The Buzz Is Ralph Reed Blames McCain For Loss In GA Primary

[kpete]

July 19, 2006
Reed Blames McCain for Loss
The buzz is that Ralph Reed blames Sen. John McCain for his loss in last night's primary.

Rich Lowry: "Here's the view of what happened from the Reed camp: Once the Abramoff stuff exploded, it was going to be a very tough road for Reed. Glen Bolger did a poll for the campaign in January showing that it was possible for Reed to win, but his negatives were very high and he would have to squeak by. Reed had a choice to make, and decided to stay in the race and try to make it happen. In the end, soft Republicans appear to have broken very strongly against him in the suburbs. There may have been some cross-over Democratic votes in the open primary, but that alone can't account for a 54-46% loss. Reed's connection to the Abramoff stuff had broken back in the summer of 2004, so it couldn't have been predicted that it would be such a huge deal even now. But it was. The Reed camp blames John McCain for playing payback for his 2000 primary defeat with a campaign of leaks, and the press, of course, was happy to pile on."

The connection was the report issued by the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, chaired by McCain, that found Reed had been paid more than $5 million by two casino-owning Indian tribes -- both clients of lobbyist Jack Abramoff -- to rally Christian voters against other tribes opening competing casinos.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2006/07/19/reed_blames_mccain_for_loss.html

[OwnedByFerrets]

1. Stay tuned for......

REPUBLICANS EATING THEIR OWN.....on participating networks all over america.

[MadMaddie]

2. Bwhaw..haw..haw..

they never take any responsibility for their actions...it's always someone elses fault....

I hope the show keeps getting better...:popcorn:

[hatrack]

18. But what about . . . .

CLENIS?!?!?

That's what they REALLY like to blame!

:evilgrin:

[justgamma]

3. Hey Reed!

If you weren't such a crook, maybe you could have won. Quit blaming everyone but yourself! That's just soooo Republican!

[orwell]

16. Bingo...n/t

[undeterred]

4. But how can you lose when God is backing you?

[dsc]

5. shame on McCain for having the audacity to tell the world

what a sleezebag Reed is.

[Nikki Stone 1]

6. Do you honestly think the Pugs wanted Reed in the general election?

With his ties to Abramoff and his overt Christian coalition identification, he was more of a liability than someone without all that baggage.

[bluestateguy]

7. What a loser

This guy, who is a fundamentalist Christian, was rejected by Republican voters in Georgia. That would seem to suggest that maybe he's not the most popular guy on the block.

[tanyev]

8. It certainly couldn't be Reed's hypocrisy, greed, and lust for power.

It's nice that McCain got to twist the knife a few times, though.

[saltpoint]

9. Keen observation, Ralph. I'm sure it was some combination of McCain,

Bill Clinton, and the liberal media that did you in, and it had NOTHING AT ALL to do with the fact of your being a hypocritical, evil, shit-slinging hyper-fundie asshole pal of Jack Abramoff.

[RagAss]

10. Bubba's Bone !!..... sorry Ralph.....you asshole.

[longship]

11. Wonderful! Soon they'll be eating each other.

I love it when Repugs gobble up Repugs.

[oasis]

12. McCain hates lying thieves unless they hold the office of U.S.President.

:nopity:

[TlalocW]

13. I hope it's true

I don't like McCain, but the whisper campaign against him in 2000 was disgusting. It gives me warm fuzzies to think that Reed lost in part because McCain decided to get some revenge.

TlalocW

[Wesin04]

14. Too bad, Ralphie

What goes around comes back to bite you in the ass. They can all shovel it out, but run home crying when they are on the other end of the stick. My husband feels like Reed would have been a great target for us in the general. That's probably true, but the satisfaction of seeing him defeated by his own slimy kind is too great to dismiss. Rejected Ralph has been ejected from the race.:bounce:

[porphyrian]

15. Yeah, it couldn't just be that people know he's a blowhard piece of shit.

:eyes:

[SoCalDem]

17. Poor widdle baby.. It sucks when the scummy behavior gets found out

Especially when his whole schtick was "family values, honesty and love of God"...

[pepperbear]

19. oh I get it...

because you got caught, it's the fault of the guy who chaired the commitee who helped uncover it.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

20. I never thought I'd say this again but GOOD MAN JOHN MCCAIN!

[Erika]

21. Ah, Reed accepted the 5 mil

and it is McCain's fault? Those wacky GOP.

[Old and In the Way]

22. Go hump some corporate accounts Ralph.

Before you get indicted on criminal fraud charges. Hope the citizens elect you to a term in the State Pen.