I won't tire you with the rundown of all the candidates and their speeches. Suffice to say that most of our folks did ok, and the opposition was predictably well, predicable. "Nothing's wrong under the Gold dome, it's the media making it more dramatic than it actually is, Speaker Richardson is doing the best job under the circumstances, organized chaos, nothing to see here folks move along..."

But then we get to Judson, now, it's one thing to try to make the best of a bad situation, but seriously he's either on the pipe, or Kool-aid must have installed a spigot at his house. Gee and I just thought all his ideas came from ALEC.

According to the State Senator from District 32, things are going really well for Georgia, schools are great, folks have no problem with getting Health care, transportation is completely fine, and the money quote " we grabbed the bull by the horns early in the session" getting the water issue under control. Oh and according to him, if it wasn't for the pesky Army Corps of Engineers why there'd be a swimming pool in every back yard and a hot tub to go with it! It's at this point I realized I've slipped into a parallel dimension. It's an unbelievable amount of hypocrisy and "blue sky" being blown up our collective butts... But I digress.

He began his comments with this quote... "Real change requires real change... Good grief-a rose is rose? Really, really this is how you want to play? But it gets better ( I sh*t you not) he then lectures us all on how "we" need to work on our Values and Principles" Again, my mouth hangs open, oh no he didn't... honey... you might want to check yourself first, I'm just saying!

Zinger of the night, goes to Dr. Chris Cameron who is running against Judson, he points out that the votes needed to pass the transportation bill were not cast by the Republican Senators from Cobb, 2 who are in the room. Oh snap! The crowd, such as it is, does at least "acknowledge" the smack down, by making a slight seat shift to the right or left depending.

The evening wears on, and on... I could call out much much more dumbassery, but you will just have to trust me when I say, be afraid, be very afraid of 2009 under the Gold Dome. Not sure if its the water, the A/C, too much asbestos? I dunno something is seriously whack.

I feel some obligation to give credit where credit is due, and that is to Sen. Chip Rogers. First, he was the only candidate in the whole bunch who graciously thanked the organization who sponsored the event. He also had done his homework and specifically mentioned how much of the legislation he worked on was for the good of all Georgians and not partisan. Only he appears to have grasped the "mood" of the room. He lists the bills he sponsored, such as the Anti- Bully Bill, Dog Fighting, and pivoted well off the immigration issue-SB529. He gave a nice shout out to Dale Cardwell. I will continue to disagree with a good deal of his views, but I will say he was the pro in the room last night.

The second in the series is Monday the 30th, I may have to cancel on Jim Martin and attend. This stuff is scary but highly entertaining.

I am working on a companion piece to this post. If you are a candidate you really need to read it. It's all about how not to look like a dumbass at these events. Some. Of. You. Desperately. Need. To. Learn. This.