I might endanger myself by saying, “dude, I don’t remember you because you must have been in “Math and the Grocery Store” while I was stuggling in Trig. Come to think about it, the magnet school concept has that same feel. The bottomline is that it is hard to pay taxes to fund a school system that is unsuitable; so you then must pay for private school or move. Since my parents were teachers, I always heard the argument about public school teachers who did not have enough confidence in the system to send their kids to public schools. To be fair, if the family wants a faith-based educational program, that is understandable. Also, sometimes the problem is more the half-raised other kids than the school and teachers.

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I think his answer to the Marshall question that will be in Part II will explain some things. As for where his son is in school, I don’t know which school system his son attends, but I know he lives in Ashburn (not Tift County, if I remember correctly) and his office is in Tifton. Since school is based on where you legally live, I’m guessing his son goes to school in Ashburn? Regardless, not really at issue here. I’ve worked as a teacher in Randolph County (absolute hell hole in my experience), and let me put it this way: Even the worst school systems around can be turned upside down by some people with a pair of big steel ones. Honestly, based on this conversation, I think Scott would push people in the right directions overall. If you look at it, vouchers are nothing more than continued government intervention in education, just in a different format. Scott’s after school idea seems to be more of a free market approach where the parent is the one actually paying for the service, from a range of providers that work with – ‘partner with’ – the school.

While I’m clearly for John Monds in November, my vote – if I cast one – in July is certainly up for grabs right now. While I’m looking forward to talking to all of the various contenders – even those on your side of the aisle – as it stands right now I’m thinking Scott or McBerry stand the best chance with me in July.

One last tidbit that won’t make it into the final cuts of the overall series: Rep Scott had never heard of John Monds, hence the reason he won’t be discussed in the sections where Scott is commenting on his various opponents. Like I noted in the post, Part II will be his comments on the Democrats – including Roy Barnes – and his answer to the Marshall Question.

I hope that you asked him if he could work with the Democrat White House as governor. Regarding Nathan Deal, Scott’s math might be off by two years and a few months because Nathan was a Democrat when I was staffing. Then again, Governor Perdue was a Democrat until 1998.

The average Democrat doesn’t want to see Austin Scott and maybe Handel as governor because they might attractive or secure more of the voters Time Magazine says the GOP is losing.

I hope Scott knows that the draft Austin Scott to run for congress facebook page is not about drafting really; it’s about giving him options to serve the state if his party is not smart enough to push them forward in the governor’s race. We have got to be resourceful and I am still uncomfortable having every Georgia member of Congress except Saxby come from on or above a line from Columbus to Macon to Savannah.

Scott and Johnson clearly are looking forward to substantive debates on the issues to challenge the range of Ox and Handel. That Perdue team behind Handel is powerful and as they say Democrats fall in love while Republicans fall in line.

Scott smoothly dropped that Johnson parade flag thing into the mix. I always thought Johnson would run for congress because that photo would be an issue in the general election statewide. But, Johnson also has a working relationship with Black state former Rep. Regina Thomas and Rep. Alisha Thomas Morgan. Scott was likely referring to Morgan when he mentioned Johnson giving money to Democrats—that was more about finding support for the vouchers in my community. Yes, his son attends public school but the Tift County schools are exceptional; if he live in some other counties, that would be different story and I would not blame him for considering “educational options.”

He should run for congress after reading the play by play on my blog about asking Jim Marshall to got to the DNC Convention and/or endorse Obama. In a race between Scott and Marshall, an informed Democrat community might turn on the Blue Dog to slighted Obama.

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