The Southern Soapbox

• Really? Is that right? Now, what would make you think that Mr. Vice-President?

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  Posted: August 18, 2007, 1:52am EDT
  by Gunner

• Mike...Mike....Mike....

  Well, Mike Jacobs left the Democratic Party and is now a Republican. The blogs here in Georgia are filled with harsh words about him and feelings of betrayal...rightly so too. Mike was one of the first people in the Georgia Democratic Party that I met when I first moved to [...]
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  Posted: June 19, 2007, 2:11pm EDT
  by Gunner

• Save the date...June 9th...

  That's right June 9th! The Chatham County Democratic Committee will be having their annual Toby Buttimer Awards Dinner at the Savannah International trade and Convention Center. This years keynote speaker is former DNC Chair Don Fowler. Tickets are $75 dollars and you can get them here. Better yet why [...]
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  Posted: May 23, 2007, 2:53pm EDT
  by Gunner

• Wow I need to run for office...

  So I starting looking at exactly what Sen. Eric Johnson is getting for his votes and let me tell you it sounds like a whole lotta fun. Now I won't tell who spent the money on him (unless of course people ask) but here is a brief rundown. Eric got to [...]
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  Posted: May 22, 2007, 4:24pm EDT
  by Gunner

• Great things...

  Wanna know the great thing about being an elected official? The lobbyists...More to come on that... [...]
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  Posted: May 22, 2007, 12:16pm EDT
  by Gunner

• Whoever is making these ads are busy...plus they are great!

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  Posted: May 22, 2007, 9:25am EDT
  by Gunner

• Truth be told...

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  Posted: May 15, 2007, 10:52pm EDT
  by Gunner

• I have been wanting to post this for a while but..

  I couldn't find the words to talk about a man that I never knew but respected greatly. This blog is mainly about politics but recently America has lost a pioneer. Astronaut Wally Schirra died last week and the country mourns the passing of an American great. Wally [...]
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  Posted: May 08, 2007, 3:10pm EDT
  by Gunner

• Four years...already....

  Remeber this? May 1, 2007 will be the FOUR year anniversary of President Bush delcaring "Mission Accomplished" and that major combat operations are over in Iraq. Really? I would love to hear his defintaion of "Mission" and "Accomplished". Correct me if I am wrong but hasn't Iraq [...]
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  Posted: April 30, 2007, 11:53am EDT
  by Gunner

• The 'ol college try...

  And so The Southern Soapbox was right. Terry Holley did not file to run for congress. I wonder what happened. He seemed intent on running. Traveling the district and talking to folks everywhere. He even made to the Young Dems of Georgia 2007 convention. Part of his reason was maybe [...]
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  Posted: April 27, 2007, 11:14am EDT
  by Gunner

• Something wicked this way comes...

  Something tells me that Terry Holley will not even qualify to run in the 10th CD special election... [...]
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  Posted: April 26, 2007, 9:35am EDT
  by Gunner

• To VA Tech....

  Today we are all Hokies. [...]
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  Posted: April 17, 2007, 11:00am EDT
  by Gunner

• Why do people surround themselves with racists?

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  Posted: April 12, 2007, 6:21pm EDT
  by Gunner

• Still makes me laugh that voters elected her...

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  Posted: April 12, 2007, 6:08pm EDT
  by Gunner

• Well I dunno...maybe...okay I guess there is room...

  Room for what you may be asking yourself...why another candidate in the 10th of course...Erik Underwood. This guy seems a little weird. The main problem with him is that his campaign manager Helen Blocker-Adams will be getting more press than he will. Let's talk about her first. Helen ran for [...]
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  Posted: March 30, 2007, 11:21am EDT
  by Gunner

• This is great...

  For those of you who missed this interview I had to put it on this site. The video fades to black before you get to see the look of defeat on Sean Hannity's face. Priceless... [...]
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  Posted: March 26, 2007, 4:28pm EDT
  by Gunner

• Sunday Sales Please!!!!

  So I am in favor of allowing Sunday liquor sales. The bill (SB 137 has just passed one committee (The Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities) with a 4-3 vote. It's not a dead bill yet but it is going to be close. I am urging all of the readers of [...]
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  Posted: March 14, 2007, 1:08pm EDT
  by Gunner

• Sunday Sales Please!!!!

  So I am in favor of allowing Sunday liquor sales. The bill (SB 137 has just passed one committee (The Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities) with a 4-3 vote. It's not a dead bill yet but it is going to be close. I am urging all of the readers of [...]
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  Posted: March 14, 2007, 1:08pm EDT
  by Gunner

• Kudos to Thurbert!!!

  While I like to reserve the Kudos award for folks who are working on the local level I do however have to give this weeks Kudos to Georgia's Attorney General Thurbert Baker for his support of the second amendment regarding DC's ban on guns. THANKS GENERAL!!! [...]
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  Posted: March 13, 2007, 11:29am EDT
  by Gunner

• And the flock starts to thin...

  So Sen. Hudgens has removed his name from the growing list of folks running in the special election to fill Georgia's 10th Congressional Seat. Now the problem for Hudgens is that he already endorsed Kemp to be the man to fill his State Senate Seat. Not a lot of thinking [...]
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  Posted: March 13, 2007, 10:55am EDT
  by Gunner

• And then there were TEN....count 'em TEN

  And with the announcement of Augusta lawyer Evita Paschall declaring her intent to run for the open seat in District 10, that brings our field of candidates to ten. From every angle it looks like State Sen. Jim Whitehead is the front runner. It seems that so much attention is [...]
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  Posted: March 01, 2007, 3:14pm EST
  by Gunner

• For better or worse...

  So the Democratic Party of Georgia has had their elections and now DPG has new officers and we are off and running...kinda...well not really at all....DPG was able to make payroll last week and now well...the Party is pretty much broke...Jane Kidd ( the new party Chair) needs to call [...]
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  Posted: February 26, 2007, 2:26pm EST
  by Gunner

• Sorry...but I'm back

  Sorry about the none posting over the past few months...I have moved to Savannah and am now starting to get settled in...so be looking for more posts...wow since I last posted lots have happened....More dems have entered the race for DPG Chair...some I think could make a difference but most [...]
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  Posted: January 12, 2007, 1:55pm EST
  by Gunner

• To those who we owe no greater debt....Thank you

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  Posted: November 11, 2006, 12:57pm EST
  by Gunner

• Found this on Wonkette...

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  Posted: November 10, 2006, 10:59am EST
  by Gunner

• So be it...

  You will not find indepth election return coverage here...we all know what we did right as Democrats now lets get to work on what we need to do to fix the wrong... so instead of talking about what happened last night lets focus on our runoffs and the future of [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2006, 5:02pm EST
  by Gunner

• Fly on the wall and early voting...

  Early voting might just be the best thing to happen to Georgia's electoral process. Yesterday I took advantage of early voting. Columbia County had three locations to vote. I picked the library so I could return my books and a few DVD's. When I pulled into the parking what I [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2006, 6:10pm EST
  by Gunner

• Congressional candidates Chief of Staff resigns...

  Through an email received by TheSouthernSoapbox details were revealed why James Hanby SR. resigned as Chief of Staff from the Holley for Congress campaign. Terry Holley is running against Republican Charlie Norwood for Georgia's 10th Congressional District. Reasons given were Terry's lack of payment and Hanby being owed over $12,000 [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2006, 1:49pm EDT
  by Gunner

• What the heck did Sonny do and do we really care...?

  My question today is: Do voters really care about a land deal in Florida? Further, do voters really even understand the damn commercial that explains the land deal? That commercial reminds me of the old Micro-machines commercials with the fast talking sales guy. The common voter while not stupid, I [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2006, 8:11pm EDT
  by Gunner

• Say it ain't so...

  I was saddened to hear that Gov. Mark Warner will not be seeking the democratic nomination for president in '08 ( Mark's full statement from his PAC website). I have been fighting the flu all week and his news didn't help things. Hopefully there is another good 'ol southerner [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2006, 4:46pm EDT
  by Gunner

• 12thCD Chair...

  After Sarah Dunn left a comment on this blog about about L.C. Myles (Augusta) running for 12thCD Chair I decided to do a little digging. As of right now L.C. has not commited. He is currently doing what every Democrat in the country SHOULD be doing. That is helping Democrats [...]
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  Posted: October 10, 2006, 2:10am EDT
  by Gunner

• New section added....

  Check out the new KUDOS! section of The Southern Soapbox! Each week we will give kudos to a person or group who is doing their part in making Georgia just that much better... [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2006, 4:56pm EDT
  by Gunner

• What have we been doing?

  Taking a cue from the AJConline, I took a look at the finance reports from The GeorgiaGOP and the DPG. Yep, it's offical the GOP has whooped our behinds to a new shade of democrat blue. As of 9/30/2006 the Georgia GOP has $5,045,273.91 on hand. And the donkeys? What [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2006, 12:26am EDT
  by Gunner

• Will Southern Democrats be left behind?

  There is a new book out written by Thomas F. Schaller. The book is called "Whistling Past Dixie". It outlines a theory that the Democratic Party needs to forget about ever winning in the South again. Instead, he says that we need to move our efforts to the Southwest and [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2006, 9:00pm EDT
  by Gunner

• It Saddens me that this is my first post...

  It saddens me that the first post of this blog must be a tragic one. On October 4, 2006, Rep. Pete Warren (SH122) passed away. Rep. Warren served not only Augusta but also Georgia faithfully while in office. Rep. Warren was loved in Augusta and respected throughout the state. His [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2006, 5:04pm EDT
  by Gunner