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Ray McBerry: March 2010

Ray McBerry

Two Georgia Gov Candidates Were Accused Of Inappropriate Behavior With Female Students

Zachary Roth | March 18, 2010, 12:00PM


Carl Camon and Ray McBerry, Democratic and Republican candidates for governor of Georgia

What's the matter with Georgia? Two long-shot candidates in the state's governor's race were suspended as school-teachers after allegations of inappropriate conduct with female high-school students.

One of those, Republican Ray McBerry, leads a Georgia secessionist group and is hovering around 2 percent in GOP primary polls. McBerry already last weekend issued a hilarious pre-emptive denial of those charges -- as well as several others. The other, Democrat Carl Camon, is the mayor of Ray City, and polls around 2 percent in the Democratic primary.

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Topics: Carl Camon, Ray McBerry, Sex

Ray McBerry

GOP Gov Candidate Admits Refusing To Salute Flag -- Denies Hitting On Campaign Manager, Sex With Underage Girls

Zachary Roth | March 15, 2010, 12:22PM


Ray McBerry, Republican candidate for governor of Georgia

A far-right Republican candidate for governor of Georgia has issued what must be one of the most counter-productive -- and flat-out hilarious -- denials in the history of modern political campaigning.

On Saturday, Ray McBerry sent out a lengthy statement denying that he "attempted to have an affair" with his former campaign manager; had sexual relations with under-aged girls; stole custody of his son from the son's mother (who, he noted, had tested positive for meth anyway); is no longer allowed to teach in the state; and is unpatriotic, just because he refuses to salute "the current federal flag which represents the present unconstitutional leviathan in Washington," and instead salutes the flag of Georgia and the "original Betsy Ross American flag."

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Topics: Ray McBerry, Right-wing extremism, Sex

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