Ralph Reed announces run for Lt. Gov (GA)

[Charlie Brown]

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/0205/17reed.html

Reed, who earlier this month quietly set up a fund-raising committee, declared his candidacy in an e-mail to supporters.

"After much prayer and reflection, and with a heart filled with anticipation for the bright future for our state, today I write you to announce my candidacy for the office of lieutenant governor of Georgia," Reed wrote.

[AlCzervik]

1. oh yes, bring him on!!!

there is so much to use against him.....i can't wait.

[RobertSeattle]

2. Oh you lucky Georgians!

Is it me or has Reed been keeping his mug off Cable News lately?

[KissMeKate]

3. pat robertson's son in law isnt even a native georgian.

but georgians will elect him, because he fits right in.

[serryjw]

21. Is that true? I didn't KNOW that?

My DU ga friends you all have my sympathy. Now is the time for mud slinging. He is on the top of my hit parade of people that scare the SH*T out of me.

[paineinthearse]

4. See thread in the GEORGIA forum from a couple weeks ago.

Sorry, not lbn.

[gnofg]

5. baseball

Reed lives very close to me. I have heard(can't verify) that he is an asshole at the games. Just drops his kids off and leaves. I actually don't think he will win

[flyarm]

17. self delete

[LiberalFighter]

19. Someone needs to get video

[RedEarth]

6. what a slimy piece of s... can't stand that guy

:puke:

[azndndude]

7. Has he returned the 4.2 million he took from Abramooff

He has received 4.2 million from GOP lobbyist Abramoff to drum up anti-gaming support in Texas to help close the Tigua Tribe's casino in El Paso. These scumbags were also being paid to help keep it open!!! Email him and ask if he is going to return that money to the Native Americans!

[Kool Kitty]

25. Veeerrryyy good question there.

What ever happened to that case? Why do these repig cases always seem to die without a resolution? And why is his face always so orange?

[NNN0LHI]

8. Is he going to take a bath for his run? n/t

[David Zephyr]

9. What Ralphie Was Really Saying

"After much pretense of prayer and deception, and with a heart filled with ambition..."

[David__77]

10. That fruity fundy...

I've always thought he was extremely feminine seeming. He was the "gentle" face of fundy fascism.

[piece sine]

14. doth you protesteth too much?

What is it about him, exactly, that you find so atractive? His eyes? His boyish chin? Surely something caught your eye or you wouldn't mention it.

[David__77]

16. Well, though I am gay...

...I don't personally think he's too attractive, no. But compared with his poltical mentor Pat Robertson, sure. I imagine you thought I was making a homophobic comment, but this is not the case...

[Placebo]

20. Doesn't he look cute?

:eyes:

I love this profile of him:

http://www.nndb.com/people/283/000046145

Quote:

"I want to be invisible. I do guerrilla warfare. I paint my face and travel at night. You don't know it's over until you're in a body bag. You don't know until election night." --Ralph Reed, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 9-Nov-1991 :eyes:

[solinvictus]

22. Damien from "The Omen"

all grown up.

[DFWJock]

11. CARPETBAGGER!!! CARPETBAGGER!!!!

No, wait, that's only if you're a Democrat, never mind.

[malachi]

12. Let's hope he ends up like Ralphie on the Sopranos.

Head carried out in a bowling bag.

[noamnety]

13. I just started a demopedia page for him

Please add to it.

http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/index.php/Ralph_Reed

[Emboldened Chimp]

15. self-delete

[Piperay]

18. I wonder how my atheist repuke Georgian

cousin is going to like that??? Bwahahahahaha :hurts: :nopity:

[sarcasmo]

23. This is one scary man. Are you ready to be forced into church.

[cosmicdot]

24. why, again, did Karl Rove, recommend Ralph to enron?

~just thought I'd bring it up for old time's sake~

:D

Need to nip this one in the bud before Diebold selects him to office

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-33,GGLD:en&q=enron+ralph+reed

why, again, did enron need Ralph Reed?

I don't think we've gotten to the bottom of those shennanigans ... still waiting for Ken Lay to come to trial.

Name Ralph E. Reed Jr.
Appointed To
Industry Lawyers & Lobbyists
Employer Century Strategies
Occupation Founder & President
Address Atlanta, GA
Status for 2000 Raised at least $100,000
Status for 2004 Ranger

~snip~ The Times reported in 2002 that Bush strategist and Enron stockholder Karl Rove recommended Reed’s lobby services to Enron (see Ken Lay) in 1997, when then-Governor Bush was considering a presidential run. Enron paid Reed’s firm $300,000 before it collapsed. The Federal Election Commission later rejected a complaint by the conservative Judicial Watch that alleged that these Enron payments served as a stealth conduit for the Bush campaign to buy Reed’s backing. An Enron spokesman later said the company hired Reed to conduct a covert letter writing campaign—a la Microsoft—to promote electricity deregulation in Pennsylvania. Another influential lobbyist on this issue was then-Governor Bush, who called his Pennsylvania counterpart--Pioneer Tom Ridge--on Enron’s behalf. In a memo seeking more business in October 2000, Reed shared his lobbying philosophy, writing Enron that, “it matters less who has the best arguments and more who gets heard—and by whom.” ~snip~

http://www.whitehouseforsale.org/ContributorsAndPaybacks/pioneer_profile.cfm?pioneer_ID=13

Ring-in if you see any familiar names, patterns, recurring themes, common denominators, etc.

Reed's Century Strategies website:
http://www.censtrat.com/

Bush 2000 Adviser Offered To Use Clout to Help Enron
By Joe Stephens
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, February 17, 2002
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A22380-2002Feb16?

Ralph Reed made big bucks from Enron, FEC report unveils
Church & State, Apr 2003
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3944/is_200304/ai_n9217766

Just another glimpse into the Propaganda Machine

"Reed said he could place letters from community leaders in the opinion pages of major newspapers, producing clips that Reed would 'blast fax' to Capitol Hill."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A22380-2002Feb16¬Found=true


~things can get worse~

[cosmicdot]

27. Ralph Reed's Real Agenda ... a review of Reed's book ... c. 1996 ...

"Active Faith: How Christians Are Changing the Soul of American Politics."

review by Richard John Neuhaus

http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft9610/neuhaus.html

did ya know he got his Ph.D.? wonder who supported him and his enterprises while going to school?

Ralph Reed
AKA Ralph Eugene Reed, Jr.

Born: 24-Jun-1961
Birthplace: Portsmouth, VA


Gender: Male
Religion: Methodist
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Activist

Level of fame: Somewhat
Executive summary: Former head of the Christian Coalition


"I used to tell people he was going to be either President of the United States or Al Capone," his mother, Marcy Reed, says. "Whatever he did, he was really good at it."

"I want to be invisible. I do guerrilla warfare. I paint my face and travel at night. You don't know it's over until you're in a body bag. You don't know until election night." --Ralph Reed, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 9-Nov-1991

Father: Ralph Reed, Sr. (Navy ophthalmologist)
Mother: Marcy Reed (homemaker)
Sister: Connie
Wife: Jo Anne Young (m. 1987)
Daughter: Brittany
Son: Ralph III
Son: Christopher
Son: Nicole


High School: Stephens County High School, Toccoa, GA
University: BA History, University of Georgia (1985)
University: PhD American History, Emory University


Microsoft Washington lobbyist
Enron consultant 1997-2001 (paid $305,000, job arranged by Karl Rove)
Christian Coalition Executive Director, 1989-97
College Republicans Executive Director, National Committee 1982-84
Council for National Policy
Eagle Scout 1979
Born-Again Christian 1983
Risk Factors: Smoking


Appears on the cover of:
Time, 15-May-1995, DETAILS: The Right Hand of God: Ralph Reed of the Christian Coalition

http://www.nndb.com/people/283/000046145/



link to another thread
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1245268

[Up2Late]

26. Yes, this is VERY bad, but it's just ONE part of the GOP Attack

On top of this great news, our Diebold Selected Repuke State Asses just passed a new Law against "frivolous" Law suits ($350,000),
plus check out the Georgia ACLU's web page of RW Bullshit bills flowing though the GA State House now.

<http://www.acluga.org/2005.legislative.session/update.0214.html>
SR 49 - “The Faith & Family Services Amendment"
SB 77 - “The Woman’s Right to Know Act"
HB 218 - Public Records Exemption

As explained by the AJC “House Bill 218 would permit all economic development agencies in the state to withhold from the public details of their negotiations with companies --- including the identity of the firms and the location of the projects.” This bill was passed in the House on Wednesday, February 9, 2005, with a vote of 118-52. It is now in the Senate.

HB 197 - “Woman’s Right to Know Act"
HB 4 - “Baby’s Right to Know Act":mad:
SR 42 - “Faith-based Amendment”
SB 25 - The Divorce Bill

This bill would place a 30 day waiting period on some divorces and require a married couple with a child under age 18 to attend classes regarding the impact the divorce would have on the child before they could obtain a divorce.

SB 69 - Choose Life License Plates
SB 84 - ID at the Polls Bill - OPPOSE

This bill would severely limit the types of identification that are acceptable at polling places in Georgia.

SB 123 - Pharmacist Exemption for Emergency Contraception

This bill would allow pharmacists who oppose providing emergency contraception to refrain from filling such prescriptions.

HB 93 - Abortion Unlawful

This bill would make abortion illegal in all instances.

HB 243 - Feticide Act

This bill would redefine the crime of feticide.

HB 156 - Women’s Informed Consent Act :mad: