Goddard, just at the starting line of a campaign, is already getting close to losing his credibility.

In an 8-13-07 post entitled "Let's not get carried away General Goddard" I did some light humor concerning the credibility of Rick Goddard, noting:

Retired Major General Rick Goddard's campaign to oust Democrat Jim Marshall in the 8th Congressional District has barely begun and the man has already lost his credibility.

This past Saturday in Perry Goddard introduced Sonny Perdue as “the greatest governor Georgia’s ever had.” (InsiderAdvantage Georgia)

But I now have a real problem with the candidate's credibility. Hopefully Goddard will soon learn that once you lose your credibility in the public arena, it is very difficult to regain. He will lose his credibility with such irresponsible statements as revealed in the following post from Lucid Idiocy by Travis Fain of the Macon Telegraph:

Goddard comes out swining

This is from yesterday's Moultrie Observer.

Rick Goddard, the retired Air Force general looking to take out U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall in the 8th District, gave his opinions on a variety of issues for the article. But the top of the article focuses on the farm bill and on Marshall being absent for a recent debate on a key domestic bill coming before Congress when they go back into session.

The relevant quote:

“What’s important is we ought to have people in Congress on duty during the discussion making sure that that farm bill represents the interests of Middle Georgia. Our current congressman (Marshall) was not there. He was overseas during the debate, and I think that’s wrong."

I'd encourage you to read the whole article, because it will give you a feel for Goddard's basic positions. But I don't think Marshall's camp is too happy with the inference that he was AWOL while important business was being discussed.

Particularly since Marshall was in Afghanistan embedded with American special forces at the time.