Comments on: Martin-Chambliss turning into a horse race?

By: Bill Simon

Bill Simon — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:51:09 +0000

John,

I wouldn’t have been wasting money on TV advertising. TV advertising is good for Wal-Mart, but not good for Saxby.

I would have been working on building a relationship with the voter LONNNG before this point. With a stronger relationship, you can be on better footing when you come-up against something like the bailout vote.

By: umustbekidding

umustbekidding — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:33:36 +0000

My husband jumped into Panama when we “paid them a visit” in ’89. He says the weather is nice but I don’t think I’d want to live there.

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By: John Konop

John Konop — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:22:06 +0000

Bill

With all the issues regarding Saxby how would you run a better campaign?

By: drjay

drjay — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:06:51 +0000

it was 15 years ago, but i knew a couple of guys that lived a pretty satisfactory beach bum lifestyle in costa rica for 2 years on about $5000–i would think there or panama or the dominican would be nice–if that’s your thing…

By: Bill Simon

Bill Simon — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:33:54 +0000

“There’s no question that Saxby’s team is running the worst campaign we’ve seen in a while in Georgia.

Those commercials are just plain awful.”

Yeah, but Tom Perdue’s company gets 15% of every media buy, so, who cares about the quality?

By: Harry

Harry — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:41:20 +0000

It’ll be a change you can believe in.

By: odinseye2k

odinseye2k — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:10:18 +0000

Hey, have fun. In terms of nations that represent your values, I would suggest Somalia (no government, yay!) or perhaps Iran for the social conservatives.

Russia apparently has a pretty solid gangster capitalism program going as well…

I’ve gone to work overseas as well, it’s just so much fun to see the “America, love it or leave it” crowd starting to talk about leaving it.

By: Harry

Harry — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:19:11 +0000

Some types must remain and finish their lives here. Just because people choose to leave doesn’t mean that they have abandoned traditional American values. They in some sense become missionaries of our values. And yes, for some a decision to leave will be a good decision.

Chris, there is methodology available that will serve an American businessman very well anywhere in the world. There are expensive effective solutions and cheap ones. I have seen any number of Americans succeed very well in so-called Eastern Europe assuming they they have the right stuff.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:06:17 +0000

Harry,

Lets talk ex-pat destinations. What looks good to you? What languages are a good idea to pick up.

By: odinseye2k

odinseye2k — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:02:57 +0000

So, Harry, you are saying you don’t care about your country? Ready to cut and run?

By: Harry

Harry — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:57:58 +0000

Gentlemen, we’ve seen the last of anything resembling traditional conservatism in this country. The demographics are running against us. Welcome to the Third World.

We better learn to adjust to the Obamanation. That doesn’t mean we have to be enthusiastic about it, or even passivly accept it. I intend to actively oppose with my personal, investment and business decisions. I see no growth policies coming from from the Obamanation that will motivate me to do anything here. Fortunately for many, we have been investing in building technical and intellectual capital that, if necessary, can be easily relocated to more hospitable environs.

Bring it on.

By: rugby fan

rugby fan — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:29:13 +0000

“I gringe at the thought of an Obama Adminstration with a Democratic Senate, but I believe such an occurence would bring about a revival of real conservatism in America.”

I would say you are correct except the contemporary conservative movement is intellectually and morally void.

By: Tinkerhell

Tinkerhell — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:19:55 +0000

Honestly, the more I learn about politics & the more I see what goes on in our political capitals of the nation the more I think about supporting these guys:

http://www.vhemt.org

*sigh*

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:39:27 +0000

Bower,

The Soviet Union didn’t even last a lifetime or two. A filibuster-proof Senate majority will last as long as it takes them to totally f–k up the economy and the voters to say “eat s–t and die”.

I give the Dems 10 years at best. Probably closer to 5. The GOP will make significant congressional gains in 2010 during Obama’s midterms.

By: Daniel N. Adams

Daniel N. Adams — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:35:51 +0000

This argument does not hold. If the senate has 59 Dems and Saxby, they’ll still have their 60 votes.
Just like the bailout vote, he’ll vote with the Dems.
Buckley is the only hope for conservatives.

By: umustbekidding

umustbekidding — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:05:57 +0000

ok it’s back now.
I need to stop drinking.

By: umustbekidding

umustbekidding — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:40:46 +0000

What happened? There was a Fire Saxby blog on the front page for about 3 min.
I guess someone did not like it.

By: umustbekidding

umustbekidding — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:00:55 +0000

Everyone in Congress should be voted out. The problem is, everyone believes that but then they think “just not my senator, he’s ok” or “he’s got seniority now”.

By: bowersville

bowersville — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:06:10 +0000

Wasn’t it Barney Frank the Democrat committee chairman that said as late as last June that Fannie was solvent and in good financial shape that caused millions of dollars of investors monies to be plummeted down to $1.34 a share?

Glad I wasn’t in that honest Democratic row boat. Ever wonder why the Democrats went so overwhelmingly for a bailout? Amnesty at the hands of Obama…Vote Martin for amnesty.