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John Linder retiring
accessnorthga.com ^ | Feb. 27, 2010 | Ken Stanford

Posted on 02/27/2010 12:04:32 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

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To: Man50D

Bad news. Hope his successor carries on fervently.


21 posted on 02/27/2010 1:05:19 PM PST by Hostage
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To: Hostage
Bad news. Hope his successor carries on fervently.

It's not bad news with respect to The Fair Tax. As Linder stated once on a conference call I was on, The Fair Tax has reached the point where it has become viral. It is no longer dependent on one person, being him, as it was when he first introduced the bill. Linder will probably still be an advocate for The Fair Tax and have more time to devote to the cause. obviously he will still have many contacts in Washington D.C.
22 posted on 02/27/2010 1:24:52 PM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

All around good guy and a conservative to boot.The big daddy of the FAIR TAX.Ask anyone in Georgia over 40 and they know the Fair Tax.So know we educate the youth about it as they become politically aware.


23 posted on 02/27/2010 2:02:55 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: RedMDer

I believe it is in this still very upper-middle class and largely conservative district.


24 posted on 02/27/2010 2:40:44 PM PST by Dick Bachert
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Sounds like John and his buddy Neal are going to retire and park all of their money offshore before Obama gets a hold of it.

Watch for Neal to retire, due to ‘medical’ reasons very soon. Send him a housewarming gift for the new place in Florida since he doesn’t live GA anymore.


25 posted on 02/27/2010 2:49:25 PM PST by Dacula (Evil succeeds when good men do nothing. Lets do something.)
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To: Dacula

Neal ?


26 posted on 02/27/2010 3:04:29 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Boortz

they are good buddies


27 posted on 02/27/2010 3:44:51 PM PST by Dacula (Evil succeeds when good men do nothing. Lets do something.)
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To: Man50D

Thanks and I agree, it is viral.


28 posted on 02/27/2010 4:45:21 PM PST by Hostage
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To: Clintonfatigued

24 years in D.C. is too much (12+12)...that’s more than a generation. No career politicians...the @$$hats need to go home and get real jobs in the private sector.


29 posted on 02/27/2010 4:50:16 PM PST by twister881
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To: Clintonfatigued; fieldmarshaldj; Impy; RobFromGa; yongin

How about Herman Cain?


30 posted on 02/27/2010 6:26:34 PM PST by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
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To: FrdmLvr
RINO?

Absolutely not! John Linder represents my district. His voting record is stellar. He also is the prime motive force behind "Fair Tax".

31 posted on 02/27/2010 6:28:16 PM PST by GingisK
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To: AuH2ORepublican

Sure, why not ? But I’d be surprised if he went for it.


32 posted on 02/27/2010 6:43:33 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

I don’t think that Herman Cain lives in that district.


33 posted on 02/27/2010 6:57:04 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (Liberal sacred cows make great hamburger)
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To: yongin

A name that has come up is John Smoltz, pitcher for the Atlanta Braves.

http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2010/02/27/now-im-in-for-it-john-smoltz-united-states-congressman/?cxntfid=blogs_mark_bradley_blog


34 posted on 02/27/2010 7:16:06 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (Liberal sacred cows make great hamburger)
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To: Clintonfatigued

I don’t think so, either. But Herman Cain lives in suburban Atlanta, and his radio show is heard throughout the GA-07, so he would hardly qualify as a carpetbagger.

By the way, John Smoltz lives outside the district (Alpharetta in Fulton County), wants to pitch in the Majors this year, didn’t handle his 2007 divorce as one would have expected, and is the most overrated pitcher of the past 40 years. I have no reason to doubt that Smoltz is conservative, but I would be surprised if he were interested in running this year and if someone that currently lives outside the GA-07 should get the nomination it should be Herman Cain, not John Smoltz.


35 posted on 02/27/2010 7:37:55 PM PST by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
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To: GingisK

I hate losing one of the good ones.


36 posted on 02/27/2010 9:19:38 PM PST by FrdmLvr ("The people will believe what the media tells them they believe." Orwell)
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To: FrdmLvr
I hate losing one of the good ones.

Me too. I felt a real loss when Senator Paul Coverdell died. He was a really nice man and a truely great Statesman.

37 posted on 02/28/2010 10:56:50 AM PST by GingisK
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To: Dacula; Clintonfatigued; AuH2ORepublican; fieldmarshaldj; darkangel82; yongin

I used to read Boortz’s site back in 2002, I remember he spent a lot of time cheerleading for Linder and the fair tax and hated Barr for the war on drugs, how ironic Barr latter flipflopped on that issue.

I hope Mr. Barr isn’t interested in either a libertarian or GOP run. He could still be in Congress if he wanted but he chose to run against Linder for the safe seat rather than what was really his redrawn seat (won and still held by Phil Gingrey). I lost respect for him then.

As for Smoltz, you don’t need stunt casting for a safe seat. And he’d have to beat down elected officials. I don’t see it happening.

It would be nice if Cain ran. I can find no articles as of yet that mention him as a possible candidate.


38 posted on 02/28/2010 3:16:27 PM PST by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN | NO "INDIVIDUAL MANDATE"!!!!!!!)
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To: Impy

ESPN’s Buster Olney Tweeted that Smoltz said that he was surprised by that article and tgat he’s not considering running in the GA-07.


39 posted on 02/28/2010 3:34:22 PM PST by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
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To: Impy

Here’s the link to the Tweet about Smoltz not running: http://mobile.twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/9789657291


40 posted on 02/28/2010 4:50:39 PM PST by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
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