Remembering Jan 15th, 2004. President Bush comes to Atlanta, and spends fifteen minutes paying tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and two hours at the World Congress Center for his campaign's Fund Raiser. Bush had not previously or formally been invited to Dr. King's remembrance ceremony, nor to stage a wreath-laying photo-op.

Bush was ably assisted in the fund raiser by the presense of Sonny Perdue, Republican Governor of Georgia, who from 1980 to 1998 was a tenured Democratic Party State Senator. Purdue was joined by another nominal Democratic Party stalward: U.S. Senator Zell Miller who volunteered to campaign for Bush in 2004.

Note: The Christian Right has a phrase: RHINO, which can easily be applied, in reverse, to these two Georgia Politicians. It might be instructive, and highly offensive, to research the number of former Democratic Party officeholders who switched over to the Republican Party, and how many got re-elected.

Turncoats, Gay Bashers, Evolution Denouncers, CSA Flag Wavers, Fundamentalist Baptists, and the USA's Worst Educational Achievement System all find a home in this beautiful State. Makes me yearn for a Nationwide citizenship testing program, where only those who pass can stay. The others have to find some other place to live, even if I end up being one who has to leave.