Chambliss: "The Other Folks Are Voting"

Via John Cole, the Politico reports on Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss' candid assessment of what motivates Republicans in his state:

The Republican is outwardly confident, but there's urgency in his voice as he tours North Georgia, trying to boost turnout in his predominately white base: "The other folks are voting," he bluntly tells supporters.

Just in case anyone was confused about who those "other folks" are, Chambliss gave this quote to the New York Times:

The development is not lost on Mr. Chambliss. "There has always been a rush to the polls by African-Americans early," he said at the square in Covington, a quick stop on a bus tour as the campaign entered its final week. He predicted the crowds of early voters would motivate Republicans to turn out. "It has also got our side energized, they see what is happening," he said.

Former Sen. Max Cleland, who was beaten by Chambliss in 2002, expressed concern in an interview with the Huffington Post about a "white backlash" to Barack Obama in the South. But he also touted the "historic numbers in terms of registration, African-Americans and young people" that is changing the region's political landscape in "fundamental" ways.

Comments

[fresno500]

Alive and well; The Southern Strategy

[boing007]

Why doesn't he just put on the hood for the last few days?

Nobody would recognize him. They all look the same, don't you know.

[BeltwayBette]

Ditto.

[hmmmmmer]

Georgia a place where there is more racists than humans, who would have thought.

[DavidK08]

hahaha

[kjstjohn]

I think the good people of Georgia outnumber the r@cists. The problem is that there is an unh0ly alliance among the white r@cists, fund@mentalists, and fiscal conservatives.

[Opsimath44]

Lost in the assorted hullaballoo about this man is his letter to then Attorney General John Ashcroft, asking him to keep his folks out of Georgia orchards and fields, because the state really needed the illegal immigrant workforce to get the crops to market on time.

That was the summer of 2001, pre-9/11.

How do folks like this get elected in the first place?

[boing007]

Chambliss is a bleep bleep creep!

[PissedOffProf]

Saxby Shameless is arguably the most despicable major-party politician who ever won an election. Anyone who remembers 2002 knows that Shameless' racial baiting of "Others are voting" is in line with his fearmonger "unpatriotic labeling" of Max Cleland, a true patriot who shows more courage getting dressed every morning that Shameless has exhibited his entire life. There is a basement room in heII already reserved for Chambliss.

[Idnor]

Amen and amen!

[kjstjohn]

Thank you, PissedOffProf. My thoughts exactly.

[GHENT007]

This is the end of this version of the republican party, unless the republican party can re-invent itself it is a "DEAD POLITICAL PARTY" the american people have swung torward the democratic party, and the young people, blacks, hispanics and a great number of whites make up the "MAJORITY" NOW!! we will no longer allow corporate interests special interests or any other group, and this includes the republican party to dictate the future of america, you will see this fact on nov 4 with the largest turnout in american political history, and when president obama, makes the necessary changes in the system the balance will be restored to the economy and we will once again see prosperity in america.

[rockyersocksoff]

Atlanta-the City Too Busy to Hate.

Have a Coke and a Smile!

[Wynniethepooh]

We can do something about this other than electing Obama/Biden and men like Martin. We can spread the word that racist thought and speech is not condoned BY ANY OF US. I don't care what the color of your face is or the religion you practice or not practice -- stand up against hate and bigotry. Leave the room. Say, excuse me, but I could not have heard you correctly, you said what? Call people on it. I do everyday. I am not invited back to certain places but frankly, I don't miss them :-) We need to grow up fast -- our country is at stake in so many ways. NO MORE HATE. NO MORE FEAR.

[DuPageDem]

By "other folks," he means those of us whose parents aren't first cousins, and whose heads don't rattle when we walk.

[patianneb]

This n a s t y piece of work has been challenged by Jim Martin, another genuine W A R H E R O, as opposed to a manufactured one, and his election to this guy's seat would be J U S T I C E to the nasty D I R T Y S M E A R campaign Chambli$$ waged against Max Cleland last time...a triple-@mputee multi - medal recipient.
Creatures like this really need to go away.

[bluecatz]

This sack of O F F A L is the thing that beat out Max Cleland a triple-amputee War Hero (the REAL kind) in 2002 using the precise tactics that Dole, McCain, Bush etc find acceptable.
They show us who they are....we have to stop thinking they will behave any differently when they take office.
This T R A S H needs to be retired.

[kjstjohn]

"sack" is too kind. I was thinking about something more like a blivit.

[w8aminute]

This was originally posted around page 22 by 'sbmulqueen', and I think it's worth repeating:

Feel free to contact him and tell him this. I had the pleasure of voting for his opponent, but you can email or call:

http://chambliss.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactUs.ContactForm&CFID=51026269&CFTOKEN=46757234

202-224-3521

202-224-3521 (one of his GA offices)

......I'm in FL and I called to tell him he crossed the line again. Make sure he gets the message.

[demandfortruth]

i just called him and left a scathing message. i feel better.

[honestpolitician]

LISTEN ALL: Please Go Vote! There has been confirmed reports of voter disenfranchisement and election fraud with the Republican Party and it's supporters. Obama is need of all the votes necessary to create a landslide. Let's make sure that our state turns blue! Bring your friends and family - make it a group thing! Wouldn't you want to say 1 year from now, 5 years from now, or even 20 years from now that you contributed to the most highlighted election in US history? Wouldn't you be proud to tell your kids/grandkids years from now that you voted for this election? It will be the most talked about election for centuries. Voting is a right and a privilege. Let's all make history together!

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[jcwtts1]

Yeah, we are voting, in record numbers, deal with it and prepare to lose your seat.

J