Thursday, March 18, 2010
News Carol Porter slams Cagle on budget, recalls bully who stole our lunch money
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 4:54 PM
If this morning's rhetoric is any indication, it's safe to say that Carol Porter, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, will provide the media with much fodder in her race against incumbent Casey Cagle.
Porter knocked Cagle in an emailed release this morning for what she calls a lack of leadership during his four years in office — and in the process, fired the first shot in the race that, as of today, is between the two candidates.
Porter — whose husband Dubose is running for governor — took issue with the timing and cast of characters involved with Cagle's most recent initiative: a blue-ribbon Budget Task Force that on Tuesday offered a laundry list of financial fixes for the deep-in-the-red state.
Some of the recommendations — such as changes to K-12 education — could be political seppuku during an election year, and therefore, have no chance in hell of passing. It should also be noted that Cagle didn't say he agreed with all the recommendations. Nonetheless, we're all for a candidate who's got a passion for words.
Says Porter:
“Cagle had three years in office to head off the budget mess. At this rate he should have the state’s transportation, education and water problems fixed in time for the 2024 Olympics. The task force is representative of elite interests, and therefore unable to fully gauge the impact of their recommendations on everyday Georgians. There were no minority voices on the task force — nor were there any educators, doctors, farmers or small business owners. The task force is not representative of Georgia — it is representative of Cagle’s campaign donors. It seems you only belong in Cagle’s Georgia if you work for a firm that cuts big checks for campaigns.”
Porter goes on to say that lawmakers can't continue to cut education and expect the state to prosper. She's surprised "Cagle and his allies aren't showing up in schools to shake down fifth graders for their milk money." If you're bored at work and would like to submit your own artistic rendering of this hilarious image, please feel free to send it my way.
Cagle, who in addition to leading the Senate through a soul-crunching legislative session is also recovering from a back operation, should have some awesome rebuttal that includes the phrase "moving Georgia forward." We can't wait.
(Courtesy Carol Porter Campaign)
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Finally. A Dem with balls. Let the Repugs stand on gutting K-12 and higher ed. Dems should stand on closing the lobbyist tax loopholes - not adding to unemployment by firing thousands of teachers or cutting the number of student places. That's a fight even the Dems can win in November.
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Kudos to Carol Porter for challenging the madness the Republican leadership is forcing on us. Times are very challenging, but the mindless cutting of core programs will seriously mangle the future of the state.
I was going to vote for her anyway but now I'm going to give her money. If only her husband were half as clever...
Hubby Dubose slammed the crap outta the proposed Blue Ribbon hand-off of traditional Ways and Means Committee duties today too. That's here: http://bit.ly/c38rZz I can't imagine getting a word in edgewise in that household! Their boys ever want to wind mom and dad up and watch 'em go they just need to whisper "Republicans in Georgia. How did they ever get in?"
BUT we are in the worst economy since the depression and there is nothing we can do about it. The President has called a blue ribbon panel together to give him the solution to the economic problems. Sorry if you get all wee wee'd up over Carol's statements then you need to condemn the president too. Can't have it both ways folks. If Carol good = Cagle bad & Obama bad or Carol bad = Cagle good & Obama good
Nothing we can do about it? Try Keynes. Obama sure can do something about the Depression, but he's too conservative and economically illiterate. The rest of us are sitting around with our thumbs up our a$$ instead of pushing for job-saving stimulus. Federal aid to keep the teachers and janitors working, for starters.
HA HA HA HA HA "Try Keynes" - hell what do you think they have been doing the last year and a half. Now unemployment is going to stay near 10% for the remainder of Obama's presidency. Even though when he passed his first stimulus/Keynes package he promised that the unemployment would stay below 8%. Keynes has been tried and it has failed, time to move one.
Gonna have to agree with AH. If Cagle was wrong about the budget, that falls more on Obama than anyone else because it was the Dem that said unemployment would top out at 8.0%. Now if Carol is saying she would have seen this coming, that means she would have directly contradicting Obama. In reality, she is a a junior politician that has had 30 years to learn the business from her husband. Take the credit, shift the blame, rant about government corruption and fraud, do nothing about it. Cagle ain't perfect but a Repub Lt. Gov with a Dem Gov. will be a great, balanced combo.
Mrs Porter is a very dynamic candidate. I heard her speak at a small gathering this week. Her proposals for education,transportation,state water needs, and our current budget crisis are clear and thorough. She is a breath of fresh air compared to the stale group of current do-nothing Republican state officials.
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