Democratic Gubernatorial candidate General David Poythress calls out the 'nitwit' republican candidates who support secession.
Here is the video Poythress posted today.
The 2010 race is pretty much underway already. There are 3 announced Democratic candidates so far.
Attorney General Thurbert Baker
House Minority Leader DuBose Porter
Gen. David Poythress
I say so far because everyone is waiting on an announcement by former Gov. Roy Barnes. We hear he will be announcing his intentions the first week of June.
The republican side is pretty muddled as well with at least 6 candidates right now including congressman Nathan Deal. Last week Karen Handel, the current SOS, ran this intro video at the GA GOP convention. The reference of the OX is for another candidate in the race, the current Insurance commissioner John Oxendine. The repub primary promises to be very entertaining to say the least.
UPDATE: TRANSCRIPT ADDED
"For years, Georgia’s eighth grade students read in their history books about our state’s decision to secede from the United States back in 1861. Today, our students need only look at a daily newspaper to see that talk of secession isn’t just a thing of the past.
"Some Republican candidates for governor are embracing it today. In fact, four of the six Republican candidates recently said they would support Georgia seceding from the United States of America.
"This is outrageous. This is absolutely disgraceful. It’s a slap in the face to every patriotic American, to anyone who has served under the American flag, and to those brave Georgians who have fought and died for our country in Iraq.
"As commander of the Georgia National Guard, I prepared and sent our troops to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. Before that, I served in Vietnam. And if called, I would do it again, because I love this country and everything it stands for.
"Democracy and freedom aren’t free. They aren’t even cheap. Our American form of government certainly isn’t perfect. But it sure beats the heck out of anything else.
"What really offends me the most is that none of these Republican secession candidates ever wore, for a single day, the uniform of our country, ever carried a weapon, or heard a shot fired in anger. Not one ever put their life on the line to protect our freedoms and liberties.
"But they recklessly call for secession from America. They would, in effect, ban the American flag, and end the Pledge of Allegiance. They would say to the world that when they don’t get their way, they quit.
"That’s just childish. That’s cowardice, not leadership.
"Many of us don’t agree with everything that Washington politicians do, but that doesn’t mean that Georgia should secede from America. Real leadership means we work towards common-sense solutions to protect American values, not just quit our country because we don’t agree with other Americans.
"United we stand, divided we fall. Know this, when I’m governor of Georgia, I won’t cut and run from America. I’ll stand tall and proud under the American flag. Because when I say the Pledge of Allegiance, I mean it."