Ralph Reed loses first election amid Abramoff scandal

Ledger Enquirer ^ | 07/18/2006 | GREG BLUESTEIN

[Darkwolf377]

DUmmies will post a thread saying this is the end of Bush and the Dems are on their way to victory in November.

I, on the other hand, didn't even know he was running.

[goldstategop]

A Republican won. Of course the Drive By Media wants you to think 1994 in reverse is going to happen in November. That's their strategery: talk good news down and don't mention it where possible.

(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em, Down Hezbullies.)

[over3Owithabrain]

"Casey Cagle is going to have hundreds of gay people to thank if he wins the primary today,"

Sounds like the gays are firmly behind Cagle.
He'd better be careful...

Truth be told, he and Reed would vote the same way on gay issues.

[Blessed]

The Gays in Atlanta did not cross over.They were more concerned with paying Cathy Cox back for supporting the vote on the constitutional amendment on Gay Marriage.

PS Cagle won by over 50,000 votes.

[no dems]

I've always liked Ralph Reed but, you sleep with a dog, you're gonna get fleas.

[Chesterbelloc]

Let's see, since the Republican who won tonight is also going to win in November then that would make this another one of the those Democrat "moral victories".

[VictoryGal]

Yup. Dirty players shouldn't be surprised when they lose. I'm disappointed that a man of God like Ralph acted so unethically.

[Once-Ler]

A Republican won.

You are not grasping the concept of the symbolic rat victory. True a Republican candidate won a Republican primary, but it is a symbolic victory for rats in that it does them absolutely no good...but they can feel better about it. It's like Gore won the popular vote, or look how close we were when we lost the last CA house seat, or the Kerry Alito fillibuster. Kinda like that.

[AFA-Michigan]

Famous Ralph Reed quote, delivered to pastors in Michigan: "President Bush said when he was running in 2000 that he wouldn't discriminate based on sexual orientation. If you don't like that, find another candidate."

Not exactly what his faithful back home would expect of him.

[balch3]

Outrageous. Smear politics and homosexual activists destroy a good and decent man.

[gregwest]

" I'm disappointed that a man of God like Ralph acted so unethically."

Men of God who give up the pulpit for politics effectively choose Mammon over God. They forsake the true power for the lure of a golden calf.

[EternalVigilance]

Open primaries are stupid.

Georgia Republicans, and everywhere in the country, need to get rid of them, post haste.

Why in the world would any party want their enemies choosing their nominees?

[jla]

[jla]

"Not to worry, Ralph, ol' Rudy's got your back!
Why polls show that I'm by far the most popular Republican in Georgia.
You're a shoo-in now that I've appeared on your behalf!"

[epow]

I don't know where Reed got the idea that having pro-abort, pro-homo marriage, anti-gun Giuliani campaign for him would be an advantage in GA. I voted for him because I don't like Cagle, but my wife voted for Cagle because she thnks Reed is a con artist.

[Liz]

.......my wife voted for Cagle because she thnks Reed is a con artist......

A feeling shared by many.

Looks like conservative poseur Rudy, hereafter known as the Election Killer----reinforced Reed's shady image.

[freedomlover]

"You are not grasping the concept of the symbolic rat victory. True a Republican candidate won a Republican primary, but it is a symbolic victory for rats in that it does them absolutely no good...but they can feel better about it."

I would add that this does them harm . . . they don't have Reed to hold up as their "example" of Pubbie EEEEEvil.

[linda_22003]

Your wife is a very wise woman.

[Liz]

ROTFLOL, nice caption, JLA. Here's another version of the Rudy/Ralph endorsement photo-op.

"Hey, lookit me--a cross-dressing, abortion worshipping, gay loving New York city boy.
I got all these Georgia rubes fooled. With me endorsing Ralph, he'll win in a breeze."