This election was lost before it had even begun. It is my belief that Republican candidate Nathan Deal, who is ethically impaired, is part of the problem that is plaguing the Capitol…
The silver lining about Mr. Deal winning office, however, is that we the people have the ability to take him out of office and put him in jail for his misdeeds…
Running for Governor may actually be the biggest mistake Nathan Deal ever made in his life. (peachpundit.com)
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Clint Murphy: A Republican Who’s Backing Barnes
I’ve worked in Republican politics the better part of my adult career from local races to presidential campaigns, both paid and as a volunteer.
However, the race to be Georgia’s next governor is so important it has caused me to break with my party and support Roy Barnes.
I do so with certainty and confidence that Roy Barnes is the best person for the job to get Georgia’s economy back on track so that we have a strong climate for job growth and an opportunity for prosperity for all Georgians.
Nathan Deal, the Republican candidate in this race has too many ethical shortfalls to be able to focus full time on being our governor. He resigned in the still of the night to avoid a full investigation by the House Ethics Committee.
Read the rest of my op-ed here
Nathan Deal paid federal income taxes equal to just 2 percent of his income in 2006 and 2007, but he won’t explain how he did it.
Deal, now the Republican nominee for Georgia governor, reported earning nearly $400,000 in those two years. But he paid $5,575 in federal taxes in 2006 and $2,068 in 2007. Even after accounting for business losses and other deductions, Deal paid only about one-third the taxes normally levied on the amount of taxable income he reported, an analysis of Internal Revenue Service tax tables suggests.
Tax records released by his campaign don’t explain how Deal’s accountant determined how much he owed. And aides to Deal said they will neither release additional tax documents nor answer more questions about the candidate’s personal finances. (ajc)
As a candidate for Governor, Nathan Deal has not been honest about his financial dealings, disclosures, or other potential liabilities that may exist. It is clear that he has immediate items that require his attention and therefore will not be able to focus on the betterment of the entire state. Additionally, he used his Congressional office to try and continue a sweetheart arrangement with the state. Because of the lack of disclosure, we also now know that Deal participated in creating a company with his cronies that made hundreds of thousands of dollars off of his official Congressional travel.
This idea that Barnes is somehow a radical liberal of the left just isn’t true. Was Roy Barnes aggressive in his efforts to get things done as Governor? Yes. Perhaps if more of our elected officials showed a little aggressiveness they wouldn’t need to stay in office so long to get things done.
I recently resigned as a GAGOP State Committee Member so that I could say the following without retribution from the GAGOP…
I trust you as well as others can now see that I knew a lot more about Nathan Deal and his unethical, intentional and calculated misconduct when I began to point people to resources to do their own research as good honest Conservatives should do. Nathan Deal’s situation is not simply about helping a family member realize a business dream that failed. His family should be left out of all of this (I mean this from the bottom of my heart) this is about how he has handled everything as a US Congressman and now candidate for Governor of the state of Georgia.
Nathan Deal is a desperate man and we all know that desperate people do desperate things. We do not need a desperate man and the people he surrounds himself with holding and working in the highest office in this state! That is crystal clear! (facebook post via AJC Political Insider)
This story won’t go away for Nathan Deal. (peachpundit.com)
A U.S. bankruptcy judge has ordered the reopening of a 2009 bankruptcy filing by Republican gubernatorial candidate Nathan Deal’s daughter and son-in-law.
The bankruptcy stems from a failed sporting goods business started by Carrie Deal Wilder and her husband, Clint Wilder, that Deal invested in and left him with $2.1 million in debts.
My bad, guys.
Deal might not have followed state guidelines for valuing certain properties in the amended financial disclosure for 2009 that he filed Sept. 23 with the State Ethics Commission.
The disclosure might reflect fair-market values, but they do not appear to conform with state guidelines.
The Sept. 23 disclosure, filed seven days after a previous amended disclosure, came after scrutiny about turmoil in his personal finances arose and certain assets and liabilities appeared to be omitted from earlier reports.
In the Sept. 23 disclosure, Deal’s reported net worth grew nearly 40 percent to $2.86 million. The amendment included substantial increases in both assets and liabilities related to a Gainesville-based salvage business Deal owns with a partner.
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AJC: Deal Could Face Financial Insolvency After Backing Family Business
In the midst of his campaign for governor, Nathan Deal faces such dire financial troubles that he must sell his home to avert foreclosure or bankruptcy.
Even if Deal liquidates all his assets, however, he still might be unable to repay a nearly $2.3 million business loan, documents reviewed by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution indicate. The loan comes due in full Feb. 1 — less than one month after Deal hopes to take office. (AJC 9/15)
My opponent [Nathan Deal] has virtually the entire political establishment working with him, for him, and attacking me. And they’re doing it because they’re terrified of change. They wanted to keep doing business with the state and having their secret deals and keeping the free trips and free meals. They are fighting with everything they’ve got to keep the status quo. (Weekly Standard)
What would truly destroy the party would be to nominate someone like Deal, who is under a federal grand jury investigation and could be indicted, or – heaven forbid – arrested at any moment. Republicans would lose everything we have worked so hard to build. (Savannah Morning News)
I did finish my term as Fulton County Commission Chair and left the secretary of state’s office so I would not be in the position of overseeing my own campaign for governor. I certainly did not resign and run home with my tail between my legs to avoid a massive ethics investigation like Nathan Deal did. (from last night’s debate, AJC)
You know, Deal ran an extremely negative campaign in the primary, so you can assume he will engage in more of the same. (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
Nathan Deal should put down the gay tabloid and try to find a real source for his false attacks. (AJC)
Congressman Nathan Deal (R-GA) is resigning from the House of Representatives to focus on his gubernatorial run in Georgia. At least that is what he is saying.
Because Deal is resigning his seat, the investigation into his business *poof* goes away. He won’t have to deal with a finding that he breached ethics rules to complicate his gubernatorial run. What he will have to deal with, however, is upending Georgia politics to make it all about himself. (redstate.com)
