Tag Archives: gays

Ron Paul blazed the trail

What can you say about presidential candidate Ron Paul that he hasn’t already said himself, and more eloquently, in those political newsletters he published more than two decades ago?

Read Tom's Blog | Tags: Al Sharpton , blacks , gays , Martin Luther King , Ron Paul

Messy runoff oozes towards the end

After this runoff race between Karen Handel and Nathan Deal, everyone may want to take a shower . . .

Tags: gays , karen handel , Mike Jacobs , Nathan Deal

No themes? Are you kidding me?

There have been two major themes to emerge in the primary campaigns, and they haven’t exactly been positive ones . . .

Read Tom's Blog | Tags: Eric Johnson , gays , immigrants , John Oxendine , karen handel , Nathan Deal , roy barnes

Men in trees

Many of you will no doubt remember how some elected officials in Cobb County were so virulently anti-gay back in the 1990s that one of the events in the Atlanta Olympics was yanked from the county and held elsewhere. Well, it looks like gays are getting a little payback in Marietta.

Read Tom's Blog | Tags: Cobb County , gays , Marietta , public parks

Crist anointed

Let’s look away from Georgia politics for a moment and take note of our neighbor to the south.  Recent polling suggests that Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is looking very strong as the top Republican candidate to replace outgoing Sen. Mel Martinez, who won’t be running again in 2010.  A new Mason-Dixon poll has Crist running [...]

Read Tom's Blog | Tags: Charlie Crist , gays , Hispanics , Kendrick Meek , Latinos , Marco Rubio