In Georgia, Ralph Reed Concedes Defeat

[kpete]

In Georgia, Reed Concedes Defeat

In Georgia tonight, Ralph Reed (R) conceded defeat in Georgia’s Republican primary for lieutenant governor, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. With his defeat to Casey Cagle (R), Reed became the first election casualty in the Jack Abramoff scandal.

"Reed left quickly but stopped to say he was pround of the race he ran. He said he had no plans to run for office again right now."

Meanwhile, in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, Mark Taylor claimed victory over Cathy Cox.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2006/07/18/in_georgia_reed_concedes_defeat.html
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/elections/entries/2006/07/18/reed_concedes.html

[Erika]

1. The first victim belonging to the phony Christian Right

May it continue.

[AlCzervik]

9. he can now join The Faux piety martyrs brigade.

[rurallib]

2. It would be wonderful if thisd was the last we were to see

of this little prick. I got a feeling he'll be haunting us for a lonnnnng time yet.
Still it is nice to be able to say "fuck you Ralphie-boy!"

[napi21]

8. Hmmm, I dunno. Maybe Ralphie will get indicted?

I'm really hoping the Abramoff tentacles will streach very wide and snag a lot of the dirtbags he dealt with! This is just the beginning of this story, it could get very interesting!

[Name removed]

14. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[napi21]

20. Awe, I don't know I'd wish that on anyone...even Ralphie.

I just want him to pay the price for being such a deceiptful lier! I would like to see him in pison, but I don't think I'd wish THAT on anyone!

OK, yea, I guess I'm a pussy.

[jobycom]

3. Just for the election, though, not for the rest of his sorry life. nt.

[CPschem]

4. Amen.

n/t

[whistle]

5. So soon....ahaaa

:woohoo: :applause: :hide: :popcorn: :rofl: :patriot: :yoiks:

[Riverman]

6. So Long You Vile Little Creepy Hypocrit, now we have to Get

Doolittle in Calif. who did the same crap as the piggish little phony Christian - taking indian gaming money, while ont he one hand condemming gambling, and on the other lobbying to discredit gambling so one indian casino will not open to compete with another indian casino - controlled by the tribe who gave the money tot he non-profit who gave teh money to Reed, and Doolittle - the Morman phony.

[Mist]

7. Great news! But who knows? Reed may have been "Diebolded." nt

[kentuck]

10. This will cause a small earthquake in the Republican Party tomorrow...

At least, some tremors in the Christian right-wing of the Party, I would guess. This is a great victory for Democrats, even though we don't know it yet...

[CottonBear]

11. Unfortunately, Uber-Republican Casey Cagle is the Lt. Gov.- Repub.nominee.

:puke: I detest him for many reasons. I'm glad Reed is out, but I shudder at the thought of a Lt. Gov. Cagle. :( We have a long, hard slog ahead of us here in GA.

[napi21]

21. So tell me more about Casey. I watched the debates, but that's

all I really know about him. I know he's from Gainesville, but that doesn't mean anything to me, even though I live near there.

[PurpleChez]

26. I was thrilled that Reed lost, but...

I was watching Cagle last night on Fox 5 and was horrified that a man in his position can't speak proper english. I know that * made it hip to look stupid, but as a relative newcomer to Georgia and the South (I moved here in late '97) I am still amazed by the range of people who talk like they're auditioning for a revival of Hee Haw.

But at least no matter what else goes down, my Lt. Gov. won't be Ralph Reed. And the best thing is that it was a Repuke primary in a (currently) Repuke state. They can't blame his defeat on the evil, hated liberals. Although they'll probably try anyway.

[dorktv]

12. he conceded at 43% of the polls reporting...that is stupid.

[delete_bush]

23. Probably relied on the exit polls.

Shows that even repukes know they're extremely accurate.

[dorktv]

45. yep...what a loser...doubt we have seen the last of him though.

[eleny]

13. I hope someone slips C&L the video

[go west young man]

15. Na na na na Na na na na hey hey hey goodbye!

Au revoir Ralphie.

[tired of the right]

16. Too bad, so sad!

I have always thought Reed a bad apple.

[Ammonium]

17. And Cathy Cox Goes Down Too

I think Mark Taylor can whip ole Sonny's ass!

[PurpleChez]

27. 'Twould be nice....

[Joanne98]

30. Now she needs to go to prison.

[RebelOne]

32. Sorry about that because I voted for her.

[DirtyDawg]

18. We can't let him get away...

If Democrats are to win in November here in Georgia, we've got to make sure that voters understand that Ralph Reed has been, and always will be, at the heart of the repig party in Georgia, the South and, indeed, the country. The guy that beat him, Cagle, is simply a 'less-slick' version but just as slimy in his financial manipulations. The campaign has to remind voters that reed was responsible for the bush victory strategy across the south in 2004...that the so-called Christian Coalition proudly manipulated legislatures across the south to block casino gambling - and knew that they were doing it just to get rid of competition for their contributors. Hell, they aren't any better than 'Murder Inc.' - all they did was get rid of one gangs competition for money.

Yes, ralph reed may be gone, but we can't let him be forgotten.

[SammyWinstonJack]

19. What people in the South need to realize is that GW is a phony christian

"born again" to get their vote and could not care less about them, It was a Karl Rove PR move for their votes and nothing more. Delusional fools, but then again, they continue to believe in an imaginary sky daddy! Ah well! ..............fools rush in.

[PurpleChez]

28. I share some your basic outlook, but...

don't forget that, by all accounts, the man whose picture you use for your avatar, as well as Messers. Clinton & Carter, numerous other lefty heroes, and just about every figure from the civil rights movement also believe(d) in "an imaginary sky daddy." When we make broad attacks on religious faith we play into the hands of the RW, AND we risk alienating lefties and moderates who are believers.

[LincolnMcGrath]

22. woohoo

:woohoo:

[NJCher]

24. what a satisfying post to read first thing in the a.m.

Especially after reading last night's thread started by a DU-er who voted in their election. He told how no matter what, it seemed the machine would only let him vote republican.




Cher

[Pachamama]

25. Thank Goddess! Some good news in this time of depressing news everywhere!

A little ray of sunshine....that the piece of crap Reed got some karma right back at himself....

[durrrty libby]

29. We can hope that he is the first in a long line of

slime balls to go down

[NinetySix]

31. Happy Anniversary, Ralph.

Here's to hoping you will ALWAYS stay home and focus on what's important .... instead of running for office again. Family values begin at home, ya crook.

[Jawja]

33. May I say once again,

after a great night's sleep:

:bounce: :woohoo: :applause: :rofl:

[Joe Bacon]

34. Hmm, now what did Ralphy do to tick off Diebold?

Are we seeing Big Business giving Jesus the kiss-off?

[acmavm]

35. WTF?????

<snip>
With 43 percent of precincts reporting, the Georgia Secretary of State’s office showed Cagle with 55.2 percent of the vote, compared with 44.8 percent for Reed.
<snip>

Less than half of the precincts may have reported their results but so help me the ones that did prove that there sure are a lot of really stupid and/or corrupt people in Georgia. He had 44.8% of the vote! A proven liar, fraud, and crook had 44.8% of the reported results. What the hell does this mean? Either they don't know about little Ralphie's corruption factor or they just don't care? Do they think being a Christian includes racism and theft by deception?

[LynneSin]

36. He's a 'Christian' (and I use that term loosely)

Which as long as he's a bible thumper then people will blindly vote for him assuming that it's a directive from God.

[spanone]

37. Fuck him, evil is as evil does.

[long_green]

38. For all I know, Cagle is just godawful but...

Thank God Reed went down. Probably should have expected it, with the knowledge of his sliminess becoming more general but it is nice to see.

[aikoaiko]

39. I was really worried about Reed. You shoudl see all the signs for him

down here in southeast GA.

[n2doc]

40. Yeah they covered the islands around Savannah with them

I really wanted to make up some stickers that said "Gamblin'" and slap them on top of the Reed signs...
But the big signs on people's properties, the ones that reflected real support, were invariably Cagle.

Reed will probably blame "liberls" who crossed over and voten in the Repuke primary on his loss...I think the 44% of the vote reflected more name recognition than anything else. At least I hope so. A pet peeve of mine is that, unless one reads the papers or watches TV, one gets little info on most of the candidates in GA. It used to be, at least in California, that you would get a pamphlet with position statements and qualifications on the candidates. Now, you have to really spend a lot of effort to find out what the candidates stand for. Same was true in Texas- some of the people were just phantoms.
And before any of you sanctimonius folks out there flame me, yes, I know you can get the info if you want to look for it. I just think that we would all be better served if the process was easier.

[Crankie Avalon]

41. Give that man a cable show on FOX!!! Now he's ready to takes his place...

...in the nightly lineup of icons for thwarted, blame-everyone-but-oneself-for-one's-own-failures angry white loserdom.

[WatchWhatISay]

42. Damn, i wanted a picture

A picture of Ralph Reed in defeat.

Pardon me for being vengeful. But these guys dont play by the rules.

[jaysunb]

43. Would it be in bad taste if I

:rofl: ?????

[Duncan Grant]

44. Praise the Lord! Prayer *does* work.

Must be God's will, Ralphie. :shrug:

[TaleWgnDg]

46. May Ralph Reed suffer all the harm that he has caused others . . .

.


"YES !!"

Ralph Reed concedes defeat

By Jim Galloway | Tuesday, July 18, 2006, 10:02 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed conceded defeat about 9:50 p.m. in Georgia’s Republican primary for lieutenant governor.

“Tonight my candidacy for lieutenant governor comes to an end,” he said
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/elections/entries/2006/07/18/reed_concedes.html

the twisted political agenda of rightwing bigots a la Ralph Reed



.