my father beat out the current governor of georgia sonny purdue, his friend for the senate majority position. he switched parties, and it is documented, because my father became senate majority leader. he held a press conference in front of our businesses and stated that my father was the poster child of cronieism and corruption and was the best friend of the governor then roy barnes. he ran for election. his friend then conducted an investigation on the current governor back then, roy barnes and three other top-ranking democrats. during that time, an investigation was launched at the department of professional responsibility where they had concluded that he had abused his power for helping a political friend and ally by sending out press releases to help the governor. they let him resign. no action was taken. my father's case ironically went forward. now, how could that possibly happen? but it did. now today, the same governor who said he would create an inspector general's office out of his own mouth appointed a disgraced u.s. attorney richard thompson as administrative judge for the ethic