President George W. Bush visited Atlanta on Thursday at the behest of the Georgia GOP, raising $1.5 million for state Republicans and offering his support in Governor Sonny Perdue's reelection bid. Five representatives of the UGA College Republicans, including Political Director Clint Long, were in attendance as the President addressed such policy issues as making his tax cuts permanent and listening in on international terrorists' telephone conversations.
President Bush solidly backed two former congressmen, Mac Collins of Jackson and Max Burns of Statesboro, who are running to regain seats. Collins gave his up voluntarily when he ran unsuccessfully for Senate in 2004, and is now a candidate in the newly-created District 8.
The President referred to Governor Perdue as a guy "who's done a heckuva good job as governor of the state."
"He's a fellow who's performed. He's delivered results," said Bush, specifically citing Georgia's budget surplus and the growing state economy.
President Bush spent a good deal of time on the Middle East and the struggle to help guide the nations there to democracy.
"People in the Middle East must understand when I say democracy, I don't mean American-style democracy," he said. "I mean a democracy that reflects the values and the history and the tradition of the country into which democracy is spreading. But I do believe in the universality of liberty."
In political news with a more local flavor, the President declined to take sides in GOP primary contest for lieutenant governor between Ralph Reed and state Senator Casey Cagle.
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