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From Brent’s campaign PR: Brent Brown raised $115,000 through April 12, 2006! With these funds combined with 25 endorsements from Georgia Senators, the Brown for Labor Commissioner campaign has gained tremendous momentum. With fundraising events being held in all parts of Georgia, Brown is well on his way to securing the nomination in the July […]

I’ve received a phone call from Matthew Kramer of Politech.org whereby he informed me that not only was he (nor his company, nor anyone who works for him) not involved in the e-mail complaint scheme to shut-down the Kemp site, but he would never be involved, either directly or indirectly, in such an act. My […]

Rumors have it that the Gary Black Campaign for Agriculture Commissioner has launched an attack on the website account for the Brian Kemp Campaign for Agriculture Commissioner, and successfully shut it down for the time being. The attack was in the form of e-mails to Kemp’s Web hosting company claiming that Kemp was sending out […]

(The article below was sent to the Vine anonymously) In Congress, the name on the bill rarely has anything to do with its content. The Deficit Reduction Act is a perfect case in point. While the title makes you think Congress is reducing the deficit, the bill is full of things that actually drive up […]

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In today’s edition of the AJC (April 10, 2006), there is an article in the METRO Section covering the pork that was doled-out from this year’s legislative session. The article is titled “Suburbs take a bigger bite of pork spending.” On Page B3, there is a quote by Senator Bill Stephens on the pork handouts […]

Rumors have it that the first quarter’s disclosures from the two leading candidates, Karen Handel and Bill Stephens, will show the following: Bill Stephens raised $33,000 and has $142,000 Cash on Hand. Karen Handel raised $177,000 and has $310,000 Cash on Hand. Because this first quarter of 2006 was a legislative quarter, Stephens was hampered […]

These are the responsibilities of Georgia’s Secretary of State’s office: This is a multi-department agency charged with maintaining corporation filings, securities registration, professional licensure of a wide range of disciplines, elections and voter files, and archives of the State of Georgia. Let’s look at the qualifications of the two leading Republicans for Secretary of State, […]

Titling the segment “Diary of A Mad Black Woman,” Stewart lampooned the women at least 4 different ways and called her “insane.”

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 […]

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 […]

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.