[from occupied ga]

There’s just something about power that turns principled men and women into tyrants.

Who says they were principled to start with? Some are, but I know enough current and former members of the GA general assembly to know that those who are truly principled hang on to their core beliefs and don't dive into the government mentality once they get elected. The late Bobby Franklin was a close personal friend, and he NEVER lost sight of who he was. Likewise Brian Joyce.

[ExSoldier]

What about Zell Miller? From what I've heard he's the only RAT representative who was (he either was voted out or voluntarily left politics) truly a "Dixie-crat" meaning the Dems probably looked at him as a Dem In Name Only (DINO version of RINO).