I voted last Tuesday
by absentee ballot because my wife and I had to travel to Jacksonville,
FL for a denominational meeting. However, before I headed out of town,
I paused to reflect a bit on the election campaigns just past. In the
Georgia governor's race, Roy Barnes, the incumbent and a Democrat, continually
aligned himself with President George W. Bush on a number of issues.
It was like he was saying, "Hey, I'm not really a Democrat like
all those Teddy Kennedy Democrats. I'm really an almost George W. Bush
Republican Democrat." On the other hand, the Republican candidate
for Senator aligned himself with popular Georgia Democratic Senator
Zell Miller. He, in effect, seemed to be saying, "If you want to
elect a Senator more like Zell Miller, then don't vote for the other
guy who is a Democrat. Vote for me! Yes, I know, I'm a Republican but
I'm more like good 'ol Democrat Zell than the Democrat is." It
was amusing watching some Republicans proclaiming to be like Democrats
and vice versa
