From The Hotline Latest Edition for Wednesday, April 30,2008

GEORGIA

Have You Heard About The Lonesome Loser?

Wed. Apr. 30, 2008


DeKalb Co. CEO Vernon Jones (D) jumped into the race "in unique fashion" 4/29, "by loudly announcing that his party -- which recruited one of his opponents -- has a taste for defeat." Jones: "Obviously, the Democratic party loves to recruit losers. In the past we lost both United States senate seats, we've lost the governor's race, the lieutenant governor's race, the secretary of state's race, the last Democratic public service commission race. The Democratic party has constantly put up liberal candidates and they've lost election after election after election. And Vernon Jones and the people of Georgia want a winner."

Jones declared '06 LG nominee/atty/ex-state Rep. Jim Martin (D) "a nice guy. But you know what? He's a veteran of the Vietnam war of the past. The war right now is at the gas pump." Jones "emphasized his fiscal conservatism, and the economic problems facing the country. Jones declined to take a position on Iraq until he studied the issue." Jones, on Martin's CoH lead: "I've been able to raise a lot of money without the endorsements from the losers in the Democratic party."

Ex-TV investigative reporter Dale Cardwell (D) is to qualify today "and has repeatedly pointed out that Jones has admitted that he twice voted for George W. Bush." Jones: "This is not about Dale Cardwell. This is about people losing their homes. It's about high gasoline prices. People can hardly pay for their food now. ... John Kerry nor Al Gore came to Georgia. They never invested in Georgia. They never wanted to ask us for our vote. They didn't care about Georgians. They turned their back on Georgia. And anybody who turns their backs on Georgia, turns their back on me and others."

"Reporters, being impolite slobs, of course mentioned the certain controversies that Jones has endured" as DeKalb CEO. He "said his success in DeKalb had silenced any criticism." Jones: "That's why the voters turn a deaf ear to the news media, who create baseless controversies. They've responded by not only electing me twice, but at the same time passing four bond initiatives. DeKalb County is better run than the federal government. Every one of those so-called controversies that you guys have reported have turned out to be baseless and reckless and erroneous and just false" ("Political Insider", Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 4/29).