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Isakson: no runoff with [Herman] Cain next Tuesday
AccessNorthGa.com ^ | July 12, 2004 | Jerry Gunn

Posted on 07/12/2004 11:02:51 AM PDT by CondiArmy

GAINESVILLE - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Johnny Isakson said Monday in Gainesville he wants a straight win, not a runoff in next Tuesday's primary.

The Sixth District Congressman found friendly ground when he called on Cottrell Incorporated, a Gainesville based vehicle transport equipment producer.

He spoke to plant workers and met with Cottrell executives.

Isakson said he's working just as hard as opponent Herman Cain for a winning vote next Tuesday.

Cain stopped in Clermont Saturday at the beginning of a state wide campaign swing and predicted he and Isakson would emerge from the July 20th Republican Primary in a runoff contest.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: election; georgia; hermancain; johnnyisakson; senate
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To: cyborg
...and the driver on the bus goes toot toot toot... :)
61 posted on 07/12/2004 4:38:55 PM PDT by NewLand (Two John's get flushed everyday on Free Republic!)
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To: ambrose

Without a doubt.


62 posted on 07/12/2004 4:42:11 PM PDT by Ima Lurker
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To: madprof98

>To call these people "economic conservatives"--with the implication that they favor abortion-on-demand, as RINO Johnny Isakson does--is a lie,

Was not implying they favor abortion but they do not tend to be people who are one issue voters or put the subject high on their checklist.I think any opinion researcher in the state would agree with me.

You do your case no justice by continuing to push the lie that Isakson is for abortion on demand.It removes any moral ground from your argument and puts you on the same level as the secular crowd.If it were true I am sure the Christian coalition would not give him the rating they do and the former Ga. president of the organization would not have endorsed him.


63 posted on 07/12/2004 4:43:14 PM PDT by Blessed
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To: Blessed; JohnnyZ
Better go check your constitution.Senators were originally to represent the interest of the states.Our founding fathers believed in legislators representing the interest of the people who elected them.Last time I checked you can't vote in every state.

Yes, but the senators from the individual states have to garner a majority, 2/3s, to pass legislation. That means they have to work together for common conservative goals. Hence why we need conservative senators from all states elected, not just GA. His interest is completely understandable.

64 posted on 07/12/2004 4:49:06 PM PDT by eyespysomething (Virtue is learned at a mother's knee...and vices at other joints.)
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To: Blessed

I understand your analogy, Blessed, I just don't know why its different for Isakson than Cain.

So if Cain doesn't release any polls, it means he's behind, but if Isakson doesn't, it means he's ahead?


65 posted on 07/12/2004 4:50:40 PM PDT by eyespysomething (Virtue is learned at a mother's knee...and vices at other joints.)
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To: eyespysomething
Do you know what Vince Dooley was famous for?
66 posted on 07/12/2004 5:12:24 PM PDT by Blessed
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To: Blessed
You do your case no justice by continuing to push the lie that Isakson is for abortion on demand.

Johnny Isakson has always supported, and continues to support, keeping abortion legal.

67 posted on 07/12/2004 6:10:39 PM PDT by JohnnyZ (Yes, I do think I'm funny, why do you ask?)
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To: JohnnyZ
>Johnny Isakson has always supported, and continues to support, keeping abortion legal.<

His official position is the same as George Bush's

Johnny has a 92% rating from the Christian Coalition of America. Johnny personally opposes abortion except in cases rape, incest, and to protect the life of the mother. Johnny was asked by the House Leadership to lead the debate for the ban on Partial Birth Abortion and has fought for informed consent, parental notification, and against federal and state funding for abortions.

As I have said before you have no moral basis for your argument when you choose to distort your opponents position and it does a disservice to the kingdom.
68 posted on 07/12/2004 6:31:20 PM PDT by Blessed
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To: Blessed
His official position is the same as George Bush's

Yet another lie! How many lies can get get onto one thread???

George W. Bush supports the Human Life Amendment to outlaw abortion. Johnny Isakson supports keeping abortion legal. Isakson has said he would not support a constitutional amendment to ban the procedure.

He's "personally opposed" to abortion -- similar to John Kerry and Bill Clinton -- but things it should be legal.

Isakson has voted against President Bush's Mexico City policy, which prohibits tax dollars from being used to fund groups that perform or promote abortions in other countries. He also voted in favor of using tax dollars to fund research on abortion drugs such as RU 486.

http://www.lifenews.com/state591.html

69 posted on 07/12/2004 6:41:45 PM PDT by JohnnyZ (Yes, I do think I'm funny, why do you ask?)
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To: Blessed

Your favorite paper (Cynthia's rag, the AJC) recently said of your boy, "In his 1990 bid for governor, Isakson angered anti-abortion Republicans by declaring
that he would veto any legislation that restricted access to abortion. .." This was the whole point of the abortion-rights campaign for the Senate that Johnny ran (and lost) in 1996. You, sir, are the liar--like your boy. (And you know good and well that Johnny bought the endorsements he's gotten from the "Christians." You probably delivered the check yourself.)


70 posted on 07/12/2004 6:54:13 PM PDT by madprof98
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To: JohnnyZ

Bush's Position

McCAIN [to Bush]: Do you believe in the exemption, in the case of abortion, for rape, incest, and life of the mother?
BUSH: Yeah, I do.
McCain: [But you] support the pro-life plank [in the Republican Party platform]?
BUSH: I do.
McCAIN: So, in other words, your position is that you believe there’s an exemption for rape, incest and the life of the mother, but you want the platform that you’re supposed to be leading to have no exemption. Help me out there, will you?
BUSH: I will. The platform doesn’t talk about what specifically should be in the constitutional amendment. The platform speaks about a constitutional amendment. It doesn’t refer to how that constitutional amendment ought to be defined.

Source: GOP Debate on the Larry King Show Feb 15, 2000

Isakson opposes abortion except in the case of Rape,incest or to protect the life of the mother.

Bush on RU486

Q: Would you try to overturn the FDA’s approval last week of the abortion pill RU-486?
BUSH: I don’t think a president can do that. I was disappointed in the ruling because I’m worried that that pill will cause more people to have abortions. As to the drug itself, I hope the FDA took its time to make sure that American women will be safe who use this drug.
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Source: Presidential debate, Boston MA Oct 3, 2000

Isakson's Position

Cosponsored legislation to suspend distribution of the RU486 abortion pill, pending a review (HR 3453)

The vote not to block funds for testing of RU486 was a show vote.It had been researched for 12 years and as Bush indicated the FDA had the right to make the decision.The Republicans did not even fight to keep the provision in the conference bill that passed for that reason.We now have a chance to get a review based on the fact the FDA ignored the research that you did not want funded.

Life is not a sound bite.You have to think occasionly.


71 posted on 07/12/2004 7:12:13 PM PDT by Blessed
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To: Blessed
Isakson opposes abortion except in the case of Rape,incest or to protect the life of the mother.

Not in law, though. He is "personally opposed" -- as in, if he was pregnant, he wouldn't have an abortion, but if someone else was pregnant, well, that's their choice.

How many lies are you up to now? You seem to repeat some, which makes counting tricky. If we count the repeats you're up there in the teens just on this thread.

72 posted on 07/12/2004 7:15:11 PM PDT by JohnnyZ (Yes, I do think I'm funny, why do you ask?)
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To: madprof98

You have me a little confused.Is your position on Abortion based on any core belief or is it just a position like lower taxes?


73 posted on 07/12/2004 7:16:28 PM PDT by Blessed
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To: Blessed
You have me a little confused

Anybody who claims Johnny "Abortion Rights" Isakson and George W. Bush are on the same page is much more than a little confused--and seriously lacking in core beliefs. Which pretty much sums up your Rich Boy Candidate. (Johnny's next run should be for VP on the Dem ticket.)

74 posted on 07/12/2004 7:24:07 PM PDT by madprof98
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To: JohnnyZ
OK!I get it.Your position is "My mind is made up don't confuse me with facts.You have probably never heard Isakson speak and don't know anyone who knows him but you can parse his words and judge his heart.To top it off you disregard the words of many in the local Christian community on the man.
75 posted on 07/12/2004 7:25:52 PM PDT by Blessed
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To: Blessed

Here is a list of his TV commercials. They began in February with "Starting Over".

Start Over
Pledge
Hollywood
Balanced Budget
I Believe
Wagon
Brown Eyes

But if you didn't see them they must not have existed.







76 posted on 07/12/2004 7:32:32 PM PDT by CondiArmy
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To: CondiArmy
Yes he ran a few ads in Feb.I am not sure he ran them on Atlanta TV.He was not on Atlanta TV on any consistent basis until late June.I don't know why this is a game of gotcha.The point is he and Collins have not run enough TV to make an impact in the race.Atlanta TV dominates (reaches70% of homes in state).It is very expensive.

It appears both Cain and Collins gambled on saving their resources and running their heaviest ads in the last 3 weeks.Isakson ran ads steadily beginning in early May in all markets in state.According to one estimate in the media he is running more commercials (10:1 ratio)than Cain is during Cains big push.

Their is no right or wrong on this it is just like Georgia playing Vanderbilt in football.Georgia has supperior assets but Vandy keeps hoping for a miracle.Every once in a while the miracle occurs.
77 posted on 07/12/2004 7:54:29 PM PDT by Blessed
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To: Blessed
Do you know what Vince Dooley was famous for?

Talking about running for governor and doing away with all of the passing lanes in the state?

78 posted on 07/12/2004 8:04:25 PM PDT by eyespysomething (Virtue is learned at a mother's knee...and vices at other joints.)
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To: ambrose

"Can Cain win the general election?"



Whoever wins the Republican nomination will win the general election, since no prominent Democrat chose to run (it's really not a very good time to be a Democrat in Georgia---the only successful Georgia Democrat is Senator Zell Miller, and he will be a featured speaker at the *Republican* Convention). If anything, Herman Cain would win by a wider margin in the general than would the pro-abortion Johnny Isakson.


79 posted on 07/13/2004 7:18:17 AM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
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To: eyespysomething

60 votes are needed to end a filibuster, not 67.


80 posted on 07/13/2004 7:24:37 AM PDT by AmishDude
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