Political Vine: The Insider's Source on Georgia Politics

There really aren’t too many things ticking me off these days. You likely could have guessed that with the shortage of Vines I’ve been issuing over the past few months. I am extremely busy with REAL work and don’t care to spend too much time on trivial, non-paying activities like engaging in slam-politics. At least, […]

No sh*t! Whiny US Senator Ted Stevens’ (R-Alaska) home got raided by the FBI yesterday afternoon! The probe into corrupt Republicans from the 2002-2006 era continues…

Allow me to term the $931,000 spent by lobbyists to bribe the 2007 Georgia General Assembly in the politically-correct terminology people like the Pavlovian-lobbyists and their (complementary) legislator-dogs want us to believe: From Pavlov’s perspective: “This $931,000 is an INVESTMENT for our sales and marketing divisions. When our lobbyists sacrifice their expense accounts in order […]

Test as to what the heck this does

Rumors have it that the Republican political consultants in Gwinnett County who hate another Republican political consultant, Bill McKinney, are going to have to keep on hating him with no help from their friendly DA. In a 7-0 decision issued this morning, the Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that the case filed by Gwinnett District […]

In the 1990s, the political buzzword the GOP used to label wasteful spending on projects was termed to be “pork.” During this decade (and, since the GOP has run Congress for most of it) the GOP has developed a new term for pork: earmarks. Pork by any other name is still just as full of […]

What an interesting story about Rudy’s “patriotism”…that is, trading it for a pandering opportunity to hobnob with Ralph Reed last year: “WASHINGTON – Rudolph Giuliani’s membership on an elite Iraq study panel came to an abrupt end last spring after he failed to show up for a single official meeting of the group, causing the […]

Hat tip to PeachPundit.com for the story on State Rep. Mike Jacobs switching to the GOP. While there will be massive gnashing of teeth on the Dem side, perhaps they should stop and think as to why they lose people to the other side. Here’s a link to Mike’s new blog: Mike Jacobs

Rumors have it from Andre Walker’s blog that the Georgia Dems are going to be putting-up some pretty serious contenders against some sitting GOP members of Congress. MOST notable names (from my perspective) are Former Governor of Georgia Roy Barnes challenging Phil Gingrey, and Charles Brewer (founder of Mindspring ISP and now a real estate […]

I’m opening-up the pod bay doors here for your blogging pleasure….

My mailbox is being flooded with mail concerning gas prices and illegal immigrants. To boycott oil companies or not; to provide amnesty to illegal immigrants or not, etc. Since I have become jaded to the various solutions proposed by the Republicans, Democrats, Sierra Club, ACLU, etc. I have elected to solve the problems as they […]