Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Georgia’s Top Republicans Endorse Mac
(Macon, GA) – During Macon’s Cherry Blossom Festival Georgia’s three most powerful statesmen came together to jointly endorse former Congressman Mac Collins in his race against Democrat Jim Marshall in Georgia’s new 8th Congressional District.
Governor Sonny Perdue, Senator Saxby Chambliss, and Senator Johnny Isakson were all on hand to throw their support behind Congressman Collins during a fundraiser held in the city of Macon.
The 21 counties that make up this new, powerful district are Baldwin, Ben Hill, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Colquitt, Dodge, Houston, Irwin, Jasper, Jones, Laurens, Monroe, Newton, Pulaski, Tift, Turner, Twiggs, Wilcox, Wilkinson, and Worth.
In addressing his supporters Mac Collins stated: “This will be a difficult battle, but we are going to win. The people in this room are the folks who will help me win this race. I have been elected to the Congress of the United States six times by grassroots supporters just like you. People who have provided for their families, participated in their community, contributed to their church, paid their taxes and played by the rules.
When I return, I return to the House with my twelve years of seniority as a member of the majority party. The difference between my opponent and me is how valuable this seniority will be to the people of Georgia and to our district.
I want to return to Washington because I have track record of being conservative and constituent orientated, and these are the values that we need to bring home. This hands-on approach is what the people of Georgia need most. Good, honest representation committed to the needs of small business, the worker, the farmer and family.
When you look at the Nation Journal’s rating, with ‘0’ being the most liberal to ‘100’ being most conservative, you’ll see that in 2003 I scored an 88 and in 2004 I scored a 97; Jim Marshall had a 43 in 2003, a 47 in 2004, and a 49 last year. This is not conservative; this is not representative of the people of this district.”
Senator Saxby Chambliss then endorsed Mac Collins before a crowd of well-wishers and supporters before saying, “This is a wonderful district, this is a district that George Bush won, that I won, that Johnny [Isakson] won, and Mac is working very hard to make sure he wins it. We need you all out there everyday to help Mac Collins. We need you out there making sure that all your friends get out and vote. A good turnout this fall is going to be critical to Mac winning this race.”
Following Senator Chambliss’ endorsement of Mac Collins, Senator Johnny Isakson endorsed Collins for the second time in a month and then said, “I am delighted to be here tonight. First of all to thank you for offering your support for Mac Collins, he is a great individual. I’ve watched him on Ways and Means, I’ve watched him on fiscal policy, I’ve watched him on national defense; he is a rock solid conservative, as good as you could ever have, and Georgia needs him. Just do everything you can do to send Mac back to Congress. He is a friend of mine, and he and Julie deserve to be back in Washington. Just do for him what you have done for Saxby and me, and we’ll have him there as our friend and our colleague.”
Governor Sonny Perdue then completed the round of high powered endorsements by calling on the people of Georgia to send Mac Collins back to Congress. The Governor stated: “The relationship between the state and our members of Congress is critical. We have a great relationship with our two Senators and our members of Congress. We need to add to them. We need members of Congress that we can have great relationships with. That is what this is really all about, it is about having someone up there that we can have trust and confidence in, where we can pick up the phone and say ‘Mac we need your help’. That’s why we’re here to help return Mac to his rightful place in the United States Congress.”
Governor Sonny Perdue, Senator Saxby Chambliss, and Senator Johnny Isakson were all on hand to throw their support behind Congressman Collins during a fundraiser held in the city of Macon.
The 21 counties that make up this new, powerful district are Baldwin, Ben Hill, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Colquitt, Dodge, Houston, Irwin, Jasper, Jones, Laurens, Monroe, Newton, Pulaski, Tift, Turner, Twiggs, Wilcox, Wilkinson, and Worth.
In addressing his supporters Mac Collins stated: “This will be a difficult battle, but we are going to win. The people in this room are the folks who will help me win this race. I have been elected to the Congress of the United States six times by grassroots supporters just like you. People who have provided for their families, participated in their community, contributed to their church, paid their taxes and played by the rules.
When I return, I return to the House with my twelve years of seniority as a member of the majority party. The difference between my opponent and me is how valuable this seniority will be to the people of Georgia and to our district.
I want to return to Washington because I have track record of being conservative and constituent orientated, and these are the values that we need to bring home. This hands-on approach is what the people of Georgia need most. Good, honest representation committed to the needs of small business, the worker, the farmer and family.
When you look at the Nation Journal’s rating, with ‘0’ being the most liberal to ‘100’ being most conservative, you’ll see that in 2003 I scored an 88 and in 2004 I scored a 97; Jim Marshall had a 43 in 2003, a 47 in 2004, and a 49 last year. This is not conservative; this is not representative of the people of this district.”
Senator Saxby Chambliss then endorsed Mac Collins before a crowd of well-wishers and supporters before saying, “This is a wonderful district, this is a district that George Bush won, that I won, that Johnny [Isakson] won, and Mac is working very hard to make sure he wins it. We need you all out there everyday to help Mac Collins. We need you out there making sure that all your friends get out and vote. A good turnout this fall is going to be critical to Mac winning this race.”
Following Senator Chambliss’ endorsement of Mac Collins, Senator Johnny Isakson endorsed Collins for the second time in a month and then said, “I am delighted to be here tonight. First of all to thank you for offering your support for Mac Collins, he is a great individual. I’ve watched him on Ways and Means, I’ve watched him on fiscal policy, I’ve watched him on national defense; he is a rock solid conservative, as good as you could ever have, and Georgia needs him. Just do everything you can do to send Mac back to Congress. He is a friend of mine, and he and Julie deserve to be back in Washington. Just do for him what you have done for Saxby and me, and we’ll have him there as our friend and our colleague.”
Governor Sonny Perdue then completed the round of high powered endorsements by calling on the people of Georgia to send Mac Collins back to Congress. The Governor stated: “The relationship between the state and our members of Congress is critical. We have a great relationship with our two Senators and our members of Congress. We need to add to them. We need members of Congress that we can have great relationships with. That is what this is really all about, it is about having someone up there that we can have trust and confidence in, where we can pick up the phone and say ‘Mac we need your help’. That’s why we’re here to help return Mac to his rightful place in the United States Congress.”
The Limbaugh Laws
Everybody's making immigration proposals these days. Let me add mine to the mix. Call it The Limbaugh Laws:
First: If you immigrate to our country, you have to speak the native language. You have to be a professional or an investor; no unskilled workers allowed. Also, there will be no special bilingual programs in the schools with the Limbaugh Laws. No special ballots for elections. No government business will be conducted in your language. Foreigners will not have the right to vote — or hold political office.
If you’re in our country, you cannot be a burden to taxpayers. You are not entitled to welfare, food stamps, or other government goodies. You can come if you invest here: an amount equal to 40,000 times the daily minimum wage. If not, stay home. But if you want to buy land, it'll be restricted. No waterfront, for instance. As a foreigner, you must relinquish individual rights to the property.
And another thing. You don’t have the right to protest. You're allowed no demonstrations, no foreign flag waving, no political organizing, no bad-mouthing our President or his policies. You’re a foreigner: shut your mouth or get out! And if you come here illegally, you're going to jail.
You think the Limbaugh Laws are harsh? Well, every one of the laws I just mentioned are actual laws of Mexico today! That’s how the Mexican government handles immigrants to their country. Yet Mexicans come here illegally and protest in our streets!
How do you say “double standard” in Spanish? How about: “No mas!"
First: If you immigrate to our country, you have to speak the native language. You have to be a professional or an investor; no unskilled workers allowed. Also, there will be no special bilingual programs in the schools with the Limbaugh Laws. No special ballots for elections. No government business will be conducted in your language. Foreigners will not have the right to vote — or hold political office.
If you’re in our country, you cannot be a burden to taxpayers. You are not entitled to welfare, food stamps, or other government goodies. You can come if you invest here: an amount equal to 40,000 times the daily minimum wage. If not, stay home. But if you want to buy land, it'll be restricted. No waterfront, for instance. As a foreigner, you must relinquish individual rights to the property.
And another thing. You don’t have the right to protest. You're allowed no demonstrations, no foreign flag waving, no political organizing, no bad-mouthing our President or his policies. You’re a foreigner: shut your mouth or get out! And if you come here illegally, you're going to jail.
You think the Limbaugh Laws are harsh? Well, every one of the laws I just mentioned are actual laws of Mexico today! That’s how the Mexican government handles immigrants to their country. Yet Mexicans come here illegally and protest in our streets!
How do you say “double standard” in Spanish? How about: “No mas!"
Sunday, April 02, 2006
Rep. McKinney: No Apology for Clouting Cop
CBlountBlogs - Rep. Cynthia McKinney, the Georgia congresswoman who had a physical altercation with a police officer, is speaking out about the episode after saying she regretted the incident.
But she has refused to apologize in a statement and a brief on-camera interview.
The six-term congresswoman apparently struck a Capitol Police officer when he tried to stop her from entering a House office building without going through a metal detector. Members of Congress wear identifying lapel pins and routinely are waved into buildings without undergoing security checks. The officer apparently did not recognize McKinney, she said in a statement.
Asked on-camera Thursday by WSB-TV of Atlanta whether she intended to apologize, McKinney refused to comment. A news conference scheduled for Friday morning was canceled. She issued a statement late Wednesday saying she regretted the confrontation.
"I know that Capitol Hill Police are securing our safety, and I appreciate the work that they do. I have demonstrated my support for them in the past and I continue to support them now," she said in the statement on her Web site.
Capitol Police were considering Thursday whether to ask the U.S. Attorney's office to file charges against McKinney, a Democrat who represents Atlanta suburbs that make up one of Georgia's two black-majority districts.
Democrats and Republicans, meanwhile, engaged in a rhetorical scuffle over the incident.
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday labeled it "a mistake, an unfortunate lack of recognition of a member of Congress." She added that the police officer was not at fault.
"I would not make a big deal of this," said Pelosi, D-Calif.
Ron Bonjean, spokesman for House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., responded: "How many officers would have to be punched before it becomes a big deal?"
The dustup is the latest in a series of tangles for the roughly 1,200-officer Capitol Police department.
The department faces a difficult task - protecting 535 members of Congress and the vast Capitol complex in an atmosphere thick with politics and privilege.
The safety of its members became a sensitive issue after a gunman in 1998 killed two officers outside the office of then-Republican Whip Tom DeLay of Texas.
More recently, police obeyed an order by an angry House Ways and Means Committee chairman, Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Calif., to remove Democrats from a hearing room. Thomas later tearfully apologized on the House floor.
This year, during President Bush's State of the Union address, police drew criticism for first kicking antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan out of the House gallery, and then for evicting the wife of Rep. Bill Young, R-Fla.
But she has refused to apologize in a statement and a brief on-camera interview.
The six-term congresswoman apparently struck a Capitol Police officer when he tried to stop her from entering a House office building without going through a metal detector. Members of Congress wear identifying lapel pins and routinely are waved into buildings without undergoing security checks. The officer apparently did not recognize McKinney, she said in a statement.
Asked on-camera Thursday by WSB-TV of Atlanta whether she intended to apologize, McKinney refused to comment. A news conference scheduled for Friday morning was canceled. She issued a statement late Wednesday saying she regretted the confrontation.
"I know that Capitol Hill Police are securing our safety, and I appreciate the work that they do. I have demonstrated my support for them in the past and I continue to support them now," she said in the statement on her Web site.
Capitol Police were considering Thursday whether to ask the U.S. Attorney's office to file charges against McKinney, a Democrat who represents Atlanta suburbs that make up one of Georgia's two black-majority districts.
Democrats and Republicans, meanwhile, engaged in a rhetorical scuffle over the incident.
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday labeled it "a mistake, an unfortunate lack of recognition of a member of Congress." She added that the police officer was not at fault.
"I would not make a big deal of this," said Pelosi, D-Calif.
Ron Bonjean, spokesman for House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., responded: "How many officers would have to be punched before it becomes a big deal?"
The dustup is the latest in a series of tangles for the roughly 1,200-officer Capitol Police department.
The department faces a difficult task - protecting 535 members of Congress and the vast Capitol complex in an atmosphere thick with politics and privilege.
The safety of its members became a sensitive issue after a gunman in 1998 killed two officers outside the office of then-Republican Whip Tom DeLay of Texas.
More recently, police obeyed an order by an angry House Ways and Means Committee chairman, Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Calif., to remove Democrats from a hearing room. Thomas later tearfully apologized on the House floor.
This year, during President Bush's State of the Union address, police drew criticism for first kicking antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan out of the House gallery, and then for evicting the wife of Rep. Bill Young, R-Fla.
