Something to do while we wait for the election results for Speaker

UPDATE: Rep. David Ralston wins contest for Speaker of the GA House of Representatives.


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10 responses to “Something to do while we wait for the election results for Speaker”

  1. J.M. Prince Avatar
    J.M. Prince

    Better vid here:

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/17/hayden-wright-drunk-4-yea_n_395818.html

    Hayden Wright: Drunk, Cross Dressing 4-Year-Old Steals Neighbors Christmas Presents: Perhaps in attempt to break into Jail to see dad. (VIDEO)//Chattanooga, TN.

    The kids obviously got a future in politics.

    JMP

  2. innerredneckexposed Avatar
    innerredneckexposed

    Speaking of corrupt, Jim Trafficant wants a comeback.

  3. Mel Avatar
    Mel

    The DPG just sent a press release that actually resonates, for a change:

    House Republicans’ new choice for Speaker doesn‚Äôt pay his taxes, but wants to spend yours

    ATLANTA – With their choice of David Ralston as their nominee for Speaker of the House, Republicans have shown the taxpayers that for all of their talk of ethics, the House Republican Caucus is only interested in preserving the status quo. Ralston’s nomination should bring a host of new questions about his record and interests to the forefront.

    Like millions of Georgians, David Ralston does not like April 15th. However, unlike Ralston, most of us do the right thing and pay what we owe. Ralston doesn’t pay his taxes, but he wants to spend yours.

    In 2003, he was forced to pay more than $35,000 in unpaid taxes dating back to 1999. By 2006, the problem had become so bad that the IRS placed a tax lien against him for more than $400,000 in unpaid taxes dating back ten years. As recently as last year, he still had not learned his lesson and was forced to pay nearly $12,000 in unpaid taxes from 2006.

    Lucky for Ralston, he had friends in high places. When calls for him to be stripped of his seat as Chairman of the House Non-Civil Judiciary Committee reached now-discredited House Speaker Glenn Richardson, Richardson said “‚ĶI am going to do everything I can to help him be successful.” That, of course, included letting Ralston keep his spot as Chairman.

    “What the House Republicans seem to be banking on is that just about anybody’s record will compare favorably to Glenn Richardson’s,” said Democratic Party of Georgia Chair Jane Kidd. “What this election proves is that Glenn Richardson wasn’t the only rotten apple in the Republican caucus. Indeed, they seem to have a hard time finding a good apple.”

    “This is just more of the same from Georgia Republicans,” said Kidd. “It shows their dedication not to reform, but to sweeping their ethical problems under the rug and moving ahead with their dangerous special-interest agenda. The leader may have changed, but the culture of corruption remains the same.”

  4. innerredneckexposed Avatar
    innerredneckexposed

    Status copy from FB.

    So Georgia Democrats mis getting a great target for Speaker of the House and I’m kind of sad about that. And then I realized, wait a second, the Democrats wouldn’t have been able to do anything with it anyway. So on the whole, I remain apathetic.

  5. Mel Avatar
    Mel

    Not nearly as entertaining as Nita’s live blogs.

  6. Tim Avatar
    Tim

    ugh, already bored with the speaker liveblogging – YAWN

  7. Juliana Avatar
    Juliana

    Wendell- really…he was involved in fistacuffs during his committee meeting at the end of the session.. a “man of great honor” indeed-that is until Mike J has to break it up… lol

  8. innerredneckexposed Avatar
    innerredneckexposed

    A copy editor is so needed at the Gold Dome liveblog…

    “Update 11:15 a.m. Rep. Wendell Willard (R-Sandy Springs) is offering a few words in nomination of Wendell Willard. ‚ÄúHe‚Äôs a man of great honor.‚Äù”

  9. Tim Avatar
    Tim

    LMAO, awesome Jules, thanks!

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