Saxby Chambliss wins the runoff, yet more than a week later, some are still grumbling that he and the people of Georgia who voted for him are backward hillbillies clinging to their guns and religion. (Hmm…clever. One needn’t wonder where they heard that phrase).

There are those who poke fun at Saxby’s name, calling it “redneck” or dubbing it “too deep south.” Others stand around water coolers asking one another sarcastically, “Saxby…is he that chicken guy?” as they chuckle with “know-it-all” grins. Of course, what else can one expect from arm chair political quarterbacks who, while uninvolved and detached from the action, look like champions to others when taking cheap shots? But these pontificating folks couldn’t be more misguided. 

Red, as in Republican, is again on its way to becoming the new black, and the people who voted for Saxby (and didn’t vote for Obama) are self-sufficient, hard-working folks who don’t wait around for the government to fix their problems, much less pay their bills and bail them out of their own mistakes. They are people who continue to set a precedent of the establishment created for us by our Founding Fathers—people who rally to uphold The Constitution rather than redraft it to suit government-loving,

“I need my mommy” liberals. They are fellow citizens who take personal responsibility for their own actions, good or bad, and who don’t mock the Saxby name because they know better. 

The name Saxby is of English origin, and its family crest motto translates to: Let the stone be firm. In other words, this man “ain’t no stupid hick ya’ll.” And, as someone who worked for the Saxby team and attended the events, I can tell you this respected gentleman stays true to his family motto in remaining strong in his convictions and working relentlessly to help hard-working Georgia families keep the money they earn and maintain their sovereignty and duty as responsible Americans—the people who keep America what it is, sustaining the free market, upholding and creating jobs, and paying taxes. You can’t help but feel pride when listening to Saxby speak and looking around at his supporters—folks who don’t want something for nothing and who, with Saxby by their sides, fight so Georgia families can continue to make their own choices rather than let the government make those choices for them. 

Politics aside, all people of Georgia, Republican, Democrat and Libertarian, should be pleased with the Saxby win because of the dire need to preserve diversity in Washington. He needed to win because our president-elect Obama publicized his desire to work across party lines, yet, without a Saxby victory, there would have been few lines to cross.  Justice must prevail. With a filibuster-proof Democratic majority, our nation would have been reconstructed under only one agenda for the benefit of the government-dependent, not the government-independent.  And, without fair numbers in Washington, our nation would have become more divided. As John Adams once said, "People and nations are forged in the fires of adversity."   And, as Obama recently said, "There is not a liberal America and a conservative America; there is a United States of America." Staying true to our leaders’ wisdom, we need both sides in Washington to formulate a concrete plan of action that benefits all citizens. 

Democrats want to keep people where they are, in fear and in need, as that is how they get votes. Republicans, however, are determined to follow in the footsteps of our Founding Fathers, attempting to motivate instead of coddle, raising from the bottom up and stimulating people to work, thus bolstering their abilities, confidence and drive so they don’t remain entrenched in poverty.  Lowering from the top down—from the people who already work hard and succeed to create jobs, form companies and sustain America—is larceny on the part of Democrats. Saxby doesn’t believe successful people should be punished (i.e. taxed) for their hard work any more than they already are. If everyone in America wore an educated thinking cap, regardless of his or her socioeconomical level, it would become clear this is a valiant effort on Saxby’s part to protect the Georgia taxpayer.  Lower-income earners, living in projects, for example, don’t seem to realize that these high-earning, high-tax paying individuals, paying well over 80% of the federal tax money, are the whole reason they and their families have what they have every day, including welfare, food stamps, etc., without having to do a thing for it. But sadly, in our country, overachievers are punished, and underachievers are rewarded.  Somehow, that makes sense to liberal America and those who didn’t hope for a Saxby win.   

Also important is that Saxby is without peer in trying to push forth an agenda of change…the Fair Tax. We hear so much about change, but America is too enchanted with Obama to think of it as part of the Republican agenda. And, as one of only three forward-thinking (hardly backward hillbilly) senators trying to push this bill in Washington, Saxby Chambliss is a benefit to all folks in Georgia. The Fair Tax platform is not Republican or Democrat. It is a bipartisan way to eliminate the IRS and establish a new form of taxation based on what you buy, not how much you make. That is why it’s called the Fair Tax, and it’s very fair indeed. Read “The Fair Tax” book and you will see. We should all feel fortunate to have a discerning senator who supports such a tax.

And, if all Georgians had attended a Saxby rally, in addition to doing their own research, they would understand this intuitive proposal and his inspiring position. Saxby people don’t talk about what is wrong and how they can help you. They talk about personal responsibility, limited government, fairness for all people and doing whatever necessary to let people make their own choices. Saxby voters don’t want to be slaves to the government. They are clinging alright, but not to guns and religion. Rather, to uphold the individual rights and freedoms granted to us by our Founding Fathers, privileges many Democrats seem to have forgotten.

And, while some Democrats are proud of their contempt for Saxby and his supporters, they, too, are clinging—clinging to the need to be part of something bigger than themselves called the U.S. government. It appears these people are willing to give up those rights and push them aside for government security, rather than creating that security themselves. In case you haven’t noticed, we live in a country that gives everyone the opportunity to be something other than the middle man, unless you sit around and do nothing every day. And that is what Saxby and his people know.

Those fooled by the middle man rhetoric are gullible. Democrats don’t want you to rise up for the same reason Obama doesn’t want you to make more than $250,000 per year. They want the middle-class scared, and if you try to expand your wealth, you’ll be punished by having to spread that wealth. It’s time people understand this manipulation rather than dubbing Saxby’s platform antiquated politics. Bottom line: if you want less of something, tax it. People who voted against Saxby must obviously want less of their hard-earned money, because without a Saxby win, less money would have made it to these people’s wallets, while more of it would have gone straight to the government’s pocket.

Speaking of the government, we hear how dreadful Republicans such as Saxby are because they don’t support government bailouts, etc., as they are seen as heartless and cruel. Ironically, it is Saxby along with other Republican congressmen, who are the concerned ones—those in Washington who don’t want to usurp taxpayer money to use for the government’s and other people’s boo-boos. Saxby is the one out there protecting the taxpayer; it is not the other way around.

Everybody has a horse in this race called real life, but if your horse pays taxes, then you simply cannot argue with Saxby’s outlook for Georgia and the Fair Tax, no matter your political preference. If your horse thinks otherwise, then he and the person who rode in on him help to make up the team of backward hillbillies in Georgia, not the Saxby voters.