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Tag: Johnny Isakson

  • What Senate Race?

    I just watched the gubernatorial debates. Not that the two hours were anything other than completely rivioting, but I’m stuck on the responses of the Democrats to the question about which Republican office-holder they most admired, Both Baker and Poythress pick Sen. Johnny Isakson. Maybe they both missed the bulletin that their colleague, Mike Thurmond,…

  • Isakson’s Health

    So Johnny Isakson had two visits to the hospital earlier this year, once with an irregular heartbeat. The reason? A “little infected bump” in his ear. Right. If Thurmond starts actively campaigning I have a hard time believing Isakson could keep up.

  • Healthcare reform passes, freakout continues

    The vote was taken and the deed is done: healthcare reform legislation passed the U.S. Senate in the early morning hours of Christmas Eve with every Democratic and independent senator voting for it and every Republican voting against it. No big surprise there. It is also no big surprise that we will continue to hear…

  • Government insurance is bad, except when it’s not

    A majority of Georgia’s congressmen will tell you that they oppose the health insurance reform bill moving through Congress because it’s a “government-funded” healthcare plan that will crowd out the “private” insurers who have done such a great job of covering America’s citizens (if you can overlook the 46 million or so who are uninsured).