My thoughts about Chambliss and Georgia

[thewiseguy]

I have got nothing to say.

The Senator does reflect well on the majority of people living in Georgia.

[jjanpundt]

1. I lived for 10 years in Atlanta (late 70s early 80s) and find it hard

to believe that the people have changed so much that someone like Chambliss can get elected. It just boggles my mind.

[TroglodyteScholar]

2. A lot of the state is populated with people who are...

...absolutely nothing like the people in Atlanta.

Nothing's changed.

[Hosnon]

3. Not really.

Given a more well known Democrat (no knocks against Martin, he was a wonderful candidate) and no threat of a supermajority, Chambliss would have lost. Many, many people I know voted for Obama and Martin the first time but voted for Chambliss in the run-off to prevent a supermajority.

And no, those people aren't crazy. They're just centrists or right of center.

[Sebass1271]

5. thanks to msm scaring people with bullcrap about

supermajority....

[Hosnon]

7. I look at it this way: I got every toy I wanted for Christmas but

batteries were not included (and my parents forgot to get some and all the stores are closed).

Big picture, folks.

[Donnachaidh]

12. it wasn't just the MSM - Chambliss played that mantra well

over the last week I had daily robo-calls about the evils of allowing a *democrat* supermajority.

[BeFree]

8. Well shit

...if they are centrists or right of center, they ARE crazy. They want more of the same mess we are in? Then they are bat shit crazy, and anyone who sticks up for them must be getting crazy too.

[Hosnon]

9. They don't want more of the same. They just want slightly less of a change.

Hmm...have you seen my crazy hat...?

[BeFree]

14. Were you sticking up for them?

...if you were then I'd have to wonder. But you weren't, right?

Thing is, they don't have a fucking clue.

[Hosnon]

24. Yes, I was. I may not agree with their reasons but their reasons are not batshit crazy. nt.

[BeFree]

25. Oh, yes they are

What is it about them voting for republicans that is reasonable? Is it that we don't need dems running the show? That we need more republicans and all their bs? What the fuck reason is it that makes them not bat shit crazy that you have to stand up for them?

[librechik]

4. STOLEN

take it easy on the people of Georgia

[Sebass1271]

6. any proof?

atlanta is the only decent place there. the rest are die hard rethugs.

[librechik]

10. just precedent--Chambliss stole the last one

and you know proof is hard to come by in the vote counting game.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/-100-000-Reward-FOR-INFORM-by-Velvet-Revolution-081117-757.html

[onenote]

13. why didn't he just steal it back in November?

[BeFree]

16. Maybe he thought he did?

But the turnout for Obama snowed him?

Truth is, he didn't do much. What very well could have happened and probably did is that the unaccountable voting machine workers who programmed the machines are the thieves. But you knew that, right?

[CitizenPatriot]

22. Obama lawyers were VERY busy here both before the election

and on election day. Trust me, they tried and they accomplished much voter disenfrachisement. And the long 8 hour lines? And the police at polling places? We had problems here, it's just that no one covered it because everyone was preoccupied with the win. GA was the Florida and Ohio of 2008. It will all come out in time, I hope. But I'm grateful for the big picture win. MORE than grateful. This is a bummer, but it can be sucked up.

[librechik]

17. I have no idea. However, no doubt they expected to win back in November

so didn't bother. In the meantime, Georgians and others got rich in a flurry of Republican runoff spending, and Chambliss wins by HUGE margin not predicted by the earlier near 50/50 results. I'm no statistician, but what are the odds of that?

Who knows? I'm cynical, and just guessing, but Georgia has a history with Diebold and they still use the machines, now called Premier.

[rwheeler31]

19. Why?

[CitizenPatriot]

20. THANK YOU

not to mention the 200,00 purged voters by SOS Karen Handel even though she was ordered not to do it.

And no, if you look at the map, Atlanta is not the ONLY place that voted Dem. There are actually many blue counties here. I live in one of them.

Diebold, the gift that keeps on giving.

[hfojvt]

11. incumbents are hard to beat

especially when their party is a majority of the state by a decent margin. I thought low turnout might help us because GOTV would swing it our way.

[izquierdista]

15. The Devil went down to Georgia..

and he said "Goddammit, there's a lot of assholes here!" and he went back to Hell where the summers are cooler.

[aikoaiko]

18. Now we all did what we could do

sorry it wasnt enough.

[CitizenPatriot]

21. yeah, we did.

We made history here registering new democratic voters. 400,000 in a year. 200,000 of which were later purged...but hey, it's all fair, right?

And then we had the Spoonamore episode with the Deibolds that weren't certified in the previous Chambliss win. Thank goodness for whistle blowers who turned those machines in that had been tampered with after being certified.

Perhaps the Sugary Refinery business will blow up in his face. He deserves it for not caring about all of the deaths and people who were injured and trying to stop the whistle blower from telling about the safety problems.

[mymessageboardid]

23. Where was the granddaughter??

I saw the grandson at the victory speech, but not the girl. Is she in therapy already from the groping that "big daddy" laid on her?