All eyes on Georgia
tomorrow. There is one more election
where the voters still have an actual say ... and that would be right here. Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss is
facing Democrat Jim Martin in a runoff.
The vote is tomorrow; and it's all about turnout.
Yeah, I know. They're
still counting votes in Minnesota,
and Norm Coleman may still prevail against Democrat funny guy Al Franken. But this one is in the hands of the
politicians, lawyers and judges. Georgia is in
the hands of the voters - it this may be the last stand before a 60-vote
filibuster proof Democrat majority in the Senate.
There is voter anger against Chambliss in Georgia. This I understand. Saxby's vote in favor of the bailout bill has
a lot of people fuming .. but there's a lot of second-guessing here. We now know that that the $700 billion
bailout essentially amounts to a slush fund .. and hundreds of billions may be
saved for Obama to spend. This is not
what the people wanted and not what the Republicans in the Senate voted
for. But now it is what it is, and
letting the Democrats have their 60 seats isn't going to change anything. This is about votes to come. Votes to raise taxes, votes to redistribute
wealth, votes to expand the power of government, votes to confirm anti-Constitutional
Supreme Court justices and to pass the unionization-by-intimidation bill. In a worse-case scenario this election
tomorrow in Georgia
could be about votes on whether or not the government will seize all or a
portion of our 401Ks and pension plans, and a vote on whether or not to remove
the cap on Social Security taxes. Would
you like to see means-testing for your Social Security benefits? Would you like for the government to come to
you when you reach retirement age and tell you that you have simply been too
successful to collect your Social Security -- that the money is needed for
people who didn't work quite so hard?
It's all about turnout.
The polls show it too close to call.
You can bet that those who vote for a living will be at the polls. The unions will be sending their vans out,
driven by union volunteers, to collect as many Democrat voters and deliver them
to the polls as possible. Hey ... they
have the card check bill to protect. Churchgoers
across Atlanta
were admonished to go to the polls and vote for Martin on Tuesday. The Democrats are running ads of Saxby
Chambliss pictured next to a multi-million dollar yacht cursing the seas - the
wealth envy card being played to the hilt. Those with no job - those who vote for their
living - will have no trouble leaving work (yeah, right) to vote. Will you?