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I think the assertion that Johnny Isakson is conservative on Abortion is wrong. I think he's been a little blurry on the issue, but if I'm not mistaken, he actually lost a primary for Senate in 1996 because he ran as a pro-abortion rights candidate while his opponent ran as a pro-life candidate.

I also don't think many people would say he's part of the Rockefeller wing of the party. He's more liberal on abortion, but is a rock-ribbed conservative on most other issues, and was given the 'tax payer superhero' status from the 'Citizens Against Government Waste' if I'm not mistaken.

[edit] Isakson and abortion

Isakson has moved quite a bit to the right on abortion in the past 8 years. That's one of the reasons he managed to avoid a GOP runoff (he likely would not have won a runoff, and he knew it). I don't think he's liberal at all and I am going to change that immediately. The reason people view him as "liberal" is because he does not spend all his time talking about who Jesus hates and that Democrats are terrorist supporters/America-haters, as most Republican politicians now say 24/7.

--JamesB3 02:16, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I think the fact that you claim that most Republicans spend all their time talking about who Jesus hates and calling Democrats terrorists renders your opinion on this particular subject highly questionable.

Isakson DID spend a lot of time on the campaign trying to blur his opinion on abortion, that's true. But he hasn't ever fundementally changed his position.

--- I'm not sure what your state GOP is like, but my description certainly fits the national party and most state parties. The fact that you don't bother to point out any differences in the GOP suggests you agree with me. There may be some reasonable Republicans here and there who do not vote based on who Jesus hates, but I didn't see any Republicans complaining about all the credit Dobson and Falwell and Robertson took for winning this election.

As for Isakson, he has moved to the right on abortion, mainly in that he now does not favor a woman's right to choose except with very special exceptions. --JamesB3 21:26, 3 Dec 2004

You really aught to try hanging around some non-lefties every now and then. Saying the national GOP runs around talking about who Jesus hates and that Democrats are terrorist supporters is roughly as accurate as saying the national Democrats run around grabbing every gun they can get their hands on and appeasing every terrorist they can find.

Extreme partisanship clouds judgement. Reality is a nice way to go every now and then.

---

Wasn't the entire point of your convention that the Democrats appease terrorists? You helped prove my point.

It's kind of funny that you think anyone who opposes Republicans is a "lefty". I guess there's no point in even continuing because that is your way of debunking anything out of my mouth. Your party's platform says it all. I'm sure that most of the base of your party would agree with my view of their main goals. Jerry Falwell certainly would. Are you saying that he isn't one of the biggest forces in your party? --JamesB3 00:04, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Applying WP:NPOV policy to this article

Just a note that I am going to go through this article in the near future and try to work on removing the various POV statements such as "The 6th is arguably the most Republican district in Georgia and one of the most Republican in the South" and "However, a large number of Republicans in Georgia had never forgiven him for his pro-choice stance in 1996, despite his rightward turn on social issues (see below). "

If someone wants to work on sourcing thes statements AND removing the WP:weasel words, please let me know here on the talk page, and I'll delay a few more days.--Roswell native 03:22, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Started working removing some of the POV sentences and added {{fact}} tags to indicate where specific references are needed. --Roswell native 04:58, 20 February 2007 (UTC)