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While I'm not a big fan of "special pleading", Georgia really is an atypical case.

The Dems have had a stranglehold on all branches of government since Reconstruction. I was talking with my boss today (he's from VERY conservative North Georgia, up Zell Miller's way). Tom Murphy (the uncrowned king of GA for the last 28 years or so) habitually cut all funding to any district whose rep ran as a Republican. My boss's home county is so conservative they all went Republican years ago -- but they haven't gotten one thin dime from the State treasury since. Not one hospital, not one road project, no nuthin'. You may be ideologically pure, but it's hard to say it out loud when your constituents have to drive 50 miles to a hospital.

So what you have here is a pent-up demand for Republicans that have been artifically held under the Democrat label in order to avoid losing State projects. With Tom Murphy gone and Roy Barnes gone, they can finally admit to the truth - they've been DINOs for a long time.

'So what you have here is a pent-up demand for Republicans that have been artifically held under the Democrat label in order to avoid losing State projects. With Tom Murphy gone and Roy Barnes gone, they can finally admit to the truth
- they've been DINOs for a long time.'
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That's right - This is a long needed release for many of these people, and I think the exodus bodes well for DINO conversions in other areas around the country over the next two years.

"You may be ideologically pure, but it's hard to say it out loud when your constituents have to drive 50 miles to a hospital."

I hesitate to mention this, but where is it written that only government may provide health care?
If there were truly a need for hospital in that county, what is to stop a private citizen or group of citizens from building and staffing one?

Are there no doctors there whatsoever?