Reed bites the dust in Georgia primary, concedes to Cagle.

[saltpoint]

The Atlanta JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION reports that Reed is trailing in Cobb County by around 2,000 votes.

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

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UPDATE: KeepItReal has updated the original post here to report that Reed has conceded the race to Cagle.

[Hardrada]

1. Heh

[Fenris]

2. Hee hee hee.

[KeepItReal]

3. How does "Reed Concedes" sound to you?

"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

[saltpoint]

6. Hot DOG!! That's how it sounds to me!

thanks for the update!!! It's excellent news.

[4nic8em]

9. Now...

can we finally indict this son of a bitch?

[babylonsister]

4. If those machines' tallies swing wildly...

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[napi21]

10. Well, it's 56% to 44% for Cagle with 50% reporting right now.

I hear what you'r3e saying, but all the big precints are in already. The biggest one remaining to be reported in Clayton at 60 precincts.

Forsythe is real close to Gainesville so I would expect Forsythe to go for Cagle, the rest I have no idea! Right now Cagle is leading by 22,000 votes. Are there even that many people in rural Ga?

[babylonsister]

11. Someone just posted Reed has conceded; no worries! nt

[mom cat]

13. Hot diggity dog. Chickens coming home to roost

on his head! :woohoo:

[babylonsister]

14. Now he'll really be free to be indicted!

:rofl: :applause: :woohoo:

[mom cat]

16. Maybe there is such a thing as karma after all.

[TomInTib]

5. I'd like to do a little 'dampening' on that gathering.

From the rafters.

Know what I mean?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. Is that rain - INSIDE a building? and a nice Jesus yellow, too!

[saltpoint]

8. Historical and stylish, AND for a damned good cause!

[Vinnie From Indy]

12. Most of his supporters will wander back to their hotel rooms to sulk and

watch porn, drink like sailors, wife swap, do drugs like the finest American whacked-out fundie hypocrites.

[vixengrl]

15. Can he just "fade away" now?

So tired of him. Smarmy bugger.

[Canuckistanian]

17. Nah, they're like cockroaches

Even if you throw them out of the house, they'll still find their way back in.

[vixengrl]

20. Ick. Get out the Reed-traps (smarmy buggers check in--

but they don't check out.) What I hope is that people recognize the whole Indian Casino, Abranoff thing as SOP for this fool--"any means necessary" means "No Morals Need Apply." He talks the righteous game, but is a creep.

Real Ralph quote: "I want to be invisible. I do guerrilla warfare. I paint my face and travel at night. You don't know it's over until you're in a body bag. You don't know until election night."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060711/ap_on_re_us/reed_s_campaign (link to smarmy picture with smarmy rundown of aforementioned smarmy candidate.)


(My mom always said, these guys are like roaches, you shine a flashlight on 'em and they scatter. Smart, my mom.)

[Canuckistanian]

22. Yes, I remember that quote

The self-righteous mask slipped off, just for a minute....

[saltpoint]

18. Reed has been one of the GOP's key "operatives" for some time now.

Cagle's distasteful too, but Reed is in a class or distasteful all by himself.

A real worm.

[Elidor]

19. Pretty sad when a rabid hyper-right phoney like Reed can't carry Cobb

Having lived in Cobb for 8 years, I remember many Cobb Countians as being proud to be ignorant conservative reactionaries, overall, with some scattered sane people here and there. This is the county, after all, which at one time had more guns per household (7) than any other county in the U.S. (And yes, I'm implying there's a connection there. But that's OT.)

[Javaman]

21. Awwww couldn't happen to a better...

mother fucker. :)

[alfredo]

23. Aw shoot, I wanted him to win and run in the general.

Oh well.