By now you've heard of the politically correct news release concerning the Georgia state HOLIDAY tree to be officially illuminated by Governor Perdue.

In fairness, the news release was withdrawn and replaced with one which changed HOLIDAY to CHRISTMAS. An effort was made by the spokesman to make light of the original release.

Let's be clear. I don't think the governor had an inkling of what was going on with his staff. In fact, like me, I expect he is furious.

That is the problem. The Perdue staff and advisors have pulled one bonehead foible after another, often preparing or advising public policy statements representing the governor that have little in common with the hearts and minds of Georgians.

While the governor can claim no knowledge of some of the public relations errors his staff makes, he cannot absolve himself from their obvious desire to create a cultural change in order to appease a small minority of people. After all, he approved their appointments.

Considering the information at hand one has to wonder how the governor got himself involved with these social engineers who seem to be totally out of touch with the real Georgia. One might wonder if they're really Georgians at all.

Perhaps they are 'Georgians of the Atlanta mentality' which have floated to the top of the Perdue administration. It would be easy to draw a correlation between the Perdue staff and the downtown Atlanta business elite which has influenced the Perdue administration as it did the Barnes administration before it. The Metro Atlanta Chamber bragged about its Perdue influence on their website and elsewhere.

In trying to understand how these folks think, we must consider their daily communication is mostly with people who think differently than most of us ole time Constitutional conservative Georgians. They work hard to impress their peers with how they're in tune with a whole new Georgia born of multiculuralism and political correctness which, to many of us, is nothing but code talk for Socialism. A Georgia State holiday tree is but a hint of the evidence.

These are the same folks who developed the biggest hoax perpetrated by the Perdue administration, the phony flag referendum. You remember, the violation of the Perdue promise to have a fair vote on the state flag and then eliminated any consideration of the 1956 flag leaving no choice at all.

They first advised that he never claimed to include the '56 flag, which only added insult to injury because the people knew better and voted for him because he plainly specified the turmoil created by Governor Barnes when he changed the flag.

After being elected Governor, Perdue said the flag issue was not high on his priority list and blamed the media for creating it as an issue. Who did his mental marvels think would buy this betrayal of the truth?

These out-of-touch staffers developed another Perdue disaster, specifically trying to convince the public that an overwhelming majority of Georgians supported the selected flag of the administration.

They underestimate the intelligence of Georgia voters. The overwhelming majority equalled something like 15% of the registered voters and the people know it. Why do they know it? Because 4 out of 5 registered voters refused to participate in a rigged referendum.

People voted with their feet. Unless there is some remediation in the coming legislative session toward giving the people a fair up or down vote (as the Republicans in Washington keep insisting on for judicial nominees), it is highly likely there will be a lot of former Perdue supporters with antsy feet in the upcoming gubernatorial election.

So, to all of the political correctees in the Perdue administration, from those of us who celebrate Christmas, we wish to grant your fondest wish, a lot of holidays beginning in 2007. To be fair about it, we also extend the same greeting to the PC enablers in the General Assembly---from both parties.

For those who may take my Christmas wish list lightly, I would remind you that the combined organizations representing Georgia's heritage community, had a significant impact in the 2002 elections. The support for Mr. Perdue, the defeat of Governor Barnes, Speaker Murphy, and about a dozen and a half targeted legislators who were either retired or defeated. You might say the 2002 election was a state-wide referendum FOR a Fair Vote.

We cordially invite those who believe in the values we at GHC do, to join our organization and be part of the team that will continue to stand up and speak up for the real Georgia we all love. We need every single Georgian in every single county for the impending battle ahead. You can be the difference.

Jeff Davis is a retired radio-TV journalist living in Gainesville, GA. Active in civic and political affairs, he is past president of the Georgia Jaycees, former vice president of the US and the world Jaycees, former campaign chairman of the Georgia Republican party. He voluntarily serves as chairman of the Georgia Heritage Council. He is a collateral descendant of President Jefferson Davis.

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