Oxendine channels William Tecumseh Sherman
Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine
Gubernatorial candidate John Oxendine appears to have attended the William Tecumseh Sherman school of urban renewal, and the Sarah Palin school of governance.
First, let’s talk about Palin’s teachings: Rally your supporters, not by advocating an idea that actually solves a problem, but by pushing one that upsets the people your supporters don’t like (the people your supporters don’t like will never vote for you anyway). The loonier the idea the better, because really crazy ideas are likely to upset the people you’re trying to upset even more. And the more you upset those people, the happier your fans will be.
Tah-dah! You’re a social warrior! And a social warrior just might win the Republican primary.
But Oxendine’s taken in even more compelling lessons from Gen. Sherman Read more
Isakson won’t take my health insurance advice
I met with an aide to Johnny Isakson yesterday afternoon to urge the Republican senator from Georgia to support health insurance reform. Though the young man I spoke with was courteous and smart, I left the meeting depressed and not very optimistic.
Now, I’m more depressed. Around the same time, as it turns out, Isakson was claiming to the Macon Lion’s Club that the discussion currently underway in Congress is a “classic debate between single-payer health care and private sector delivery.”
That’s about as true as the claim that the bill contains a provision for “death panels,” a canard that Isakson earlier this week called “nuts.” Read more
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