{"id":4380,"date":"2010-10-01T23:07:13","date_gmt":"2010-10-02T03:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/?p=4380"},"modified":"2010-10-01T23:07:13","modified_gmt":"2010-10-02T03:07:13","slug":"the-best-predictor-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/2010\/10\/01\/the-best-predictor-2\/","title":{"rendered":"the best predictor&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\">I&#8217;m not a &quot;facebooker,&quot; so I haven&#8217;t read the whole thing [linked below], but Jim has posted enough to get the gist of the story:<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ajc.com\/political-insider-jim-galloway\/2010\/10\/01\/in-the-north-georgia-grassroots-a-republican-defection-from-nathan-deal\/\">In the north Georgia grassroots, a Republican defection from Nathan Deal<\/a><br \/> Atlanta Journal Constitution<br \/> Political Insider<br \/> <\/strong>by Jim Galloway<br \/> October 1, 2010<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/swgapolitics.com\/index\/2010\/09\/30\/gop-state-committee-member-resigns-over-nathan-deal\/\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"145\" hspace=\"4\" height=\"96\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile\/pic.php?oid=AAAAAwAgACAAAAAK1v24EWzTMcbN-JEL2zMgiM7UO4WnQ96KpozjJZDQRQGp2R0bBJxmY-EIA5kYLfOQ0cTtzh1bQ_5B0fneqlqvTw21GxpPmvtrhiilRz8y2pxMRVSR6um-7DQ7hJVUc7IN&#038;size=normal\" alt=\"Mike Carter\" title=\"Mike Carter\" \/>Over at SWGA Politics, Jeff Sexton<\/strong> <\/a>points  us to something that has provoked much conversation within the ranks of  the state GOP &ndash; please pardon the trademark violation. <strong>Mike Carter<\/strong> of Cleveland, Ga., a Republican activist and an Eric  Johnson enthusiast during the primary, has resigned his spot on the  state committee because of his concerns over Nathan Deal&rsquo;s run for  governor. Carter posted <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/retracm?v=wall&#038;story_fbid=164031030280987\"><strong>the news on his Facebook page<\/strong>:<\/a><\/div>\n<ul>\n<div align=\"justify\">I recently resigned as a GAGOP State Committee Member so  that I could say the following without retribution from the GAGOP. This  was a very regretful and most difficult thing for me to personally do! I  took this position very seriously and faithfully served the GAGOP and  was a very active Member of the State Committee. I attended every  meeting and every possible activity and event as a Member of the  Committee.<\/div>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><font color=\"#200020\">I trust you as well as others can now see that I knew a lot more  about Nathan Deal and his unethical, intentional and calculated  misconduct when I began to point people to resources to do their own  research as good honest Conservatives should do. Nathan Deal&rsquo;s situation  is not simply about helping a family member realize a business dream  that failed. His family should be left out of all of this [I mean this  from the bottom of my heart] this is about how he has handled everything  as a US Congressman and now candidate for Governor of the state of  Georgia.<\/font><\/strong> <\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">Nathan Deal is a desperate man and we all know that desperate people  do desperate things. We do not need a desperate man and the people he  surrounds himself with holding and working in the highest office in this  state! That is crystal clear!<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"justify\">There&rsquo;s more, but you get the flavor. <\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div align=\"justify\">This is one of those situations in politics that I find hard, so I appreciate Mike Carter&#8217;s candid comments. I&#8217;m not opposed to Nathan Deal just because he is a Republican Conservative or because of his lack-luster performance in the US House of Representatives, though those would both be reason enough.&nbsp; Here&#8217;s the hard part. I&#8217;d oppose him if he were a Democrat. It&#8217;s not about his voting record, it&#8217;s about his basic unfitness for public office. He has chronically exploited his position in public life for personal gain. Even a loyal follower of the Republican memes knows it and has bravely said it. If Nathan Deal rides a tide of party line voting in Georgia, we&#8217;ll learn the wisdom of the saying, &quot;The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.&quot;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not a &quot;facebooker,&quot; so I haven&#8217;t read the whole thing [linked below], but Jim has posted enough to get the gist of the story: In the north Georgia grassroots, a Republican defection from Nathan Deal Atlanta Journal Constitution Political Insider by Jim Galloway October 1, 2010 Over at SWGA Politics, Jeff Sexton points us [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}