Don’t eat the rat poison. As we draw closer to election day, we hear more talk of a huge red wave. Before you pop the champagne cork, let me warn you, early voting numbers are not showing the red wave everywhere.
I want to talk primarily with my friends in the 2nd Congressional District. Sanford Bishop and Democrats in Congress are scared. They are pouring in money to the 2nd District and they are getting their voters to the polls.
Republican Chris West can and will win this fight if conservatives show up. Herschel Walker will win statewide if conservatives show up. Brian Kemp has a lead for governor, but conservatives must show up or that lead will evaporate.
We love to hear predictions and the analysis of what could be a red wave on November 8. But this kind of thinking can lead to a tragic let-down. Nick Saban calls it rat poison.
It looks so good. It seems so easy. It will be a slam dunk. Let that thinking go to your head and the next thing you know, you are writhing on the floor in agony.
Have you voted? The bottom line is that YOU are the red wave. It is your vote that counts. The moment you assume that all the other conservatives are going to show up and run over the Democrats is the moment that we get out-flanked and out-voted.
They are doing it to us now in the 2nd District. We have to come out in the 2nd half all the way through the end of the game to get the win. It is in our hands, we just have to focus on running the plays and not get distracted by the deadly rat poison.
When you hear the pundits talk about the red wave, let that be a reminder to go vote. If you have already voted, then call a friend and ask them to go vote. Offer to give them a ride.
The races are going to be close and every vote counts. You are the one to make the difference. Don’t eat the rat poison. Be the red wave. Go vote today!
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Say it ain’t so, Billy. With a shocked and dismayed heart, I have to say that Billy must say it is so.
I first heard about it yesterday morning. I could not believe it.
Not Billy! He would never do anything like this. Yes, he did.
Crisp County Republican Sheriff, Billy Hancock, made an advertisement for Sanford Bishop. Billy gave Sanford his strong endorsement with an ending line, “I trust Congressman Bishop with my life.”
Why, Billy? Tell me. Was some grant or promise really worth it? Did you sell your soul in the past and now the devil came to collect his due?
This is a kick in the gut for conservatives who worked for you. We worked for you because we support the rock solid policies, values, and candidates who will stand up against the erosion of what Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, yes, and Sanford Bishop are doing to our country.
I understand the need to work with politicians across the aisle, especially when there are millions of dollars in various grants that could come our way. Elected officials have to go to the dance to get the funding.
I know how the dance goes. Go to the dance with Sanford if you need to, but you don’t have to give him the key to your hotel room.
Billy Hancock probably has more political capital amassed than any elected official in Georgia. He has enough to weather the reaction from people like me.
Honestly though, is it worth it? You sell out for a few dollars in grant money while Bishop (with whom you trust your life) is using that capital you just gave him to support the horrific policies of Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, AOC, George Soros, and a host of others who are are diametrically opposed to the values in that capital you just squandered.
I got a call from Tim Pinson, a friend of mine from Mitchell County, last night asking about this ad. He said that his one redeeming thought was that at least Crisp County is in the 8th District now and Billy Hancock can’t vote for Sanford.
That is true, but Billy, did you think ahead to how this could affect Crisp county when your congressman Austin Scott, goes to 2nd District Congressman Chris West to get help for Crisp County? You are not making our jobs any easier playing these political games.
I am so disappointed and disheartened over this ad. Before anyone asks me for a link, I’m not giving it because I will not play into the hands of making it easy to distribute it to an even larger audience.
Tim Pinson raised a question. Billy, you don’t have to answer it because I don’t know if I want the answer or not. He wondered out loud if you even voted for me in 2020.
You don’t know how badly I wanted you to say it ain’t so. But it is so. Please do not do anything like this again.
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When the Supreme Court handed down its 6-3 decision overturning Roe v Wade yesterday, I was interested to see the response of Congressman Sanford Bishop and Senator Rafael Warnock. The responses were predictable based on party line.
Democrats focused on a woman’s right to kill her unborn child implying that killing the child would make the pregnancy as if it never happened. Republicans focused on the protecting the rights of the unborn child.
The truth is that when pregnancy occurs, a significant event takes place in the life of the mother, and father for that matter. Killing the unborn child does not “reset” the clock, it only adds another event in the lives of the mother and father, especially the mother.
That event is an irreversible act leaving physical and emotional consequences for the mother. Then there is the child and there is no such thing as a safe abortion for the unborn child.
We as a people, must be willing to recognize the biological, emotional, and spiritual values of conception and abortion. These values reveal the political, cultural, and spiritual impacts on our society from the reversal of Roe v Wade.
Political Impact
The Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v Wade will have wide-ranging political impacts. State legislators, especially Democrats, will no longer have the safe haven of the Supreme Court to hide behind.
Now it is up to the legislators in each state to establish the policies and regulations of abortion. Republican legislators who quickly claimed pro-life, but said they could do nothing about the Supreme Court no longer have Roe v Wade to allow them to avoid making a decision. Now we will see just how strong their position on right to life really is.
Democrats, especially in strong church communities, will have a more daunting challenge – if the church community will honestly connect the dots between their belief and policy and stand for the truth. The question is not about a woman’s right. The question is whether or not the public official is for or against killing a child in the womb.
Pro-life advocates must adopt a strategy of focus on the life of the unborn child and challenge those who they influence to keep the reality of the baby at the forefront. In plain language, abortion is killing an innocent, unborn baby, snuffing out the possibility of hopes, dreams, accomplishment, and value to our world.
Cultural Impact
The Supreme Court’s ruling on Roe v Wade will have a cultural impact as well. No longer will the right to an abortion be one of those subjects that cannot be changed. Some states, such as Georgia, will restrict abortions which will create a necessity for more crisis pregnancy centers.
In the long run, the best possible cultural change would be a strengthening emphasis on fatherhood. Family is the basic institution of society and strong, stable, fathers, are the pillars of family units.
Spiritual Impact
CNN and even Fox news will not likely speak of the spiritual impact of the Supreme Court decision. The spiritual impact is as real as the words you are reading.
In the Old Testament book of Isaiah, God spoke through the prophet to the people of Israel. In chapter 5, verses 1-7, God describes how He planted the nation of Israel with an expectation that was unmet.
Verse 7 says, “he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed, for righteousness, but behold an outcry!” (Isaiah 5:7b ESV) It is a dangerous tightrope for public officials to walk when they ignore eternal truths and establish policy as if there is no accountability to God.
George Washington, in his first inaugural address outlined the providential care of God in the founding and establishment of our independent nation. He said, “We ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of heaven cannot be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which heaven itself has ordained.”
For half a century, Roe v Wade blatantly disregarded the eternal rules of order and right which heaven itself has ordained. Now our nation began a correction, one state at a time, regarding the life of the innocent.
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court revisited Roe v Wade and concluded that it is unconstitutional. We have seen the impact on our nation over the past 50 years. Now what kind of impact will we have because of this decision? I pray that as a nation, we will make good on this gift we have been given by the Supreme Court.
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In my last post, I introduced you to Wayne Johnson, candidate for US Congress in the 2nd District. I had not planned to write regularly about Wayne on my site, but this commercial he is running was too good to let it slide by.
With the big National Championship game on Monday night, Wayne made another brilliant commercial. It will be running during The Five on Fox News between 5:00 – 6:00 PM
Here’s the 30 second commercial. Read the full press release below:
Wayne Johnson hits Sanford in ad on Fox News, “The Five” Monday between 5:00 – 6:00 pm
Go ‘Dawgs! Johnson Shoots Commercial with Famous Bulldogs in Leesburg
LEESBURG, Ga. – U.S. Second District congressional candidate Wayne Johnson produced a television commercial with Wills American Bulldogs in Leesburg on Thursday, wishing the Georgia Bulldogs good luck in their national championship game against Alabama. Continue reading →
When I let it be known that I was going to run for the 2nd District US House, many well-meaning people said that I was wasting my time and my money. Because of a long-time incumbency, the demographics, and socio-economics, the district has always been written off for a Republican challenger.
If an analysis of the data was my basis for running, then I would have come to the same conclusion. My basis for running; however, was not merely on political analysis. Continue reading →
On July 31, 2020, the US House Committee on Ethics released a scathing report on the unethical and unlawful spending of campaign and taxpayer funds by Sanford Bishop. The report contained 114 findings of fact and citations finding “substantial reason” to believe that Sanford Bishop converted campaign funds to personal use and misused thousands of taxpayer dollars. The report from the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) was approved by a unanimous 6-0 vote.
The wild spending spree included reckless misuse of campaign donations for membership in at least two country clubs, unrestrained gasoline purchases for his entire family, undocumented cash ATM withdrawals, and specially fitted golf clubs. Bishop also spent over $5,000 on a 3-day retreat with two volunteers at yet another luxury resort, which included a trip to the Master’s Golf Tournament.
In addition to conversion of campaign funds for personal use, Bishop misused the government funds which were appropriated for official constituent services. The report outlined that at least four annual Christmas “celebrations were thrown by Rep. Bishop and his wife for their respective staffs” at a luxury golf club in Columbus, Georgia. In an obvious effort to cover up the misuse, either Bishop or his wife called the club and asked that the food invoice be labeled as a “constituent meeting.”
Finding of fact # 103 on page 31 of the report proves the knowledge and intent of the misuse and cover-up.
“After receiving initial copies of the bills, Rep. Bishop or Mrs. Bishop called and specifically asked that the food invoice be labeled as a ‘Constituents Meeting,’ but GICC Banquet Coordinator confirmed that this invoice was for the annual holiday party.”
Sanford Bishop denied that these Christmas parties were holiday gatherings and insisted that these were end of year “constituent meetings.” The OCE determined that Bishop’s denials were undercut by his acknowledgement that both his staff and his wife’s staff attended the gatherings. Incredulously, Bishop said that anyone from anywhere in his district could attend if they heard about the “constituent meetings.”
If these were really constituent meetings, then why have them every year at the farthest distance from everyone in the District? How many constituents from the Benning Drive and Ft. Benning Road area on the south side of Columbus, or East Albany, were invited, or have ever been invited, to the country club?
Sanford Bishop and Democrats presume upon the voters in these neighborhoods, but all they want is their votes. After every election cycle of empty promises, it is back to squalor until they need their votes again.
Sanford Bishop is a typical elitist Democrat hypocrite. Sanford Bishop has been in Washington so long that he has lost touch with the people and values in the 2nd District.
In addition to voting to impeach President Trump, Bishop put Puerto Rico ahead of his own District. Siding with Nancy Pelosi against his own constituents, he caused farmers, bankers, and local communities to languish for eight months waiting on disaster relief from Hurricane Michael while he said nothing.
Bishop says that he is an advocate for the less fortunate, yet he has a 100% rating with Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortionist and killer of the least fortunate and most defenseless, an innocent baby. His rating with Right to Life is zero. These ratings are diametrically opposed to the values of the people of Southwest Georgia representing every race and ethnic group.
Sanford Bishop sold out our district and presumed upon the sacred trust of the people. He represents elitists in Washington, not the people of the 2nd District. He should be expelled from the House, indicted for fraud and theft of government funds, and booted out of office in November.
I am running to rescue and return our vote in Congress to its rightful owner, the people of the 2nd District. I will represent your values.
Freedom is under fire. We must take a stand and I ask for your support.
Quarterly federal election reporting disclosures can tell a lot about a politician’s true sense of loyalties. In the case of Sanford Bishop his latest reporting of contributors is crystal clear. Continue reading →
Late last night the Senate, in a unanimous 96 – 0 vote, passed a $2 trillion dollar stimulus bill. This came after several days of stalling by Democrats who wanted to add provisions that had more to do with the Democrat agenda than the current crisis.
I looked at the bill summary and here are the key provisions. Continue reading →
Sanford Bishop put his contempt for the people of Southwest Georgia on full display. He voted in lock step with Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, and the radical left to impeach President Trump. Continue reading →
Democrats tonight voted along straight party lines to impeach President Trump. They do not appreciate the gravity of their act.
My congressman, Sanford Bishop, voted to impeach. Georgia’s 2nd District is generally viewed as a safe district for a Democrat. The idea of a safe district leads to complacency and an aura of invincibility. Continue reading →
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