Georgia GOP Ask: Is Reed Worth The Gamble? Ralph Reed must be receiving punishment from God for his wickedness.
There's just no other explanation that's consistent with all of his
former success being brought by God.
Jesusistani leaders are well known for adultery, pedophilia, incest,
beastiality, procuring, and membership in the successor organizations
that sprang from the demise of the Klan.
But perhaps more than anything, Jesusistani leaders are greedy almost
to a man. Their alleged fealty to Jesus gives them control over large
groups of people, and large collection plates. Ralph, of course, was
nearly the king of that particular game, squeezing money out of
everyone from Microsoft to Aunt Mabel. But Ralph, like most of his
peers in the Jesusistani leadership, apparently never bothered to read
enough of his Bible to note the warnings about the worship of money.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
reports that Reed's fundraising is lagging behind his
no-name-recognition opponent, and that the bulk of the monies raised by
Reed over the last six months have been from out-of-staters.
Reed has support from only 5 of Georgia's top pols, to his opponent
State Sen. Casey Cagle's 63 -- out of a total pool of 133 Republican
lawmakers in the state capital.
And to make matters worse for Reed, even his supporters are saying things like this: "We don't need another four years of ethics inquiries." and "What should have been a shoo-in is a tough uphill battle." Ouch.
Documents
released by the committee also shed light on Abramoff's relationship
with Reed, currently a candidate for lieutenant governor in Georgia.
The committee included Reed in its investigation after learning that
Abramoff and Scanlon paid him to lobby the Texas Legislature to close
the Tigua tribe's casino in El Paso. The Tigua tribe had paid Scanlon
roughly $4 million to help it win back a casino license.
"On the
political front, did Ralph spend all the money he was given to fight
this _ or does he have some left?" Scanlon asked Abramoff in an e-mail,
the subject of which is blacked out on the documents released by the
committee.
"That's a silly question! He 'spent' it all the
moment it arrived in his account. He would NEVER admit he has money
left over," Abramoff e-mailed Scanlon. "Would we?
Oh yeah.
That's some ethical company to be keeping, now isn't it? Of course,
Reed can blame it all on Abramoff and company and claim to be duped,
right? It was never about the money for Ralphie Reed, right? Well...erm...Ralph's own words and actions tell a different story.
"I
need to start humping in corporate accounts," Reed wrote to Abramoff in
1998. "I'm counting on you to help me with some contacts."...
Reed
also depended on Abramoff to help his political campaigns. In one
e-mail exchange in 2001, he asked Abramoff to contribute to his
successful bid to become state Republican chairman in Georgia. When
Abramoff asked where to send the donation, Reed joked, "The actual
committee is `The Reed Family Retirement and Educational Foundation.'
The address is 200 Bay Drive, Grand Cayman, BCI, R59876."
Well,
praise the Lord and pass the collection plate, that's a pretty damn
good retirement scam. (Reed says he was joking, just FYI. Some joke.
I'm sure the Tiguas think it's hilarious.) Kind of tough to claim you
didn't know where the money was coming from when there's a big, long
e-mail trail, isn't it? Hypocrisy much?
I find it of passing interest that the Brothers Robertson and Falwell
are not in front of a camera condemning the ties to gambling.
Condemnation is what they are good at (Cities of Dover and New Orleans,
heads of state Clinton, Chavez and Sharon, gays, etc.) and they are
dead set against gambling. As a child, I was not allowed to play any
kind of card games.
Remember Esau? And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee,
with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name
called Edom. And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.And Esau
said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this
birthright do to me? And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware
unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau
bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up,
and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright. (KJV) Genesis 25:
30-34
Trading birthright for profit, gentlemen? Greedy Reedy is the worst kind of hypocrite. The former director of The
Christian Coalition bilked mucho moolah out of his faithful followers
with the promise to stem the creeping encroachment of gambling. All the
while taking lots of smarmy dough from Jack 'the ripoff', Abramoff the
would be casino king of the Indian gambling interests.
Jesusistani leaders are well known for adultery, pedophilia, incest,
beastiality, procuring, and membership in the successor organizations
that sprang from the demise of the Klan.
