Nathan Deal is running a Facebook Fan Challenge. If you invite 150 of your friends to join his Facebook group, you get a hat. The first 10 to invite 500 people get a fleece hoodie. The person who invites the most people gets an iPod Nano. I think it’s great that they’re running competitions within the campaign, even if that does mean bulk spamming of all your Facebook friends.
Nathan Deal is running a purely emotional campaign. There’s no substance. There’s no stance on anything. Go to his web site if you don’t believe me. There’s no list of where he stands on the important issues in the gubernatorial race. Has Deal taken a firm stance on anything in the race so far?
You can donate, be a Facebook fan, follow him on Twitter, read a couple of paragraphs that say he’s a conservative, and sign up to help. The “Deal. Real.” line is everywhere. It’s a catchy little slogan – kind of a “Yes We Can” mantra – but there’s no substance at all to this gubernatorial campaign.
He’s a Republican, so we can probably assume he’s pro-life and pro-gun. It’s dangerous assuming anything about Republicans though, because there’s a huge gap between Ron Paul and Lindsey Graham.
Where is Deal in that gap? Maybe he’ll let us know in the next Ask Nathan online chat. (I tried to register for the last one, and it wouldn’t work. So good luck with that.) Maybe I’ll hear a little about what he believes when he speaks at the Paulding Republicans meeting in January.
In the race for the Governor’s office, there are far too many candidates for somebody to be running a purely fluff, completely emotional, “feel good” campaign. There are real candidates talking about real issues, and if Deal expects to be taken seriously, he’s going to have to start saying more than “Deal. Real.” all the time.