DULUTH, Ga. --- Georgia's U.S. Senate runoff drew another big name Sunday as former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee revved up several thousand people who support a proposal to replace income tax with a national sales tax.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss' support for the "fair tax" has been a recurring theme throughout his race against Democrat Jim Martin. Democrats unleashed several TV ads during the general election attacking Mr. Chambliss for supporting it. The spots infuriated the plan's supporters, who labeled them misleading.
Mr. Huckabee on Sunday praised Mr. Chambliss as one of the few senators courageous enough to publicly back the proposal.
"This race is our best chance to keep the fires burning for the fair tax, and we are not going to squander this opportunity," Mr. Huckabee told the crowd in suburban Atlanta.
On Sunday, Mr. Martin released a new ad hammering Mr. Chambliss on the economy, and Martin spokesman Matt Canter assailed Mr. Chambliss for promising to be a roadblock to Democratic President-elect Barack Obama's economic plans.
"Jim Martin is campaigning on a middle class tax cut and he is pledging to work with Barack Obama to deliver middle class tax relief," Mr. Canter said.
Mr. Martin's campaign will get its own dose of star power when former President Clinton comes to Atlanta on Wednesday.
Former Republican presidential candidate John McCain already made a trip to Georgia promoting Mr. Chambliss in the Dec. 2 runoff. Former Massachusetts Gov, Mitt Romney is scheduled to stump with him Friday.
Mr. Huckabee, an ordained Baptist minister, won Georgia's Feb. 5 presidential primary and was one of the last Republicans standing in the race. The former Arkansas governor urged the crowd to get their friends and neighbors to the polls.
"You keep dogging them 'til they've actually gone out and voted," he said.
He quipped that Republicans who stumble across any Martin backers should "let the air out of their tires."
Comments
Two more "good ole rich boys" just trying to tell us lower and middle class idiots what to do and trying to be our friends. Yeah thats what we need some rich guy advice! I wonder what the states are going to do about a flat tax? I guess in our case we could either raise it to make up for the loss in federal money, or close thingds like Interstate 20 or turn it into a toll road! Do people really believe that Chambliss has their best interest at heart?
FAIR tax dissman not flat tax...........barry just happens to be a rich boy too..and he is going to screw you over good and you will not even see it coming ...until its all over..good luck.
Dissman I couldn't agree with you more. We must urge people to get out and vote in the runoff GA will continue to suffer and lag behind with crooks like Saxby, Sonny, and Johnny up there.
People who disagree with the Fair Tax obviously haven't taken the time to study the subject. It's workable and extremely FAIR - more so than our current multiple tax system. I, for one, am sick and tired of paying additional hidden taxes on top of what I am already paying, and the 'middle class tax cut' isn't going to help my middle class wallet one bit unless all the other taxes are cut as well. I am happy to see there are still some people in Washington who are willing to keep the Fair Tax idea alive. It's an idea whose time has definitely come.
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