Name:	MartiniMan -	Reply
Subject:	Why Kingston Lost in Georgia Senate Runoff
Date:	7/23/2014 8:25:46 AM

First my disclaimer.  I reluctantly voted for Kingston in the primary for one reason only, my fear that not being a career politician he will be prone to the kind of gaffes that can sink novice candidates of either party.  Here's hoping he proves me wrong because the lady he is running against has only thing going for her and that is her last name.  She is a typical, run of the mill left wing nut that is trying to ride her daddy's coattails into the Senate......and she may well succeed.  If Perdue runs a gaffe-free campaign he stands a good chance of winning but if he has a Todd Aiken moment it will be an uphill battle.  And you can be sure the liberal media machine in Atlanta will be working overtime to get him to say something stupid and then it will be magnified many times over the gaffes of Nunn.  Tim to get out the checkbook although the good news is he has plenty of money to fight back.

So what I think sunk Kingston was two things.  First, Perdue's pitch that Kingston was a career politician that would barter away conservative principles once in office resonated with a lot of voters.  Kingston was backed 100% by the Republcan establishment and that hurt him.  Second, and the thing that bothered me most was the abject lies his campaign told about Perdue and the nastiness of the literature he sent out.  I know that this tactic usually works in elections, particularly state-wide ones where most of the voters don't really know either candidate very well.  But given the mood of the electorate right now that nastiness just didn't sit well.  I will stipulate that some of Perdue's campaign tactics were likewise fallacious but he combined that with a positive message of sending an outsider to DC instead of a career politician.

To Kingston's credit he has said he will back Perdue 100% in the general election and that will help tremendously in the more rural areas of Georgia where he is better known.  We already know the Atlanta metro will go for Nunn......heck, they would vote for Robert "Sheets" Byrd if he were on the ballot.  But if Perdue does well in the suburbs and the rest of Georgia he can win.  Will be interesting to watch but its time to get out the checkbook and get him started on the right foot.

Name:	GoneFishin -	Reply
Subject:	Why Kingston Lost in Georgia Senate Runoff
Date:	7/23/2014 4:01:46 PM

 "I reluctantly voted for Kingston in the primary for one reason only, my fear that not being a career politician he will be prone to the kind of gaffes that can sink novice candidates of either party."

Sounds like FOX news double talk. You voted for Kingston who IS a career politician compared to Perdue who was CEO of Dollar General.

Did you mean to post the following????

 I reluctantly voted for Kingston in the primary for one reason only, my fear that Perdue not being a career politician will be prone to the kind of gaffes that can sink novice candidates of either party.

NUNN 2014

Name:	MartiniMan -	Reply
Subject:	I meant what I wrote
Date:	7/23/2014 5:07:29 PM (updated 7/23/2014 5:19:33 PM)

I voted for Kingston because I am afraid that Perdue would be prone to gaffes that could saddle us with an incompetent Dem Senator (note that my opening sentence was not clear in that the "he" I am referring to with the gaffes is Perdue, hence the vote for Kingston).  And this is a bipartisan problem that can happen to novice candidates from either party.  The difference is that the liberal media will amplify and magnify any gaffes by GOP candidates, not to mention outright distortions, and it can hurt.  Head-Kingston.   Heart-Perdue.

Name:	GoneFishin -	Reply
Subject:	Oh Yea
Date:	7/23/2014 6:48:23 PM

"The difference is that the liberal media will amplify and magnify any gaffes by GOP candidates, not to mention outright distortions, and it can hurt."

That is your problem... a party of pansies. Are you suggesting that Hannity and Rushbo would not go after any DEM who made a gaffee?? Get serious.

Name:	MartiniMan -	Reply
Subject:	Oh Yea
Date:	7/23/2014 8:29:52 PM

How about this offer GF?  I'll give you all of talk radio and Fox News if you give me aBS, nBS, cBS, CnnBS, WaPo, NYT, NPR, LA Times, Atlanta Urnial and Constipation, Rueters, AP, Univision, most of academia, etc.  You really lack a grasp on reality if you think Rush and Hannity have the reach of the government media complex aka the mainstream media.  They are all members in good standing as the media wing of the Democrat party.  By the way, I would include pmsnBS and HuffnPuff but only about 8 people at any one time are reading or watching those left wing nut outlets.  Take your meds GF.......reality is waiting for you......

Name:	GoneFishin -	Reply
Subject:	Oh Yea
Date:	7/23/2014 10:19:52 PM

"I'll give you all of talk radio and Fox New." You are not giving me anything of value since FOX News exists for only one purpose…to pizz off liberals.

Name:	MartiniMan -	Reply
Subject:	Fair and balanced...deal with it
Date:	7/24/2014 10:09:17 AM

Yes they do but only because they actually cover ALL the news unlike the lamestream media. Libtards simply cannot handle it when the truth is put out there. Exposes their failed ideology for what it is.  So stop whining about Rush, Hannity,,etc. and be glad you have 99% of the media on your side.