Political Vine: The Insider's Source on Georgia Politics

Political Vine: The Insider's Source on Georgia Politics

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Archive for April, 2006

Tom DeLay: Whatever happened to that big ‘ole grin of yours?

Bill Simon, Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

Former House Majority Leader Tom “The Hammer” DeLay” is wussing-out of both his upcoming general election AND will be resigning very soon from the House of Representatives. Guess The Hammer was about to meet a blast furnace this November and didn’t want to muss-up his hair. Hey, maybe he and Newtie will form a political […]

Did Boortz Wake-Up This Morning And Expel All Of His Demons?

Bill Simon, Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

Rumors have it that on this morning’s radio show, Neal Boortz called for all incumbent Republicans to be voted out of office this year. Wow…and this after kissing Bush’s rear-end for 2 years. And, Tom Price’s. And, whomever else’s. The only person I know who shouldn’t be voted out is Congressman Lynn Westmoreland. Westmoreland stood-up […]

State Rep. Matt Dollar…

politicalvine, Monday, April 3rd, 2006

Rumors have it that State Representative Matt Dollar (R-Cobb County) has been living outside of his district for at least 2 years and is shacked-up with one of his girlfriends in her Buckhead apartment. Rumors around the Capitol is that it is well-known amongst his fellow legislators who consider it one of the wink-wink-nod-nod perks of being in the majority.

Cagle Smashes The Sound Barrier in Fundraising

Bill Simon, Monday, April 3rd, 2006

Atlanta, GA – The Casey Cagle for Lt. Governor campaign announced today that it raised over $100,000 on Friday, March 31st despite having only a single day to raise funds. The $100,000 Cagle raised came solely in response to phone calls and emails during the day on Friday.

Friday was the last day of the upcoming reporting period, and the only day in that period where Cagle was allowed to raise money following the conclusion of the legislative session. By contrast, Cagle’s opponent – Ralph Reed — is a lobbyist who is not elected to any office and has therefore been allowed to raise funds without any legal restrictions for the entire year.

Increasing Border Patrol is Pointless

Bill Simon, Monday, April 3rd, 2006

I could pretty much stop with the headline. But then some of you might get the wrong idea. Illegal immigration cannot be stopped. Not by the U.S. government patrolling our borders. Not by the giant money sucking behemoth that is our federal government. The INS lacks resources, manpower, infrastructure and focus. But even if it got all four of these in line, it would not be able to stop illegal aliens from crossing the Rio Grande. Our government lacks any kind of political will to stop it.



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