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Alright, let's get at it.
GA GOP Governor's Race
Man, it's pretty much been everything I was hoping it'd be but maybe not quite at the level of dirtiness & vitriol as expected.
Sad, I know. But now that early voting has commenced, we might see things turned up to the proverbial 11.
There's been some real humdingers w/ the radio & TV spots that both the Action Jackson & Burt "Truck Stop" Jones camps (or affiliated or "non-affiliated" PACs) have been running.
But certainly the Chef's Kiss goes to the ad calling out Truck Stop's Daddy's gas stations selling the Chinese vapes. What makes it is the Chinese Restaurant oriental music playing in the background!
It's just good stuff.
Recent polling is still showing both Jackson & Jones as the frontrunners for this thing w/ ole Judas Raffensperger polling a bit higher than he'd previously been. Kemp Boi Carr does certainly seem to be the also-ran for this one.
However, after Monday's debate, that might very well change.
Say what you will, but our current Secretary of State did come off looking much better than the two frontrunners. And man, what a gaffe by Action w/ the "I don't know" response about whether illegals had ever worked for him.
Yeah, I get it. He was thinking that possibly some employees of contractors he'd hired may very well had been undocumented, but you've got to think like a politician when you're under the bright lights - Deny! Deny! Deny!
I've said previously possibly either Judas or
The Custodian of the Great Seal of Georgia, AKA: GA Secretary of State
So we've got a local tie-in for this one. Our old pal Tim "Lil' Timmy" Fleming.
As a few of you may remember, I really went after Fleming back in 2022 when he first ran for State House.
I did a series of write-ups over on my Substack (at that time I'd made the decision to house my political stuff over there vs here at TPC), all backed by documentation & facts, that really painted Tim in a bad light.
Here's a link to my 5th piece of a series-of-five that included links to the previous pieces.
So, there was this "worst best-kept secret" about him in 2020.
Here's some additional context from a recent comment I made on a friend's FB post:
An Atlanta Politico I was talking to when I was researching Tim in 2022 told me this whole thing was the “worst best kept secret in GA politics” at the time.
I was directed by the aforementioned politico towards a source who had direct, first-hand knowledge about whatever it was that went down in 2020 that led to Lil' Timmy's "resignation."
This gentleman was someone who was directly affected by the purported questionable actions of Fleming w/ that alleged PPE scandal.
I actually spoke w/ him on the phone for about 20 minutes. This was 2022. He wouldn't say anything, even off the record, because he said (paraphrasing):
this was all on Fleming, and Kemp took care of it. I don't want this to have an adverse impact on Kemp's chances of getting elected. We need him to win
You have to remember - this was in the height of the 2022 campaign in which Kemp was in a heated election vs Abrams.
I've got that guy's contact info in a file somewhere. I need to try to put my hands on that file so I can reach out again & maybe he'd be willing to talk more now.
But here's the kicker:
If this info is making the rounds in GOP & Independent circles, then you know it's most likely on the radar of the Dems.
If Tim gets the GOP nod, then this is something that could hand Team Blue the W in the general.
The story goes that Kemp went to Fleming & said that he could resign today or get fired tomorrow.
So, there's that...
I'll have another piece hitting soon covering the GOP primaries for US Senate & GA HD 114.
And after that, an article about Dysfunction Junction, aka: The City of Covington Council (and more specifically - several of their recent meetings)
Very Sincerely Yours,
- MBM
