Chris wrote about this yesterday. It’s worth pointing out some added info from the AJC.
First we have this:
State Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine this morning announced his opposition to another attempt in the state Legislature to permit Sunday sales of beer and wine.
“Republicans are supposed to be the party of family values. Where is the value in selling alcohol on the Lord’s Day?” asked the 2010 candidate for governor.
Then we have this:
Last year, this same issue was tied to a Gwinnett County effort to permit the new minor league Braves stadium to sell beer and such on the Christian Sabbath. The pairing presented an uncomfortable ethical dilemma for many Republican lawmakers, torn between business interests and conservative Christians. What most people don’t know is that the same Gwinnett County bill is back again, reportedly for housekeeping issues. Oxendine is from Gwinnett County. It’s his geographic political base.
What is his position on H.B. 104?
Said Oxendine:
“I strongly support the ability to sell alcoholic beverages at the Gwinnett Braves stadium.”
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I like Ox and he is a bright guy. Yet this was not a smart move in my opinion.
Nice to know that pandering still lives, though.
So not only does the Ox not believe in the Bible, which actually promotes the use of alcohol, but he only opposes the Bible selectively, it’s fine in restaurants and baseball stadiums, but not at groceries or convenience stores.
Who is this liberal, atheist Republican running for Governor anyway?
Do you have more or less cognitive dissonance if you have no principles?
What a chump.
Memo to all public figures: Statements are forever and easily retrievable on the Internets, so you should probably figure out what you REALLY believe and stick to it.
Boyreporter, why spoil it by making sense? I have much more fun when I disagree with you.
“so you should probably figure out what you REALLY believe and stick to it.”
I’m confident he, and many others, believe very strongly in getting elected.
well played, Icarus
I think getting elected is well served by my suggestion, becasue so many of us want something besides a politician.
Look how popular it made the Big O.
I didn’t mean to infer that Obama has actual principles, just that a great deal of his popularity came from being different.
Ox s a good guy. He is a smart man. When he speaks, women throw themselves at him, literally. Ohhhh, can’t get enough of that man’s intelligence and bulging brain. GO OXENDINE!!!
Ohhhh, can’t get enough of that man’s intelligence and bulging brain. GO OXENDINE!!!
Get a room.
Blind women, maybe.
Get a room.
I will after Oxendine wins and becomes the most popular Governor in the nation.
Just not on a Sunday. That’s all I ask.
white trash
You are tough! I should be nice to you.
Dash Riptide
How about Saturday?
Oy.
You are tough! I should be nice to you.
Don’t do it!!! She could be a troll for all we know.
Blind women, maybe.
No. Young women and Grandmothers throw themselves at him.
LOL
No one is throwing themselves at him. You’re just dreaming Jack.
LOL
No one is throwing themselves at him. You’re just dreaming Jack.
All he has to do is start singing Foghat songs and women leap from their chairs and try to serenade Ox with love.
All he has to do is start singing Foghat songs and women leap from their chairs and try to serenade Ox with love.
You’re man-crushing pretty hard there, Smithers.
I don’t have a crush on Ox, but if he were Governor, women would solidly coalesce around his agenda because they think of him as about as gorgeous as either George Harrison or Patrick Swayze and Ox can sing Foghat songs.
Whatever you say, Magic Jeff Smithers.
When it comes to Ox’s ability to sing Foghat songs, he sings better than deceased Foghat Lead Singer Lonesome Dave Peverett. You should try imagining Ox playing a Banjo and singing “Fool for the City”.
I thought Ox looked foolish enough when he tried that potato in the swimsuit thing at the beach. Really didn’t think he could top that, but that’s not going to stop him from trying.
Is this OX??? You be the judge!
Foghat- Fool For The City (live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbdptuf9-yU
Lordy, that voice could be the Ox.
“they think of him as about as gorgeous as either George Harrison or Patrick Swayze”
ROFLMAO
This women would vote for him but is very turned off by the site of him.
I’m a very straight guy, and I think that for men, Ox is better looking than Swayze was back in the day. I’ve taken a picture of Ox into a nursing home several times, and all the women got excited.
A nursing home? WHAT??? Poor Ox the jokes!
Whenever I see and hear Ox speak, I get a thrill running up my leg. It isn’t like anything I’ve ever felt before.
I thought Ox looked foolish enough when he tried that potato in the swimsuit thing at the beach.
Yes, that’s cause no one told him the potato is supposed to go in the front
I’m a very straight guy, and I think that for men, Ox is better looking than Swayze was back in the day.
How would you compare Ox to, say, Kevin Bacon in Footloose?
“I’ve taken a picture of Ox into a nursing home several times, and all the women got excited.”
North – those women can’t see well.
Frankly, I am amazed that a 26 year-old like Nindy knows anything about Foghat.
It’s that three sided trailer Nindy lives in. You would be amazed at the radio signals bouncing off the Milky Way one can pick up without the interference of a metal wall or a tin foil hat.
The author of the Nindy character gets a little sloppy sometimes. Just roll with it.
Washington Times:
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine and House Republican leaders announced an agreement Thursday on a bill that would curb smoking in most public eateries and bars. The bill represents a compromise between the Democratic governor’s longtime backing for an outright ban on all smoking in bars and restaurants and traditional Republican opposition to mandated smoking restrictions. If passed, the measure will ban smoking except in private clubs and inside walled-off areas of restaurants designated for smoking and served by a ventilation system separate from the one that serves nonsmoking parts of the establishment.
I blame the CRA.
The biggest transfer of wealth since the formation of the Soviet Union is happening this weekend, and all you guys can be concerned about is legalizing booze on Sunday.
So? What’s your point?
Misplaced priorities is my point. You worry about a little loss of freedom that goes a long way to safeguard the greater good, while concurrently a massive loss of freedom is underway that will do little to serve the greater good.
The perfect good is the enemy of the greater good.
You’re correct Harry. I wish I hadn’t spent my time typing four words on this thread. I should have instead added them to the 2600 word post plus the 200 plus comments on that thread that dealt with the stimulus package. I’m sure if I wan’t so pre-occupied with the Sunday sales bill, I could have put us over the top on the stimulus bill.
Coined!
http://www.google.com/search?q=“The perfect good is the enemy of the greater good.”&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B2RNFA_enUS221US221&aq=t
Coined! II
http://tinyurl.com/authm8
I love how North Ga Indy is so pumped about the OX.
Reading these posts makes me envision him having a backstreet boy type poster of John Oxendine he sings and dances to at night.
This is what I think of when I think of the North Ga Indy(Oxendine staff)/Oxendine relationship.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWpHqRu7r7c
I’m amused by politicians who think I’m smart enough to vote for them but not smart enough to know if I should be able to buy beer on Sunday.
Maybe the Sunday sales law is not important to some libertatians, but it’s very important to a large segment GOP base. Maybe some Democrats are more than happy to see the GOP write off this base. GOP libertarians need to get out more often, see the big picture. Either we hang together or we hang separately.
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