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Wow.[ July 16, 2010 – 4:37 am]by Jeff Posted in » 2010 Campaigns

For those who haven’t yet seen it, check out these two stories on the Best News Network, part of a 4 part series they are doing:

The Real McBerry: Predator, Bully, and Secessionist

Part 1: McBerry: The Preying Candidate

They intentionally worked to not just retell the story of McBerry that is already out there on this site and in professional media such as AJC and Fox 5 Atlanta.

The key phrase to remember, particularly on the second article, is this: “Not criminal, but very, VERY creepy”

Teacher Group Urges Members Not to Support McBerry for Governor[ June 17, 2010 – 5:00 am]by Jeff Posted in » 2010 Campaigns

I don’t know how long this from the Georgia Education Alliance has been up, but it was just brought to my attention yesterday:

Georgia Education Alliance strongly urges its members to not support Ray McBerry in his campaign to be Georgia’s next
governor. Allegations of McBerry’s past actions tarnish the honor and trust that Georgians place with teachers. Insight from
the victim, alludes to McBerry abusing the moral standards associated with the teaching profession for his own selfish,
amoral gains.

In 2003, McBerry was accused of using this position as a Youth Minister and teacher to have a relationship with a student.

According to a recent AJC article: “McBerry urged her to cut ties with her high school sweetheart. And McBerry then began
the process of replacing him, Rachel Gandee said. He gave her a cellphone that allowed the two to talk without parental
tracking. The loan of the phone is beyond dispute – McBerry admits to it.
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Vindicated? Not Really.[ June 3, 2010 – 5:14 am]by Jeff Posted in » 2010 Campaigns

Last week, Ray McBerry sent out a campaign email saying he was “vindicated”.

The problem is, that email alone was full of lies, and so was the affidavit.

Specifically:

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Ray McBerry’s Teaching License[ May 23, 2010 – 8:36 pm]by Jeff Posted in » 2010 Campaigns

I said a couple of weeks ago that I was tired of writing about Ray, and that I intended to stop unless major things shook loose – and I sincerely mean that.

Ray continues to claim that his teaching license is still valid. I’ve already shown that this is at best misleading, since his certificate expired nearly 5 years ago – and at worst an outright lie, for the same reason.

But maybe Ray shouldn’t keep mentioning that…
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Apparently It Was All Talk[ May 7, 2010 – 7:18 pm]by Jeff Posted in » 2010 Campaigns

Last week, Tom wrote about Karen Handel and Maria Sheffield publicly condemning Ray McBerry and apparently refusing to attend events with him.

The problem?
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Ray McBerry Threatens Young Adults (who happen to be female)[ May 5, 2010 – 6:01 pm]by Jeff Posted in » General

Here’s part of the email Ray McBerry sent to leaders of the Columbia County Young Republicans, who happen to be female (18-40yo, if I understand the organization correctly), you can see it all on Peach Pundit

Since you have heretofore not contacted my Campaign to let us know that you are extending an invitation to my Campaign to participate, as you are required to do per the Georgia YR constitution cited below, I am sending this email to you to instruct you what you are to do to remedy this problem immediately. I am no longer asking politely; I am giving you instructions. If you do not follow them, I will instruct our Campaign to file the necessary charges against you to have you removed from office and/or censured.

One famous definition of character is what a man does when no one is watching. With EVERYONE watching, Ray pulls this stunt. I hate to imagine what he may be capable of when no one was watching.

And the crazy just keeps on coming[ May 3, 2010 – 4:38 pm]by Tom Posted in » 2010 Campaigns

As if we haven’t had enough fun with Ray McBerry for the campaign season, he calls a press conference today and releases a press release that is just more of Ray’s rambling style of whatever you want to call it.  He claims his innocence, and all the usual jazz, and you can read it for yourself on Peach Pundit. Read More …

So we’re the “liberal media”?[ May 3, 2010 – 12:35 pm]by Tom Posted in » 2010 Campaigns

As if Ray McBerry couldn’t go off his rocker any more, there’s this quote that Jim Galloway of the Atlanta Journal shares this tidbit from our favorite candidate this past weekend: Read More …

GOP Activist: GAGOP Should Have Nothing To Do With Ray McBerry[ May 1, 2010 – 6:49 pm]by Jeff Posted in » 2010 Campaigns

The following is from conservative activist Bryan Miller, via his Facebook page. In the comments on it, Maria Sheffield re-iterates what she had earlier said on twitter about not appearing where Ray McBerry is. Karen Handel made similar claims today at a forum hosted by Jim Galloway, while other candidates had a much weaker response.

Anyway, here’s Bryan’s post:

It has come to light in recent weeks that long shot GOP candidate for Governor Ray McBerry, a former teacher, carried on an inappropriate relationship with an underage girl while he was the girl’s youth pastor. While I will not go into specific details of the allegations, and what McBerry himself admits to, the information can be found here via the AJC: http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2010/04/29/parents-church-and-judge-told-future-gop-candidate-for-governor-leave-the-girl-alone/
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Republicans distancing themselves from McBerry[ April 30, 2010 – 4:29 pm]by Tom Posted in » State

Ray McBerry, and is past escapades with teen aged girls, has so far just netted him some bad press.  However that seems to be changing.  To start with, Karen Handel, another candidate for governor going on record as not being a McBerry fan.  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Jim Galloway reports that Mrs. Handel’s spokesman said: Read More …