HaHa -- Ralph Reed's Hypocrisy

[Eloriel]

I know, surprise, surprise. But this is delicious:

Ralph Reed's Gamble
by JACK NEWFIELD



http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20040712&s=newfield

When Ralph Reed was the boyish director of the Christian Coalition, he made opposition to gambling a major plank in his "family values" agenda, calling gambling "a cancer on the American body politic" that was "stealing food from the mouths of children." But now, a broad federal investigation into lobbying abuses connected to gambling on Indian reservations has unearthed evidence that Reed has been surreptitiously working for an Indian tribe with a large casino it sought to protect--and that Reed was paid with funds laundered through two firms to try to keep his lucrative involvement secret. Reed has always operated behind the scenes, and apparently he didn't want to risk becoming a humbled hypocrite like his right-wing cohorts William Bennett and Rush Limbaugh.

News accounts of the emerging scandal have focused on the two main figures under investigation: lawyer/lobbyist Jack Abramoff and Mike Scanlon, House GOP majority leader Tom DeLay's former spokesman and head of two campaign and public relations companies. But Reed has managed to slither below the media's radar--until now.

Neither he, Abramoff or Scanlon returned phone calls.

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[Mari333]

1. Oh please God, let this reach the mainstream media

The very thought of Ralph Reed biting the big one in all this just warms my soul.

[oasis]

3. Reed launched the ad campaign that cost Max Cleland his senate seat. The

Kerry people will be on top of this.

[Eloriel]

6. I'm not a betting woman, but I'd bet big against that

The Kerry campaign doesn't strike me as particularly gutsy. But I hope you're right.

[blm]

2. This was a HUGE issue for the Christian right in South Carolina.

Would a SC newspaper only have the guts to tell the true story of these LYING HYPOCRITES.

[nixonwasbetterthanW]

4. Reed is Southeast director of Bush campaign

Kerry-Edwards ought to quietly feed this to responsible media outlets in the South.

Newfield appears to have a couple of smoking guns in his possession ... wonder whether Ralph will try to wriggle out of it by saying "Louisiana Project Mgmt. Fee" had to do with promoting bayou music or some such b.s.

Ralph Reed is slime personified.

[IcyPeas]

5. kick

[newyawker99]

12. Hi IcyPeas!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[NewJeffCT]

7. wow, keep this kicked

I love it when smarmy hypocrites get their come-uppance (sp?)

[devilgrrl]

8. Ralph Reed - Closet Case O-Rama!

Let's be honest people. This guy is gayer than Christmas.

[nixonwasbetterthanW]

9. dead-on, devilg ...

NOT that there's anything wrong with it, or that we should comment on it

...

unless you're a stark-raving hypocrite!

[Octafish]

11. Ralph loves money -- including ENRON money.

With all DU respect: Doesn't he have to actually LOVE somebody to be gay? I mean, other than himself?

From what I can see, besides his own pimply hide, all that Ralphie loves are MONEY and POWER. Sounds Satanic, really.

FEC: Ralph Reed's Enron Deal Worth More than Half a Million
Tuesday, March 11, 2003

WASHINGTON — In a controversy that touched White House political adviser Karl Rove, Enron Corp. signed contracts with GOP consultant Ralph Reed worth more than half a million dollars, the Federal Election Commission revealed in a ruling.

Enron paid Reed, the former Christian Coalition leader, about $300,000 before the energy company's collapse.

SNIP...

In dismissing a complaint against Rove and the Bush-Cheney presidential campaign, the FEC disclosed that the Enron-Reed ties involved far more money than has previously been reported.

SNIP...

Reed collected about $200,000 from two earlier Enron contracts beginning in 1997 as Bush prepared a bid for president and then ran, the FEC ruling disclosed.

CONTINUED...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,80743,00.html

[arwalden]

14. Only Those Closeted Queers Who Fight AGAINST Queers...

should be outed. Everyone's entitled to their privacy, but not to unbridled hypocrisy.

I have my suspicious, but I'd want irrefutable evidence before making a blatant accusation.

-- Allen

[Swamp Rat]

10. Holy Fundie Shit Batman!

I already TOLD everybody they are alien lizards! They're here to plunder all our resources, pollute the planet and kill us off.

grok

[arwalden]

13. Most Excellent

[donhakman]

15. Shocked Shocked I say

I had no idea a fundamentalist christian would extort money from gambling.

[against all enemies]

16. Shit don't stick to these assholes.

And the news will never report it.

[Beaverhausen]

17. SWEET!!!

I love it when their hipocracy is brought to light.

[Swamp Rat]

18. Kick because this is more important than meets the eye.