This is clearly why NOTHING is being done in congress at the state and US levels. I did a search yesterday and found a website - congressmerge.com. I was wondering how many attorneys we had in congress and the numbers blew my mind. You can go to the bottom of the page and do a power search. I checked the state box and then went down the page and typed in lawyer in the profession box and checked that box. And people wonder why nothing gets done. I may not agree with everything Steve Brown does but he is a 1000 percent better than another lawyer.Regardless of your poltical and personal beliefs, please,please,please stop voting attorneys into office. I said in another post that Matt Ramsey may be a great guy, probably is, but attorneys just don't have much common sense. Most attorneys I know are very much wrapped up in "status". They may mean well but they just don't do us "justice" representing us in congress.

Look at this from the Washington Post. The government is in control and our trillions in the deficit are being well spent.

USDA Turkey Safety Hotline
Today's Washington Post reports that
The Agriculture Department runs a meat hotline -- 888-674-6854 -- to call with questions about food safety . . . This Thanksgiving season, they have fielded thousands of questions about how to prepare turkey and other holiday foods. The exchanges are often practical, sometimes humorous and occasionally moving.
There are questions about deep-fried turkeys, electric-roasted turkeys, oven-cooked turkeys. Callers want to know how long a turkey can safely be kept in a freezer, the safest way to defrost a turkey, whether it's safe to stuff the bird the day before, how long leftovers can be kept in the refrigerator and other Thanksgiving-related ponderables.

Several specialists have worked for the hotline for more than a decade. They undergo a two-week training program and receive a 150-page turkey manual, but their experience comes from their backgrounds as dieticians, food technologists and home economists.

food recalls and alerts because of contamination...increased mine disasters due to decreased regulation and inspection...dangerous toys because of decreased consumer protection...and the list goes on and on. Granted, there are probably segments of the national government that we all would like to do away with, but at what price? So that the big corporations can operate free of regulation and oversight? And remind me again why decreasing the scope of government is such a good thing.
Keep the faith
Democracy is not a spectator sport.

An unregulated populace, except for robbing rich people, is the very best form of government,
Buyer beware---I forgot the Latin for this.
That sort of functioning does control the population better than a regulated business society, (due to accidents, poisonings, highway deaths, germs, plagues, wars, airplane crashes, etc.) and doesn't require as much food and housing as does a regulated society.
Also, if people aren't working for the government, then they are available for cheap labor, and we wouldn't need the Mexicans!
Add a one-party (republican)system of elections to the pile and you eliminate all those functions the government now does for those who fall along the wayside.
Now we are getting somewhere: maids would be cheap, gardeners, cooks, housekeepers, mowers, washers, scrubbers, and wet nurses.

The Agriculture Department is a sad tale, like many other cabinet departments of the US government. Corporations farm now---not small farmers as was done when the department was created.
Sometime in the 1970s it was decided that we would quit funding some cabinet departments and also some agencies. Due to congressional intervention, it was impossible to wipe them out completely.
So, in many cases the supervisors were the only ones left (plus aids and secretaries). No research got done. No enforcement got done. And, they soon vanished from the newspapers and TV.
The biggest exceptions are Defense, State, Attorney General. Even these departments are heavily influenced by the White House staff.
The Reagan Administration can claim credit for deleting most of the funding for cabinet departments. There no longer are people to enforce OSHA safety regulations, EPA pollution regulations, and little is done by Energy to safeguard us from contamination.
Bridges, dams, roads, etc., aren't check but little any more.
It is no wonder that turkey cooks are still on the payroll---they are cheap!

I saw you posted support for Steve Brown for Dan Lakly's seat. Is that for real? You always give Steve a lot of crap for stalling out TDK so if you are backing him that says something.

I agree about the USDA hotline stuff. Why have it when the turkey processors do the same thing.

Check out this urban legend site on turkey hotlines (http://www.snopes.com/holidays/thanksgiving/turkey.asp). It’s incredible what people will do with turkeys. One woman doused her turkey in bleach to kill the bacteria.

Here's a great way to handle all that leftover turkey. Turkey burgers and coleslaw is terrific. Give it a try.

Turkey burgers:
1 1/2 pounds ground turkey (white meat, dark meat, or a mixture)
1/2 cup fresh bread crumbs
3 Tbsp mayonnaise
2 Tbsp chopped fresh chives
1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 to 3 teaspoons of hot chile sauce such as Tabasco sauce (amount depends on how spicy you like your foods), or Tabasco Chipotle sauce
2 green onions, minced, white and green parts
4 fresh basil leaves, thinly sliced
1 teaspoon sea salt, or more to taste
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper, or more to taste
4 hamburger buns, lightly toasted
Sweet pickle slices
1 tomato, cored and sliced
Coleslaw
2 cups shredded cabbage
1 cup loosely packed arugula, watercress, or just another cup of shredded cabbage
10 basil leaves, thinly sliced
1/2 cup of mayonnaise
1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon sugar
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

1 Prepare your grill (either charcoal or gas) for direct high heat. Or right before cooking, heat a griddle or large cast iron frying pan on the stovetop.

2 Combine the turkey, bread crumbs, mayonnaise, chives, green onions, Worcestershire sauce, chili sauce, basil, salt and pepper in a large bowl and work the mixture with your hands to just mix. Do not over mix or the burgers will be tough. Form the mixture into 4 1-inch thick patties.

3 Season both sides of the patties with salt and pepper. Grill them for 5-7 minutes on each side, until the internal temperature of the patties reach 170°F on a meat thermometer. Turkey burgers should be cooked through, not rare. Toward the end of the cooking, put the buns on the grill to toast for about a minute. Remove the burgers from the grill to a platter, cover and let rest for 5 minutes.

4 Assemble the coleslaw. Whisk the mayonnaise, vinegar, mustard, sugar, red pepper flakes together in a small bowl. Add to the cabbage, arugula, and basil in a larger bowl right before serving.

5 Assemble the burgers by placing each burger on a bottom bun, and stacking a tomato slice, some pickles, and a bit of coleslaw on top, and then topping with the top bun.
Makes 4 to 5 burgers.

Sage, this is an interesting and telling comment:

"Ramsey, being a bona fide Republican (remember he worked for a Republican US Representative for six years) has credibility when he says the best government is that which governs least."

I must admit that when you turn the reigns of government over to a group with the philosophy that government can do no good, they will prove it (and they have.) I am not attacking you sage; I am pointing out the irony of conservative republican philosophy. It generally involves people running for government jobs who don't like government. It is as if they want to kill government from the inside. Yardman makes valid points above, and I will paste them here so you don't miss them. When you strip government of its powers to protect and serve, it will very predictably fail to protect or serve. The Consumer Products Safety Administration is but one of many recent examples. The DOJ, EPA, FDA serve as further evidence. The fact that republicans use the word democrat as a slur is quite confounding to me, as if the word "republican" today brings instant feelings of esteem and trust. I typically don't trust anyone with political aspirations, ESPECIALLY if they aspire to the government jobs while saying how little government can do well.

This from yardman5508:

"And the result of all this agency cutting is...
Submitted by yardman5508 on Fri, 11/23/2007 - 6:55pm.
food recalls and alerts because of contamination...increased mine disasters due to decreased regulation and inspection...dangerous toys because of decreased consumer protection...and the list goes on and on. Granted, there are probably segments of the national government that we all would like to do away with, but at what price? So that the big corporations can operate free of regulation and oversight? And remind me again why decreasing the scope of government is such a good thing.
Keep the faith
Democracy is not a spectator sport."

So why do you think locals fear the big "D" so much considering how well republicans like Mayor Logsdon have served us?

Cheers,

Kevin "Hack" King

How about tracking a few IP addresses and boot some of these multi-monicker clowns?

Ramsey, being a bona fide Republican (remember he worked for a Republican US Representative for six years)

Ramsey learned well how to shake that money tree, didn't he? Ramsey is the kind of politican that has scarred the Republican party and left it in the shambles it is in now. Personally, I've had enough of these political profit opportunists who prosper at the expense of the 'little people'.

And may very well make a good Representative for our area. One thing for sure, PTC folks know who he is.

when they post your greatest hits! Congrats friend. It is nice to be on the same side of an issue with you again. I would walk a mile bare footed down a street of used syringes to vote for Steve Brown. Well, maybe that's an exaggeration. But you get my point. I saw this from the UK ( I was back and forth between London and NYC from the 18th to the 23d, but I couldn't respond to this on line from oer dare). Hope the day of thanks was a good one for you and the family!

Cheers,

Kevin "Hack" King

I would have simply went back and deleted them. In the words of Steve Martin.... Does this make me "Somebody"?

Thanks for the Thanksgiving wishes. It was a thankful and awesome time with my family. Sorry you had to run your bus route during this time. I understand you guys made all the doomsdayers eat crow in getting folks to their desired destinations in a decent time frame. Thank God for good weather.

Yawn! You'd think I was the one running for office. Again Lawyer Ramsey supporter.... is this the best you can do? Any lame brain could have done what you just did. I'll bet you didn't read any of them did ya? Except the one where I outed your boy Ramsey as the developer candidate.

So what's your point dude? Besides the top of your head.

All that work for nothing.

That was a whole lot of "copy" and "paste" effort on his part. I hope he thanked Cal/God that the "Search" option is finally working.

Reading comprehension is another story.

What can Steve Brown do for you?

That's an easy one. He'll do less damage than the lawyer / developer candidate will.

Gee, I love your 'single voting machine' line. How many different monikers do you plan on using that line on tonight?

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I can't think of another mayor of PTC that did so little slashing and burning as Steve.

How many other mayors exposed corruption to the tune of 1.7 mil.?

How many other mayors exposed TDK for what it truly was?

How many other mayors tried to fight the county for our fair share of the SPLOST money?

Do us all a favor pyt96, quit waisting our time with your babble.

I've never written in either but I can't help myself this time. Best I can see, there is only one conservative running in this race. In fact, there is only one Republican at all, and that's Matt Ramsey. Steve Brown is anything but a Republican, he is only trying to be one now to get elected. He tried to get Democrats onto the County Commission! Worse, he may have been the worst mayor in the state's history. Heidi Becker is a longtime Democratic Party activist who must have been told that only a Republican can win this seat, so she's switched labels for political expediency. Very inspiring. And Kevin Madden is running as a Democrat. If you are a liberal, vote for him. If you are a conservative, vote for Matt Ramsey. If you like having your intelligence insulted, vote for Becker. If you like being ashamed of your representatives, vote for Steve Brown.

And Lawyer Ramsey AIN'T getting my vote. I'm sick and tired of a bunch useless Republican political hacks wearing the title of Conservative as some sort of cheap campaign slogan in order to get elected. If the Republican Party consisted of Conservatives today it wouldn't be in shamble like it is. Being supported by Doug Warner, the Mitch Seabaugh developer crowd and their lawyers displays Matt Ramsey's true colors. These characters have ruined the Republican party and it's once Conservative credentials.

Perhaps Steve isn't as Conservative as I desire. But, one thing I do know is that he isn't a liar and a deceiver like the clowns that displaced him. Like Dan Lakly, I know where Steve stands and I know that I can count on his word. And I don't even expect to agree with him all of the time.

DITCH THE LAWYER! VOTE STEVE BROWN!

He has plenty of time on his hands, given that he stays home while his wife works to pay the bills.

Ouch!

Why wasn't I lucky enough to find a man like that?

Oh yeah.... that was real nice of you.

The last thing we need is a slash and burn, unemployed blogger representing us in the State House.

That was certainly vicious and mean wouldn't you say?

It was embarrassing enough having him as mayor.

Classy!

And you call yourself a lady?

but this is my first time to post a message.

Go away you hypocritical political lying hack.

VOTE STEVE BROWN! DITCH THE LAWYER!

Git Real, everyone here knows you are Steve Brown. Maybe you should git a job instead of posting blogs day and night. I think we should ditch the unemployed politician! At least the lawyer works for a living instead of working the internet all hours.

Git a job! Is that the best you can do?

Hey Sky Spy! See! I'm the the real Steve Brown.

Continue on with your vicious attacks there PYT96.

One of these lier, lier lovers, called me Steve Brown in this blog.

I am the real Steve Brown. I guess we are sort of even. mudcat called both of us Steve Brown also.

Speaking of that, I have been looking over the time sheets at our official STEVE BROWN HOUSE........you Mr. Git Real have not been putting in your time. You can take my shift on Friday.

Happy Turkeyday Git Real

Not sure who you are, but I doubt it is Steve Brown. Maybe Gary Rower?

Shhhh... I don't live in PTC.

Thanks for your reasonable assessment of this race. It's good to see that your judgment is not clouded by mere emotion. We have four to choose from, and in this particular race Steve is the best choice.

One thing though.... I suspect your husband doesn't have to worry about you dedicating countless hours to heading up the Steve Brown Groupie Club.

Happy Thanksgiving to your household!

Git--- I asked around....Nobody in law enforcement has ever heard of Lawyer Ramsey. Steve Brown as Mayor reportedly never messed with the PTC PD, no bad karma. Becker was in the battered women's group. Madden is unknown as well. Next week we'll ask around.

Skyspy and Git Real:
If you two are Steve Brown, then I am Marie Osmond.
Wanna dance?

That PYT96 bitty is just too much for me.

For an unemployed lion it must nice to have two houses.

P.S. Does Bill Gates wife have a job?

P.S.S. I thought is was my turn to be Steve this week.

Just don't tell Mrs. Git.

Nope Bad.... I ain't sharing with you and Sky any more. Remember, I'm the real Steve Brown.

Or are you going to give the kids a break and just help mom?

Never done it before. But, I bought this big ole Turkey roasting pan at Williams Sonoma for the price of a used car yesterday. I'm ready to go. Just gotta find out what I'm going to season it with.

smell in the air.
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Although I'd trust Git to drive a backhoe the thought of him with an apron standing in front of oven ain't pretty.

As long as he's not just wearing those silk boxers.

I yam what I yam...Popeye

an Iron Chef.
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stick with bacon and apples.

I hope Mrs. Git has a sense of humor.

I can just picture the turkey from Chevy Chase's, "A Christmas Vacation".

I'll be better prepared next year. I'm open for hints before I start doing late night Turkey cookin' internet research.

I'm cooking prime rib tomorrow. You'll can have your fowl.
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Prime rib works for me.

Does it go well with candied yams?

hope so!!! Speaking of food, I seen that Johnny Carino's has shut down.
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Are you and Git in a click?

My avatar took some geek several hours and a boat load of computer power to create. It only took me a few seconds to steal.

Well muddle changed and then Git. So I thought I would try something different. Good night.
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Maxie of the AJC is picking us this weekend after eating a heaping helping of crow last weekend.

I yam what I yam...Popeye

I seen that. Bainbridge has lost 3 or 4 games. I can even call that one. The stats say FCHS should win. What does the crystal ball forecast. Did you see the stats on Tucker?
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Should be a good one. I had a chance to speak with the McIntosh Coach Tuesday, and he says the Dawg Commit for Fayette can/will keep them in any game. Boykin is his name?.....I wish them well.

It will as long as Tucker keeps up their end.

I yam what I yam...Popeye

The crystal ball is fuzzy right now, all I can see is that we win, the score will be clearer on Friday.

I yam what I yam...Popeye

Layoff the hard stuff. I'm going to bed. See you all tomorrow.

Cyclist off.
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Happy Thanksgiving

I yam what I yam...Popeye

that will show you how to kill, prepare and cook the "bird".

You're on your own for the rest if the vittles.

Present company not excluded.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope tomorrow is a great day for you and your family.

Enjoy the love.

I don't like him and I and my hubby worked hard to get him out as mayor, but of all the candidates he is the best choice for this position.

Think about it - he will be Dan Lakly's replacement. What better person to promote Fayette County and bring home the bacon. He certainly can't intimidate and fire staff like he did here and he will be relentless about promoting his hometown. He s a very good public speaker if he doesn't have to follow up on the flowery speeches. He has plenty of time and will go to all th e meetings that others will not attend

If you think about it - that is exactly what we want in a State Rep.

2 surprising points for everyone:

1. I told you all he would run even before Dan's viewing

2. I will vote for him since he is the best of the candidates for the job

...I lived in PTC.

But my daughter and her husband do, and they agree. He has their votes.

The city is still salvagable if someone comes in who remembers the original vision. I know that some development is inevitable--particularly given the proximity to a major U.S. city.

But at least you need someone there who is not so eager to lay down and give it whenever the developers have the urge.

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Let it be known there is a fountain
That was not made by the hands of man.

The developer responsible for my subdivision was typical of those in this area. First, his work on the basic infrastructure was absolutely pathetic. Curbs are crumbling away, street lights lean in every direction, etc.

Some time after I moved in, work began on a house situated on the lot next door. That house sits way back off the street, and so required a long driveway. His own son--a brand new builder at the time--built the giant styrofoam cooler that he called a house. They put that in, got the house built, and sold it.

One day, one of the neighbors walking by saw me outside. He said, pointing to the driveway next door, "Isn't that driveway on your property?" I assured him that it couldn't be. He insisted. So I checked it out.

Sure enough, he had put the driveway more than THIRTY FEET over onto my property.

The new homeowner freaked out. It would be a very expensive propostion to tear out the driveway and move it over. Plus, there was an easement on the other side that made it impossible to do it. So the developer got involved.

We met. I consulted a lawyer who suggested that I charge a modest price to deed off a slice of my property. I announced the price. At first he balked. But we finally closed the deal.

One day two or three weeks later his son was at the piece of crap house that he was building across the street. My wife had noticed him out in the yard, etc. She was upstairs in one of the bedrooms when one of the front bedroom windows (facing that house) went crashing out. She called me, and I looked out. The kid (whom we had nicknamed "Foamwall Jackson") was just pulling away.

I could never find any evidence of a missile hurled at our window. But I have no doubt in my mind that this was Foamwall's revenge.

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Let it be known there is a fountain
That was not made by the hands of man.

going to run for Dan Lakly's seat before the funeral. The tasteless jerk announced his candidacy the day before Lakly was buried. Can you imagine how Lakly's family must have felt with guys like Ramsey stepping over the body to announce he was going to run.

The day of the funeral, he's bragging about all the money he's raised. The guy is acting like a golddigger.

johenry, who is either a steve brown crony or steve brown himself, is such a low-life that he would exploit a man's death to get elected. i hope this publication revokes his login privileges, which are simply a license to slander. ramsey announced his intention to run AFTER the funeral. this is an indisputable fact that can be proven, probably by The Citizen. ramsey has been very respectful. also, i would be very interested to see any evidence that he has at any point bragged about raising any money -- i haven't seen it.

if this kind of despicable lying came from anyone else, it would be a shock. coming from brown, it is routine. ramsey must be winning this race for brown to be resorting to such desperate measures. you, sir, should be ashamed, if you are even capable of shame. this is one of the most atrocious lies i have ever seen.

Oh yes, the jerk Matt Ramsey announced the day prior to Dan Lakly's funeral which was on Friday, Nov. 9. Disrespectful? This piece allow links Ramsey to Mitch Seabaugh who got paid off by the TDK developer to give us the shaft. Hey, your lying worked during the Logsdon campaign, but no one's buying it now.

Ramsey enters race for Lakly’s seat
Thursday, November 8, 2007, 04:59 PM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

And the race is on to replace the late Dan Lakly in the state House.
Our colleague, John Hollis, reports that local Republican attorney Matt Ramsey has entered the special election Dec. 18 to replace Lakly, a Peachtree City Republican, who died Oct. 29 of a massive heart attack.

Ramsey used to work for former congressman Mac Collins (R-Ga.), and further honed his conservative credentials working with state Sen. Mitch Seabaugh and state House Speaker pro tem Mark Burkhalter.

Ramsey graduated from Georgia Southern and has a law degree from Georgia State University.

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/politicalinsider/entries/2007/11/08/ramsey_enters_race_for_laklys.html

Loser, you need to put a cork in it until you guys disclose where Lawyer Ramsey came up with his 'pocket-fulls of cash' that he was bragging about long before Dan was buried and the lawyer announced.

Raising $30K in a matter of days does not happen in the real campaign world lest it magically appears from sources such as Lawyer Ramsey's Developer / Lawyer slush fund. Again, Ramsey was boasting well before Dan was buried. And then he fakes his remorse with his shameless campaign announcement ploy, which had as much credibility as Nuk planting a kiss on Steve Brown's lips.

CLICK HERE FOR SOME GIT REAL GOOD FACTS REGARDING LAWYER RAMSEY'S TASTELESS AND SHAMELESS CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCEMENTS

Good Ole Developer Boy Politics At It's Best

Come clean on your disclosures or shut the freak up.

I'm confused. I thought the memo read that you were Steve Brown yesterday and "bad" was today and "hutch" would be tomorrow. My turn was on Monday.

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I can't be Steve on Friday we have that football game, anyone want to trade?

I yam what I yam...Popeye

Jane1 can be Steve for a day.
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I could do it Sunday.

I yam what I yam...Popeye

Do you really want to be a politician on a Sunday?
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when did ramsey brag about raising money, steve? hmmmm? did you hear about that at work? oops, guess not. he hasn't. you're just desperate. i would be too if i were in your shoes.

p.s. your own link is to a statement by ramsey AFTER the funeral. you can't even keep your own lies straight anymore! it sure is classy of you to exploit a man's death for your political campaign. no wonder peachtree city couldn't wait to get rid of this pond scum. couldn't win a single voting machine!! he'll say or do anything (except put in an honest day's work).

i'm going to eat turkey. you keep blogging like it's your job. oh wait, it is.

I'm curious reader, he's got 30 grand in his pocket, he had when he announced for office, he came on here to announce but won't come back to say where the money came from. So here's my question, where did the money come from? You seem to know all about him, what's your relationship to him, maybe a donor, daddy, mama, sister, brother, wife, girlfriend?

I yam what I yam...Popeye

I knew he couldn't resist.

That being said, he's better off as an idiot in a sea of idiots than being 1 of 5.

"I will vote for him since he is the best of the candidates for the job."

How long do we have to wait for the other shoe to drop?

The old DRIECTPAC is going to roll your house for that one.

Oddly he can't tell me who he will vote for, the dem, the shyster or the new Republican lady.

In fact that is the same problem most of the made members of Direct PAC will have - holding their nose and voting for Brown (they'd never tell) or justfying a vote for one of the other 3 - all of whom have serious shortcomings.

Wow, Carol....I agree with you. Steve Brown is one of the few Citizen Heroes in Fayette political history. He has fought against the Developer Authority and many of those that are now interred in the Fayette Political Graveyard. The Development Authority would still be sleazing along if it were not for Steve Brown going through all the records late at night. What Developer Dan Stinchcomb could not do in Fayette he is trying to do in PTC and east Coweta with TDK. Would you listen to what Dan Lakly? Remember 2001? Dan Lakly ran for Mayor. Same year that Steve Brown was elected Mayor. Dan did not make it into the runoff. Who did he endorse? Steve Brown. Dan worked actively for Steve. As to Ramsey’s political campaign chairman Mac Collins, so what? He lives in Butts County. Always has. He is a former Congressman. He may be a fine man but he has absolutely no relevance to PTC.

the reason that Lakly endorsed Borwn was because Gary Rower was in the race and Dan could not stand him. It was not because Dan thought Brown was the best man for the job.

I hope Mac Collins sues you for slander steve, i mean "johenry." the notion that mac collins was some sort of K Street insider is ludicrous. mac was and is a man of integrity, he was immune to the siren song of the washington dc lobbyists. he was one of the rare politicians we could be proud of.

you know, there are ways to be medicated for pathological lying. i suggest you consult your physician. and your lawyer.

Uh oh! We hit another hot button from the Matt Ramsey/Harold Logsdon crowd!!

Mac Collins lost one race for the U.S. House and was rejected by Butts County voters twice for the state senate and rejected twice by Georgians for the U.S. Senate. He was recently defeated by Jim Marshall in a U.S. House race. He was a die-hard Democrat while he participated unsuccessfully in Butts County political races.

An overwhelming 66% of Mac Collins’ campaign contributions came from special interest political action committees. Jack Abramoff and Ralph Reed had significant access to Collins. The PAC funding system known as the “K Street Machine” solicited funds on behalf of Collins.

Blogger Vox’s hardy support of Ralph Reed and his ripping off American Indian tribes disguised as lobbying for the gambling industry isn’t very impressive. We can probably expect the same excuses out of attorney Matt Ramsey.

As for Heidi Becker, she turned Republican at the time Rep. Lakly died. A quote from the Citizen News on 8/25/2004 reads, “"Women in 2004 have come a long way from the time of the suffragists," said Heidi Becker, president of the Fayette Democratic Women.”

In 2005, Heidi Becker was a speaker on behalf of the Democratic Equal Rights Amendment forum (www.4era.org/events.htm). Heidi Becker is listed as the “President of the Georgia Federation of Democratic Women.”

Just like die-hard Democrat Mac Collins, Heidi Becker has changed her ways and, like Collins, is ready to take the stage. If you want to condemn Heidi Becker, you’ll have to condemn Mac Collins first.

Mac changed parties decades ago, when most conservatives in the south made the same switch. it was a time when lots of democrats were "mugged by reality" and became republicans. johenry, you should give reality a try. and steve brown should give gainful employment a try.

Mac changed parties decades ago

Lots of 'em did. The writing was on the wall if they had remained Democrats. It was soooooo obvious and pathetic to hear their pandering speeches as they pretended to be such heroes in their switches. These announcements were always welcomed by the pandering Republicans and were truly an eye-rolling event.

And now look at our once mighty Republican party...... diluted with a bunch of washed out compromising ex-Democrats.

johenry, you should give reality a try. and steve brown should give gainful employment a try.

Your a vicious cockroach, aren't you?

Yeah.... Mac is a good man. But, he needs to be put out to pasture.

you forget to log in as johenry on this one. please try to keep your many cyber-identities straight when lying.

You have to understand that Johenry was supposed to be off today and I've got double duty on Turkey Day.

Sincerely,

The real Steve

I'm the real Steve Brown.

You have my shift tomorrow also.

Signed the REAL STEVE BROWN

1. Ralph Reed was not even called to testify in the Abramoff hearings and was guilty of NOTHING!!! The AJC did a number on him. As for Mac Collins - he was one of our best congressmen from GA

2. Steve Brown is not a Republican. He can say he is, but actions speak louder that words. Just because someone here votes in the Republican Primary sometimes, that does not make them a Republican. We have had many Democrats vote in the Republican Primary because they had no choices in their own Primary.

3. As for Heidi Becker - she always votes in the Democrat Primary. That is a pure Democrat in this county. So she is the FORMER chairman of the Democrat Women. What are here qualifications to be a Republican elected official?