firedoglake.blogspot.com - 8/14/2008
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Ralph Reed: Hypocrisy's a Bitch, Ain't It? Look whose poll numbers have taken a nose dive in the wake of the sinking Abramoff ethics ship? Yup, Ralph Reed, poster boy for gambling opposition hypocrisy, is feeling the heat from his red state constituency. Where's the love, Ralphie Boy? Oh yeah, with the other guy. Reed is running against a virtual unknown for the lieutenant ...
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McCain’s Cronies: Playing Unrepentant Footsie With Ralph Reed
Firedoglake —
... And Ralphie Boy Reed isn't such a scrupulous fella that he wouldn't use McCain for his own reputation rehab within the GOP, either, after his mortifying loss in Georgia last election cycle. That McCain is increasingly turning to the bottom feeders of the GOP? Well, that just reeks of more Turdblossom to come, doesn't it?
The more things change, the more they expose McSame.
Much, much more to come on this. But you can start with this from Lindsey, and the WSJ, in The Hill, in the NYTimes, and Campaign ...
McCain’s Cronies: Playing Unrepentant Footsie With Ralph Reed
The Hollywood Liberal —
... faux outrage to help Abramoff shut down casino hopes for one tribe while he bilked a neighboring tribe dry. And how extensive and valuable all those contacts can be and have been for folks like Karl Rove , who is also, not coincidentally, advising the McCain campaign – and an old pal of Ralph Reed and Grover Norquist and Jack Abramoff from their College Republican days. Just how valuable can Reed be ? And Ralphie Boy Reed isn’t such a scrupulous fella that he wouldn’t use McCain for his own reputation rehab within the GOP, either, after his ...
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