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November 2, 2022
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JUST THE WAY IT IS by Sloan Oliver
Kemp v. Abrams is dei a vu all over again
W hen Yogi
Berra said “It
feels like deja
vu all over
again”, he summed up Geor
gias 2022 governors race.
In 2018 it was Brian Kemp
versus Stacey Abrams; and
in 2022, it’s the
same all over again,
or is it? Actually,
it’s not the same
because we now
have the last four
years of Kemp’s
record as governor
to compare
to the past
four years
of Abrams’
verbose montages of com
plaints, whines, and gripes.
It’s ironic that President
Trump has been silenced by
media and Big Tech claim
ing he’s an election denier
because he refused to accept
the outcome of the 2020
election while Abrams, for
the past four years, claims
she, not Kemp, won the
2018 Georgia governor’s
election. Just last week, she
again claimed voter suppres
sion despite record turnouts
for early voting. Stacey has
parlayed her election loss,
election denial, and claims
of voter suppression into
national celebrity status and
is fully supported by those
who silenced Trump for the
same claim.
After watching last week’s
debate between Gov. Kemp
and Stacey Abrams, it’s
obvious that Abrams is a
“one trick pony” consist
ing of abortion, abortion,
oh and racism. Sure, she
talks other issues - gun
control (she favors),
cashless bail (she
favors), defund the
police (she favors),
and huge govern
ment spending (she
favors) but abortion
is her default posi
tion. To be fair,
toaborton^
Why? Because
they have nothing else. Last
month, non-doctor Abrams
said “there is no such thing
as a heartbeat at six weeks,
it’s a manufactured sound
designed to convince people
that men have the right to
control a woman’s body’
Hey Stacey, according to
Mount Sinai Hospital, at 6
weeks, “a baby’s heart beats
at a regular rhythm.” Then,
when asked by MSNBC
about rising costs of food,
gas, and housing due to
Biden’s policies (Yes, I was
surprised that MSNBC
actually asked her a tough
question.), Abrams stated,
“having children is why
you’re worried about the
price of gas and the price of
food” and then went on to
explain that aborting a child
will help battle inflation. She
really is as stupid, excuse
me, as unintelligent as she
appears.
The best campaign ad
that Gov. Kemp could
rim would be to compare
the Covid policies of Blue
States (ruled by Dems)
versus Georgia’s. Demo
crat governors in Oregon,
Washington, California, and
many others, implemented
draconian Covid regulations
that took freedoms from the
citizens and destroyed their
economies - policies such
as forced closing of “non-
essential” business (they
decided if your business
was essential or not); forced
school closures for up to
two years (What, you have
to work; tough, stay home
with your children); manda
tory masking for everyone
(despite zero evidence that
masks work); mandatory
vaccinations and boost
ers (comply or be fired);
not allowed to go boating
(Michigan) or paddle board
ing (California); and forced
nursing homes to accept Co
vid positive seniors killing
thousands (in New York and
Pennsylvania). If you think
Covid stupidity has stopped,
think again. Just last week,
the CDC recommended
vaccines for children as
young as 5-years old. No
doubt, our authoritarian,
Democrat governors will
make vaccines mandatory
to attend public schools. If
Comrade Abrams had won
back in 2018, Georgia would
be suffering the same as all
those Democrat controlled
states.
Fortunately, Kemp won in
2018. As a result, Georgia
suffered none of those idi
otic “flatten-the-curve” Co
vid restrictions. End of April
2020, Kemp made Georgia
the first state to re-open. He
re-opened schools (Abrams
loudly criticized him) and
re-opened businesses (again,
criticized by Abrams).
Compared to other states,
Georgia’s economy recov
ered quickly such that the
state now has a $6.6-bil-
lion surplus - an amount
criticized by Abrams. Gov.
Kemp rightfully pointed out
that keeping Georgia open
allowed the state to build
that surplus. Had Abrams
been governor, her “pan
demic politics” would have
kept the state locked down
ala California, Michigan, etc.
Having been in the
military for a career, I know
the difficulty of making life
and death decisions know
ing you have incomplete
information - yet you must
quickly decide anyway. That
was exactly Brian Kemp’s
position back in the spring
of2020 - still knowing very
little about Covid, does he
keep Georgia’s economy
intact or go along with
Fauci, the media, the Dems,
and all the other leftists (to
include Stacey) and destroy
the economy by keeping it
locked down? Kemp chose
the path of freedom, not
tyranny.
Gov. Kemp markets his
conservative values and
conservative message in a
way that everyone under
stands. For example, during
the pandemic he allowed
you, not the government, to
decide what Covid policies
to follow such that when my
sister visited Georgia (from
North Carolina) in Novem
ber 2020, she commented
that Georgia is a “free state”
(implying that NC, with
its Dem governor, wasn’t.)
Then, in March 2022, to
help with the high energy
prices, Kemp suspended the
gas tax giving Georgia some
of the least expensive gas in
the nation. Under Kemp’s
leadership, and given the
state’s Republican majority,
Georgia’s October 2022 un
employment rate is 2.8%, an
all-time low. Georgia has the
nation’s lowest black unem
ployment rate. And for an
unprecedented 9-years, Area
Development magazine
named Georgia as the #1
state for business. Also, same
magazine article, Georgia
earned #1 for its workforce
development program for
13 years in a row - all with
Republican majority and
Republican governors Per
due, Deal, and now Kemp.
When the state legislature
returns in January, Kemp
plans to give surplus funds
back to taxpayers as a tax
refund, and do a property
tax relief to ease rising real
estate appraisals. Kemp is a
strong law enforcement, law
and order advocate. And
because of it, he’s supported
by over 100 county sheriffs,
both Repubs and Dems.
(Stacey refused to answer if
any sheriffs supported her.)
If any Georgian still has
questions about for whom
to vote, Brain Kemp thinks
Georgia is the best state
in the nation while Stacey
Abrams said of Georgia,
“I’m tired of hearing how
were the best state in the
country to do business when
we are the worst state in the
country to live.” Why would
anyone vote for Abrams
when, in her own words,
she hates Georgia? Be smart,
vote for Kemp.
Sloan Oliver ofBolingbroke
is a retired Army officer who
writes each week in the Report
er. Email him at sloanoliver@
earthlink.com.
Hospital adding MRI, new heart doctors office
Monroe County residents will
soon be able to get an MRI with
out leaving Forsyth.
Monroe County Hospital will
soon offer MRIs in a mobile
facility that will come to Forsyth
once a week, said hospital CEO
Forraine Smith.
The hospital used to have a mo
bile MRI unit that stayed at the
facility. But they didn’t have the
volume to support it, said Smith.
Now, said Smith, they know they
have enough patients to support
it once a week.
Smith said to look for advertis
ing in this newspaper for more
information in scheduling an
MRI.
In other exciting hospital news:
A popular Macon heart doctor’s
office is expanding its presence in
Forsyth.
The Central Georgia Heart
and Vein Center has been seeing
patients at the Monroe Regional
Medical Mall (old Walmart) for
years. But practice manager Joel
Hobbs said they have out-grown
that arrangement. So starting lat
er this month they will be seeing
patients in the office building in
front of Monroe County Hospital
four days per week, Monday-
Thursday. The facility, which
is owned by Monroe County
Hospital, had formerly been used
as the district attorney’s office and
before that was the office of Dr. J.
Ray Grant.
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