Senator Saxby Chambliss certainly thinks he knows his supporters, specifically by skin color. In these waning days of the election, what was thought of by the GOP as a safe seat to hold on to has become a battleground thanks to the hardworking campaign of Jim Martin. There is an atmosphere of change in this country and Georgia is certainly a part of it, even if Obama is a few points down here in this "red state." Well Chambliss doesn't like that change and a potential loss of power, so he is going negative in ways we haven't seen since the turbulent times of the 1960s.
From ThinkProgress:
On Wednesday, the chairman of the Hillsborough County, Florida Republican party forwarded an e-mail to several hundred party members that warned of “‘the threat’ of ‘carloads of black Obama supporters coming from the inner city to cast their votes.’” While the McCain campaign condemned the email, the sentiment does not appear to be isolated. As Tapped notes, earlier this week, Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) proclaimed that the the “rush” of African-Americans to the polls has “got our side energized“:“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.
Similarly, Chambliss has been warning his “predominantly white base” in North Georgia, “The other folks are voting.”
Chambliss' outright racism is energizing like-minded Republicans in his area, inciting the worst parts of people. It isn't just Chambliss, but he certainly is a big part of the problem in this Southern state. The man came to power by attacking the patriotism of a triple-amputee war hero, so I guess we really shouldn't expect much from this scumbag of a Senator.
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