Prologue If you have been subjected to any part of the VoterGA dog and pony shows in the past year, you likely heard the utterance of the term the “Halderman Report.” This report came about through the process of a lawsuit, short-form called “Curling v. Raffensperger.” I’ll get to the pertinent details of that lawsuit shortly so […]

Process of Elimination Fellow Republican political travelers, do you sometimes find yourself at a point of dismay at having to make a choice among multiple candidates for a primary? I must admit, as I grow older, I look for ways to decrease the amount of information and data that I have to go through in […]

Rumors have it that the fix may be in for one Respondent at today’s meeting of the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission* in downtown Atlanta. Here’s a link to the Meeting Agenda. On Page 2 of this Agenda is a series of Case Numbers dealing with “Karen Handel.” Four total, to be precise. […]

Dear Georgia GOP State Convention Delegates & Alternates, Congratulations on your success so far, and welcome to the world of Georgia Republican Party politics. If you’ve read this edition this far, I presume you would be interested in knowing a few facts about one of the candidates for State Party Chair: Tricia Pridemore. Tricia has […]

As of 8/16/2010, the Georgia Gubernatorial Run-off Results are as follows: 290,734 = Nathan Deal 288,297 = Karen Handel Deal wins by 2,437 votes. This total may change as military absentee votes come in and some provisional ballot votes. BUT…parallel to this race was another race waged between two blogs in Georgia, this one and […]

Excerpted from the August 9, 2010 edition of The Beacon: “We know this woman. Her ambition appears, at times, blind. Her thirst for power often approaches the throws of narcissism. Apparently, she’ll do anything to win, as evidenced by her nasty and appalling direct mail piece trashing Nathan Deal, a veteran who served his country […]

Interesting video by Mark Lane about Handel and the Voting Machines:

Rumors have it that the World Famous Toxic Lobbyist Himself Ralph Reed has been making calls on behalf of his pick for Governor, Karen Handel. PV received confirmation of this via e-mail from one of Ralph’s former top lieutenants in the Christian Coalition. Ralph has been burning-up the phone lines calling his entire list of […]

Rumors have it that Karen Handel has dispatched Fred Cooper to call Eric Johnson and promise Eric the position of Chief Operating Officer of the State of Georgia under her administration if EJ refrains from endorsing Nathan Deal. PV Sighs: Geez, Karen, presumptuous much? And, have you heard about this guy named Rod Blagojevich up […]

Rumors have it that the Karen Handel Campaign is defending Karen Handel’s vote in favor of awarding Planned Parenthood a 3-year renewable contract with Fulton County in 2005 because they say the contract went to paying for “women’s health services,” and not directly to pay for abortions. One interesting fact that has come to light […]

The Political Vine has a copy of the March 16, 2005 Meeting Minutes of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners Meeting. Look to Page 12, Item 2 for the item listing the Planned Parenthood contract, and on Page 13 is where the motion is proposed and voted unanimously in favor of granting the contract to […]

Rumors have it that Karen Handel has been caught breaking the law by taking higher contributions than the Ethics Law allows. FOX 5 News has the scoop here! PV’s Commentary: Karen Handel claims “Oh, it was just an accounting error.” Yeah. Funny…that’s what some other candidates claim and she just rips them apart as being […]