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Tag: Nathan Deal

  • “Arrested at Any Moment”

    Could Nathan Deal be indicted or, “heaven forbid, arrested at any moment?” I don’t think so,  and while I don’t suggest that he might be, less than three months ago a key Republican strategist did. While Nathan Deal and his supporters would like to blame Barnes, Democrats or “the liberal media” for the uncomfortable truth-telling…

  • The Curious Timing of Deal’s Legal Expenditures

    Yesterday, I posted about the enormous amount of donor money Nathan Deal has spent on lawyers since he began his run for Governor, $81,225.47 since July of 2009.  If that date rings a bell, it should. Coincidentally, July of 2009 was the month Deal’s daughter and son-in-law sought bankruptcy protection, failed to disclose the previous…

  • Based on What, Exactly?

    I’m going to have to take issue with a Georgia journalist who I admire. Yesterday, Jim Galloway posted a piece titled, “The bulletproof candidacy of Nathan Deal.” Bulletproof based on what ? That he hasn’t quit? Galloway makes the point that despite all the problems with Deal’s finances and ethics that have been reported in…

  • Chicken

    What does Nathan Deal say would be his toughest job as governor?  Creating jobs in a tough economy? Nope. Fixing transportation? No. Improving our schools? Not a chance. In August, in a moment of rare candor, Nathan Deal told the crowd at the Georgia Forward Forum in Macon: … the toughest thing about being governor…

  • I Smell a Rat

    Nathan Deal has a history of using elected office to benefit his friends, and they’ve happily returned the favor. In fact, just a few weeks ago, at the Georgia Forward forum in Macon, when Deal was asked about tough decisions he might have to make as Governor, he said that his toughest task would be…