Posted on 06/23/2006 7:24:57 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
There are still some Georgia Crackers that are upset with him for turning his back on our so called "Dixie Flag" but I think that would be a plus in the rest of the country.
There are very few single issues that would stop a person from being President and not fully supporting and up or down vote for The Confederate Flag isn't one of the.
Like President Reagan, Gov. Purdue left the Democrat Party. Sonny Purdue is a regular guy that has real beliefs and feelings but doesn't try to proselytize. I'm proud to have voted for him. Remember, there is another Georgia Politician and former Governor and Senator that has our hearts and the nation's pulse, Zell Miller.
Both Cathy Cox and Mark Taylor make me want to poke my eyes out and pour molten lead in my ears.
You are right about that, and I have been on his case a lot about not being conservative enough. But to the libs, he's an arch-conservative. They think Dewine is a conservative.
I think the better candidate is one state to the west of Perdue. The simple fact that he came away with the victory he did, when 2 years ago everyone had written his political obituary, proves that he has the mantle to be President.
Besides, we elected a President from Georgia once, and as I recall, didn't work out too well.
The tax decrease resulted in less money payed at the pump, how did that increase the profits in the gasoline supply chain? Because the cost on the pump was marginally lower than the cost at the pump in New York, you think individuals immediately bought another car to fill up?
His tax cutting measure defused the criticism of the dumb masses that "the Government" didn't "help us" and showed that a Republican Governor was better than a Democrat.
I like Sonny. I voted for him before and intend to vote for him again this fall. He's been a good governor. Zell Miller's even doing commercials for him.
And now many are saying we should elect a former Speaker from Georgia.
What irony, is the cycle of life!
For some reason though, I still kept my drivers license signed by Jimma.
Somebody's been down to Withlacoochie and scored some serious reefer to be thinking this way.
Well, I am no "cracker", and I think he absolutely broke his campaign promise. There should have been a vote on ALL the choices. That said, I would vote for Sonny for President.
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We could do a lot worse.
There is NOTHING wrong with Georgia. We have two pretty good senators, my representative is wonderful, and our state government is doing a bang-up job. I suppose you think Mass. would be a better choice....
I don't necessarily believe it was the flag issue that got him elected, I mean he was running against Roy Barnes. I think the people of Georgia have a little more brains then to make someone governor just because of a flag.
Cheney is only popular with conservatives. The great mushy middle thinks he's scary.
So you're saying the Governor should appease those who won't vote for him anyway.
Go back and reread my post to yours that was responding to the bold and chubby comment
So costs do not factor into prices?
Cutting taxes in that environment (when prices are regulating demand in line with tightened supply) would only increase the profits in the gasoline supply chain, not reduce prices.
But aren't you forgetting that Perdue's tax cuts only lowered the price consumers paid for gasoline in Georgia and thus had little impact on overall supply, demand or anything else?
You are confusing coincidence with causality. At the height of the supply crisis the announcement was made, with supply coming back online, and from additional sources, the prices had nowhere to go but down. If Sonny signed a bill demanding the sun come up earlier tommorrow it would, but would you give him credit?
So costs do not factor into prices?
Over the long term competition will drive prices to a small margin above costs, but costs themselves do not set prices. In the case of Katrina the supply line was in havoc. Stations were trying scrambling to find the market clearing price for gasoline in the new reality of lower supplies. This pushed the price well beyond costs. Even then, under the threat of legal action for 'gouging' stations set prices too low and supplies of gasoline ran out before they could be refilled. I saw it happen in Tallahassee, and I know it was happening towns in the rest of the panhandle. The retailers had to find a price that prevented demand from clearing out their supply faster than it could be replaced. Sonny decided to collect a few cents less in taxes does not alter the price necessary to balance supply and demand, but it would reduce costs for retailers, and thereby increase their profits.
I'm all for tax cuts, and getting the government out of the road business, but I won't advocate tax cuts on false premises.
And why wouldn't Bob Riley make an equally good President, especially considering unlike Georgia, we've never had a chance to get one of our own in office.
I can see what Mark Taylor is for (yuck) but Cathy Cox's commercials don't tell me what she's for, just that MT is a liar. What is she for? I'll have to look up and see what party she is associated with.
I vaguely remember her doing something bad, but don't remember any details.
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