Georgia GOP in attack mode for Obama visit

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's plane has not even entered Georgia airspace, but Republican on Monday went on the attack anyway.

Obama is scheduled to be in metro Atlanta tonight for two fundraisers and on Tuesday for a town hall meeting in Powder Springs, the heart of Georgia Republican territory.

The Democratic hopeful's plane was forced to make an unscheduled landing this morning in St. Louis because of maintenance issue, which will delay his arrival.

Republican U.S. Sens. Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson on Monday blasted Obama on taxes, the war on terror and oil prices during a conference call with reporters.

"Every time you turn around Barack Obama is not only talking about raising taxes .... he's voted to do that," Chambliss said.

Isakson said he thinks Obama is coming to Georgia -- a state that has a solid Republican track record in the last few election cycles -- because Democrats are having problems in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

"They would like nothing better to crack a Southern state," Isakson said. "And Georgia is one they would like to go after."

Isakson said he does not believe Georgia is in play. He cited a new Rasmussen poll released Monday that shows McCain with a 10-point lead. An InsiderAdvantage poll released Friday shows the race much tighter.

Chambliss complimented Obama on running a solid primary campaign and signing up legions of new voters. He said Republicans will now begin to remind their base — the most loyal GOP voters — how critical turnout will be in the November election.

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2008/07/07/obama_visit_gop.html

in the heart of Georgia.

Chambliss and Isakson have opened my eyes!

Relax, guys. Our Diebold machines will keep Georgia red...


...unless Barr sucks up too many Looneytarian leaning GOP votes.

oh please, oh please...

Many very stupid white people live here.

These are people who made Neal Boortz a very, very wealthy man.

effective tomorrow?

Fucking insane wingnuts kept hacking it and posting their hate and venom.

Mike should move and set up shop elsewhere.

:thumbsup:

They do some things decently (Jay Bookman and Cynthia Tucker are particularly steady, sane hands on the editorial board, and they help to keep the nutty rantings of Jim Wooten in perspective.)

the toons will continue to be posted.

to the heart of the matter.

I'm familiar with that particular shithole.

Yeah, a couple of idiots stuffed it full of junk copied from Freeperville.

What always made me laugh was how the online poll available to blog visitors ALWAYS (always! really!) showed a clear majority of visitors liked the current posted 'toon, and that the Freepers who left their shit in the Comments section were a clear minority.

I think they've shut it down, mostly, because nobody sensible would bother clicking on the "comments" link anyway.

The closer he gets, the sharper the attacks will be; but they won't work, at all.

Woot!

Doors open in 8 hrs... Guess I best get some shut-eye.

It would be a dream come true if Obama could win GA. It seems that the Repubs here are quite nervous about Obama's chances. We've really got to GOTV in order to make GA a real possiblity for an Obama win in November.

:dunce:

Let us know how it goes.

I have a hunch. :-)

There are many stupid white people in Georgia, but they might be persuaded to throw away their vote on the Libber candidate.

His Thinking Reich column isn't online as I type this, but it should be when he finally gets out of bed and cranks up his Internets at around 8am...

http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thinkingright/index.html

I'll paraphrase his column:

Anyone know what time? That's just up the road.

Even Though He Lost Three Fucking Limbs In Vietnam" Chambliss?

And Obama's coming to Georgia simply because he thinks he might win it if the cards fall right--they're imagining problems in PA, and who can tell what the fuck is with Ohio?