Pi**ing me off AGAIN! Dems switch parties!

[napi21]

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/blog/capitol_vision/2010/11/more-house-dems-switch-parties.html?ed=2010-11-22&s=article_du&ana=e_du_pap

More House Dems Switch Parties


Atlanta Business Chronicle - by Dave Williams
Date: Monday, November 22, 2010, 8:42am EST

Two more Democrats in the Georgia House have switched over to the Republicans, moving the GOP closer to a super-majority of 120 seats.

Reps. Ellis Black and Amy Carter, both from Valdosta, announced Monday that they will join the House Republican Caucus.

That gives the GOP 113 seats to just 66 for the Democrats in the 180-seat lower chamber. One House member is an independent.

Both lawmakers said they now believe they could better serve their constituents as Republicans



Read more: More House Dems Switch Parties | Atlanta Business Chronicle

It's depressing enough here in Ga. and every day it gets worse!

[Angry Dragon]

1. Time to get rid of the party labels

[thereismore]

3. Start corporate labels. nt

[wildflower]

2. Amy Carter?

This isn't Jimmy Carter's daughter, is it?

[gmoney]

4. Of course not, she's only 12 years old...

Whaddaya mean Jimmy Carter hasn't been president for 30 years?

I better go lie down.

[wildflower]

6. :) I know, I had to think about that too

But I think she's in her forties now, right?

[hfojvt]

9. for some reason, I thought Amy had died

but wiki tells me that she is still alive, only that she flunked out of Brown University.

[onenote]

17. a more complete description of Amy Carter's post WH life

First, notwithstanding the statement in Wikipedia that Carter was dismissed from Brown for academic reasons, news reports at the time indicated that the school had asked her to take a semester off because she was neglecting her studies through her activism. She could have returned without reapplying, but decided not to do so. Instead, she enrolled in, and graduated from, the Memphis College of Art with a Fine Arts Degree and then went on to receive a masters degree in art history from Tulane. In 1996 she married a guy she met at Tulane who is a computer consultant. She gave birth to a son in 1999 and has lived a relatively quiet life in the Atlanta area for more than a decade.

[lpbk2713]

5. Turncoat bottom feeders.

The lowest of the low.

[Cleita]

7. In the long run, it's a good thing because you can

vote for a real Democrat in 2012. Time for all conservadems and Blue Dogs to show their true red Republican colors so that they can be retired in the future.

[napi21]

12. IN GEORGIA? You're kidding, right? The only place I know of that has any REA DEMS is

in the city of Atlanta & maybe a very few in Athens. That's IT! most elections don't even have anyone on the ballot as a Dem,, and if there IS a candidate, for damn sure they're not REAL DEMS!

[AndyTiedye]

15. And If They Do, The Votes Don't Get Counted

[alsame]

8. I hate when any of them switch parties, in either direction. It's not fair

to the people who voted for them.

[nc4bo]

10. No it isn't. Then again for all but a few, it's nothing but a game. nt

[DeSwiss]

11. How can anyone tell who's who anymore???

It doesn't seem to matter......

[Catherina]

13. Most of the Democrats in office now could better serve their constituents as Republicans

Our fault is that we wait until it's too late to try to clean house.

[onehandle]

14. I hate this fucking state.

I want out.

[housewolf]

16. So much for standing true to principles

unless your principle is just kissing-ass and getting re-elected

[CurtEastPoint]

18. Well, SOOO-eee Mr. Ellis Black. F you and the pig you ... never mind.

[SoCalDem]

23. separated at birth?

[immoderate]

19. Who wouldn't switch from the Generals to the Globetrotters?

More evidence that the whole thing is theater.

--imm

[Dragonfli]

20. You see that too huh? LOL it would be funny if it weren't a tragedy /nt

[immoderate]

24. Ever wonder why GW Bush doesn't criticize Obama?

--imm

[Davis_X_Machina]

21. Are they African-Americans?

Because if they're not, they're just joining their natural party. It's part of the ongoing realignment of the South.

Apart from a few suburbs, GA party lines are racial lines.

[Dawgs]

25. Wow!! What a load of crap.

There are many white Democrats in this state, and not just in a few suburbs.

[Davis_X_Machina]

28. They don't wind up in the legislature, do they? n/t

[SoCalDem]

22. and the next time they run, they will be replaced by REAL republicans

When they do this sort of thing, they should have to give back ALL the donations they .

[progressoid]

26. My state house rep did that a few years ago too.

It's tough enough just getting a Dem elected around here. Then to have one win and switch sides. :grr:

[LynneSin]

27. honestly, do you really want these assholes in your party?

Good riddance!