http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:00:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/08/sucking-up-in-augusta/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/08/sucking-up-in-augusta/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:38:19 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/08/sucking-up-in-augusta/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/08/sucking-up-in-augusta/feed/ 0 The Augusta Chronicle has published an endorsement of 10th District Congressional candidate Barry Fleming that, in its breathless admiration and over-the-top prose, is nothing short of an editorial blowjob: Fleming, a former assistant district attorney, has led an exemplary personal and professional life. Besides his unassailable credentials, Fleming flashes the eloquence of a prosecutor and the [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/03/fleming-is-sour-squinty-in-debate-with-broun/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/03/fleming-is-sour-squinty-in-debate-with-broun/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:55:30 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/03/fleming-is-sour-squinty-in-debate-with-broun/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/03/fleming-is-sour-squinty-in-debate-with-broun/feed/ 0 The conventional wisdom is that 10th District Congressional candidate Barry Fleming of Harlem has truckloads more campaign funding than GOP incumbent Paul Broun of Athens, he has the support of all the heavy-hitting Republicans in the state House and his views on, well, most issues are more in line with conservative primary voters. But judging simply [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/14/schaefer-out-of-10th-district-race/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/14/schaefer-out-of-10th-district-race/#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:40:59 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/14/schaefer-out-of-10th-district-race/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/14/schaefer-out-of-10th-district-race/feed/ 0 State Sen. Nancy Schaefer, R-Turnerville, a far-right evangelical Christian whose twin passions are restricting abortion rights and Scientology, recently announced that she will not be running in the 10th District Congressional race after all. Less than two weeks ago, Schaefer mailed out an unintentionally amusing fundraising letter bashing Republican incumbent Paul Broun and fellow challenger, [...]