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Finallizing Ga-4 I’m going

Posted: May 20, 2010 by datechguy in blogger for hire, elections
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I’m checking the finances. I’ve raised enough to pay for the plane ticket and my pal Vinnie has already told me he would put me up for a week. With my first payment from Examiner.com I’m a tad short on the rental car and meals. I’ll see what I can do in terms of cutting costs but I’ve decided that since I can cover the basic costs I’m going to go.

I’ve finalized the trip and purchased the tickets. I’ll be getting there Sunday afternoon and leaving the following Saturday afternoon. I’m trying to get the details of my actual itinerary while I’m down there over the next day or two and arrange for a ride to the airport.

Normally as a conservative I wouldn’t go on the trip without making my price but I’m considering this an investment in persuasion. Can I persuade enough readers that this blog is worth a few dollars? This trip will hopefully help to do just that.

Of course if you want to kick in to DaTipJar I will certainly be grateful.

Proposed Coverage Trip Georgia 4th district. (Bumped to top) $570 down $830 to go

Posted: April 11, 2010 by datechguy in blogger for hire, elections
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Update: $50 was diverted from the Pa-12 by the consent of the payee $830 left!

Since I haven’t gotten any takers yet for the Have Fedora will Travel stuff I’m figuring that if you readers might be interested in some original reporting I am proposing a trip to the Georgia 4th district to expand on the interview I did with Liz Carter. (more…)

There is nothing more likely to throw away the GOP fall advantage

Posted: April 8, 2010 by datechguy in elections, opinion/news
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…than equivocation:

King asserts that Republican leaders need to be clear on what they would do on Obama’s health law if they took control of Congress.

“I talked to some of the leaders in the Tea Party groups, who ask to make sure that we define this repeal as 100 percent repeal. They are not going to have any patience with equivocation,” the lawmaker said.

Every indication that I saw on the Brown campaign trail, the reactions at CPAC, and the comments from my interview with Liz Carter indicate that it is Obamacare that has driven the collapse of democratic prospects. It has caused tens of thousands across the country to get involved when they were indifferent before.

If the GOP decides to hem and haw over this not only will they lose these involved people they will deserve to lose them. As I said back in January about the Brown race:

…it all comes down to what the GOP does with this. We are being given the best shot they will ever get and we’d damn well better take advantage of it.

Now is not the time to go wobbly.

Update: The American Spectator has more on the subject.

“Truth Matters” My interview with Liz Carter Ga-4

Posted: April 7, 2010 by datechguy in elections, opinion/news, short films/interviews
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I wanted to get a comment from Liz Carter running in the Georgia 4th district against Hank “I’m not a geologist but I play one in the congress” Johnson. Her Chief of staff Cheryl Prater remembered me from CPAC (proving the Cannoli rule correct) and did me one better. Rather than a simple comment she graciously consented to give me an interview over the phone. It was VERY informative.

Before anything else it must be understood that this district GA-4 is rated Safe democratic according to GQ politics map. This is a majority-minority district that elected Cynthia McKinney so any Republican was going to have a tough time of it.

That was my first question: How could she win in such a district? She answered that the Healthcare bill had changed everything. Voters in the area were disgusted with the bill and how it was passed. I then asked her specifically about the comments of Doug Shulman, her thought in one word:

“Appalling!”

She reminded me of the promises that the changes wouldn’t hurt the middle class and pointed to the congressional leadership saying that feeling in her district was running 60-40 against the bill. Take another look at that GQ map and run that through your head.

The Clincher was the local NAACP event she attended in Rockville. She was greeted warmly by really great people. Their focus was all about solutions. The feeling is that congress went too far and were more interested in Power than in Service. Her own solutions and suggestions are on her site here. In our interview she stressed the idea of “Health Courts”, from her site:

Malpractice cases today are often won by emotion and who has the best attorney. By creating health courts, we remove emotion and allow opinions to be decided by those who understand the practice of medicine.

Even more incredible was their reaction concerning the Media. The were fed up with it, they concluded that they were not getting the true picture from the MSM. As they put it: “Truth Matters!”

If you are getting the NAACP deciding that the Mainstream media can’t be trusted then the seminal change I was discussing is upon us. The same issues, regardless of race, face all.

I asked about the Tea Party movement, it is active in the area and as CNN has discovered is not not the monochrome racists that the Democratic Leadership would have you believe. She said the democrats: “fundamentally think that people will forget”. She disagrees, the People aren’t stupid, and if the administration is foolish enough to push “immigration reform” (read Amnesty) it will be the final straw. The people are already ready to revolt, this will send them over the edge.

The one wild card is the democratic primary. There is a real chance that Mr. Johnson might not survive it. Vernon Jones in particular seems capable of knocking him off, but Liz declares she is ready for Johnson, Jones or anyone the Democrats have to offer.

In the short time I had she really impressed me. Take a peek at her blog and you will be impressed too. I’ve very happy for the people of GA-4 they have such an excellent choice to represent them.

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