Word on the street from a reliable Party insider is Emanuel Jones* has already announced he is running for Georgia’s new congressional seat.
And we don’t even know where it will be.
Stay classy my friends.
*To be fair to Sen. Jones, multiple other members of the Black Caucus have also announced their candidacy. However, he is the biggest name of those who have “announced”.
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Rep. Scott has two fake Democrats running against him this year. Mike Frisbee ran on the Constitution Party platform in TN two years ago and was going to run as an independent Tea Party candidate up until March. He has stated he rejects progressive values, but thinks a Republican can’t win the district.
Mike Murphy ran as a Republican in Mass in the 1980’s and was Republican Deborah Honeycutt’s campaign manager for the last two cycles. He has called himself a life-long Republican in several articles. He and Honeycutt ran a fake Democratic group in 2008, which is still under investigation by the FEC for failing to disclose their financial backing.
Well, Scott has attracted a primary challenger. This guy won’t do much, but there’s always hope that at some point in the future a person of substance and fundraising ability who lives in the district will bite the bullet.
People have tried and failed to make a big deal out of David Scott not living in his district. People apparently don’t care. Personally, I would care if I lived in such a district, but I don’t. 😉
From time immemorial we’ve sent Senators to Washington where they’ve disappeared into the corporate morass and were almost rarely seen outside of it’s depressing miasma & corrupt Stygian depths until they either retired from public life entirely or died. Since forever. Look it up. Ditto for plenty of ‘regular’ Congresscritters too. But especially Senators.
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If David Scott’s constituents cared at all who represented them they wouldn’t vote for David Scott.
Really? I don’t see the problem.
I do think it’s a bit much for a politician to live outside their district, but David Scott’s constituents clearly do not agree.
If I had the other names I would so post them. That is an act of such great arrogance and stupidity it needs to be rewarded.
And I say that as an arrogant and stupid guy.
Yikes. It’s definitely off-putting for anyone to campaign for a not-yet-existent seat, but it seems a little much to call Jones out like this (especially if you aren’t naming the others).
What’s worse is the horrible trend of U.S. Congressmen not living in their districts. I know what the law is on residency, but I would be plenty pissed if I lived in Clayton County and was “represented” by someone in Inman Park. Let’s not send a message that the only Democratic political talent is from within Atlanta/Fulton/DeKalb.
Campaigning for the new Congressional seat should not take place before we even know where the district is.
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