The Georgia Hour, episode 182: Georgia’s Dirty Secrets – Will Kemp’s Weasels Finally Get Busted?!

In this fiery episode of The Geor­gia Hour (broad­cast from Stu­dio C on Fri­day, Octo­ber 17, 2020, on Voice of Rur­al Amer­i­ca), host BKP deliv­ers a no-holds-barred rant on Geor­gia’s lin­ger­ing 2020 elec­tion con­tro­ver­sies, Repub­li­can infight­ing, and the high-stakes 2026 races, while wrap­ping up the week with calls to action for lis­ten­ers. BKP bids a tem­po­rary farewell to Stu­dio C (promis­ing a return to Stu­dio A on Mon­day). He kicks off by agree­ing with a view­er’s gripe about unchanged gro­cery prices despite claims of eco­nom­ic wins, then dives head­first into the meat of Geor­gia pol­i­tics.

Core Focus: The Unre­solved 2020 “Stolen Elec­tion” Saga

BKP lam­basts Geor­gia’s GOP lead­er­ship for fail­ing to address the alleged 2020 elec­tion theft after four years, call­ing out Gov­er­nor Bri­an Kemp for gloss­ing over it, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones (despite Trump’s endorse­ment) for reluc­tant­ly admit­ting he’d have cer­ti­fied the results per the state con­sti­tu­tion, and Sen­ate Major­i­ty Leader Greg Dolezal (“Greg the Weasel”) for his per­for­ma­tive “super MAGA” pos­tur­ing while head­ing a tooth­less com­mit­tee grilling DA Fani Willis. He hails Pres­i­dent Trump as the only fig­ure with the “guts and courage” to out­right declare the elec­tion stolen, ref­er­enc­ing Trump’s recent com­ments urg­ing a deep dive into Ful­ton Coun­ty’s sealed bal­lots (a “trea­sure trove” exceed­ing the 11,780-vote mar­gin). BKP ques­tions putting an aster­isk on 2020 and mov­ing on, insist­ing it’s a lit­mus test for can­di­dates. He spot­lights the AJC arti­cle on the 2026 Sec­re­tary of State race to replace Brad Raf­fensperg­er: chal­lengers like Gabe Ster­ling (a 2020 defend­er), Ver­non Jones (hints at “irreg­u­lar­i­ties” with­out full com­mit­ment), Kelvin King, and Tim Flem­ing must clar­i­fy stances on decer­ti­fy­ing Domin­ion machines, revert­ing to paper bal­lots, and avoid­ing law­suits against coun­ty boards. BKP demands the next SOS out­line a clear vot­ing sys­tem plan—ideally hand-count­ed paper ballots—warning against elec­tron­ic pit­falls like tab­u­la­tors or e‑poll books, and slams Raf­fensperg­er for block­ing a PSC race paper-bal­lot test run.

Repub­li­can Hypocrisy and “Weasel” Exposés

BKP turns scorch­ing on Dolezal, mock­ing his four-page MAGA-brand­ed mail­er as pho­ny while reveal­ing a damn­ing pho­to of Dolezal pos­ing at a par­ty with Ful­ton Coun­ty Com­mis­sion Chair Rob Pitts—the very Demo­c­rat-led enti­ty that’s stonewalled bal­lot audits and oust­ed elec­tion integri­ty watch­dogs like Julie Adams and Jason Fra­zier. “How in the hell can you send me a MAGA mail­ers and take this pic­ture?” BKP thun­ders, dub­bing Dolezal a “frig­gin’ weasel” unfit for Lt. Gov. He also rips into ex-GOP oper­a­tive Den­nis Futch (Colquitt Coun­ty GOP chair and state rur­al vot­er task force head), expos­ing vul­gar text threats against Sher­iff Rod How­ell, Coun­ty Attor­ney Lester Castil­lo, and pos­si­bly State Sen. Sam Wat­son over block­ing a local assem­bly. “You’re dead in the eff­ing water… Just try me.” BKP urges the Geor­gia GOP to con­demn and oust Futch imme­di­ate­ly, warn­ing of media fall­out, and con­trasts his “Chris­t­ian moral father/grandfather” Face­book facade with the ugli­ness. A lighter (if sar­cas­tic) aside: a weepy “Poor lit­tle Deb­bie Dooshi” with her “Geor­gians suf­fer­ing” sign on street cor­ners since “the frost” (a jab at emo­tion­al pol­i­tick­ing).

Bud­get Bloat, Tax­es, and “No Cuts” Cow­ardice

Shift­ing to fis­cal fury, BKP demands can­di­dates address Geor­gia’s $10B bud­get explo­sion in four years and $14.6B reserves with­out “cuts”—politicians dodge the word, opt­ing for senior prop­er­ty tax relief that mere­ly shifts bur­dens. He cheers fed­er­al DOGE-style job cuts (10,000 posi­tions) but calls out state bloat, propos­ing total tax exemp­tions at 65: “You worked your ass off… no tax” on cars, shoes, or any­thing. Cit­ing a Geor­gia Supreme Court chief jus­tice’s doubts on “fees” skirt­ing tax caps (a 100+ year loop­hole), BKP blasts coun­ties and school boards for unchecked spend­ing amid 14.6% growth match­ing the state. He chal­lenges guber­na­to­r­i­al hope­fuls to curb the gov­er­nor’s office pow­er and intro­duce anti-fee leg­is­la­tion, not­ing even Democrats/Indies (the “silent Tea Par­ty”) hate end­less tax­ing dis­guised as “renewals.”

PSC Race Urgency and Broad­er 2026 Warn­ings

With ear­ly vot­ing under­way (two weeks to Nov. 4), BKP warns Repub­li­cans own the all-GOP Pub­lic Ser­vice Com­mis­sion (since 2003)—blame them for six Geor­gia Pow­er rate hikes since 2023 ($43 res­i­den­tial bill spike). A $2.2M Geor­gia Con­ser­va­tion Vot­ers ad blitz (dig­i­tal, mail, raisedyourbill.com) tar­gets incum­bents Tim Echols and Fitz John­son for util­i­ty cozi­ness; BKP gripes 7/10 peo­ple who’ve met Echols dis­like him and floats rumors of his door-knock­ers sport­ing Geor­gia Pow­er-logoed red tees (seeks pho­to proof). Despite frus­tra­tions, he push­es straight-tick­et GOP votes to secure a Repub­li­can Sen­ate seat (ditch Jon Ossoff), pro­tect the heart­beat bill, block gen­der-affirm­ing care rever­sals, and for­ti­fy against Dem mon­ey floods. Rur­al turnout is key amid over­lap­ping munic­i­pal races boost­ing Dems. He echoes Trump’s one-day vot­ing call, slam­ming Trump-pho­to mail­ers from non-sup­port­ers like Bud­dy Carter and Burt Jones—demanding clar­i­ty on same-day vot­ing, no-excuse absen­tee bans, and mail-in curbs. Teas­es watch­ing for 2026 data cen­ter tax abate­ments as a “big break” scam, and clos­es with a nod to “cer­ti­fied Geor­gia Repub­li­can Par­ty out­laws,” sign­ing off at 8 AM Mon­day with thanks to Diane and “shrimps” (inside joke?). BKP begs tips on local scan­dals (schools, fees, tax­es) via text/email, vow­ing to vet and air them.