Let me bring you up to date as to my latest thinking on whether or not to offer myself as a write-in candidate for governor of the Great State of Georgia this November and as a viable alternative to a multi-billionaire Republican who always looks like he just swallowed a lemon and a Democrat who bailed on the city of Atlanta as mayor when things started getting tough. The good news is that since I first brought up the idea a couple of months ago, the number of people pledging to vote for me has quadrupled. The bad news is the number has gone from 3 to 12. But it’s a start. I would just need Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to find me another 2,110,316 votes. Stay tuned. … The World Cup has come and gone and from all reports, things went exceedingly well. Visitors from around the world found us to be pretty nice folks, despite what they may have heard or read about us in the past. A good example: The city of Lawrence, Kansas, played host to the team from Algeria. Hundreds of locals showed up to greet the Algerians when they arrived, thousands attended practices and the University of Kansas band serenaded them with the Algerian national anthem before their training sessions. It reminded me of the athletes at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games who mixed and mingled with no bias or animosity regarding where they were from. Maybe there should be an event requiring every president, prime minister and dictator in the world to have to spend a month together with no lackies…
*This content (including text, artwork, graphics, photography, and video) was provided by the third party(ies) as referenced above. Any rights or other content questions or inquiries should be directed to such third-party provider(s).
