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The Dick & Bart Show: Episode 1

politicalvine, Thursday, March 2nd, 2006

Rumors have it that longtime Cherokee County Republicans Bart Brannon and Dick Hall have finally come out of their closets and start a new auxliary party in the county: The Brokeback Mountain Republican Party.

Governor Perdue To GOP Grassroots: “Green Is The Only Color We Care About”

politicalvine, Monday, February 27th, 2006

Rumors have it that in an act of what can best be described as supreme arrogance, the Georgia State Republican Party proudly invites anyone who wishes to attend their annual “President’s Day” dinner on March 9 to attend…as long as they can pony-up a $1000 minimum-priced ticket.

Open-ended Vine..

Bill Simon, Sunday, February 26th, 2006

Start a thread of your own choosing…

Open thread…

Bill Simon, Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

This is your chance to open the floor on any subject, provided it is a cogent line of thought. Any endless ramblings will be deleted.

More Bad News For Ralph Reed: The Senate May Open Another Investigation

Bill Simon, Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

The Kansas City Star is reporting that a new senate panel is looking into the possibility that Jack Abramoff, through his business associations with Grover Norquist and Ralph Reed, helped take advantage of non-profits by using them to launder money from his Indian casino clients to recipients like Ralph Reed.

Well, The Super Bowl Was a Yawner, But…

Bill Simon, Wednesday, February 8th, 2006

…the censored ads by GoDaddy were another matter entirely… 🙂 SuperBowl Ads We All Missed

Mike Byrd: “I love Tom Price more than I love my own wife.”

politicalvine, Monday, January 30th, 2006

Rumors have it that Cherokee County Commission Chairman Mike Byrd is telling constituents in Cherokee County that “John Konop will be elected Congressman over my dead body.”

Newt Gingrich and Ralph Reed: Holding Hands…Making All Kinds of Plans…

politicalvine, Sunday, January 29th, 2006

Now, the IRONY to all of this is that we have a serial liar like Ralph Reed (“I didn’t know my money came from Indian casinos”…”I am not a lobbyist, so I don’t have to register”…”I was duped just like all of the other Christians were by my friends Jack Abramoff and Grover Norquist”…) being highly praised by an adulterer/liar like Newt Gingrich (who apparently thinks Ralph will help him get elected President), all on the same day a bill that promotes the posting of the Ten Commandments on government buildings in Georgia gets dropped. The irony is just too sweet.

Ralph Reed and Tim Phillips: The Divorce Was Bound to Happen

politicalvine, Thursday, January 26th, 2006

Rumors have it that Ralph Reed‘s longtime business associate, Tim Phillips, is departing Century Strategies and moving to D.C. to accept a position as Exec. Director of Americans for Prosperity, an anti-tax group. This rumor, if accurate, deals a very big blow to the Reed campaign for Lt. Governor.  Phillips has  been the one largely […]

Will Tom Price Run Straight Into The Hatch Act?

politicalvine, Saturday, January 21st, 2006

Rumors have it that Congressman Tom Price (R-GA) has his reelection campaign humming right along…straight out of his Cobb County (federal) district office.

Rumors abound about how his district personnel, upon waking-up to a challenge-candidate out of Cherokee County, have spent the last several months shaking-down businesses and associations and encouraging them that if they don’t block John Konop from making any headway, they will be “cut-off” from any help from (and, we quote) “The Congressman.”



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