Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Thesis author Buddy Kelly Moore said that Thompson "shocked and fascinated observers with hard-line approaches to law-and-order, municipal unionism, and race relations." Thompson was known nationally during his mayoral tenure for "his predilection for the flamboyan," including his opposition to school busing. Like Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi, W. Lee O'Daniel of Texas, and Jimmie Davis of Louisiana, Thompson effectively used gospel and country music in his political campaigns. When Thompson ran for governor of Georgia in 1974, he found himself as opposed as much by many of his fellow Republicans as the Democrats, who had coalesced behind George D. Busbee. Though he was called "Machine Gun" Ronnie and did not object to the epithet, there is no evidence that Thompson actually ever handled a machine gun.. }
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- Ronnie_Thompson_(Georgia_politician) footnotes "Thesis author Buddy Kelly Moore said that Thompson "shocked and fascinated observers with hard-line approaches to law-and-order, municipal unionism, and race relations." Thompson was known nationally during his mayoral tenure for "his predilection for the flamboyan," including his opposition to school busing. Like Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi, W. Lee O'Daniel of Texas, and Jimmie Davis of Louisiana, Thompson effectively used gospel and country music in his political campaigns. When Thompson ran for governor of Georgia in 1974, he found himself as opposed as much by many of his fellow Republicans as the Democrats, who had coalesced behind George D. Busbee. Though he was called "Machine Gun" Ronnie and did not object to the epithet, there is no evidence that Thompson actually ever handled a machine gun.".