Blog for Democracy

Author: Juliana

  • T-5 Election Resource Guide

    All the predictions, gloom, doom, hand wringing, rallying, posturing and pandering comes down to this Tuesday Nov 2. I’m going to throw together a daily resource guide for ya. Tomorrow I’ll take a look at the Write In efforts. First Up: The Georgia SOS site, click here to find out where your polling location is.…

  • LBGT Panel Discussion about this election, Tonight!

    Tonight the nonpartisan LBGT advocacy groups will hold a panel discussion about the upcoming election. Forget the negative ads. Learn the real deal on what’s at stake in the upcoming Georgia Gubernatorial election between candidates Roy Barnes, John Monds and Nathan Deal! Moderated by Internet Radio Host Miko Evans, this powerful panel discussion will feature well-informed representatives from…

  • Ignorance is the new political capital

    I can’t remember an election so full of people leveraging abject ignorance as viable political capital. It’s like watching the whole country watch an episode of “The Real Housewives of…” sitting on their couches with their hands in their pants like Al Bundy, but then voting. I could prove it with a link to endless…

  • Darryl Hicks, our next Labor Commissioner!

    Many of us met Darryl in 2006 when he ran for Secretary of State in a crowded and much distinguished field.  Although new to our political circle he made an immediate impression on many of us.  The words, decent, authentic, smart, capable are used as part of any sentence describing Darryl. I’m proud to call…

  • Political Fall “sport”

    Dean Wormer: Who dropped a whole truckload of fizzies into the swim meet? Who delivered the medical school cadavers to the alumni dinner? Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode. Juliana: And every Fall we political folks engage in the sport of kings, not polo, but yard sign hijinks!…

  • The invitations are a flying…

    Fundraiser Tuesday Evening for Carol Porter, Democratic Candidate for Lieutenant Governor Help Carol’s campaign stay on the air with great spots like this one. DATE: October 19th 2010 Time: 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Place: Mazzy’s Sports Bar & Grill, 2217 Roswell Rd., Marietta 30062 Food will be served, cash bar. RSVP to Carol Stephens…