“Anybody but …….”
Some years ago the battle cry “was thrown out all the incumbents” which I thought was akin to taking a chain saw to a problem that required pruning. Were there and are there still incumbents that need replacing – absolutely. But it seems to me that politics is the only profession where experience is a negative.
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any stranger “throw out all the incumbents” morphed into “anybody but (fill in the your target)”. Nowhere was this more clear than the GOP Primary in GA-9. “Anybody but Collins” appeared in newspaper and radio ads, bumper stickers and clothing apparel.
While the 1st amendment guarantees everyone the right to express their opinion, I always thought that supporting the candidate of your choice was a more thoughtful approach than either “throw the bums out” or “anybody but…” Apparently so did 71% of the Republican voters in Union County and 61% across the 9th Congressional District.
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Patrick Malone is a Business Advisor and Leadership Mentor headquartered in Blairsville, Georgia. He co-hosts Mountain Daybreak and Mountain Mornings, weekday news programs, and hosts This Week in Blairsville a weekend program on WJUL/WJRB. He is a mentor in Union County High School, serves on his church council and writes a monthly column on leadership in the animal healthcare industry.
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Hopefully this will satisfy Paul Broun’s desire to run anytime soon.
It was and still is, throw out all THEIR incumbents.
And this, from the Gainesville Times, is what the lack of class looks like:
For Broun, the election results left a bitter taste. “The negative ads worked the way Doug Collins meant for them to do,” said Broun, gathering with supporters at his headquarters off Green Street in Gainesville.
“He spent a lot of money to hurt my campaign and hide his own voting record — which he did very well.”
At least the money spent by Collins was that which he raised, not what Broun stole from taxpayers.
Collins’ victory statement didn’t let up: “Today’s victory shows that consistent and effective representation trumps slanderous attacks made by failed career politicians.”