A friend sent along a link to the latest video, and quite possibly one of the worst I’ve ever seen, from John Oxendine’s campaign that essentially lies about the fiscal record of former Gov. Roy Barnes:
Despite all of the rhetoric from Republican, Roy Barnes was fairly conservative on economic issues during his term in office.
The Cato Institute, hardly a beacon of lib’ral thought, releases the Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors every two years. The report grades governors on various parts of fiscal policy from a free market perspective, everything from taxes to spending to debt incurred.
Despite his “C” grade in 2000, Barnes was given high marks, near the best of any governor in the nation, for holding spending down (Barnes actually cut spending by 2%). In 2002, he was given a “B,” and the report notes, “Roy Barnes has built a strong fiscal record in his first term in office.” The author of the study also noted the lessening of the overall tax burden. If you’ll recall, it was actually the Republican (the first since reconstruction) that immediately came in office and increased taxes.
Granted, Barnes may entirely different now, but I don’t buy the Republican fear-mongering about King Roy. He’s no worse than King Glenn or King Sonny.
On a separate note, in the grievances listed against Barnes, the Oxendine campaign flashes an image of the Barnes-era state flag with the voice-over saying, “He alone changed our flag.”
Really? Team Ox is pandering to flaggers now?
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O.K., Jason wanted to go all serious on this one, with his things called “facts”. whatever.
For an alternate yet equally appropriate (and hysterical) take on this video:
http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/10/15/oxendine-hits-barnes-in-low-budget-rat-commercial/#more-26233
Ok, this part was true and funny at the same time:
The [event where the ad will be released] is being held at an undisclosed laser-tag facility and is closed to the public.
Just retarded.
It is not just retarded. It is that and so much more.
Is the cartoon Ox anatomically correct?
Lemmiwinks for Governor! I’d rather have a critter from Mr. Slave’s butthole than the Ox.
That’s the most horrible thing I’ve ever seen a campaign put out ever.
It’s makes the “Vote For Miss Angela” song seem like a Grammy winner.
Embarrassing. Delete it now Ox before anyone else sees it!
Okay, I’m just floored. I don’t get the Oxendine thing. What’s up with it? That video goes even further to the point of how ridiculous this has all become. I thought “the rat” was ridiculous the first time it was used, let alone now in a cartoon.
Over the past few years we have seen property taxes increase, class room sizes increase, drop out rates increase, government mandates increase, teacher pay decrease, and so on. And guess what, Republicans have been at the helm the entire time. We have special interest Republicans driving an agenda more toward their own interests than the betterment of the state or her citizens.
And on the horizon we have an ethically challenged candidate running under the banner of reform? Can any of “THE OX” supporters rationally explain why we should entrust him as Governor given his many ethical lapses? I get the Fair Tax issue. Everyone running for everything from Probate Court Judge to Governor supports the Fair Tax on the Republican Side, so don’t go using that as a reason to support him. Tell me how you could possibly believe someone with such a lack of ethics could be good for Georgia.
Not true…Austin Scott is not sold on the Fair Tax issue. He has mentioned it in many speeches that I have seen him make. He definitely is not for it on the state level. As long as the internet is tax free and you can hop across the borders for lower priced items the state fair tax will not work for Georgia. He has also stated that he will not trade the Fair Tax for higher property taxes.
Imagine that a politician telling it as it is not how people want to hear it. To bad integrity alone won’t get you into the Governor’s mansion.
I don’t know about Chapman, but back in August I detailed where everyone in the GOP field stood on the FairTax.
Essentially:
Deal, Ox, Handel support (with Deal being an official sponsor in Congress, the other two giving lip service to it)
Johnson, Scott, and McBerry do not, with various reasons.
Thanks for the clarification. Personally I think the fair tax is nonsense.
You want fair taxation – go with a flat rate flat tax with limited exemptions and deductions with no special interest loopholes.
But the same politicians who are complaining about changing 1/6th of our economy for health care reform are just fine changing 100% of our economy with their Fair Tax theories… or has no one noticed the irony?
Silent Outrage:
I’m with you on true “fair” taxation – though I would eliminate ALL exemptions.
We’re much better off giving the politicians and bureaucrats FEWER toys to play with, not more. We must starve the beast!! Just say no to everything. BWWWAAHAHAHAHHAHAAAAAAAAA!!
Byte,
One is an apple and another is an orange. For the record, I’m Ok with some changes to the health care and insurance industries, but not I am not OK with a complete government takeover, and most of what’s being proposed by the Dems will lead to that.
The fairtax, flat tax and current income tax structure are all related to things the government is already doing.
One issue is an expansion of government and the other is a change of how the government does something it’s already doing. Do you really not see the difference?
See the difference? I see one — the Fair Tax — destroying the world’s economy by changing our habits from one of spending to one of saving, and I see the other as getting the middle-man (the insurance companies) out of the way between our money and our health care providers while providing coverage for more people.
Yes, I see the difference, thanks!
Byte,
Quiz time! Name any government function that you think is done well on a federal level, other than the IRS. Do you really want you health care handled with the speed of the Post Office, the cost savings of the US Military, the understanding of the IRS, the efficiency of road projects, the oversight of Homeland Defense, the planning of the Department of Education, and the subsidies of the Department of Agriculture?
Joke. One of the inspectors of the Department of Agriculture was crying. Coworker asked what was wrong. He said his assigned farmer died. Now apply this to health care.
Sorry, GOPGA, I don’t believe that the government is always worse than “free enterprise” (whatever that means these days). So let’s name a few government winners: FDA (you think any business would do this right??), airports, roads, bank oversight (present problem was because we had Republicans in office who didn’t believe in bank oversight and see how well that worked?), disaster relief (look who we turned to after the recent flood?), Medicare (because there ain’t no insurance company interested in doing this for less than 15% on their dollar), schools (name ten local private school that will take all comers for $2000 per family?), and school food programs.
And for every perceived problem in any of those, I can point to many more in business doing similar bad things. I think it’s a wash.
At some point, we as a nation has to decide: is affordable health care in our national interest or is it some local issue? At this moment, nearly 65% believe that affordable health care is in our national interest. I’m with them on that.
But you drift the conversation.
The point was the believers in the “Fair Tax Theory™” are ok with disrupting 100% of the economy by changing the way taxes are applied, but they complain — in these terms exactly — the disruption to (supposedly) 1/6th of the economy by removing health insurers from the health care mix. It’s called cognitive dissonance.
http://health.usnews.com/usnews/health/articles/041213/13fda.htm
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/08/26/faa.computer.failure/index.html Not a usual occurrence, but it would be bad if you were trying to get a life saving surgery.
While the federal government provides funds for road construction and repair, roads are the responsibility of state and local (municipal) governments; unless we are building an interstate somewhere I am not aware of.
You realize that the Chair and board of the Federal Reserve System is not appointed by the government, but by banks, right?
I think we can all agree that Medicare is in trouble, and schools should not be a federal issue. The Dept. of Education at a federal level is horrible the way it is ran now. Schools get 10% of their funding from the federal government and 90% of their problems.
My point, tell me something you think the federal government does well. If you can’t, then why are you going to turn over healthcare and insurance from the private sector to the government?
The fair tax would not “disrupt” 100% of the economy. “Disrupt” is a fear mongering word. I prefer “improve.” However, to be fair, if it were up to me, I would phase it in over about 20 years and only do it if there is a constitutional amendment to ban other forms of federal taxation.
I gave you a list that includes several programs that are funded or run by the Feds and you still want more??
Seriously.
Listen, I get that you hate and/or distrust the Federal government. That’s your problem, not mine.
As for “disrupt”, you call changing our entire economy from one primarily based on consumption to one based on penalizing consumption as “non-disruptive”? Seriously??
Enjoy your theories. It’ll never happen.
Looks like a java movie thrown together with a program like Scratch..
It’s for the children! Teachers should play it in their classes to combat the Obama indoctrination video.
Actually I think this video signifies as mass movement of Libertarians to Ox’s side, clearly whoever made this and then approved it had to either be on something illegal or enough of a drinker to remove Sunday Sales.
hey, that’s an insult to libertarians everywhere!
Those Lib’ral Libertarians attacked Ox first!
Out of all the questions that could be asked, these are mine. I saw what I think were supposed to be a snake, a mongoose/ wolverine / Chip monk / sea otter, and a puppy. Which candidates were supposed to be what animal? And what was the middle animal? Can anyone explain how each candidate got their own little animal?
The middle one is a weasel, and haven’t quite worked out who is suppose to what, I can only assume they refer to Handel, Deal, and Johnson not in that order.
Somebody needs to show this absurd video to the 30+% Georgians who support this loon. Maybe that would wake them up. Crazy stuff.
Doubtful. Their kind of Kool-Aide has a high sticking component to it.
Clearly a better video would have come from the private sector.
Give us 10 minutes.
I thought you promised better.
My brain… it hurts!
I’m torn between thinking there is no way this video is for real, that it is someone’s idea of a joke and thinking, wow, Ox’s campaign just keeps on chugging backward. I suspect that once the video gets around and is properly ridiculed, that the campaign will claim it was an overzealous staffer who made the video on their own without permission.
After watching, I feel as dumb as an ox.
Anyone else feel like beating the “slow” out of the announcer after watching that?
The Ox needs something fast and quick. And dazzling. Exciting, if you will. How about some panic politics? Yeah. Something involving leaders. Water wars. The Ruskie tennis team. Bad traffic. The controversy surrounding the origin of Brunswick Stew. Got it. Cheerleaders.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQM_pDAfbIE&feature=fvst
The Ox made and Ass of himself with this ad. If they gave Darwin Awards for ads, this one would win one. Dreadful.
If Ox is the heart of the Georgia GOP, and Georgia and the deep South are the heart of the GOP, the GOP better hope health care reform will cover coronary disability.
I predict at least some national exposure.
Ox is the definition of pander.
Oxendine is a moron. Georgia’s Blagojevich!
Not to mention that he sent this to my insurance company email account, which I never submitted to his campaign!!!
Is this for real? I bet the liberal AJC put this out to make Ox look bad.
That was by far the worst thing I’ve ever seen. Someone owes me 4 minutes of my life back!
This is sad
This is very, very sad.
Although, I guess the silver lining is that he has made the decision process much easier for folks like me.
Thanks, Ox.
I have so many questions, but I can’t stop laughing long enough to ask them. This absolutely made my morning. And sadly, I wasn’t totally shocked by this. Just seemed on par with his general campaign and theme.
The thing I really like about this was that the person who made this was sooooooooo proud.
Did they make this using clip art?
Yes. For the most part. I recognize some of them from the Word clip-art library.
Unintentional humor is the best kind of humor. Thanks OX for brightening up this glooooomy day for me!
Jim Galloway weighs in on the Ox video.
This is rich. You can’t make this stuff up.
The only person capable of eliminating Oxindine from the primary is himself. Today he took a mighty step towards self-immolation. If he continues to campaign with such gusto, he just might implode. Congratulations to all involved.
The sad thing about the Republican party in Georgia is there is probably not a opposing candidate that can knock this bafoon out of the primary. Oxindine’s determination to shoot at his own feet, may be the GOP’s best hope to avoid nominating this clown. The Deal, Handel and Johnson campaigns must think this a red letter day, but they should remember it isn’t anything they said or did.
“The sad thing about the Republican party in Georgia is there is probably not a opposing candidate that can knock this bafoon out of the primary. ”
Understanding that you’re part of the loyal opposition, I can see how you can conclude that. But to do so, you would have to assume that the majority of Republican voters resemble the caricature Republican voter that you see when you see an R next to someone’s name.
There’s a reason that Ox has remained consistent at 30% in the polls. He’s well known, but there is a ceiling to his support.
Ox may make the runoff still (though I highly doubt it), but he will not win the nomination.
“you would have to assume that the majority of Republican voters resemble the caricature Republican voter that you see when you see an R next to someone’s name.”
Well, the 10-20% of the critical thinkers on this blog notwithstanding, it’s been my experience that the majority of Republican voters DO resemble the caricature Republican voter that you see when you see an R next to someone’s name.
Too many people in Republican voter in GA vote for the candidate: with the R next to their name; who opposes abortion; loves “God;” who will protect your guns; who will tell you that he/she is a fiscal conservative despite the obvious evidence to the contrary; who will tell you that he/she is a Reagan Republican despite the obvious evidence to the contrary..etc.
Look at SB31 for example, do you really think the typical voter, D or R, really knows what that bill did or will do? All most people care about if there’s a D or and R besides someone’s name. Shoot, the average voter probably puts more thought into which Iphone app they’ll get next.
I do agree with you that OX has pretty much hit his ceiling. I can’t imagine too many people out there who don’t know who he is by now.
It’s premature to forecast a runoff win for Oxendine, but with three other major candidates, his 25-30% number will afford him a runoff spot. I’m assuming he doesn’t continuously shoot himself – a big assumption. While Ox courts and panders to the far right in the tradition of George Wallace and Karl Rove, the other 3 candidates are going to be busy attacking each. In the aftermath there will some very bruised egos. Meanwhile the right-wing orthodoxy that Oxendine has forced on everyone else will be a disservice to the nominee and the state.
Keep in mind that it is only October. The Primary is a LONG way off. What other skeletons might the Ox be hiding in his closet?
You mean… there are other clip art animals and people in his closet???
Ox is hiding in the closet?
I have made up my mind. I am for Austin Scott. Why? Because everyone else sucks.
Wait!! There’s still more time for Austin Scott to join the ranks of “suck”.
Well I see Austin has broken in to that hard to reach “California transplant Gator fan” demographic. That could double his support.
He’s polling at nearing 100% in that demo.
UF doesn’t mind when they use their University Logo like UGA does. That explains it all.
We can blame that Lib’ral UGA for ruining OX’s chances at this important demographic.
Georgia needs some of that California know-how to help fix this state.
I could use about a dime bag of that know-how for this weekend.
Another weird thing is how Clip Art Ox shows up at each disaster, almost as if it had something to do with the creation of the disaster. You’d think it would be at a recovery center or along side emergency personnel. From the video I’m wondering if Clip Art Ox is an arsonist.
CAO, vote for him or your house gets it!
I like that the scene displayed before the video is clicked to begin is a dumb Ox with its back to a burning home.
If you had done to you what an ox has to have done to him to become an ox in the first place, you would be on a murderous arson rampage as well.
It’s not just a matter of stopping by Party City to buy a costume and finding a consenting adult to fill the other half?
It really depends on how many beans the “head” has had in earlier the day.
We have the clip art ox blues……..and in the meantime the dems are putting up such smooth cuts as the one in the link below……
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_IAN081P8I&feature=player_embedded
yuse guys betta get a little more creative…………
Nice… wish we had thought of the concept. We could have easily been “bi-partisan” in our discontent.
exactly,…………coupled with direst propaganda coming from on high such as this……….read on to the end with the effects of inaction……wow how can they know all these things…….
Click here: http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/2009/10/hub/EconomicsCleanEnergy_GA.pdf
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gatormathis
That’s just the flip side of the culture war. I couldn’t sit there and suffer through the whole thing, but It’s painfully obvious that the Dems are doing the same as the Republicans and really dumbing it down for the masses. “Hey look there, those gays/Christians/whatever are trying to take away your freedom, ect…
As the subtitle reads:
Forget the low life political scum in DC ripping everybody off to the tune of trillions of dollars, and selling your grandchildren down the river. Go on now sheeple. Fight each other. Go on.
The Chinese Year 2010 will be the Year of the Tiger…and a tiger can shred an ox…wonder which candidate is the tiger?
Ray McBerry
(yeah, I’m trolling with that comment)
… or John “Tiger” Monds!
Went to the Monds website and Doug Grammer is impressed. Doug Grammer is so impressed that Doug Grammer will emulate John Monds and only refer to himself in the third person for at least 1 minute. Doug Grammer said so!
Doug Deal is impressed with Doug Grammar and it reminds Doug of the time that Doug told Doug that John Monds like to talk about John Monds as much as Doug likes to talk about Doug.
Oh, Doug meant one of those Dougs to be Doug Craig.
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