Above Average Jane (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
John Linder , Democratic candidate for the 9th state senate district in Delaware County, which is currently represented by Republican Dominic Pileggi. Linder officially opened his campaign office this past weekend and reports 80 people in attendance.
Political Insider | ajc.com (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Our Cox colleague in Washington, Julia Malone, has more details today on the May 15 incident in which U.S. Rep. John Linder (R-GA) had to be helped outside a Capitol Hill bar and restaurant. You can get the full account...
Thinking Right | ajc.com (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
Republicans are worried that in 2008 Bob Barr may be Ralph Nader, the guy Democrats blame for sending Al Gore home in 2000. He won’t get more than 4 percent of the vote nationally, predicted Georgia’s U.S. Rep. John Linder,...
Peach Pundit (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
What do Vice President Dick Cheney and U.S. Representative John Linder (R - Georgia) have in common? They’re both making the same false claim that China is drilling for oil off the coast of Florida in Cuban waters. Vice President Dick Cheney, in a speech last Wednesday to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce quoted a column by [...]
Georgia Politics Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
...And drill some more. Coming hours after United States Representative John Linder (R - Georgia) let the world know that America could not replace its fossil fuel use with renewable energy [Source: 6/17/2008 Georgia Politics Unfiltered blog John Linder: We can't replace fossil fuels with renewable energy" ] , four of his Georgia Republican colleagues in Congress signed a pledge to drill, drill, and...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
...So let's open up the Outer Continental Shelf, the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve, tar sands and oil shale in the Western U.S. to drill, drill, drill. The words above are the not-so-subtle suggestions of Georgia Congressman John Linder (R - Duluth) in an op-ed column published in this morning's Gwinnett Daily Post . In the column, Linder tries to convince us that the reason why the United States...
Political Insider | ajc.com (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
The Washington Post has an account of U.S. Rep. John Linder (R-Ga.) being carried from a Capitol Hill restaurant on Thursday night. This was posted the following day on one of the newspaper’s political blogs, called The Sleuth: It wasn't...
The Sleuth (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
It wasn't his most graceful exit, we'll put it that way. Rep. John Linder (R-Ga.) was carried out of Bullfeathers, a Capitol Hill bar and restaurant, Thursday evening, feet dragging on the pavement, as congressional aides enjoying happy hour looked on in amazement. Two Capitol Hill Police cars and a fire truck were called to the scene. "They had to hold up him up by the seat of his pants and his arms...
Political Insider | ajc.com (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008
Doug Heckman, Iraq war veteran and Democratic candidate for Congress, isn’t hesitating. He’s going straight at John Linder’s baby — the Fair Tax. Heckman was on WGAU (1340AM) this morning. Here’s the sound clip sent in by host Tim Bryant....
job-hoppers-haven (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008
On April 15, Senator John Linder will be presenting a petition to Congress for the FairTax signed by 'citizen co-sponsors.' He's trying to gather as many signatures as possible to show Congress that this is an idea that is overwhelmingly...
JasonPye.com (Free subscription) | 03/31/2008
I'm sure John Linder will dispense of his primary challenger with relative ease, but he will face opposition in the general election:Democrat Doug Heckman is using a 2 p.m. conference call with reporters today, to announce his candidacy for the...
Political Insider | ajc.com (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Three Georgia Republicans have been ranked by the National Journal among the seven most conservative members of the U.S. House: Phil Gingrey of Cobb County, John Linder of Gwinnett County, and Lynn Westmoreland of Coweta County. In its annual rating...
JasonPye.com (Free subscription) | 02/18/2008
Congressman Paul Broun has signed on as a co-sponsor of the FairTax:Congressman Paul Broun recently announced his co-sponsorship of H.R. 25, the "FairTax Act of 2007." This bi-partisan legislation, which was introduced by Rep. John Linder (RGA) and Rep. Dan...
Peach Pundit (Free subscription) | 02/02/2008
Received via email, another political event for your Saturday: Come join us in Lawrenceville for a Mike Huckabee/Fair Tax Rally from 4-6pm, tomorrow, Saturday February 2nd. Congressman John Linder, who is a bit under the weather, is scheduled to be there along with Radio Host Neal Boortz. The event will be held at the [...]
Liberal Utopia (Free subscription) | 01/30/2008
In the beginning... “Reagan had just served two terms as the governor of California.... He signed the biggest tax increase in the history of the state.... He signed a bill legalizing abortion." Shocking, I know. Republican U.S. Representative John Linder — American Conservative Union lifetime rating 94.7/100; 2006 rating 96, the highest that year of all the 13-member Georgia delegation —
