Agreed. To begin with, Brian Kemp is staunchly Conservative and Pro-Life, so he deserves the benefit of the doubt until more facts come into focus. If we go back four years, Kelly Loeffler sounds a lot like the idea of Donald Trump as president did in 2015.
So Kelly Loeffler was a Romney donor? Well, so was I in 2012 when the alternative was the reelection of Obama. My donation was a whole lot smaller, but so are my means. In 2012 I realized that Romney was a weak alternative, but now I know that he is a corrupt Deep State player with hands in the Ukrainian cookie jar.
Kelly Loeffler and husband Jeffrey Sprecher own the NYSE so she can afford to self-fund her own campaign. That's a good thing because she will have to run in 2020 for the remainder of Isakson's term and then again in 2022 for reelection to a full 6-year term. How many viable candidates could do that?
Some people are reading bad things into Loeffler's seat on the board of Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital, one of largest public hospitals in America. But they might not realize that Grady was rescued from near-bankruptcy and closure in 2008 when Atlanta business leaders intervened to oust Grady's corrupt board, convert it to a non-profit organization, and pour in hundreds of millions of their own dollars. Today, Grady Memorial Hospital is successful, respected and profitable. Good on her for donating her time and expertise to this important institution.
Finally, I really like Doug Collins and his effective defense of President Trump. But Collins's new high-profile role obscures the fact that he is the least conservative member of Georgia's house delegation. For now, I prefer Doug Collins right where he as an effective member of Congress.
In summary, I know enough about Governor Kemp to trust him on this and save my ammunition for the election next year.
Oh, there you go introducing some sanity in an otherwise hyperbolic thread! ;-)
Thanks for your knowledgeable and sensible post about Kelly Loeffler.
Great post. You covered everything except the fact that Loeffler has also donated to President Trump.
As for those other donations she made...all I can say is that Trump was a Hillary donor and it hasn’t stopped him from being a good President.
We can dislike the influence of money in politics all we want but that doesn’t change the fact that we need someone who can raise more money than the dems will spend to take this seat.
I, too, feel that I know the Governor well enough to give him the benefit of the doubt whether or not I favor his pick.