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Octafish

(55,745 posts)
29. Ralph Reed should be in prison.
Wed Mar 19, 2014, 09:54 AM
Mar 2014

...To recap, Ralph Reed worked for team Abramoff by mobilizing Christians opposed to gambling to shutter casinos. The only hitch: Reed was usually paid by other casinos who had a financial interest in eliminating their competitors. Therefore, Abramoff needed to find a way to make Reed comfortable, and to protect him against critics and the likely fury of his own Christian followers--who might have been upset if they had discovered that Reed was being paid by gamblers to do their bidding. The solution: Abramoff laundered the Indian casino payoffs to Reed by routing them through other organizations, including Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform and a phony "think tank" in Rehoboth Beach, MD, run by a life guard and a yoga instructor who were friends of Abramoff's pal, Mike Scanlon. Details of this can be found in my film, Casino Jack and the United States of Money...

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/09/the-deceptions-of-ralph-reed/63568/

But, no. Instead the Democratic guy who opposed him -- Don Siegelman -- is in prison.

The nuttiness never stops does it? AAO Mar 2014 #1
Yes, but he's only concerned about teh wimmen and their kids! freshwest Mar 2014 #26
I remember when divorce was illegal. Howdy Doody should too but he has a roguevalley Mar 2014 #27
Many a man has relented once faced with the prospect of a corn cob up his ass. AAO Mar 2014 #37
Good luck with that, Ralph get the red out Mar 2014 #2
+1,000,000 Dawson Leery Mar 2014 #8
KamaAina: Getting Ralph Reed to STFU is a "better solution" than almost anything KamaAina Mar 2014 #3
+100 undeterred Mar 2014 #14
Another RWNJ... 3catwoman3 Mar 2014 #4
Ralph bongiver Mar 2014 #5
Not so fast there, sparky. xxqqqzme Mar 2014 #6
Why I left the Republican party Teacheral Mar 2014 #7
Welcome to DU! livetohike Mar 2014 #9
Welcome! eggplant Mar 2014 #15
Welcome aboard Teach! tech3149 Mar 2014 #17
Someone like Reed has potential indeed Zambero Mar 2014 #25
Who secondvariety Mar 2014 #10
If there were a hell NastyRiffraff Mar 2014 #11
Ralph Reed is a crook and idiot Gothmog Mar 2014 #12
Wow - how Sexist Lithos Mar 2014 #13
WTF?! sakabatou Mar 2014 #16
"Faith and Freedom Coalition" spokesman, another RW 'political charity'. Sunlei Mar 2014 #18
Worshiping that magic, fetishized piece of paper--the state issued screwing license. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2014 #19
funny - and I don't think Ralph is married, so why's he such an expert? wordpix Mar 2014 #30
How about making it harder for deadbeat parents to skip out on child support? Thor_MN Mar 2014 #20
Right Wing Watch: Ralph Reed Zorra Mar 2014 #21
Get them to pay their damn child support!!! NYtoBush-Drop Dead Mar 2014 #22
Why is this corrupt hypocrite not doing time in the slammer? Zambero Mar 2014 #23
How does Ralph and his Christian Dominionist pals feel about burkas???? blkmusclmachine Mar 2014 #24
You know where else divorce is hard for women? Ash_F Mar 2014 #28
Ralph Reed should be in prison. Octafish Mar 2014 #29
Well,, since divorce happens at a greater rate in those Bible belt Republican states, I can see why okaawhatever Mar 2014 #31
Ralph Reed is like William Kristol, he's never been right about anything. Ever. Enthusiast Mar 2014 #32
a friend of mine stayed married to her cheating, wife beating husband librechik Mar 2014 #33
Another ugly face of Christianity. City Lights Mar 2014 #34
What a DICK. bitchkitty Mar 2014 #35
In a lot of evangelical churches, even the PASTOR has been divorced yurbud Mar 2014 #36
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