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August 27, 2008 at 10:50 am by Russell McLendon in NewsCLINTON: Addresses the Democratic National Convention by pleading for unity in supporting Obama, telling her supporters, “I want you to ask yourselves: Were you in this campaign just for me?” Bill speaks tonight, along with Biden.
GLITCH, PLEASE: A computer glitch at an FAA facility south of Atlanta is blamed for delaying hundreds of flights across the country Tuesday.
SAXBY ON THE BEACH: Saxby Chambliss, who helped secure federal funding for the pork project, attended a coastal ceremony on Tybee Island Tuesday to announce a restoration plan for its eroding beaches. “I’m a beach bum,” he announced. “I love the beach.”
KOTSAY: The Braves’ center fielder may be headed to Boston, with Atlanta unlikely to get much besides a free roster spot in return.
SPELMAN: Gets an anonymous donation of $17 million.
ROCK YOU LIKE A TROPICAL DEPRESSION: Fay flooded Helen, Ga., and battered Hall County, but she also put a dent in our drought and raised Lake Lanier by a foot.
NO. 1 WITH A BULLET: UGA’s offense and defense say they’re ready to live up to the hype, but the loss of OL Trinton Sturdivant and “sloppy” blocking in practice has raised some nerves.
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August 27th, 2008 at 11:27 am
RE - Sonny On The Beach: So if we keep looking long enough we’ll find not necessarily a soul mate, but something in common with those who seek to govern us? I need to check with Marx on this one. He did so love to shag to the sound of The Drifters on The Strand at Myrtle Beach back in the day. Or so I hear.
August 27th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Pardon… meant Saxby On The Beach. But I now feel confident, thanks to the eager beavers at CL, that Sonny too loves the sand and the surf as well as the next Georgia boy.
August 27th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Sonn’y jetting off for Spain this weekend. Honestly. Don’t know if he’s hitting the surf, though.