And this is one.

Fleming's Franklin County chairman resigned from the campaign today, citing Fleming's negative campaigning against Rep. Paul Broun. Bust out your Bible and read this:

Barry, Brian and Campaign Staff,

I told you when we first met that I would be happy to work for the Fleming campaign in Franklin County, GA as the individual assigned to do so by the leadership of the Franklin County Republicans. I also told you that you would have all my support and efforts provided that you did not go negative by bringing up the past against Paul Broun. It appears now that you have done so. Therefore I resign as the Franklin County Chairman for the Fleming for Congress campaign.

Paul Broun’s re-election campaign released another internal poll Monday touting the congressman’s huge lead.

Broun leads Republican primary opponent Barry Fleming 80-15, has an 81 percent approval rating and 97 percent name recognition, compared to Fleming’s 58 percent. The poll of 300 district residents was conducted by the Tarrance Group and has 5.8 percent margin of error.

The poll’s accompanying memo also says that Fleming’s negative campaign tactics – otherwise known as questioning Broun’s voting record – have backfired.

I still don’t believe these numbers, but there they are.

Barry Fleming implies that Paul Broun is in favor of child molestation. Broun responds by calling Fleming something even worse – a Democrat.

Broun issued a response today to Fleming’s TV ad portraying Broun as soft on child molesters. In it, Broun points out that Fleming has worked for two Democratic congressmen, and says his primary challenge is playing into the hands of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (who’s replaced Hillary Clinton as Republicans’ ur-bitch) by diverting funds from other tight races.

U.S. Rep. Paul Broun hates children.

At least, that’s the case GOP challenger Barry Fleming makes in his latest ad, available on YouTube and airing district-wide beginning this morning.

Fleming chastises Broun for voting against H.R. 2517, a bill authorizing funding for missing children; H.R. 3845, which creates a task force to address online child pornography; and H.R. 3791, which requires Internet service providers to report users who upload child pornography. Text, voting records, debate transcripts and summaries are available here if anyone’s interested.

In all three cases, Broun was one of only two or three congressmen to vote against the bills. In the case of H.R. 3791, the SAFE Act, Broun has said he believes it is unconstitutional.

Jim Martin is leading in the polls. Who cares where he stands on the issues?

I’ve received three e-mails this week from the former state human resources commissioner’s U.S. Senate campaign. Two touted an internal poll showing in the lead in the Democratic primary, and one both touted the poll and asked me for money. I will contribute my two cents.

Martin leads DeKalb CEO Vernon Jones – who, like Martin, hasn’t seen fit to visit this liberal bastion, but who does have a billboard in Jackson County – 21 percent to 16, with the other 693 candidates in single digits. Apparently the campaign is planning on a runoff, because they polled for that, too: Martin leads 31-25.

Martin says in the accompanying press release: “I’ll fight to make the economy work for the middle class and, as a veteran, I know we need to do a better job of taking care of our troops.”

Bobby Saxon serves in the Georgia National Guard. And did he mention he was in Iraq? Also, he is a major.

Saxon, not to be confused with fictional presidential candidate Matt Santos, reported for a mandatory two-week National Guard training session at Fort Dix over the weekend and sent out a press release about it, taking the opportunity to highlight some of Paul Broun’s votes and Barry Fleming’s lack of military experience.

U.S. Rep. Paul Broun is still up in the polls, but his margin of victory has shrunk to just 55 percent.

It looks like Broun is going to win in July and again in November, but I’m having a hard time swallowing a 55-point victory. Broun’s campaign released another internal poll today saying 68 percent of voters preferred him over Republican challenger Barry Fleming, who garnered just 13 percent. That’s a 3 percent drop for Broun and a two-point pickup for Fleming since the last internal poll Team Broun released a couple months ago.

Now more than ever, Paul Broun doesn’t want teh gays to marry. There was a brief in the paper the other day, but here is the full spin:

“Marriage as an institution exists solely between one man and one woman,” said Broun. “Americans have traditionally recognized this definition as being the most beneficial arrangement for the creation of stable family structures and for the upbringing of children. In fact, Americans have repeatedly shown their preference for the traditional definition of one-man, one-woman marriage by passing State and Federal laws or by amending State constitutions to preserve the traditional definition.”

Stopped into a church
I passed along the way
Well I got down on my knees
'Cause they were marryin' gays

As many readers no doubt already heard, the California Supreme Court recently legalized same-sex marriage.

No right-thinking Georgia Republican could let this pass. Gays + California = an election-year gift from God. Of course, He disapproves of both, but the Lord works in mysterious ways. What’s a few Adam and Steves on the Left Coast if you can drum up support at the ballot box in the flyover states? Heck, maybe Hillary will divorce Bill and marry Nancy Pelosi. And maybe Jeremiah Wright will officiate. Then the GOP could really go to town.

Your check is still in the mail.

Apparently in response to Barry Fleming playing up Paul Broun's unorthodox opinions on the constitutionality of Social Security (no word yet on his views on the Tennessee Valley Authority or the eight-hour workday), Broun is hard at work making sure voters know he's not about to gut America's most treasured entitlement.

Broun has signed on to H.R. 2158, a bill that would exempt Social Security income from federal taxes. In the press release, he reiterated his stances that tax-and-spenders (he counts Fleming as one) are raiding the trust fund, and that the best way to protect it is to let workers control how their contributions are handled.

He mentioned during the debate Saturday that he also plans to drop a bill allowing young people to put their Social Security payments toward buying a house.