Why is Nathan Deal Attacking Karen

Written by Karen Handel for Governor

Nathan Deal has now been on a month long negative attack against Karen Handel. You have to wonder what his motivation is.

When it was reported that John Oxendine had taken $120,000 in illegal campaign contributions, Nathan Deal was silent on the subject.

When it was reported that Eric Johnson and his firm had profited almost $1 million from doing business with the state, while he was a state senator, there was not a peep from Nathan Deal.

When the Speaker of the State House was embroiled in a scandal and Karen said he should step down, nothing from Nathan Deal.

When the Georgia Right to Life president referred to women who can't conceive as "barren and infertile", Nathan Deal was silent.

When it was widely reported that gubernatorial candidate Ray McBerry had an inappropriate relationship with a 16 year old student while he was a teacher and her youth minister, Nathan Deal's silence was again deafening.

But when he found out that 8 years ago Karen Handel spoke to the Log Cabin Republicans, just as other conservative Republicans have done, it sent him into a month long, delusional attack against her.

Now, Mr. Deal does have a history of bigoted remarks. Last year he referred to one group of citizens as Ghetto Grandmothers. He claimed it was taken out of context. When asked what context you could use that in, Nathan Deal said nothing.

He gives the other men in the race a pass on major transgressions, but attacks Karen Handel for speaking to a group of Republicans, a group who most of us -- including Karen -- have some differing views with.

We hope it is not that he has a problem with women in leadership. After all, women can do more than just fetch your coffee, Mr. Deal. But maybe that is just part of it.

Nathan Deal is part of the system that thinks it is ok to profit from your position of power. He too made almost $1 million off an exclusive no-bid arrangement with the state. When it was threatened, he used his position in Congress in an attempt to protect it.

Karen is a threat to them all, and Nathan Deal knows it. She is the only candidate bold enough to speak out against the abuses in government. Her ethics reform proposal includes a strict conflict of interest policy that threatens the gravy train Mr. Deal has been on with the state. Karen is also advocating a strict gift ban limit for elected officials and to subject the legislature to the same open records laws as all others elected officials are under.

Karen is a threat to shake up the status quo and the failed policies and politicians of the past. And Nathan Deal knows that....as we get closer to the Primary, and he grows more desperate, we expect his attacks to continue.