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Take Your Nation and Shove Itnew

Secessionists from Vermont, Alaska and Dixie proclaim their desire to smash the "American Empire."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  John Sugg  |  10-11-2007  |  Politics

The Mystery of the Mayor's Jet-Settingnew

Shirley Franklin hasn't disclosed who's paying her travel expenses.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  John Sugg  |  09-27-2007  |  Politics

This is a Really Sick Jokenew

Newt Gingrich's spin on health care is original -- but it's just corporate propaganda.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  John Sugg  |  08-22-2007  |  Politics

The Right Fights for the Rightnew

An Atlanta gathering features luminaries of the white nationalist movement.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  John Sugg  |  07-26-2007  |  Politics

A Cooter Takes On Chamblissnew

Ex-journalist Dale Cardwell plans to unseat U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss by fighting immigration and shunning corporate cash.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  John Sugg  |  06-21-2007  |  Politics

The Vernon Jones Supremacynew

Has the GOP planted a secret agent among possible Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  John Sugg  |  04-12-2007  |  Politics

The Party's Overnew

Will Republicans be able to solve the big problems facing Georgia?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  John Sugg and Max Pizarro  |  11-16-2006  |  Politics

Judgment Day for Judge Roy Moorenew

Armageddon is just six months away, at least in Alabama. A vote for Roy Moore is an endorsement of Jesus; a vote for Bob Riley (or one of the long-shot Democrat contenders) is a ballot cast for Old Scratch.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  John Sugg  |  12-08-2005  |  Politics

Student Rebels Against GOP Instructor's Conflictnew

A student accuses a high school teacher of using her school post to funnel students into gigs as Republican foot soldiers.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  John Sugg  |  12-16-2004  |  Politics

'We Shall See the Reign of Witches Pass Over'new

Hidden somewhere in the results of the Nov. 2 election, there is an ocean of hope. If, for example, only 18- to 29-year-olds had voted, many of George Bush's red states would have been swamped by blue ink, and John Kerry would have won the Electoral College 375-163.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  John Sugg  |  11-11-2004  |  Politics

South Surrenders its Economy to Yankeesnew

That similarity is shoot-ourselves-in-the-foot backwardness. We face the rear and give the Rebel yell, "Charge!" Put another way, just as the Rebel flag wavers are still fighting a war we lost 140 years ago, so, too, is our economy rooted in decades-out-of-date thinking.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  John Sugg  |  11-04-2004  |  Politics

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