I’ve always been conservative. I dabbled in Democrat politics in 1988, but everyone in Georgia was a Democrat. Since, I’m a work from the inside person and the Democratic Party was changing, I thought the best way to find out where I fit in was to work on a campaign. So I volunteered for the Dukakis campaign and the convention in Atlanta.
Also, at that time, I heard a speech by Newt Gingrich on C-Span and I started questioning and reading and I realized I was a conservative. Many of us were making that same change at that time. It’s funny, I’ve had politicians use this story against me, but two of the most accomplished people in the GOP in Georgia, former Gov. Nathan Deal and Sec. Sonny Perdue, have similar stories in that time frame. We were going through much the same things.
I came to the realization conservative values of smaller government, lower taxes, less regulation and more were better for me and for women overall and I’ve been a proud conservative woman ever since. I know it feels like we aren’t adhering to those values right now, but they are still there.
I’ve been happy to help candidates and causes on the conservative side. Today, I am a conservative strategist and communications specialist as well as broadcasting every day. I ran for office in 2012. I had people comment about my hair, my clothes, challenge my beliefs and use really bad pictures of me and I was prepared for all of it, but it was still unfair and I’m pretty sure men don’t have to deal with having their hair and clothes critiqued unless you are President Trump.
In this cycle, Sen. Kelly Loeffler has simultaneously had her intelligence challenges by being called “Buckhead Barbie,” while at the same time being accused of being an evil genius on her finances. They’ve commented on her hair, her clothes, her success, her husband and her integrity with nothing to back it up. The biggest point in the challenge on her finances is all the information was provided by her in a matter of course and as a part of scheduled and regular disclosures. Several male senators and a Democratic female senator were all implicated for the same thing, but the focus is on her—a conservative woman.
This week, State Senator Renee Unterman had an anonymous mailer sent out commenting on her looks, called her a bimbo and attacked her integrity. I talked to her about it here.
Being a woman and a conservative is not only looked at by the progressive left who controls the media as vile, a betrayal of her sex and being on “the wrong side of history” but also, Republican men give lip service to inclusion, but don’t follow through. I’m tired of it.
Thankfully, Gov. Brian Kemp is continuing the work that Gov. Nathan Deal started in making appointments more inclusive. Appointing the most diverse group of people Georgia has ever seen. We are making a step in the right direction.
If you want to comment on my positions, fine, but don’t be a sexist about it.
