Early Christmas gift: Alabama Democrat announces switch to GOP Updated; Sen. Sessions reacts
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Every vote counts. And this is a good one (or is he? see updates below).
Politico reports that Alabama Democrat Rep. Parker Griffith will switch parties today. He’s a defender of grass-roots activists who protested at town halls over the summer and a cancer doctor who passionately opposes a government health care takeover. Bring it on:
POLITICO has learned that Rep. Parker Griffith, a freshman Democrat from Alabama, will announce today that he’s switching parties to become a Republican.
According to a senior GOP aide familiar with the decision, the announcement will take place in this afternoon in his home district in northern Alabama.
Griffith’s party switch comes on the eve of a pivotal congressional health care vote and will send a jolt through a Democratic House Caucus that has already been unnerved by the recent retirements of a handful of members who, like Griffith, hail from districts that offer prime pickup opportunities for the GOP in 2010.
The switch represents a coup for House Republican leadership, which had been courting Griffith since he publicly criticized Democratic leadership in the wake of raucous town halls over the summer.
Griffith, who captured the seat in a close 2008 open seat contest, will become the first Republican to hold the historically Democratic, Huntsville-based district. A radiation oncologist who founded a cancer treatment center, Griffith plans to blast the Democratic health care bill as a prime reason for his decision to switch parties—and is expected to cite his medical background as his authority on the subject.
Rep. Griffith had signaled in August that he would not vote for Nancy Pelosi as speaker again.
Refreshing: A politician who will keep his promise.
The announcement comes on the heels of a wave of Blue Dog Democrat retirements.
Merry Christmas!
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Griffith’s GOP opponent attacked his medical record, but his bio looks most impressive.
He voted against the porkulus, cap and trade, and Demcare in the House.
But reader Rebecca e-mails with some on-the-ground insights from Alabama:
Michelle,
Parker Griffith DOES NOT passionately oppose government health care takeover. He voted for SCHIP, and you should have seen his campaign commercials – every one of them spoke of health care for all! He only changed his tune once the backlash for his vote for Pelosi as Speaker and the huge turn in local public opinion against government health care set in. You should have seen us at the April 15th Tea Party in Huntsville.
I live in Huntsville. I voted for Wayne Parker, a conservative Republican. I was sad to see that a Republican has never been elected to represent our congressional district. Griffith changing his party does not necessarily mean that it is a win for conservatives. He is a chameleon and afraid of losing his seat in ’10 to true conservatives. Give Mo Brooks or Les Philip a ring – two leading conservatives who will challenge him in the next election.
I agree this is a blow to the Democrats, but whether or not it will be a true win for conservatives remains to be seen. We deserve someone who is solidly conservative (not just when to polls tell them to be) – and honest!
Your humble admirer and loyal reader,
Rebecca H.
Alabama blogger Steve Boyett adds:
Greetings:
Making headlines across the valley is that Parker Griffith is changing parties. This is really not much of a surprise at all, because his internal polling was most likely telling him that he could not win as a democrat. So, the wolf in sheep’s clothing comes to mind. What I find more interesting will be how the RNCC will respond to this. Will they, in hopes of having an “R” on the roll, sell their principles and accept him, or will they recognize this strategy as one from a desperate moderate who is not good for our district.
Parker Griffith to hold press conference at 1 – but the real story will be the response of the established true conservative Les Phillip and the other republican candidate Mo Brooks.
Keep watching.
Steve Boyett
Here’s Les Phillip’s campaign site. And his first ad:
From Phillip’s bio:
Les Phillip was born May 29, 1963, to Randolph and Elvina Phillip in the tiny Caribbean country of Trinidad – Tobago. The Family moved to St. Croix before immigrating to the United States.
After the plane ride from Trinidad to St. Croix, young Les was given a glimpse into his future. While traveling, he told his mother that he wanted to be a pilot. His mother accommodated her son’s aspiration by requesting that the pilot of their aircraft meet Les and explain to him what it would take to become a pilot someday. The pilot told Les to excel in math and science and fly in one of the branches of the U.S. military.
In 1971, the Phillip family came to the United States and settled in Baltimore, Maryland. Les graduated from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, a public school, in the spring of 1981. That summer, he would pursue his childhood dream and enter the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. There, he met his wife, the former Merle Ford of Montclair, New Jersey. At the age of 26, Les achieved his goal and earned his Naval Aviator wings.
Over the next eight years, Les became the proud father of three wonderful daughters. He left the service in 1993 and pursued a career in the private sector. He and his wife currently own a business located in Madison, Alabama.
Les Phillip became involved in politics in 1984, just six years after becoming a naturalized citizen. While in the Naval Academy, he began developing his political identity, studying a pocket copy of the U.S. Constitution that he received via a Phillip Morris advertising campaign. He soon realized how far the government had moved away from the design laid out by the founding fathers of our country.
After becoming a parent and working in the private sector Les became concerned with the daily struggles of middle-class America. He came to the realization that life is not just about where you are going but what you leave behind to your children and grandchildren.The simple idea that his children might not enjoy the same America that he and his parents longed for in 1971 is what inspired Les to become a public servant.
Les came to this country with a dream, an American dream. He fulfilled his dream of becoming a Naval Aviator, serving our country proudly, marrying his college sweetheart, raising three beautiful daughters and even operating a successful business. His story is an American success story, one of the stories that so often go untold. He knows first-hand how great this country is and how much greater it can be. He believes that we need a leader, a voice that can rally others to join his cause.
And here is Alabama Republican Liberty Caucus Stephen Gordon’s welcome for Rep. Griffith:
From my perspective, this clearly shows there is blowback from the Democrat’s legislative overreach in DC. Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama are now having to pay a political price for shoving their agenda down our throats.
However, what seems to be a GOP victory at first may well become another liberal victory in the long term. Unless Parker Griffith starts voting like a true fiscal conservative, Alabama could be stuck with another entrenched big-government Republican congressman.
Welcome to the party, Parker. Here’s an electronic copy of the Constitution. Read it well, as you will have to continue to dodge us if you continue to disregard it.
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Staunch GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions responds:
The following is a statement from U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions on Rep. Parker Griffith’s decision to switch to the Republican Party :
“I spoke with Parker this morning and congratulated him on this important decision. I believe his voting record and public statements on many important issues demonstrate an approach to government and spending that is incompatible with the national Democratic Party. As a Republican, he will be affirmed in his concerns about reckless spending and governmental overreach, rather than being ostracized for them. We welcome him with open arms.”
And Sarah Palin sends a welcome on Twitter.
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Have to wonder about his sanity in the first place ever being a D.
Although I do greatly respect his taking a stand and sticking with it.
conservativesRus, I was thinking the same thing. How could he be a Dem in the first place?
Welcome to the party, Congressmen Griffith
Wow! Merry, Merry!
I need to find out more about this guy – his past voting record. Then I’ll decide when to be happy that he changed his party.
Good news. Good man.
Shouldering resposibility.
I still wonder about all those retirements. Could it be that they know they are not going to win re-election due to the healthcare vote, so the leadership asked them to step down as they have a better chance to try to retain the seat in an open seat election than trying to run an incumbent who voted for a highly unpopular bill? I guess they figured they could fool the American public into voting for “moderate” Obama they could do the same in these districts with new faces.
One down, 257 to go.
A congressman from a state that recently voted NOT to amend the state constitution to outlaw segregation decides to abandon the party of the nation’s first black president? You don’t say!
Excellent, some good news for a change!
Though frankly I don’t really care about the letter before the name, it’s voting record that counts. In this case, it will just make it easier for him to vote, well, correctly. The fact that he defended tea party members says a lot about his ideals, including that biggie, free speech.
As long as the guy can walk the talk instead of act like a RINO it works for me. Time will tell if he can be trusted.
I’m happy with his vote to oppose HealthScare, too. How conservative can he be? I’m afraid he’s just seen the writing on the wall wrt being a D. Let’s keep an open mind for Nov 2010. But, we don’t want to be Scozzafava-ed.
FIFY.
The race card has been played.
Along with the Hate card, Rich card, and Homophobe Card, the only four cards in their deck….. YAWN
They are a rather pathetic lot.
Unless this letter change somehow ends up derailing ObamaCare, I see little reason to celebrate.
Read up on Dale Jackson’s opinion of him.. Jackson is a local talk show host and “conservative”. Anywho, I don’t think it matters much these days. Fiscal conservatives are non-existant or marginalized.
Segregation law is federal.
No. We don’t care. You can try this usual race-baiting of yours all you want, but it’s over. Obama proves the wrong-headed ideas of any president, regardless of his or her race, will be just as rejected as those by any other president.
You mean the party of the governor who stood in the doorway in 1963? That party? The one that was all for segregation? Let’s name names. They’re Democrats.
I only wish we could get our Dem-Clown Congressman to retire! Maybe we can retire him ourselves in 2010!
So we should all become Democrats because they have the first black president. Hooray!!! No more thinking needed!!! Just go along with the black guy, no matter where he goes!!! Yay!!!
If he’s to the right of McCain then I’m OK. How is he on amnesty?
The amendment only failed because, as usual, the leftists threw in something more, trying to advance collectivism by attaching it to something they know is likely to pass. It would have also removed a passage that said Alabama’s constitution does not guarantee a right to a public education.
Besides which, what does that have to do with Griffith and his outrage at you Democrats trying to destroy our medical care system?
In recent years, it’s been hard to notice much difference in the two parties.
I’ll with hold screams of joy for the time being.
I have mixed emotions about this. I suspect it’s more about seat retention than any sudden ideological revelation.
While it’s great to have another vote in the House for the Republicans, a big part of the problems we’re facing today are a direct result of the big government, socially liberal brand of Republicanism designed and espoused by the late Irving Kristol, who rallied behind the exact same philosophers that Bill Ayers and Barack Obama did.
We have enough middle-of-the-road Republicans already, and a move like this indicates nothing more to me than that he is absolutely ready and willing to do or say anything just to get elected again.
I am not sure this is such a big deal. And the real problem is all the “republicans” who hold House seats that are really “democrats.”
They all need to go. We need a part for conservatives. I have had enough of these RINO games to last a lifetime…
I bet Dr. Griffith does not belong to the ama. That group is in the tank as is aarp for this crud bill.
I, too, will wait to see how he has voted to get excited. I will be hopeful though he is what he says he is.
L
Yeah, sure, Steve, there’s obviously not much difference. Let’s see …. how many Republicans voted for the government takeover and destruction of our medical care system?
And how many Democrats voted against the destruction?
Haven’t you been paying attention at all?
Party-switching and retirements are signs that things about to change, and they know it.
Maybe being free from the Dummycrats will move this guy even further to the right. He’s from Alabama, not from Oregon or Massachusetts.
Merry Christmas indeed!!!!
Bingo!!!! Dittos….
rss; i would rather be in the party of racists than in the party of crooks.
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Two comments on Dr. Parker Griffith changing from D to R.
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This man seems to have a real track record of achievements. He seems to have done a lot of good in his medical career. I would have died at 16 in a horror motorcycle accident without the good doctors–we owe them a lot. Most of these guys are smart and good hearted people.
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But examination of his real record is needed. Is he really pro life? Does he have strong personal values? Is he a firm believer in our Constitution? Is he fair minded person who respects and treats fairly all people–regardless of race, ethnic origin, social or economic status, etc? If he showed up wanting to marry your daughter–would you feel good about it after you knew him well?
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The voters of Alabama probably know him well enough to elect a real conservative instead of electing a democRAT looking for RINO cover. Is he like President Reagan–”I didn’t leave the Democrat Party–the Party left me!”
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John Bibb
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You mean to imply that a victory for Republicans isn’t necessarily a victory for the American people? Say it isn’t so!
/sarc
I’m underwhelmed by this switch. Sure it’s a step in the right direction but so was Joe Lieberman going independent. The only issue Lieberman agrees with us on is funding our military during war. He’s uber-liberal on everything else.
I hope a true conservative from either party challenges him and gets the support of Demint, Palin and Dick Armey. I don’t trust turncoats. (Don’t get me started on Rick Perry).
I just don’t think changing parties should be allowed. It is usually self serving.
You want to change parties while in office? You can do it at the next primary so people can vote for you as a D or an R or an I.
Pffft! Just another rino, like dandruff. (brushes off shoulder)
Sounds like Griffith’s congressional district has some work to do!
Just cuz he switches parties does not make him conservative. If is voting record doesn’t show conservatism, he needs to GO AWAY!
I’d have rather he stay a Democrat and leverage his MD degree to promote adding some sense into the mess that will come out of Conference.
Something like, if Obamacare starts running deficits, it will automatically scale back it’s benefit mandates to a catastrophic core coverage and leave consumers more choice of what coverage they want to have for how much money. Let consumer put aside some money in HSAs to save for expenses they don’t choose to cover.
This will in turn make the plan less expensive and easier for everyone to afford while also adding competition and common sense into the system…
Not going to happen? Oh well, at least one should open the conversation on how to fix this mess in a logical, fiscally responsible fashion. Then, after making a few point the Democrats lack common sense and fiscal responsibility, switch parties… Switching parties first leaves you little leverage with a Democrat leadership that looks at the GOP as the enemy almost as equal to a common terrorist…
I agree. But at the very least, we will have another “R” in the house. Get some more and Pelosi will no longer be der leader. That would be a very happy day. If we can’t get her voted out, at least she should lose some of her power.
Sometimes it makes a lot of sense to just…ABANDON SHIP!
Cut the good Doctor some slack.
He go the h@11 away from San Fran Nan’s web. That’s progress.
He probably got tired of being summoned to her office to administer the twice daily Botox injections.
Which weren’t really helping anyway.
I strongly disagree. At this point we want what they are going to force down our throats to be as revolting as possible. That way it will be easier for the voter to regurgitate it in 2010 and 2012.
Let’s wait and see how the Alabama Tea Party folks view this switch. I know a guy from Huntsville who drove through the night to march on 9/12 in support of his kids. I suspect that this party switch will not leave us with a conservative who loves the Constitution but with a RINO who loves the power. The Alabama Republican Party had best be careful of a “Scouzzafava” move that could very well have been orchestrated by the Democrats.
His voting record is pretty good. Opposes abortion, hate crimes expansion, card check….
Need to look in more detail, but not bad.
http://www.votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=60357
He may have voted for SCHIP, but he was a Democrat back then. That means he did vote the liberal line. We can’t hold that against him if we are to welcome him into seeing the light of the Right. When a wise person realizes his opinion is incorrect, he changes his mind. What do the Democrats do?
This makes up for losing a lizard who puts the “green” into footballs.
cs; why wouldn’t you want to be among your own?
I’ll give any politician props for changing their tune, their position and, most importantly, their VOTE, when those changes reflect the will of their constituency back home. This is true representation in Washington.
It’s the ones who defy their constituents, pat us on the head and tell us that they “know better than we do what is best for America” that I can’t stand.
November 2010 can’t come soon enough for me!
BS and you know it. The Alabama courts already recognized a right to public education (which by the way, do you oppose that?) If Alabamans really didn’t want their constitution to reflect their awful past, they would change it.
cheapseat: You’re repeating yourself, the Dems ARE racists and crooks
PLEASE offer some kind of warning before you post a link like that!
“Honey, where’s the eye bleach?”
I could name any number of conservative Democrats and Republicans who opposed civil rights legislation. Like the father of the conservative movement, Barry Goldwater.
Fortunately, the parties are now more aligned on ideological than geographical lines, and we can easily see who the party of white supremacy is.
Not a bad voting record. He even voted to remove Charlie Rangel from his committee chairmanship, while my own Rep congressman voted No. I’ll have to take that up with my guy.
Yours is the bs, RSS, and you know it.
The vote was close. There were many people who disagree with you about the potential for future mischief from changing the constitution that way, and you know it.
If the people who drew the amendment really wanted to change the segregation part, you would have just changed that, and you know it. But you wanted to use the change to make another change you wanted.
You are all nothing be deceiving, manipulative collectivists, looking to expand the scope and reach of big government as much as possible at every turn.
And, btw, public education is an abomination, as anyone with an open mind and decent reading comprehension skills should be able to have figured out by now.
And, still you fail to address what any of this has to do with Griffith, or what any of it has to do with your attempt to destroy our medical care system.
I agree, so far his voting record has been pretty good. Voted against Pelosi as speaker, voted against cap and tax, voted against the stimulus…etc.
If he continues on this streak, he’ll be OK. Hopefully he won’t become an Arlen Specter.
Before we get all rah-rah about Rep. Parker, keep in mind that Sen.
Arlen Specter did the same thing (switch parties from Democrat to Republican) around 1978, and he has been a thorn in consevatism’s side and America’s side ever since.
I view his switch with no more sincereity than John McCain’s ocassional writhing for conservative principles (which he does when he believes he can’t win anyway, or needs to be re-elected). Is this what you want?
If you want a conservative congress that governs constitutionally and if you do not want to have a life of high blood pressure from reading conservative blogs, we’ve got to put our eggs with people who will are conservative and who govern accroding to the US Constitution consistently; you need people who will take the heat for being conservative even at a dinner party.Parker’s switch to the GOP is cute, but not convincing to me.
Your Republic is at stake….
RSS, the issue is not race; it is the Marxist that infests the White House.
I do not care if the man is black, green, purple, red, pink, yellow, mauve, lavender, brown, orange, or white. I do care that imprinted on his heart is a hammer and sickle.
I may be wrong but, this example is what the Tea Parties are all about – no political party but Conservative values and respect for our Constitution.
You really seem to be hanging on to the whole race issue. There could be the chance that the fact that Pelosi’s , Obama’s and Reid’s approval ratings are in the toilet, Obamacare is a major failure on both the left and right, and the Congress ignoring the will of the people had something to do with him switching parties. Call me crazy, but those things just MAY have influenced him a bit.
RSS: I take it you mean the ‘right to vote?’ That was taken care of through the federal Voting Rights Act which sets forth criteria that cannot be used to deny a vote to certain people if and when the state decides that a vote is going to be held.
Should we Alabamans wish to change our Constitution, leave it to us to do so. We don’t need someone from another state telling us what to leave in and what to take out.
Should you want to play a part in any attempts at a rewrite, move here and become a citizen.
Otherwise, MYOB.
Oops, I meant Rep. Parker Griffith.
Because many southerners are racist, it’s hard to win in a white district in the South when you represent the party of welfare, affirmative action and Barack Obama. You can have any number of legitimate reasons for opposing welfare, affirmative action and Barack Obama, and I respect those, but the fact that the part of the country that opposes policies that favor minorities is also the part of the country that historically has oppressed minorities is, I think, not coincidental. For circumstantial evidence, see Audra Shay, Jesse Helms, Trent Lott, David Duke and Strom Thurmond.
RSS: The modern plantation owners are all Dems. No matter your color, creed, faith, sex or any other qualifier, they want everyone to be working on their plantation…
Michael Ramirez nails it AGAIN:
http://townhall.com/cartoons/cartoonist/MichaelRamirez/2009/12/8
part of the country that most opposes policies that favor minorities
This could be a double whammy in the end. The first one by him switching showing that he is feeling the heat over Demcare. The second would be a Conservative beating him in the Primary sending a message to the RNCC.
NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT!!!
When are you guys going to learn that a Democrat is nothing more than a Democrat. They are NEVER to be trusted or endorsed under any circumstance. Their words are nothing but lies. I’ll give you names of two worthless politicians who switched sides.
1. Senator Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
2. Senator Norm Coleman, Minnesota
So you are ok with racism. After all that is what any policy that would favor one race over another is.
Then file that under “just sayin’.”
Also under just sayin’: ROLL TIDE, and thanks for making Tim Tebow sob like a baby.
Don’t mess with my white liberal guilt.
http://grades.betterimmigration.com/testgrades.php3?District=AL05&VIPID=1283
I don’t mind a politician becoming conservative if he was liberal, but, I hesitate in admiring or trusting anyone who gets elected in one party and switches to another. I’m reminded of Jumping Jim Jeffords who did that, and was once a friend of my Dad. I’ll wait and see how he votes and what he supports this next year.
This is impressive – the list of retirements as well as this switch. For a party that controls both houses and the White house to be losing people is a remarkable thing. It’s a sign of structural weakness that is not obvious just looking at the numbers.
The question is, do the Republicans have a similar weakness – due to similar arrogance and out-of-touchness – or can they capitalize on the Dem’s problems?
No you don’t. Playing the race card is pure disrespect, and you know it. You had no reason to play that card against Griffith, and you know it.
Never trust a Democrat? I trusted Ronald Reagan with pretty good results.
If we support the freedom of the individual then we need look at each person on their own merits. If you want to see the inverse of that, just read RSS on this thread.
I won’t reject this fellow out of hand, because he’s been a Democrat.
irving said:
I am watching the same thing but, what does it matter. The DemocRATS will walk away with the country ruined and they do not give a RATS Posterior. I am looking at all this and just asking, what was/is the purpose in these actions. Why?
The d’s ARE the party of slavery. Please show me how anything the D’s support doesn’t result in slavery.
Huh?
Where did you come up with this?
Did you make it up yourself or was it on the talking points sheet you got from kindergarten?
The silence from RSS on my comments regarding the “Marxist in the White House” tells you all you need to know.
When you have nothing to refute the facts, you simply ignore the 800 pound gorilla in the room.
RSS:
Wow, you have traded in the race card for a big brush and are using it to paint ‘many southerners’ as racists. Just how many is ‘many?’ Do you mean all of us white folks or just the ones born and raised here? Or is it just the ones with fewer than 12 teeth?
Come on, define your terms or are you just going to stand there and do the typical liberal debate technique and throw out insults without addressing the issue?
That racist paint won’t stick on this Southerner and many, many others I know. Why don’t you look at the northeners who vote to keep black Americans ‘down on the Democrat plantation’ by keeping them beholdin’ to the ‘system’ and keeping them in failing schools (have you heard about DC school vouchers going away because of the Dems?) as well as many blacks who work to do the same — Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton — so they can enrich themselves.
You mean this Strom Thurmond, an American politician who served as governor of South Carolina and as a United States Senator. He also ran for the Presidency of the United States in 1948 as the segregationist States Rights Democratic Party (Dixiecrat) candidate. He later represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to April 1956 and November 1956 to 1964 as a Democrat when he conducted the longest filibuster ever by a lone U.S. Senator in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957, at 24 hours and 18 minutes in length, nonstop. Yes, he changed parties and became a Republican, but his history, you know, stays with him.
Speaking of history, why not look at Robert Byrd a lifelong Democrat, he joined the Ku Klux Klan when he was 24 in 1942. His local chapter unanimously elected him Exalted Cyclops.
In 1944, Byrd wrote:
If you want to point fingers at the Republican Party, look at your own hand, there are three fingers pointing right back at you.
This is a very Specteresque move from a guy who apparently doesn’t want to walk the plank for Pelosi. Any Democrat from Alabama who supports this health care coup by the imperial federal government is toast.
RSS: I’m neither a ‘Bama fan nor an Auburn fan — I pull for the Razorbacks.
However Tebow’s comeuppance was just another day in the Southeastern Conference THE conference that has won 5, and who I am pulling for to win their 6th, BCS Championship in its 12 years of existence.
Hey, Septic. I think as a doctor, Griffith just wants to cut peoples’ feet off, like the genius Precedent said.
Apparently RSS thinks the idea that minorities are intelligent enough to provide for themselves is white supremacy.
So tell us, why do you have such a low opinion of minorities?
On December 22nd, 2009 at 2:10 pm, nail49 said:
Wow, you have traded in the race card for a big brush and are using it to paint ‘many southerners’ as racists. Just how many is ‘many?’ Do you mean all of us white folks or just the ones born and raised here? Or is it just the ones with fewer than 12 teeth?
All of us! Nah, but come on. Just in the last couple months, I’ve heard people say: “Can you believe this priest, bringing two n*****s up to Cumming, Georgia to walk down the aisle with him?” “There area lot of black quarterbacks who are real athletic but aren’t smart enough to handle a pro offense.” “Six Flags is full of black people now, I just don’t feel safe there anymore… not that I’m prejudice.” “I just went to the stadium, threw twenty bucks on the ground and of course that n****r let me in.” All attributable to different people. And I live in Atlanta, not Dothan.
What do you think the chances are that Mallet’s going pro? If he stays and y’all get any kind of a defense, the Hogs will be a serious threat in the west next year. Damn Petrino.
Oddly enough, I live in Florida and I’ve never heard such things. Thanks for painting us all with such a broad brush.
Before you come back with the whole “Florida isn’t the South” comment, let me cut you off by pointing out that I’m talking about the city of Okeechobee, not the cities full of transplants.
Les Phillip is having a press conference at 2:30 (a half hour from now) to respond. GO LES!
http://www.lesphillip.com/
RSS: You might want to change the friends you hang out with … “just sayin’.”
Petrino focuses on offense, which can keep you in a game for only so long. Our defense had its moments, we nearly made Tebow cry earlier in the season — had it not been for some LOUSY officiating that gave the ‘Gators the game.
Mallett had better stay in college for at least another year or two so as to learn at this level before he tries the next.
RedStateSkeptic, bless your heart. Let me guess, you’ve never been to the South and don’t actually know any Southerners, do you? LMFAO!
But that’s okay, if it keeps idiot libs like you away, you can think whatever you like about the South.
Les Phillip is probably a racist too! *eyeroll*
http://www.lesphillip.com/
(Also, ROLL TIDE!)
One can hope this is the beginning of a trend. Local voters being heard enough that elected officials change sides.
The good from this health care mess just keeps on coming…..
Florida isn’t the South. And the only transplant I quoted is from Texas.
Same to you. Merry Christmas.
Eh, if I limited my friends to those who are rational and compassionate, all I’d have is y’all here
The officiating was unbelievable in that game. Almost made me believe the conspiracy theories that the SEC fixed the umps to keep Florida and Bama undefeated so the conference could get another national championship.
Doesn’t it man ObamaCare will be bipartisan if Rep. Parker votes for it after switching sides?…
oh, and your defense also let Joe Cox pass for 375 yards. How is that even physically possible?
My point is that rural Florida (Florida Crackers) is exactly the same as rural GA, AL, MS.
The transplants I was referring to are the transplanted northerners.
I gotcha. Living in Atlanta for 7 years, I know all about living around transplanted Yankees.