Georgia's "Pay-to-Play" Swamp – Why Your Favorite Candidates Are Doomed!

In this fiery October 8, 2025 episode of The Georgia Hour on Voice of Rural America, host BKP unleashes a no-holds-barred takedown of Georgia's entrenched political corruption, framing it as a "pre-packaged" system rigged by Governor Brian Kemp, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, Speaker Jon Burns, and a shadowy "leadership PAC" cabal that funnels mountains of cash to handpick candidates for statehouse seats, congressional districts, and beyond. BKP stresses he didn't create this beast but refuses to cheerlead for it, urging listeners sensitive to unvarnished truth to tune out—while begging for campaign finance reform to level the playing field, so a rancher with a horse (not $27M) can actually compete.

Kicking off with outrage over sky-high election costs—like $1M for a $85K/year State Senate seat in SD-21 (Cherokee/North Fulton)—BKP spotlights Democrat Jon Ossoff's $21M war chest as a symptom of the disease, contrasting it with splintered GOP fields where low-fundraisers like Kandiss Taylor ("red lip girl") get sidelined despite multiple runs (Senate, governor, now CD-1). He skewers Kemp-endorsed Derek Dooley ($2M from Savannah insiders, family ties to Amy Porcher Kemp) and Mike Collins ($2M, "MAGA" but tied to Brandon Phillips) as safe, moneyed picks in a crowded Senate primary, warning that pushing 3-5% "grassroots" outsiders like Reagan Box or Brig. Gen. Jonathan McColumn just splits votes and hands wins to RINOs like Jim Kingston (CD-1, "should not be" re-elected despite weak opposition).

BKP pivots to the Georgia GOP's internal rot under Chair Josh McKoon, accusing him of "checking out" and turning the party into a "dictatorship" via rigged conventions. Diving into FEC reports, he exposes lavish spending: $12K+ on handheld "clicker" voting devices to "secure" McKoon's reelection (despite Trump's paper ballot push, echoing 2016-style overrides); $57K+ to Kansas City's Garrison Management for "fundraising consulting" (with zero visible results); $12K+ on security firms tied to McKoon's wife Jacqueline; and a jaw-dropping $17.8K private jet from West Palm Beach for Steve Bannon's keynote (plus suite, meals, and undisclosed fee—while county GOPs scrape for $100 social media budgets). BKP alleges McKoon's ambitions (eyeing RNC chair via Michael Whatley ties) fuel cronyism, like $2.2K steak lunches at Blue Ridge Grill and funneling social media to Turning Point USA.

A deep dive into the Frost family reveals long-standing investments in McKoon—$3.5K in his 2018 SoS run, plus unreported "under-the-table" cash potentially swaying his chair race against David Cross and fiery redhead challenger (whom Frosts allegedly sabotaged to protect their influence). BKP ties this to ongoing lawsuits (GOP still owes legal bills for Schafer, Lathem, etc.) and a "revenge mode" post-2024 convention where grassroots wins (his own vice chair, Amy Kramer's) triggered manipulations. He calls out the Frosts' convention "jobs and assignments" to rig outcomes, questions unrefunded clicker costs, and demands transparency on why $1.8M in the bank doesn't trickle to counties or debt payoff.

Wrapping with reluctant props for allies like Scott Howard's Substack exposés (on Greg "the Weasel" and Houston Gaines) and Bill Quinn at Georgia Record—plus a shoutout to Hank Sullivan's Forsyth County commissioner bid—BKP ends unapologetically: Miracles can beat money, but without a governor vowing to axe leadership PACs and decertify electronic voting machines Day 1, Georgia's snakehead (campaign finance) festers. He invites hate mail but insists it's all verifiable—urging voters to connect the dots before Dooley or Ossoff-types dominate. Raw, rambling, and relentlessly truth-telling, this hour-long vent is BKP at his live-wire best (or worst, if you're in the crosshairs).