Max Cleland and Sam Nunn were both outstanding. What has happened in Georgia is disgusting.
What on Earth did Cleland do for Georgia?
When? Do you mean as Secretary of State for 14 years? As a State Senator for four years or as a U.S. Senator for four years?
One could also argue that losing three limbs for love of country also benefitted Georgia...being that Georgia is part of the country.
But let's see. He wrote and fought for the law that makes public places in Georgia accessible to the handicapped. He was among the earliest Secretaries of State in the U.S. to fight telemarketing fraud. He also fought securities scams aimed at Georgians. He established the First Stop Business Information Center, which served thousands of Georgians seeking to start small or home-based businesses. In 1995, he enacted Motor Voter in Georgia and added a million people to the voter rolls. In 1998, he was honored as "Legislator of the Year" by the Georgia Breast Cancer Coalition. He crafted legislation to make it easier for service men and women to save for their childrens' college. He voted for a litany of measures making life better for Georgians...generic drug accessibility, state-based liability limits on medical negligence, Patients' Bill of Rights, Imposing safety inspections on Mexican-made trucks in the US, protecting gay and lesbian Georgians from hate crimes, supported microloans for small businesses, etc.
You may not like his stance on some issues, but you can't question his work ethic and his passion for making America and Georgia a better place.
His Christian testimony is also an inspiration to many people. But I realize that's not, and should not be, a legislative concern.
