Evangelical group plans nearly $20 million push ahead of midterms
Source: The Hill
An influential conservative evangelical group is ramping up its spending on efforts to defend Republican majorities in the November midterms.
The Faith and Freedom Coalition, which invested heavily during the 2016 elections, plans to spend nearly $20 million on a voter turnout effort to protect GOP majorities in the fall.
“We are going to make a bigger effort in 2018 than we did in 2016," said Ralph Reed, the chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition.
“We think our people are going to come, but we also think their people are going to come and they are going to come in really big numbers. This is going to be hard fought.”
Reed estimated that the group will make 180 million voter contacts through digital outreach, knocking on people's doors and making phone calls, sending texts, emails and physical mail.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/391455-evangelical-group-plans-nearly-20-million-push-ahead-of-midterms
Lets remind our readers of one Ralph Reed.................shall we.................
https://www.gq.com/story/ralph-reed-gop-lobbyist-jack-abramoff
My favorite about lets face it he is a fraud...................
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/09/the-deceptions-of-ralph-reed/63568/
And this p-retty much sums up Ralph Reed...............
https://www.thenation.com/article/devil-inside/
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Since this is what passes for discussion, I'm done responding to you people. Not even a frickin' link.
Not only is your heading offensive, I don't know how you made that jump. I wasn't trying to change your mind, I was encouraging debate, not putting up a poll. There are pros and cons to taxing churches, but taxing them is not going to solve the problem of them spending their money to influence elections.
Matthew 22:21 - Jesus said "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and to God the things that are God's."
Even Jesus paid the tax....
Matthew 17...
24 After they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your Teacher pay the two drachmas?”
25 “Yes,” he answered. When Peter entered the house, Jesus preempted him. “What do you think, Simon?” He asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their own sons, or from others?”
26 “From others,” Peter answered. “Then the sons are exempt,” Jesus declared.
27 “But so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for you and Me.”
Better now? 
How much more political do they have to be for the IRS to wake up?
And the last thing we want to do is poke *THAT* hornet's nest - it would be political suicide for us. 
Yes this really happened - and I wouldn't be surprised in the least if the other organizations pulled this shit since they are drunk with power right now and they won't give it up easily. 
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/heres-how-focus-on-the-family-convinced-the-irs-to-call-it-a-church/
TPTB were very effective in convincing people that they didn't want their taxes spent on elections. It has cost us so much more. Stupid, stupid Americans. We are now caught up in a perpetual election cycle. I'm not sure our Representatives do anything but campaign, since their terms are so short. No matter your seat, national or state level, as soon as you get in office, one of your major objectives is to find money to campaign for the next election. Basically, the people pay our reps to spend a good share of their time marketing themselves for their next term, & accepting bribes, in exchange for the money to do so. 
allegiance.
I seem to be wrong about almost everything these days, but, I guess we'll see.
