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Bill Simon, Tuesday, August 29th, 2023
Useful Idiot – Meaning & Origin “The phrase useful idiot designates a naive or credulous person who can be manipulated or exploited to advance a cause or political agenda.” Source: https://wordhistories.net/2021/03/26/useful-idiot/ Introduction At one time, Garland Favorito and I were good friends in the political spectrum. We worked together well on several political issues in the past, […]
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Bill Simon, Monday, May 15th, 2023
It’s too bad we don’t have a Time Machine of sorts in Ga GOP politics. Because, if we did, and if the ambitious proposed amendments to the Rules of Georgia Republican Party are passed in the upcoming 2023 State Convention, perhaps we could go back in time to test the GRA’s theory of who the […]
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PV, Wednesday, November 1st, 2017
Rumors have it that the Georgia State Attorney General’s Office is too incompetent to act as State Defense Counsel for Secretary of State Brian Kemp and Kennesaw State University in the civil lawsuit that challenged the results of the 6th District Congressional Race earlier in 2017. Within four days of that lawsuit being filed, the […]
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PV, Monday, July 2nd, 2012
PRESS RELEASE Transportation Leadership Coalition Initiates Legal Inquiry Against Secretary of State Brian Kemp Kemp has no legal authority to add promotional language to Georgia ballot. July 2, 2012, Roswell, GA – Today, the Transportation Leadership Coalition (TLC) took the first formal step towards litigation challenging Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp for adding promotional […]
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politicalvine, Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
HD 43-Brian Laurens vs. Geraldine Wade In a previous PV, we described an incident regarding Brian Laurens of the Robert Lamutt Campaign and Geraldine Wade, who was a candidate for the HD-43 Special Election. That election has come and gone, and Wade, while receiving an impressive 22.2% for her first time out with a pure […]
Posted in Odds and Ends, Political Boxers, Rumors, Secretary of State | 2 Comments »
PV, Sunday, June 6th, 2010
You might recall a few weeks ago the FOX 5 TV story by Dale Russell that discussed incidences of 2 corporate entities getting their “identity†stolen and credit cards issued in the corporate name to fraudulent people. You also might recall that the Doug MacGinnitie campaign, smelling blood in the water, took it upon themselves […]
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PV, Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
Rumors have it that at a recent fundraiser for Brian Kemp held in Athens, the Doug MacGinnitie campaign hired a photographer to stand across the street from the house where the fundraiser was being held, and just take pictures one-by-one as fundraiser attendees (some of them with their children in tow) drove-up and got out […]
Posted in Rumors, Secretary of State | 1 Comment »
Bill Simon, Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Honorable Brian Kemp: Due to a conversation I had yesterday with your legal counsel, Vincent Russo, I took it upon myself to do a little bit of research on Mr. Russo. Mr. Kemp, according to the Georgia State Ethics Commission Website, Mr. Russo has made significant contributions to Gubernatorial Candidate Karen Handel, his former superior. […]
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