct mail piece trashing Nathan Deal, a veteran who served his country admirably, [...]

Trial transcripts show that Senator Preston Smith wasn’t just a cheating bast**d who slept around with multiple women while being married to the Christian mother of his 4 children, but that he treated Michelle Smith with the cold, callous nature of being someone who does not possess one ounce of compassion, or concern, for ANYONE [...]

FOREWORD
“Guilt by association” and “Honor by association” are probably the two worst fallacies used in political races this season. And, we at PV are just fed-up with observing self-proclaimed “conservative thinking Republicans” partake in no more rational thinking other than velcro-ing (H/T to T.P. for that phrase) their thinking processes to one or both [...]

Rumors have it that the Karen Handel Campaign is defending Karen Handel’s vote in favor of awarding Planned Parenthood a 3-year renewable contract with Fulton County in 2005 because they say the contract went to paying for “women’s health services,” and not directly to pay for abortions.
One interesting fact that has come to light since [...]

Rumors have it that Karen Handel has been caught breaking the law by taking higher contributions than the Ethics Law allows.
FOX 5 News has the scoop here!
PV’s Commentary: Karen Handel claims “Oh, it was just an accounting error.” Yeah. Funny…that’s what some other candidates claim and she just rips them apart as being “unethical.”
No, Karen [...]

A few weeks ago, I opined on this blog that I thought JoAnn Birrell would not be a very good choice for our Cobb County District 3 commission seat. I detailed all that here.
Since then, The Marietta Daily Journal ran a little piece regarding the PV issue/post that addressed my issue of District 3 [...]

Waste Management Lobbyist vies to takeover Cobb County Commission for her employer’s best interest at the expense of residents.

Rumors have it that Governor Sonny Perdue is contemplating a veto of SB 1, known as either the “Waste Reduction Act of 2009” or, by its more well-known name, the Zero-Base Budgeting Act.
Zero-based budgeting is the act of starting a budget from scratch…with nothing like the typical guvment rule of thumb of looking back [...]

A LOT of people involved in politics use words and terminology they really do not understand. Take, for example, the term “political opportunist.”
Many ill-informed political activists think the definition of this means “someone involved in politics who takes advantage of an opportunity that comes their way.” Not even close.
A political opportunist is a political person [...]

Statement from Rep. Jim Cole Concerning the Secretary of State’s Position
“Governor Perdue has been a great friend and mentor for years now, and I have the utmost respect for him. While it was a great honor to be considered for the position of Secretary of State, after much prayer and reflection with my wife and [...]

Attorney Maria Sheffield has become the newest candidate to enter the Insurance Commissioner’s race in the 2010 Republican Primary.
Sheffield is currently an attorney with Burr, Forman, LLP, focusing on regulatory and corporate insurance law, public policy, government relations and coverage matters. Her practice encompasses all facets of insurance regulation.
Sheffield spent six years with the Georgia [...]

PREAMBLE
Ladies and Gentlemen, goose bumps are going to rise to the surface of your skin after you finish reading what has been done to a fellow citizen of these United States.
Over the last 3 days, I have see-sawed from having a knot in my stomach to being so outraged that I could not form [...]