Comments on: Austin Scott’s “Walk of Georgia”

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:44:27 +0000

Actually, in my original comment that mentioned Monds, it was nothing more than a passing reference that while I think Scott is the best the GOP has, Monds is the best candidate overall. The entire rest of that comment was directly about Scott.

By: Doug Deal

Doug Deal — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:31:01 +0000

Bah, that should have been Monds.

By: B Balz

B Balz — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:31:48 +0000

Sir, I disagree with what you say, but shall fight to death for your right to say it. (;>).

By: Doug Deal

Doug Deal — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:27:27 +0000

What’s interesting is that Almond Joy’s got nuts, Mounds is.

By: Icarus

Icarus — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:36:30 +0000

You clearly HATE LIBERTY!

Monds got over A MILLION VOTES!

Every topic is about Monds, because he is the only candidate that is about LIBERTY!

Every other comment not about Monds makes you a STATIST!

You make me sick.

By: B Balz

B Balz — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:07:43 +0000

Oddly, the Mondsonian Front for Thread Jacking (MFFTJ) was not called out by anyone, so I am doing it now.

What part of this Austin Scott thread can be construed as a topic for Monds?

In the future, I will be more vigilent against the nefarious MFFTJ!

By: fundy1611

fundy1611 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:26:06 +0000

Don’t care about qualifications? How about knowing what is means to earn a paycheck and pay taxes. And yes, heading up the communist NAACP means he has greater allegiance to his race than to the Constitution. Monds, like most libertarian party members, is a joke.

By: fundy1611

fundy1611 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:19:13 +0000

Scott: Hooked on phonics.

By: Doug Deal

Doug Deal — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:12:33 +0000

BTW, i am not tocallahan, just in case you didn’t realize I was joking, as per usual.

By: Dash Riptide

Dash Riptide — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:57:27 +0000

If I ever run for office, I’ll probably do it on an elliptical.

By: Romegaguy

Romegaguy — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:53:11 +0000

I will no longer consider Austin an also ran.

…now he’s an also walk.

By: anewday

anewday — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:42:03 +0000

Yeah until the interstates are not driveable and public parks and services start closing down. Live in a nonsensical world if you want, but in the real word a state and federal goverment have to coincide with one another. Not threaten one another. Austin Scott has stated during his campaign that he will not take federal funds for social programs, but there are federal funds that will have to be taken. Georgia’s transportation is closely linked with taking federal funds. Think our transportation problems are bad now, wait until the fight between McBerry and our federal government gets to a point where either they will not send funds or he will not accept them. Hope you live within walking distance of your job when this happens.

By: Doug Deal

Doug Deal — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:01:33 +0000

I hear that walking for office is better for your knees than running anyway.

By: Red Phillips

Red Phillips — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:57:55 +0000

“HALF of Georgia’s budget comes from federal funds”

anewday, isn’t this precisely the problem and the reason we need someone like McBerry?

I don’t care a bit about Mond’s qualifications. Unfortunately, at this point in time, being a third party candidate is not about getting elected. It is about making a statement, spreading a message, and giving people an alternative. Since he will not under any conceivable scenario win, what difference does it make if he is qualified for a position he will never hold? The NAACP membership concerns me more. The NAACP is a bunch of PC peddlin’, reverse discrimination supportin’ libs. There is nothing libertarian about the organization.

By: B Balz

B Balz — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:45:53 +0000

Sheesh!

Happy B Day America!

By: Icarus

Icarus — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:13:28 +0000

I will no longer consider Austin an also ran.

…now he’s an also walk.

By: macho

macho — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:10:19 +0000

I’ve always liked Austin, but it appears as if his campaign has taken on a populist overtone; which as a Conservative, this scares me a little.

By: B Balz

B Balz — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:59:22 +0000

Laugh as you may, however, Walkin’ Lawton Chiles WON Florida and was one of its’ most beloved Governors.

I laud Austin Scot’s integrity, style under pressure as Chair, Gov’t Affairs Cmte.

As a few of us will recall, that Austin Scott was punished and quickly vindicated for his decisions. Anyone who can stand up to Party leadership so that the Public is represented deserves a good voter turnout.

I was there, I saw it.

By: anewday

anewday — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:47:02 +0000

I believe that a lot of people are going to be surprised by Austin’s campaign. He should have no problem getting the sportsmen/outdoorsmen since he is the only TRUE one in the whole field. Austin is one of three candidates actually born in the state of Georgia (Deal, Scott, McBerry). He is one of three who are actual small business owners (Scott, McBerry, Johnson). He is one of two who have recent experience working with Georgia’s budget (Scott and Johnson). And he is one of three who has any legislative experience (Scott, Deal, Johnson). Austin has been in Georgia’s House of Representatives for 14 years. In that 14 years he has chaired the Governmental Affairs committee. He is also apart of the Ways and Means committee, Appropriation committee, and Rules committee. Those along with governmental affairs are the most important committees in the House. In the Govemental Affairs Committee he oversaw the passage of the Voter ID law, and in the rules committee they put his language into the bill that ultimately got it passed. That’s right, Karen Handel, while a champion of the law, had nothing to do with with law and was not even elected Sec. of State when the law passed. Austin has also been a staunch protector of 2nd amendment rights and he was the only one who had the nerve to stand up against a resolution that stated that Barack Obama had “unimpeachable reputation for integrety, vision, and passion for public service…” Unimpeachable?!?! There isn’t a President who has served that has not done something somewhere down the line that could be considered unimpeachable.

As for the other candidates.

Oxendine: Have you ever seen the man talk? You can see through him like a piece of glass. All he wants is power. He has already got in trouble with fundraising. The Dems will definately use that against him. God only knows what else they will find. He got in trouble with the State of Georgia and his blue lights permits, and he has bought multiple luxury cars on the tax payers dime. Of course he is the front runner right now he has been running for over a year for governor. Much longer then anyone else. Also he has been insurance commissioner. While that is respectful he has never had to deal with any of the REAL problems that Georgians as a whole face. No legislative experience and all of his executive experience comes with dealing with Insurance Companies. Those companies which give him HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of dollars for campaigns.

Karen Handel: She started, but she never finished college. She ran and won her seat as chairman of Fulton County. Before her term was up she began campaigning for Sec. of State. She won Sec. of State. Before that term was up she began running for Gov. of Georgia. She has a history of starting things, but never finishing them. She takes credit for things she did not do (i.e. Voter ID law). Also she put the petition for the Voter ID law on her CAMPAIGN website. Not the Sec. of State website, the office that this battle is being fought out of, but her campaign website. I would sign the petition myself, but I know that everyone who signs the petition goes into her database for her campaign.

Nathan Deal: Look at his record. He rarely introduces things to Congress. Even when it was Republican controlled and you think he may try. He comes from Hall County, same county as Casey Cagel. I am not to sure that having two people from the same county in the two most powerful seats will be good for the other citizens of Georgia. Hall County will love it, but I am not to sure about anyone else.

Johnson: A wimp for backing out against Cagle. I think he could have won and he would have had my support. Not from Georgia. Born and RAISED in Louisiana. Could not fulfill his committments as leadership in the Georgia State Senate.

McBerry: While I can sympathis with him on many issues, he is a little extreme for my blood. He wants to say eff of to Washington. Well we will see how that tune changes when he learns that HALF of Georgia’s budget comes from federal funds, and when our state ceases to operate because of his pride of not taking funds from an Obama administration.

Just my two cents.

By: Doug Deal

Doug Deal — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:13:37 +0000

fundy,

If nothing else his world view needs to be tested with a dose of reality by working for a living. Look no further than this type of nonsense as to why people will never take the Libertarian party seriously.