Johnny Isakson Out!

Barrel neck lawmaker Johnny Isakson resigns leaving a senate seat up for grabs.

Johnny, Johnny!

Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA) is resigning at the end of the year. He cites his poor health as a reason for him getting out of the senate.

"After much prayer and consultation with my family an my doctors, I have made the very tough decision to leave the U.S. Senate at the end of this year. I have informed Georgia governor Brian Kemp today that I will resign my Senate seat effective December 31, 2019," Isakson said in a statement.

The 74-year old senator was easily reelected in 2016.

He went through a couple of back surgeries and fractured his ribs during a fall in his Washington, DC home.

"I am leaving a job I love because my health challenges are taking their toll on me, my family and my staff. My Parkinson's have been progressing, and I am continuing physical therapy to recover from a fall in July. In addition, this week I had surgery to remove a growth on my kidney," Isakson said.

Kemp will issue a special election to fill the remaining term of Isakson. It will probably co-exist with the incumbent who is running for reelection.

There will be two U.S. Senate seats up for grabs in the state of Georgia. Will the dirty politics of Republicans come to light?

Sen. David Purdue (R-GA) is running for reelection in a state is becoming increasingly diverse.

Stacey Abrams, a former Democratic nominee for governor is being recruited to run for the seats.

She hasn't ruled it out.

Senators from both sides of the aisle decided to praise Isakson. Remember, Isakson supported Brett Kavannaugh, the Republican tax cuts, the rollback of the Iran Nuclear Deal, investigating Hillary Clinton and James Comey and supporting the NRA.

Why should anyone praise Isakson?

He is a part of the status quo of lawmakers who continue to make our country more polarizing.

His poor health will be taken care of. He will have a lifetime pension and healthcare. He was supportive of stripping healthcare from millions of Americans. Why should any one praise him?

Because he was southern gentleman?

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and Sen. David Purdue (R-GA). Paul and Isakson are suffering medical issues and it may impact the Senate when the recess is over. Purdue is running for reelection.

Fuck that.

The Democrats are just too soft. They are praising this old fart. Even though, this old fart denied a president the opportunities to govern. They need to treat Republicans like they've been treating them.

Diss the fuck out of them.

Don't praise folks who support the Confederacy. Don't praise folks who allow that idiot Donald J. Trump strip migrants away from their children. Don't praise folks who continue to vote against sensible gun reforms laws that keep American safe. Don't praise folks who support banning Muslims, a woman's right to choice, a gay couple's right to marry and a person of color's right to not be harassed in public by white folks who have phobias. Don't praise a lawmaker who willing to strip the safety net from us. Don't praise a lawmaker who denied a sitting president a Supreme Court nominee.

Isakson represented all that I've said in this posting. He is a Republican who supports Trump. He is a Republican who demonized Barack Obama and played to a base of bigots and idiots.

He could have science help him with Parkinson's disease. But I forgot, the power of prayer can save this old fart from dying within a few years.

He became a senator in 2005 after Zell Miller retired. Miller was a far-white Democratic senator who was very vocal against fellow senator John Kerry. He became an important figure in the 2004 presidential election. Miller endorsed Republican George W. Bush for president over Kerry. Bush won reelection against Kerry.

Miller died in 2018. Isakson was also endorsed by Miller. I didn't cover Miller's death. It was a sleeper story.