Zell Miller supporting Ralph Reed?

[MGKrebs]

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/insider/index.html

"The Democrat who served longest in Georgia's No. 2 spot has lined up behind Republican Ralph Reed in the '06 race for lieutenant governor.

"Former U.S. senator Zell Miller, who served 16 years as lieutenant governor, has also written Reed a hefty check, we're told."

[RobertSeattle]

1. "longest in Georgia's No. 2 spot"

What a weird way to put things - like the Buffalo Bill boasting about how many times they went to the SuperBowl and lost...

[BamaLefty]

17. Lol, yeah it is

Zell is a complete fool.

[Oreo]

2. You mean the hypocrite casino scandal Reed?

Yeah... he's a real christian.

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

by JACK 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.

In early 2002 the Coushatta tribe of Louisiana was desperately trying to kill a planned competing casino that the rival Jena Band wanted to build in southwestern Louisiana. This new casino would have broken the Coushattas' geographical monopoly and cost the tribe--whose casino was grossing $300 million a year-- an estimated $1 billion in gambling revenue over five years. The Jena Band had hired former GOP national chairman Haley Barbour to make sure its casino compact was approved by the heavily politicized Bureau of Indian Affairs. So the Coushatta tribe, which already was in the process of paying Abramoff and Scanlon some $32 million over three years, also hired Reed, according to three witnesses and documents obtained by The Nation. This was not a crime, just furtive hypocrisy.

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[MGKrebs]

3. I wonder if Zell and Paula Abdul have the same publicist?

They both sure seem to know how to get in the news.

[RubyDuby in GA]

4. I read this today too. Question is, what are we going to do?

I like Greg Hecht and all, but he cannot and will not win against Satan's Chosen One.

I'm sure you're hearing the same things that I am, but for people outside the state, we can't find any big name people to go up against him and it looks like Casey Cagle isn't getting the press coverage to really go after him in their primary.


:scared:


ps. Krebs - sorry I didn't make it to meeting. My throat is still killing me and I've had a throbbing headache for two days. I'm ready to run my car into a median to put a stop to this.

[MGKrebs]

6. No prob Ruby.

We're almost ready. Should have a draft by next month for review.

[RubyDuby in GA]

9. Cool. You guys are awesome!

:bounce: :yourock: :headbang: :applause:
:bounce: :yourock: :headbang: :applause:
:bounce: :yourock: :headbang: :applause:
:bounce: :yourock: :headbang: :applause:
:bounce: :yourock: :headbang: :applause:

:)

[MGKrebs]

11. I would encourage you to run, except

I'm afraid you would lose your temper and kick his ass one day.

Oh, wait.

Hey Ruby, why don't you run??!! :-)

[RubyDuby in GA]

12. I am seriously contemplating a run for my state house seat

I can take the idiot that's there now. I just know I can.
I'm really giving this a once over in my mind.

A topic for discussion with the inner circle :)

[MGKrebs]

13. Wow. Cool.

Yeah, let's talk.

edit: I am in the inner circle? :-)

[RubyDuby in GA]

14. Smack dab in the middle of the inner circle

I need the wise counsel of my peeps.

[wryter2000]

5. That surprises you?

:shrug:

[MGKrebs]

8. Well, yeah.

I mean, it's one thing to say that the Dem party has drifted off a little, and I can sorta see how an ex-Marine can't bring himself to go against a wartime (P)resident, but Ralph Reed? Jeez.

Take your pick:
1. Zell really has gone off the deep end.
2. Zell is just very good at selling books.
3. Zell is a trojan horse, out to expose the ugly truth about the Republican party.

[RubyDuby in GA]

10. I'll take what's behind Door No. 1

I really don't think he's got any ulterior motives, other than to keep the book deals coming.

Asshat.

[bunkerbuster1]

15. yeah, really, I was going to say...

the ratf*cking traitor gets on national TV and craps on our Presidential candidate in prime time, and we're surprised that he'd support Evil Doughboy Reed, swindler of Indians and theiver of reproductive rights?

I'd have been astonished if Zell didn't support the bastard. Makes-me-Ralph and Zell are a perfect fit.

[RaleighNCDUer]

7. And this surprises who? nt

[Georgia_Dem]

16. Not me.

Oh, and he's clinically insane. He confirmed this with his Daily Show appearance where after eight months to reflect, he still believes that Chris Matthews harrassed him and would say again that he'd like to murder Matthews if the authorities would let him get away with it.

[DaDeacon]

18. Hey ? This is still Zig - Zag Zell!!

how do we forget who this guy really is? He's on th ewinning team, whoever they happen to be!