Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Politics Campaign Shocker: Haslam's 'in Free Fall'
Posted by Jeff Woods on Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 8:21 AM
“They went to the four corners offense and tried to run the clock out and way too soon,” Ramsey said. “He’s literally trying to ride this out. You can’t dodge the voters and expect to win. They’re in free fall. They know they’re in free fall. They’re not in panic mode yet, but I think they’re getting close to it.”
Wamp is sticking to his Mystery Turnout Theory. Those pollsters with their wacky random digit dialing can't possibly find all the masses of bumpkin Wamp voters out there in the backcountry, right?
“Polling doesn’t show where people are voting heavy or voting light,” Wamp said. “Just watch what happens. Where people are voting in bigger numbers is where I am going to do better. We’re watching that constantly in early voting. I do well in rural counties. I wanted to do a certain percentage of the total vote, and they’re 8 points higher. What does that mean? It means a lot of traditional Democrats in rural counties in places like the 8th District are voting Republican for the first time ever. I’m doing very well there.”
Read Mike Morrow's report.
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It's a matter of relativity.
Wamp and Ramsey are in full free fall as undecideds break for Governor Haslam.
The Two Losers won't feel the full effects of the gravity of the situation until they hit the granite rocks below them.
Speaking of granite, after voting for the largest tax hike in Tennessee history in 2002 -- including dozens of higher taxes on businesses, Ramsey came back the very next year in 2003 and introduced a bill to tax granite.
Unbelievable. The Ramsey-Mumpower Tax Granite Bill of 2003: SB1868 http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/103/Bill/SB1868.pdf http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1868&ga=103
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wamp is funny ,ramsey an idiot that is not funny,any one voting for ramsey must be stupid other wise they would not,.
Wacky Zack
(Sung to the tune "Rocky Top)
Once a small man went to Washington
Looking for some power in his hands.
Said he stay just only a little while
But corruption changed his little plans.
He loved the money and all the other perks
The power-trip raced up and down his spineless back
Lied so much he couldn’t keep his stories straight
And now, he wants another crack.
“I Voted for the bailouts but then I was agin’ it,
flipping-flops are just my style,
Like my term limits pledge and my promise not to spend
I play both sides of the aisle.”
Once old Zacky wrote some worthless checks,
Looking for a little quick cash.
Now he’s on “C” Street in Washington,
Building up his personal stash.
“I won’t take money from PACS and special groups,
I’m a man of my word.”
But he’s done everything he said he wouldn’t do
Another self-serving poli-turd.
Wacky Zack, you’ll always be
Such a liar to me.
Good Old Wacky Zach, looking for another free ride,
Republican Jekyll and Hyde.
Wacky Zack, you’ve been found out
Give the crooks in Congress your goodbyes.
You won’t be governor, taxpayers have gotten pretty wise,
You and your bunch of cow-pie flies.
We’re tired of all your stinking lies.
I can't get a handle on which one is the most delusional Wamp or Ramsey. This is very important to me by virtue of its inherent triviality. I think Zach just nosed ahead thinking the Democrats voting in the Republican primary are voting for HIM?
So the Wampster said "Just watch what happens", huh? As much as I hate to say it, I will go on record here saying that one of the serious reich-wing-nuts, Ramsey or Wamp, will win the nomination. Why, when the polls, common sense and any self-respecting propriety on the part of any honorable Republicans would suggest the opposite?
Well, as Ron Ramsey, Zach Wamp and Joseph Stalin all know, it's not who votes that counts, it's who counts the votes. With Tre Hargett and Mark Goins now holding a stranglehold on our electoral process, no moderate Republican really stands a chance.
I hope I'm wrong. And I sure hope that no intelligent Democrat votes for either Wamp or Ramsey in the primary, thinking they will be easier to beat. McWherter couldn't beat a potted plant in any election, and doesn't deserve to. So whoever wins the Republican primary will be the next Governor, sad to say. (I do think Haslam is head-and-shoulders above the rest of the field, so I could live with him.)
As for me, I will probably vote Green, if I vote at all. I have never missed an election in my life, but then I've never known just how easy it is to hack elections with the equipment we have (and which Republicans insist we keep). If I don't vote, at least I can be sure that my vote will not count. Unfortunately, those of you who do vote will never know about yours.
Vote free or Diebold.
