September 28, 2006

Another Day, Another YouTube Moment

It's not quite Macaca-gate, but YouTube has struck again. Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue (R) flashed his temper at a local CBS reporter 9/26 and cameras were rolling -- specifically those operated by LG Mark Taylor's (D) staff.

The footage shows an irritated Perdue telling reporter Wendy Saltzman that she "might want to think about some other markets -- like Chattanooga and Columbia and Tallahassee and those kinds of things."

Saltzman had asked about cuts to some health care programs, according to a source with Taylor's campaign, while Perdue was discussing proposed tax breaks for biofuel producers. After Perdue turned to another questioner, Saltzman tried again. Perdue, once again: "I'm sorry dear. You know, if you can't get answers, you might think about another market."

You can see the video here.

"The governor was being dismissive of a reporter's question that had been asked multiple times and answered multiple times," Derrick Dickey, a spokesperson for Perdue's campaign, told The Hotline. Other GA press has yet to report on the incident. [REID WILSON]

Posted at 02:49 PM

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