Ralph Reed concedes defeat in Georgia’s GOP primary for Lt. Gov.

[TwilightZone]

On MSNBC - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13926239

Also, a link from KeepItReal below: http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/elections/entries/2006/07/18/reed_concedes.html

[DoYouEverWonder]

1. Bye-bye Ralphie

How we hate to see you go.

[KeepItReal]

2. Here's a link:

"Former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed conceded defeat about 9:55 p.m. in Georgia’s Republican primary for lieutenant governor.

With 43 percent of precincts reporting, election results showed Reed trailing by Sen. Casey Cagle (R-Gainesville) by 10 points."

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

[TwilightZone]

8. Thanks for the link.

I'll update the OP.

[Elidor]

3. WOOT!

:party:

[oasis]

32. Max Cleland, break out the champagne.

:toast::party:

[Paulie]

4. Great, he can concentrate on not being indicted!

Blackjack or Roulette Ralph, what's your poison? :kick:

[AlamoDemoc]

9. lol..you mean he can now concentrate on billing lobbyists

[saltpoint]

5. Excellent news. Not very encouraging for the nutcase fundies

who saw Reed as their point man.

[Ka hrnt]

47. Exactly. EOM

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

6. It would be nice to think...

That this would be the last we hear of him.

It would also be nice to be independently wealthy.

Two things that ain't gonna happen.

[TomInTib]

7. This is a Truly Great Moment.

The Poster Boy is finished in politics.

[saltpoint]

11. I hope so. He's a toxic little goblin. Cagle is no great prize, but I

feel that slowing Reed's march to power in a high-profile race like this is a darned good thing.

[TomInTib]

14. Lesser evil.

One doesn't have to think back very far to remember when Reed was one of the brightest stars of the GOP.

This is a huge blow to the Party.

I don't know much about Georgia politics. Is Cagle a lock?

[saltpoint]

16. Don't know. I'll defer to Georgia DUers on that one, but you are

absolutely right -- a lot of those far-right fundie Rethuglicans felt that Ralph Reed would be God's Chosen in the White House.

It really is a huge blow.

[brentspeak]

10. Good. Now hopefully Cagle won't get elected

He's just as bad as Reed, in his own way.

[onehandle]

12. Onehandle, reporting from Georgia says: Thank You, Jesus!

Now, we just have to elect a Democrat!

[mom cat]

13. Party time!

:party::woohoo::party:

[Mz Pip]

15. Guess Jesus

must have been out to lunch for this one. Thought guys like Ralphie had some special connection to the Lord.

God must not have been checking his messages or he surely would have helped out one of his true believers. :sarcasm:

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Roland99]

17. AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

AWESOME!!!

:woohoo:

:rofl:

:woohoo:

[rodeodance]

18. ONE down. (how many to go?)

[TwilightZone]

20. Well, we could use a few Senate seats....

:)

[The Witch]

19. Na na na na... na na na na... :snicker:

SEE YA!

[Gman]

21. Bite the big one, Ralphie

You're yesterday's news now.

[Purveyor]

22. "How Sweet It Is"...

[C_U_L8R]

23. God doesn't love the fundies

it seems more like he's mocking them.
Yay God !!

[TwilightZone]

25. Or smiting perhaps.

A term with which they are familiar. :)

[GOPNotForMe]

24. I will be enjoying this for a while. nt

[Straight Shooter]

26. Bye-bye, Ralph. Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya!

Or, in other words, good riddance to bad rubbish, and please don't come back.

[autorank]

27. And another step is taken to SAVE THIS GREAT COUNTRY!!!

:rofl:Ralph, we hardly knew yee:rofl:

[notadmblnd]

28. guess he just wasn't God's man

nt

[chieftain]

29. Halleleujah!

Ralphie and all his little pseudo Christian minions are going to have a lot to explain when they meet their Maker.

[Stargazer99]

30. Maybe now the air will smell better

in some part of our nation.

[go west young man]

31. Proud to say I did my first ever cross over vote to help

defeat this hypocrite today. I suspect many others did the same. Maybe there is hope for Georgia yet.

[beltanefauve]

36. Thanks, Go West

You're a true patriot!:patriot:

[Jawja]

43. I crossed over as well.

I believe that Dems crossing over to vote against Reed swung a tight race (which he may have lost anyway) into the 10% or so defeat it turned out to be.

So Georgia rejected Ralph Reed - religious con man, GOP operative, Abramoff lobbyist and wedge issue specialist - and I couldn't be prouder!

:bounce:

[WhiteTara]

33. and now it's off to prison

Ralphie. Your days as a free man are numbered. :bounce::party::nose thumbing gesture:

[badgervan]

34. One Down....... So Many, Many To Go

YES! This hypocritical, prissy, self-serving, narcissistic, thieving, cheating, lying, fake "man of the lord", Ralphy Boy, finally bites the dust. Good frikkin' riddance. Nothing worse than a man who uses the name and teachings of Jesus Christ to hurt his fellow man. I hope the door does hit him in the ass - forcefully, and repeatedly. Hypocrite.

[Up2Late]

35. WooHoo! Bu-By Ralphie! New York Times link:

<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/19/us/19georgia.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>

(Great picture too, Hey look, they cloned Jenna!!!)


Ric Feld/Associated Press

Ralph Reed, with his family, conceding the Republican nomination for Georgia lieutenant governor Tuesday night.

By SHAILA DEWAN
Published: July 19, 2006

ATLANTA, Wednesday, July 19 — Ralph Reed, the former director of the Christian Coalition and a former Republican lobbyist involved in the Jack Abramoff scandal, suffered an embarrassing defeat in his effort to win the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor on Tuesday. Mr. Reed conceded defeat before 10 p.m., with his opponent leading by more than 10 percentage points.

Early Wednesday, with more than 92 percent of precincts reporting, Mr. Reed’s opponent, State Senator Casey Cagle, led with 56 percent of the vote. Mr. Reed’s candidacy was viewed as a test of the effects of the Washington lobbying scandal on core Republican voters.

Mr. Reed, the former leader of the Georgia Republican Party, was a close associate of Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist who pleaded guilty to charges of fraud, tax evasion and bribery and who arranged for Mr. Reed to be paid by Indian tribes that ran casinos to coordinate anti-gambling campaigns against competing casinos.

“It’s clear that politicians that put money before their morals should be very worried by these results,” said David Donnelly, the director of Campaign Money Watch, which spent $100,000 to campaign against Mr. Reed.

(more at link) <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/19/us/19georgia.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>

[saigon68]

38. Bush will make this creature secretary of Fundamentalist Religion

In his new cabinet.

[Ken Burch]

49. Ewwww....Raphie Boy is checkin' out HIS DAUGHTER!....

yuckers....

[Sherman A1]

37. Oh, darn

the luck, guess Ralph will need to look for something else to keep himself busy (which in the end might not really be such a good thing).

[xchrom]

39. the msnbc article says that democrats crossed over to help

defeat reed.

i guess that this could be construed as a payback for other races in which the conservatives did the same t dems.

whatever -- it's fine by me to see that tapeworm go down in flames.

[Jawja]

44. Payback for when

the Repugs crossed over in 2002 (I think) to defeat Cynthia McKinney by voting for Majette. :evilgrin:

[xchrom]

46. whatever works...

[Mad_Dem_X]

40. YES!!!

Bye-bye, you evil little man.

[gratuitous]

41. I believe he's more of a horrid little man

Anyone with Photoshop skizzilz that wants to take a shot at this?

[yellowcanine]

42. The little shit had the nerve to pull a "Reagan 1976" and talk about

how his "values will win".


An upbeat Reed told a crowd of a few dozen cheering supporters that, although his candidacy had ended, his conservative message will live on.
“Stay in the fight. Don’t retreat. And our values will win in November,” he said.

I would think even the wing nuts would be pissed at little Ralphie's attempt to borrow from Ronald Reagan. He really has no shame at all. At least Reagan didn't sell his soul for a mess of pottage.

[BigDDem]

45. I guess this means

he's up next for the Medal of Freedom.

[The Stranger]

48. One down, many, many, many more to go.