So pretty boy Reed has been sidelined! He's had a very long run in the South lining up the Jesus freaks to his causes quite successfully! However, when you sit at the right hand of God you are expected to be squeaky clean - and I guess, the poor boy was tempted. After all, we're all sinners aren't we? - I read that somewhere.
I've been well aware of Reed for years but I certainly haven't kept up with southeastern politics other than that they have similar ideologies to the Hesbolah.
Thus I browsed around and found a piece on Sen. Casey Cagle, Reed's victorious opponent in the race for Lt. Gov. of GA. It seems that it is no wonder that the Georgia real estate mogul won! After all - even though southerners talk funny, many of them are actually intelligent. (The most interesting article is after the following main post below -- even down to:
Today's Deep Thought:
Better not take a dawg on the space shuttle, 'cause if he sticks his head out when you're comin' home his face might burn up.
Conservative Reed concedes in Georgia primary
By Matthew Bigg
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Ralph Reed, a poster boy for the U.S. Christian right who helped promote the rise of Republican political power in the 1990s, conceded defeat in Georgia on Tuesday in a primary race for Lieutenant Governor.
Georgia state Sen. Casey Cagle defeated Reed [swamped] in large part because he was unable to shake off links to convicted Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff, making Reed the Abramoff scandal's first electoral casualty.
Reed's role as former leader of the Christian Coalition, and his reputation as a clean-cut conservative with a talent for grass-roots organizing made him an early favorite in his first run at elected office. It also attracted national interest in the race.
But his campaign was undermined by accusations of corruption in a series of Cagle TV ads highlighting Reed's links to Abramoff, who pleaded guilty in January to charges of fraud, tax evasion and bribery. [Who said nobody watches TV?]
"Tonight my candidacy for lieutenant governor comes to an end," Reed said in a speech quoted by the WXIA-TV Atlanta station. Cagle later accepted the Republican nomination.
Merle Black, politics professor at Atlanta's Emory University, told Reuters defeat would effectively "end his (Reed's) career as an office seeker." [Maybe he could go to Hollywood and become a model!]
With 60 percent of the votes counted, Cagle had 56 percent, while Reed at 44 percent, according to the WSB-TV Web site at 10:45 p.m. EST.
Cagle's attacks focused on a U.S. Senate Indian Affairs committee report on Abramoff last month that said Reed, in work as a lobbyist, rallied Christian conservatives to stop gambling initiatives. But it said that work was in part funded by competing gambling interests represented by Abramoff.
A recent Cagle ad said Reed took millions of dollars from Abramoff to help casinos. Reed and Abramoff are longtime friends and business partners. Reed has not been charged over the case and denies wrongdoing.
Reed led the Christian Coalition from 1989 to 1997, served as chairman of the Georgia Republican Party in 2002 and worked as southeast regional chairman for U.S. President George W. Bush's 2004 re-election campaign.
In a separate Democratic primary for Governor Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor held a solid lead over Secretary of State Cathy Cox, according to WXIA-TV.
And then - Ralph Reed To Casey Cagle:
I'm Gonna Get You, Sucka!
by politicalvine http://tinyurl.com/rhv5l
Rumors have it that the Ralph Reed Campaign for Lt. Governor is laying the groundwork for an all out offensive against Casey Cagle, his primary opponent.
According to an AP story, Reed stated "his campaign will soon turn to defining the differences between him and Cagle."
There are also rumors that the Reed campaign has been conducting phone polls to try to unearth what possible negatives about Cagle his campaign's research team can come-up with that would turn more people against Cagle.
At the PV, we've unearthed some of the questions likely asked by the phone pollsters from the Reed campaign. Questions like:
"As a voter concerned about public officials having a conflict of interest…
"1) If you found out that Senator Casey Cagle, who sits on the committee that regulates banking in the state of Georgia, actually possessed two entirely separate bank accounts, would you be more inclined, less inclined, or indifferent to the prospect of voting for Casey Cagle?"
"2) If you found out that Senator Casey Cagle, who claims to be a conservative Republican, ate dinner at a restaurant in Midtown Atlanta, a place known to be a haven for homosexuals and other people of diversity, would you be more inclined, less inclined, or indifferent to the prospect of voting for Casey Cagle?"
PV's Analysis: Well, you get the point…the Reed campaign is going to have to REACH to
a) find something on Cagle, and
b) since they really won't be able to find anything negative about Casey Cagle, they will make something up.
Anything, you see, to divert attention away from Ralph's obvious disease of pathologically lying about his involvement in scamming Christians into fighting for causes in which he was being paid beaucoup bucks to manipulate those Christians into doing his bidding. (awkward sentence - worse than some of mine)
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