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On election day, the Mayor and City Council of Brookhaven will be elected. The new city was approved after a toxic referendum in July. After the vote, PG was disgusted by the gutter tactics of the supporters of the new city. A mailer received today brings those same repulsive tactics into the District 2 City Council race.
The mailer that offended PG was sent by “Start Brookhaven Right, Inc”. The group uses the UPS Store on Ashford Dunwoody Road as a return address. It is produced in the visual style of Rosetta Stone Communications, and looks a great deal like a mailer from Russell Mitchell.
One side of the mailer is the words “Brookhaven is a “Cancer”, in Olde English letters, on a firetruck red background. The quote is credited to Jim Eyre Mr. Eyre is an opponent of Russell Mitchell in the District 2 City Council race. (Larry Hurst is the third candidate.) No context is given for the headline quote. The other side of the mailer says that Jim Eyre is an ally of DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis. Mr. Eyre is the only City Council candidate mentioned in the flyer.
This is similar to the tactics Brookhaven Yes/Brookhaven Ballot Committee used in support of the new city. There was a hint of race baiting, with subtle reminders that a majority white community was trying to break away from a majority black county government. This sort of mudslinging personal attack politics alienated PG during the campaign leading up to the referendum. It makes Mr. Mitchell look bad. If you are going to attack someone, you should sign your name.
PG sent an email to Russell Mitchell. (russellmitchell4brookhaven@hotmail.com)
I received today a mailer from “Start Brookhaven Right”. The ad was very similar to a mailer I received from “Friends of Russell Mitchell”. The mailer received today has a quote from your opponent…”Brookhaven is a cancer”. The other side says that Mr. Eyre is an ally of Burrell Ellis.
This is objectionable for several reasons.
1- The mailer was sent by an anonymous committee. This plausible deniability might convince some people, but I am not fooled.
2- This is similar to the toxic tactics used by Brookhaven Yes/Brookhaven Ballot committee in their effort to get the new city approved. This campaign alienated me, and made me want no part of this current campaign. The new city is getting off to a rotten start.
3- Both my parents died of cancer.
You left a post it note on my door saying “Please let me know how I can earn your vote” It is easy. Repudiate “Start Brookhaven Right”. Have a clean campaign. Quit sending trash mailers.
This was written like David Foster Wallace. Historic pictures are from The Library of Congress.

PG looked in his spam folder, and was amazed. Someone at Conservative Strikeforce thought a slack blogger was going to give money to Michele Bachmann. It is highly unlikely that PG will be giving money to the woman known affectionately as “Crazy Eyes”. However, some readers of this facility may be inclined to help out the much maligned congresswoman. Spelling was not corrected. Pictures are from The Library of Congress. This was written like James Joyce.
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PG used a warm Sunday afternoon to walk to a neighbor’s house and meet Scott Holcomb. He is the Democratic candidate for the Georgia House of Representatives, district 81. The districts have been redrawn, with Mr. Holcomb in the same district as the 81st incumbent, Elena Parent. With a new job as Executive Director of Georgia Watch, Ms. Parent decided to leave the legislature. She was the hostess of the meet and greet.
There were only a handful of people at the event. PG got to talk to the candidate right away. Georgia is falling behind the rest of the south because we are not spending enough on education. There are no easy solutions to the water crisis.
After a few minutes with the candidate, PG headed to the snack table. Mr. Holcomb’s chief of staff, Ann Abramowitz, was standing there. Campaign mailers were discussed. It seems as though a company called Rosetta Stone Communications is producing cookie cutter mailers for the bad guys. “Rosetta Stone’s auto-calling programs are the most cost-effective way to reach your voters. The cost is minimal compared to other forms of communication, and the effectiveness is total.”
There was a bit of controversy about a video from Mr. Holcomb’s opponent, involving being able to perform on drug screens. PG took a bottle of water, and asked Mr. Holcomb if he wanted this. Mr. Holcomb eagerly accepted. PG observed that you never knew when you were going get drug tested. Mr. Holcomb then got the joke.
After a few minutes, the crowd went onto the back porch. Ms. Parent introduced the candidate. Supposedly, Mr. Holcomb reads every bill that is introduced before the legislature. No signs of brain damage were evident Sunday.
After the intro, Mr. Holcomb spoke for a few minutes, and took a few questions. Among the points that were raised were: The Republicans would like to get a super majority in the legislature. This will not be good for the state. ~ Private school vouchers are not a very good idea, and probably will not happen. ~ Climate change is probably real. We need to support alternative sources of energy. ~ More attention needs to be paid to ethics in the legislature. ~ The attack video made by the opponent went too far.

We had a post here a few days ago inspired by a list of dumb liberal quotes. In the spirit of fairness, it is time to take a look at the Top 50 Dumbest Conservative Quotes. The credit/blame for introducing chamblee54 to these pages goes to Morgan K Freeberg.
We are going to look at three quotes today. Many of the top 50 are from the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Jerry Falwell, and should not be taken seriously. The three today are from actors in leading roles.
Number 1 on the list is from Richard Nixon. “When the President does it, that means that it’s not illegal.” This was said during a TV interview with David Frost, after he was out of office. A bit of digging found a bit of back story.
“Interviewer David Frost has a difficult time with his subject, former President Richard Nixon, in the day’s early questioning (see April 6, 1977). Frost attempts to recoup with a line of questioning suggested by his adviser James Reston, Jr., one used in the trial of former Nixon aide John Ehrlichman (see January 1, 1975). Were there no limits to what a president can do, even if the president wants to do something plainly illegal? he asks. Could he do anything despite the law? Burglary? Forgery? Even murder? “If the president does it, that means it’s not illegal,” Nixon retorts. … Frost asks if the dividing line between, for example, a police burglary and the murder of an antiwar protester is only the president’s judgment? Nixon agrees, and adds: “There’s nothing specific that the Constitution contemplates in that respect. I haven’t read every word, every jot and every tittle, but I do know this: That it has been, however, argued that as far as a president is concerned, that in war time, a president does have certain extraordinary powers which would make acts that would otherwise be unlawful, lawful if undertaken for the purpose of preserving the nation and the Constitution, which is essential for the rights we’re all talking about.”
The current POTUS is involved in a controversy about whether or not to kill Americans abroad. Perhaps BHO could study the thoughts of his predecessor…If he is the President, then it is legal.
The next quote is from the fun loving Supreme Court Justice, Antonin Scalia. “I even accept for the sake of argument that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged.” In contrast to the other two quotes, the backup on this came up quickly on Google.
In 2004, Mr. Scalia gave a speech at Harvard University . If you get a chance to read the article, you will see that he made a few other choice comments that night.
Mr. Scalia has shown himself to be quotable before. In an opinion in the Troy Davis case, he said “This Court has never held that the Constitution forbids the execution of a convicted defendant who has had a full and fair trial but is later able to convince a habeas court that he is “actually” innocent.”
The last quote is from another POTUS who is no longer with us, Ronald Reagan. “I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.” Mr. Reagan was a professional actor, and he knew the value of a good script.
This slogan is another one that Mr. Obama may find handy. It should be noted that it was a big deal when the national debt (the grand total of the deficits) went over a trillion dollars. This was during the first term of Mr. Reagan. Today, under Mr. Obama, the annual deficit is over a trillion dollars. Sooner or later, you are talking about real money.
PG suffered brain damage trying to find out more about the quote from Mr. Reagan. He went through six pages of google. There must be 25 sites which have lists of quotes from Mr. Reagan, and all of them feature this quote.
What was the context? When did he first say it? One site says it was “(during the latter years of his administration)”. Another site says it was “Said often during his presidency, 1981-1989”. Maybe this is an urban legend.
The screed above is a repost. Richard Nixon, Troy Davis, and Ronald Reagan are still dead. The national debt is out of control. The Repub plan is to cut taxes and spend more on the military.
In other news, George McGovern sent in his absentee ballot this morning. The Senator from South Dakota was the first person PG ever voted for in a Presidential race. It was obvious that Tricky Dick was going to win, but the Demoze had to pretend to try. Mr. McGovern made a few mistakes, but at least he was not Hubert Humphrey.
Pictures are from The Library of Congress. This was written like Kurt Vonnegut.

There comes a time during most elections when PG just wants the darn thing to be over. With Georgia’s electoral votes all but given to WMR, there is nothing to do but listen to toxic rhetoric. Unless you want to give someone money, which is not an option here.
The good news is the 81st district in Georgia’s House of Representatives. The boundary lines have been redrawn, and the incumbent got herself another job. The two men running for this seat are Scott Holcomb, Democrat, and Chris Boedeker, Republican. The latter is pronounced BAH de ker, like bah humbug. The spell check suggestion is bobsledder.
Mr. Boedeker has the same direct mail look as other attack Republicans in DeKalb County. The saying “trust is the issue” is used. Mr. Holcomb is accused of attending the University of Connecticut, being the “general counsel” for a shaky investment firm, opposing charter schools, and helping people use welfare money to buy drugs.
The last charge is featured in a bizarre video. Mr. Holcomb was discussing a bill to require welfare recipients to pass a drug test. He discussed his army experience. The notice to fill the cup would come right after doing number one.
“I’ll also tell you, as someone who went through that – my luck isn’t always the best, and I would always get the call after I had – you know. And so, then I would have to sit there, and drink bottles and bottles of water until I could finally do what I needed to do take the test.”
In the video, the speech is cut off after he says you know. Mr. Holcomb is making a gesture at this point which looks a bit like passing a joint. The voice over asks what the gentleman has been smoking. The video has been withdrawn from Youtube, but is still available at Puffington Host Huffington Post.
Pictures are from “The Special Collections and Archives,Georgia State University Library”.