It has always been the fashion among Republicans I know for many of them to declare that, "no, I'm not a Republican, I'm really a Libertarian." Talk show host Neal Boortz, in particular, has been trying for years to find cover under this blanket of "Libertarianism."
Through his own suffering, Ted Kennedy became more alive to the plight and suffering of others -- the sick child who could not see a doctor; the young soldier sent to battle without armor; the citizen denied her rights because of what she looks like or who she loves or where she comes from.
"The dream shall never die," was the ringing declaration once made by Sen. Ted Kennedy. But with Kennedy's death from brain cancer at age 77, his dream of universal health insurance coverage for all citizens may well have died with him.
You could look for years without finding a Georgia politician who's done more to earn an "F" on their report card than state school Supt. Kathy Cox.
Tom Mishou, who came as close as anyone I know to being a "happy warrior" of politics, passed away Monday morning in hospice care after a brief struggle with cancer. They will announce a date later for a memorial service, which will probably be held in late September or October.
Ever since a federal judge released a ruling last month that said Metro Atlanta will have to stop withdrawing water from Lake Lanier, Gov. Sonny Perdue has gotten an incredibly easy ride in the media. Reporters solemnly transcribe Perdue's comments about his intentions to "fight on" in a court appeal while at the same time "meeting" with Georgia's congressmen to plan "strategy" and drawing up a list of dates on which he will be more than delighted to sit down with Govs. Bob Riley and Charlie Crist to work out a gentleman's agreement on this water situation.
It seems that Georgia politicians Tom Price and Newt Gingrich have a wardrobe problem: their pants are on fire after both of them were caught lying on national news TV programs over the past week.
Gov. Sonny Perdue said Thursday that his bumblings and foulups as Georgia's chief executive are "the best argument I know of" against the concept of a government-operated healthcare system.
Gov. Sonny Perdue made the safe and conventional choice when he finally decided who would replace Leah Ward Sears on the Georgia Supreme Court, naming former federal prosecutor David Nahmias as the newest justice.
Johnny Isakson, it seems, is the latest Georgia Republican to learn that you don't mess with your most rabid supporters by trying to do something foolish like talk common sense or acknowledge the obvious.
You know all that talk we were hearing from economists that the "green shoots" of economic recovery were finally being seen in the depths of this recession? Well, those green shoots seem to have been a little illusory.
Whenever a new president is sworn into office, he takes an oath to do the following: "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
The Senate, to no one's great surprise, voted 68-31 to confirm Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court. Georgia senators Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss, again to no one's great surprise, voted against Sotomayor's confirmation, but maintained a degree of civility about the process. Three Republican senators from Deep South states did break ranks and vote for the judge: Lamar Alexander, Lindsey Graham and Mel Martinez.
You would think that Secretary of State Karen Handel and her campaign spokesman, Dan McLagan, owe a huge debt of gratitude to Gov. Sonny Perdue for the boost he's given to their political and professional careers. So how do they repay him? By spitting in his face, figuratively speaking.
