Macon’s own Amy Morton is a Democratic Party activist who obviously will not be voting in the Republican runoff for governor, but she provides one of the most perceptive takes I’ve seen on the campaign event that Karen Handel staged Monday with Sarah Palin at a ritzy Buckhead establishment (originally posted at Blog for Democracy):
Unless they plan to have a job fair or a canned food drive before the rally, how utterly tone deaf of Karen Handel’s campaign to plan Monday’s event with Sarah Palin for the Buckhead Intercontinental, a place most Georgians can’t afford to park their car much less eat or stay overnight. (In case you want to know, regular parking is $20, valet is $30 and a room is $159 at the low end. That’s more than many Georgia families spend a week for groceries.) Since she’s Sonny’s handpick, I’m sure he would’ve let her use that horse barn in Perry. Heck, Palin’s been there before.
I can’t even imagine the conversation in the campaign conference room when they made this boneheaded choice. To have a signature event at an elite Buckhead hotel sends the message that Handel is out of touch with everyday Georgians, many of whom are unemployed, under-employed or furloughed. It looks like her lipstick is Chanel and the handbag? Gucci.
