Posted on 03/25/2010 9:55:08 AM PDT by AngieGal
Gov. Sonny Perdue said Thursday he will appoint a “special attorney general” to challenge federal health care legislation signed into law this week by President Obama.
Perdue made the announcement a day after state Attorney General Thurbert Baker, a Democrat running for governor, told Perdue, a Republican, he would not pursue a lawsuit.
“He’s refusing to do that and I can’t force him to do that,” Perdue said of Baker.
Meanwhile, Georgia Democratic Party chairwoman Jane Kidd this morning sent Perdue a lengthy Open Records Act request, demanding copies of correspondence between his office and Republican organizations around the country.
The governor said the state constitution gives him the leeway to appoint a special attorney general if the elected attorney general fails to carry out the wishes of the governor.
Perdue said several groups of attorneys have volunteered to handle the state’s lawsuit for free. He said he expects to make a decision on a team as soon as possible, but did not set a deadline. Perdue has the support of Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and the Senate Republican Caucus, all of whom said late Wednesday the support the governor’s efforts.
The governor said the state will probably go it alone on the suit to avoid any costs. If Georgia joined with the other 14 state challenging the health legislation, it would incur some legal costs, Perdue said. One of Baker’s objections to filing a suit was its possible financial impact on the state during a time of withering revenues.
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By the way, beside this article is a poll that needs freeping: Should Sonny Perdue pursue a lawsuit against the federal government over health care reform?
So far, the majority is saying that the lawsuit is a travesty instead of the healthcare bill.
Wow! Here’s hoping we get at least 40 lawsuits from the state AG’s against obamacare-and if a state AG refuses to file , here’s the example to follow! (I’d like to see all 57 :-) states file, but that’s impossible...But there’s 37-38 states that are working to pass health care freedom acts,so 40 seems a reasonable number to me.)
Go Sonny! Time to pile on the fascists.
Goodbye baker—don’t let the door hit ya on the way out.
Baker’s candidacy, as a potential governor for Georgia is now officially and unequivocally, DEAD MEAT, DOA, DRT, etc. He won’t even get high up enough on Barnes’ shoelaces to cause notice (ex Dem Gov who his also running).
Current AG is a Jesse Jackson gang throwover.
Good for you Sonny!!!!
P.S. Sonny made his fortune in small business that eventually franchised out. He knows what this HCR will do to already crushed economies.
There have been some VERY faulty prosecutions in GA under his tenure, with the most famous being that of the Court House shooter several years ago (name escapes me). If you can't secure a death penalty sentence for that guy, you're incompetent as they come.
“Perdue said several groups of attorneys have volunteered to handle the state’s lawsuit for free”
GO SONNY GO!!!
Sooooo Happy!! That coward Baker won’t even answer his phone - I’ve dialed for days - I know its off the hook!
I hope they get so many lawsuits - they are covered up with paper - LOL
I know how much paper one lawsuit can generate
Yes he is! I just announced on my FB that he is one the beat this fall - telling everyone he refused to fight against tyranny on behalf of Georgians
I will be making public the name of every politician local and national who refused to fight this takeover. Remember in November! When it gets closer to election time, I will put as many ads in the local papers as I can afford.
Two can play that game... I hope as I am typing that a records request has been sent to A.G. Baker's office - of all the correspondence between his office and Democrat organizations around the country.....
The exact opposite scenario is unfolding in Pennsylvania. The governor is a Democrat and the state's House and Senate delegations are heavily Democratic, and the attorney general is a Republican running for governor who has already announced that he'll be filing suit . . . against a Federal law that most of the state's Federal representatives supported!
I noticed that too. Very aggressive of the AG to demand for their records. Good plan for a response! I hope they do just that.
Can we demand Obama’s and Pelosi’s records of correspondence about the healthcare bill as well? That would be interesting!
Sonny Purdue should file a Freedom of Info Request on the person filing the Freedom of Info. Who did they talk to and what moneys were spent, ect...that can work both ways!
Great minds.... :)
What the hell? Doesn't he realize the impact on his state with this monstrosity?
ping pong
Thurbert Baker:
80% favorable rating by ACORN
Perdue
Be sure and take the Poll on the page:
The overwhelmingly demonRAT, dug-in, “political class” in Atlanta is trying its damndest to bully the rest of the state. And in some cases, even using the race card to do it. A pure case of a noisy, noxious, media savvy minority trying to rape the rest of the state.
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