Jim Martin #17: Hiking property tax assessments
posted at 10:35 am on November 18, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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Jim Martin has never met a tax he didn’t like — and didn’t like to increase. Yesterday, the NRSC pointed out Martin’s support for increasing income taxes on people earning less than $75,000. Today, in Jim Martin Fact #17, they note his efforts to increase property-tax assessments as well:
Meanwhile, Jim Martin has a new ad out, too. He wants Georgians to know that he’s going to be Barack Obama’s rubber stamp:
Even Martin supporter Tommy Christopher is unimpressed:
Is it me, or is this vaguely reminiscent of that Brady Bunch episode where Marcia impulsively claims to be friends with Davy Jones in order to impress her friends?
This ad plays into Chambliss’ point. Georgia will lose any independent voice it has if it sends Jim Martin to be Barack Obama’s rubber stamp. He’ll enable all of the worst excesses of Democratic extremism. In fact, in listening to Martin’s pitch, it seems clear that Martin himself has no ideas of his own, and is running as nothing more than an Obama toady.
Voters can only look to Georgia’s run-off election to stop the Senate from becoming Barack Obama’s rubber stamp. Jim Martin is, if anything, further to Obama’s left, especially on taxes. Find out more about Martin’s record here, and if you want to preserve any hope of a Republican filibuster, contribute to Saxby Chambliss here or at the NRSC.
I’ll be interviewing Saxby Chambliss today on The Ed Morrissey Show, and we’ll talk about what’s at stake for Georgia and the nation in the runoff election. Tune in at 3 pm ET right here at Hot Air!
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Sweet Jesus, I hope Martin loses. Are there any polls out showing where people stand at this point?
flyawaybird on November 18, 2008 at 10:50 AM
“any polls out”
good question — i mean, the people of GA did alright with the prez question — surely they’ll back Saxby …
/right? RIGHT?!
Buckaroo on November 18, 2008 at 10:55 AM
Whoa. Property tax hikes. That’s about as popular as drowning puppies.
forest on November 18, 2008 at 10:57 AM
Is anyone watching the Naked Emperor on c-span?
lodge on November 18, 2008 at 10:58 AM
I come from a property-tax state, myself, and it seems like many of our state legislators’ fortunes hinge on their records of voting on tax issues.
gryphon202 on November 18, 2008 at 11:08 AM
Sorry Maryland bet ya to it. My house is now taxed more than its worth. Isn’t that fun?
johnnyU on November 18, 2008 at 11:12 AM
Logic, of course, assumes he’d be elected again. But little has followed the rules of logic with this election.
flyawaybird on November 18, 2008 at 11:18 AM
It’s a bad sit-com. Why subject yourself to it?
gatorboy on November 18, 2008 at 11:28 AM
If the people of Georgia votes for Martin and then gets their taxes hiked, they are to be blamed and they deserve what they vote for. I could say the same thing to those who voted for Obama, yet those who did not vote for him will have to suffer the consequences like the rest. What a shame.
mariloubaker on November 18, 2008 at 11:37 AM
Wrong. He doesn’t like the Fair Tax. He has deliberately and outrageously misrepresented it in his campaign ads. Whether you support the Fair Tax or not, that shouldn’t be acceptable. What else will he mislead you about?
As far as polls, I haven’t seen any. It will all depend on turnout anyway. McCain showed up to campaign for Chambliss, but I’m not sure how much weight that carried. There was a report that Sarah Palin might stop on her way to or from the Republican Governors’ conference in Miami, but I never heard any more. The One may or may not make an appearance for Martin, probably based on whether or not his team thinks Martin has a chance. Watch for that.
Runoffs in Georgia are hard to predict. As often as not, the candidate who came in second in the General wins the runoff. I am optimistic because the Libertarian candidate who prevented Chambliss from winning a majority, ran on a strong platform of spending cuts. I myself voted for him, but will vote for Chambliss in the runoff, even though he can be a bit RINO-ish on fiscal and energy issues.
TedInATL on November 18, 2008 at 12:20 PM
hey stupid — thx. for yer de facto vote for martin in the general which caused the runoff in the first place!
:-~
/1/2 cheer for doing the right thing in the runoff tho …
Buckaroo on November 18, 2008 at 12:44 PM
The Brady Bunch? O-o-o-okay.
BTW, Flo Henderson was absolutely the hottest old lady I’ve ever seen.
whitetop on November 18, 2008 at 12:48 PM
Kiss of death…
gatorboy on November 18, 2008 at 1:06 PM
You can make the same statement that Martin prevented Chambliss from winning a majority, but lets sure not lay the blame where it belongs:
“Chambliss prevented Chambliss from winning a majority”
Fred Thompson called me yesterday (robocall) to get the vote out for Chambliss… yawn… why am I suddenly so tired…
gatorboy on November 18, 2008 at 1:08 PM
Yes, but we’re helping people in The City lead better lives.
Laura in Maryland on November 18, 2008 at 3:48 PM
I simply can not get over how great these ads are and I hope they prove effective. If so, we could see a different tone in ‘negative’ campaigning.
bryanmyrick on November 18, 2008 at 7:49 PM