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>> You're a liar on three counts. Not RINOS, but conservatives. <<

COUNT 1: If you call yourself a Republican, then one would presume you support Republicans. Perdue is the first REPUBLICAN Governor EVER in Georgia history. He also votes the "right way" on Republican issues 90% of the time. They OPPOSE him, yet they support all the previous DEMOCRAT governors such as Maddox, Carter, Busbee, Harris, Miller, Barnes, etc.

They're free to call themselves "conservative", that doesn't make it so (voting for pro-abortion, tax-and-spend racist bigot Robert Byrd clones doesn't make one "conservative") The "Log Cabin Republicans" similarly profess to be die-hard "conservatives" (especially "fiscal conservatives"), yet they similarly attack Republican incumbents (President Bush) but have nothing but praise for DEMOCRATS. You know what that makes them? RINOs.

Of course, by your standards, they CALL themselves "conservative", so that makes it true!

>> Gov. Perdue pledged to support a referendum on the 56 flag - after election he caved on the issue. <<

POINT 2: Since I never said anything about a referendum of the 1956 flag, I can't see how I "lied" about this issue. I did say Perdue's new flag incorporates the ACTUAL FLAG OF THE CONFEDERACY from 1861 , so if someone REALLY wanted "confederate hertiage", they'd be more than pleased. Instead, they are upset that he didn't include the 1956 flag (gee, I must have missed where the history books said the CSA existed in 1956), which is best known as being erected by a DEMOCRAT governor of the state the capitol solely to protest the desegregation of Georgia schools.

If they like the 1956 flag better than the ACTUAL confederate flag of 1861, I'd say the only "hertiage" they're looking to preserve is the one-party RAT rule of Georgia in the 1950s.

>> No one that I know is interested in electing dims to office, conservatives yes. <<

COUNT 3: Gee, if you think I'm "lying" that a bunch of Georgia "conservatives" have openly endorsed Dems, you must not visit this threads much that proclaim yourself an expert on. Here's one to look over for starters: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1350646/posts The creator of this thread, "GeorgiaConservative", openly endorses Max Cleland, DEMOCRAT, to "replace" Sonny Perdue. He then finds little support for Marxist Dim Cleland (maybe he though Zell Miller's endorsement of Perdue would convince us to vote for him), so he switches strategies and recommends Mark Taylor, another DEMOCRAT, for Governor. Lastly, he suggests Cathy Cox (yup, yet another DEMOCRAT) for Governor. This is just one example of such a thread. You should see the RIP Lester Maddox thread, where plenty of "conservatives" swoon over the former DEMOCRAT governor (who only won the RAT primary because Republicans crossed over thinking the Robert Byrd clone would be easy to defeat in the general -- and he was defeated but the RAT legislature installed him anyway). I'm not even going to get into all the threads where other Georgia "conservatives" proudly promote and ENDORSE such DEMOCRATS as Carl Sanders, Sam Nunn ("wants your gun"), Jimmy Carter, Denise Majette, Roy Barnes, Zig Zag Zell Miller, Richard Russell, etc. Their excuse is the era of one-party Democrat rule was full of "true conservatives". You're calling me a liar? How else would you explain their fawning over every "D" elected to statewide office to Georiga over the last 50 years?

>> You did have it correct that the Barnes rag was a 'pathetic polititcally-correct flag'. <<

Thank you. Though unforatuenly that does not stop the Perdue haters from missing the good ol' days when Barnes was in charge. Fortunately, Barnes's ugly little "legacy" has been replaced with this lovely item that a MAJORITY of Georgians supported:

The RINOs don't need no stinkin' majority opinion though, which might explain why like Governor Lester "Christine Gregorie clone" Maddox so much. ;-)

Again - conservative - support limited government, want an end to government attacks on religion, am anti-abortion, anti-socialism, advocate limited LEGAL immigration, and government's primary purpose is to defend the republic. I vote for the candidate that most closely matches my views. Most often they are Republican, but I am not a straight party robot. I voted for Mr. Perdue, I swapped emails with him about the Barnes rag and allowing us a vote before he was elected. I was on these threads predicting his victory and the defeat of Max Cleland - remember the media had Barnes and Cleland as locks. And I can't name a soul that wants the likes of Barnes, Carter or their ilk in office.

...yet they similarly attack Republican incumbents (President Bush) but have nothing but praise for DEMOCRATS.

I despise President Bush's proposed amnesty plan, and I voted for Zell Miller as Senator. I guess That makes me 'evil'.

I did say Perdue's new flag incorporates the ACTUAL FLAG OF THE CONFEDERACY from 1861 , so if someone REALLY wanted "confederate hertiage", they'd be more than pleased.

You think the new flag is ok - a flag based on the 1st national flag, and are opposed to one based on the Confederate battle flag. How do you feel about a flag based on the second and third national flags?

Instead, they are upset that he didn't include the 1956 flag (gee, I must have missed where the history books said the CSA existed in 1956), which is best known as being erected by a DEMOCRAT governor of the state the capitol solely to protest the desegregation of Georgia schools.

Georgia changed the flag in 1956, two YEARS after Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. In 1956, the Georgia Congress did pass a series of bills aimed at segregation - SB1 through SB8. The flag was SB 98, introduced by Senators Willis N. Hardin and Jefferson Lee Davis. Lt. Governor Ernest Vandive stated that the change was in response to the upcoming centennial, and would acknowledge the brave men who fought and died on the battlefield.

If they like the 1956 flag better than the ACTUAL confederate flag of 1861, I'd say the only "hertiage" they're looking to preserve is the one-party RAT rule of Georgia in the 1950s.

You miss the whole point, it's not a matter of honouring the Confederacy with the political flag, it's a matter of honouring the Confederate soldier, and the men - black and white - who died in her defense.

Gov. Perdue promised voters - including me - that he would support a referendum whereby the people of the state could vote on a) the Barnes rag and b) the '56 flag. We simply want him to keep his word.

COUNT 3: Gee, if you think I'm "lying" that a bunch of Georgia "conservatives" have openly endorsed Dems, you must not visit this threads much .. How else would you explain their fawning over every "D" elected to statewide office to Georiga over the last 50 years?

Ask them. I'd never vote for anyone who supports abortion, regardless of their stance on the flag. Maybe others are as passionate about the flag.