Because we used to occasionally toss a CDAN blind into the mix here–
Comments are speculating the gold find is the 1937 claim by Milton "Doc" Noss on Victorio Peak which was swiped by the gubmint in the 1960's, and that could only be the SeeAyeAy. Actor could be Russell Crowe, Javier Bardem or Benicio Del Toro.
Our fantastic President is making other NATO members pay their fair share!
Georgianon with mid-afternoon Kelly Loeffler update, and remains skeptical despite the knowledge that yeah, she could probably snatch back some idiot carpetbagger suburban Atlanta voters who went for Stacy Abrams last time. She'd better not screw us over, I don't care how much money she has.
https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/kelly-loeffler-have-powerful-ally-after-she-tapped-senate/hvykBGnYvXwAzEKdMEn4WI/
When Gov. Brian Kemp announces Kelly Loeffler as his pick for an open U.S. Senate seat later this week, she’ll have some powerful backup to help defend her new post.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee will support Loeffler, giving her a key political ally as she faces a potential GOP challenge, according to two people with direct knowledge of the decision.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution first reported last week that Kemp will appoint Loeffler to the seat despite President Donald Trump’s endorsement of U.S. Rep. Doug Collins, a four-term congressman who is one of his top advocates in the U.S. House.
Kemp is expected to formally announce the decision this week and is putting the final touches on the rollout for Loeffler, a financial executive who can self-fund her campaign but has drawn the scorn of some conservative critics.
At a recent breakfast with U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, who is vacating the seat at year’s end because of health issues, the three-term incumbent also repeated his pledge to Kemp to support whoever the governor picks for the seat.
And Kemp resumed calling state elected officials to personally inform them of the pick, which is expected to be formally announced within days. The announcement will be timed not to interfere with Isakson’s farewell speech, scheduled for Tuesday afternoon in the U.S. Senate.
Loeffler, meanwhile, started introducing herself with her soon-to-be colleagues. She spoke with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell by phone in what a senior Republican official described as a positive conversation.
She was told she’d be treated as an incumbent with the full support of the NRSC, the political arm of the Senate GOP whose support could help her defend against a possible primary challenge, according to the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the private conversation.
‘Helps us win’
Loeffler, a first-time candidate who would be the second female U.S. senator in state history, might need the support.
Collins told the AJC two weeks ago that he’s “strongly” considering a run for the seat if he’s not appointed. Trump has directly pressed Kemp to appoint Collins at least three times, including a secretive meeting in Washington last week that involved Loeffler.
And she’s been targeted by conservative activists have scrutinized Loeffler’s degree of support for Trump, questioned her past campaign contributions to Democrats and tried to depict her as a closet liberal.
Among the latest is Mark Levin, the radio host and ally of Trump who called Kemp “another Romney” on Twitter. “He’s about to appoint a RINO to the Senate. His surrogates are trashing conservative critics like Gaetz,” Levin wrote.
The out-of-state umbrage might be just fine for Kemp and his aides. They’d much rather mock non-Georgians – see last week’s conflagration with Matt Gaetz of Florida – than knock the in-state activists who are critical of his decision.
It’s a convenient way to shift the narrative away from one that frames Kemp as someone willing to ignore Trump’s personal pleas, and toward a view that casts the governor as defiantly standing against what is now the party’s establishment.
Meanwhile, Kemp’s supporters have started to give him some cover for his presumptive pick of Loeffler.
Former state lawmaker Buzz Brockway and Cole Muzio of the Family Policy Alliance of Georgia have been outspoken in their pleas for faith in Kemp’s decisions.
And Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols, who applied for the seat, praised the governor’s tactical decision in planning to tap a business executive who would be the second female U.S. senator in state history to the seat.
“Kelly, or any outstanding conservative woman, helps Republicans win back suburban women who seem to have left our party in the last cycle,” he said. “The governor knows what he’s doing.”
Still, wary state Republicans are nervous about a lasting rift. The board of the Georgia Young Republicans also voted unanimously to back Kemp in whoever he picks, nodding to the acrimony already dividing some Georgia conservatives.
“Unity sometimes means swallowing pride and ambition and doing what is best for the party,” said Andrew Abbott, a spokesman for the group.
She's a good-sized ol' gal, that's for sure.
Am also disappointed with Kemp. Just because he was a better choice than Stacy Abrams ain't saying much.
Have a buddy who's talked to him twice, the first time for over 20 minutes. Kemp didn't even REMEMBER meeting him the first time. I think he may be in over his head intellectually, is still scared shitless over the full-bore assault from the Steve Phillips/Stanford/San Francisco communists in the last election (wtf, now everybody wants to come to Georgia, hell no, gtfo) and that much money to fight the hard left is of course too much to resist.
Still, the White House press spokesman said the Trump/Kemp/Loeffler meeting went well, so I can't help but think this is Trump moving some playing pieces around, and he just pulled Kemp and Loeffler into the game.
Basically, I don't trust Loeffler, but I trust Trump, and I don't know what's been said and done in closed-door meetings. Loeffler is a done deal, so I guess we'll just have to see.