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Our election season is not over, Georgia is having a runoff election for the US senate. There is a clear choice in this senate race. Senator Chambliss seems to be a man without honor. In the 2002 election he ran against Max Cleland, and won by a narrow margin. How he “won” illustrates the evil that elections often celebrate.

Max Cleland is an American hero. Max served honorably during the Vietnam war and lost three limbs while serving his country. Max suffered the pain of surgical procedures, the emotional stress of adjusting to his damaged body, and the fatiguing work of extensive physical and occupational therapy. Max earned the title of patriot.

Chambliss artfully dodged the draft. Through many deferments, Saxby avoided military service and while Max worked to rebuild his body and his life, Chambliss moved up the ladder of “success”. While Max believed “country first”, Saxby practiced “me first”. Chambliss’s selfish attitude continues in his life.

In 2002, Saxby challenged Max for the US Senate. After waging a losing campaign for awhile, Saxby decided to smear Max. Chambliss paid for a fancy video that called Max a traitor and attempted to link him with our nations’ enemies. None of the claims against Max were true, but enough people questioned Max’s patriotism that he lost in a close election.

Will Georgia return such a man to the US Senate? I can’t see any “real” American reelecting a man without honor. Hopefully, Georgia will send a message: “do not dishonor our veterans.”