Jason has a GREAT post about Republican scare tactics related to one Roy Barnes over on his site (and yes, I liked his title so much I largely borrowed it, so I’m giving him credit here).
Here’s a sample, I encourage you to go there to read the rest. (emphasis mine)
The “pseudo-crisis[es]” Jace is talking about is the “King Roy” meme and worries about redistricting.
The “King Roy” meme is just ridiculous. Republicans held the minority during his term as Governor from 1999 to 2003, so I’m sure the Republicans that were in the legislature at the time remember unpleasant fights over legislative issue. That stuff happens, especially when your party isn’t in control.
On redistricting. Anyone that tells you that they are not going to vote for Barnes because of redistricting, which I have heard several times, is lying to you. This issue will be decided in the courts, just as it was in 2004.As I’ve noted here before, Roy Barnes has received better ratings than Sonny Perdue on fiscal policy from the Cato Institute, a libertarian think-tank.
Roy Barnes may be a lot of things and I certainly disagree with him on a number of issues, but his record doesn’t show him to be an Obama Democrat as so many Republicans are trying to do. He is a traditional Southern Democrat.
Yet today, the Republican Governor’s Association – led by fellow Kennesaw State University alum Nick Ayers – decided to launch a commercial and website trying to paint the King and Obama as one and the same. As Jason said, and I completely agree, they are NOT. Roy Barnes is a Bill Clinton/Zell Miller Democrat – indeed, he helped both of those men get elected, and he sided with John Edwards in the 2008 Presidential Primary. Heck, he even went so far as to snub Obama just 2 short weeks ago!
BTW: Jason’s friend Jace Walden also has a good post on this subject over on Peach Pundit.
