Comments: Sonny's Full Circle
Chris,
I agree with most of your comments, except the part about Roy Barnes losing over the flag issue, however that was one reason isn't wasn't the defining moment. I believe the Roy lost because the teachers didn't vote for him.
Do you remember those commercials that showed Roy sitting in a classroom reading to children and we were suppose to believe that he was a friend of teachers (90,000 educators in ga.)but fortunatly they didn't believe him either.
I was amazed Roy Barnes ever became Govenor, but when the best the Republicans could do (thank you Chuck Clay) was select Guy Milner any democratic corpse could've been elected.
Thanks,
Phillip
Posted by phillip at April 26, 2005 07:41 PM
Somehow I don't think there are 273 teachers in Wheeler County, for example. That's the number of votes Barnes lost between '98 and '02. The good thing for '06 is that we'll have a different candidate and won't have to refight the Barnes/Perdue race. If you're a teacher and you didn't like Barnes, surely you'll like Taylor/Cox better than Perdue!
Posted by chris at April 27, 2005 05:43 PM
Why would the Democrats send a boy to do mans job?
I look forward to that contest. The only thing Mark Taylor has done the last 7 years is get bigger. He has done nothing to prove to the voters he is qualified to be Govenor. In 1998 he received the sympathy vote because Mitch ran a stupid baseless add that won't happen this time.
Posted by phillip powell at April 28, 2005 08:14 PM
Chris: I love Georgia history. You have done a great job in this post reviewing part of its recent past. I remain a big Roy fan, and recognize that it was a combination of things that got him -- teachers, the flag, the norther arc, arrogance, forgetting to stay in touch with those who got him elected, etc. But still he is a great guy and was did a good job as governor.
Posted by Sid Cottingham at May 6, 2005 01:42 PM
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