Ralph Reed to stump for Bush in Minnesota

[Nambe]

Star Tribune

Ralph Reed, a national political organizer who generally is given credit for turning Christian conservatives into a powerful ally for the Republican Party in the last two decades, is bringing his expertise to Minnesota for a couple of days on behalf of President Bush.

"I'm doing this in practically every battleground state," Reed said in an interview Monday in the Bush-Cheney campaign's state headquarters in the Energy Park complex in St. Paul. "We are building the most effective and ambitious grass-roots campaign in the modern era."

"In every one of Minnesota's 87 counties, we'll have a vote goal, a volunteer goal and a block-party goal. We've taken it to the next level," said Reed, who left the Christian Coalition as executive director seven years ago to start his own consulting and marketing business. Reed, who also served recently as the chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, is based in Atlanta. ..

Coincidentally, Democratic activity in Rochester on behalf of nominee John Kerry also will get some personal attention from a prominent Georgian this week. The Minnesota AFL-CIO, a coalition of unions representing some 400,000 workers in 1,047 unions, is holding its annual convention there and will hear today from former Georgia Sen. Max Cleland, who lost three limbs in Vietnam. Cleland is a former Veterans Administration chief who has been Kerry's leading adviser on veterans' issues. ..

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[GaryL]

1. Rat Bastard!

What this shit and his cronies did to Max Cleland is beneath vile. Christian my ass!

[oasis]

11. Ralph Reed and his smear campaign against Cleland will follow

him throughout his career. Whatever respectability Reed had before the 2002 election, vanished with those deplorable ads.

[Kool Kitty]

2. Sure, Ralph. Whatever.

By the way, how are things going re:your money-laundering suit? I mean, being as you're such a good and righteous man, I'm sure that you'll want to come clean and all. No, Ralphie? That's too bad, because I'm sure the Lord will be disappointed in you. So sad.

[TaleWgnDg]

3. there is NOTHING this lowlife . . .

will not pursue to obtain his goal; nor is there any means prohibitive to him to get to his goal.

The lowest of the low = Ralph Reed. May God reward him in kind.

[HerbieHeadhunter]

4. Stump would be the key word.....

that little shit is about 4 feet tall.

[yellowcanine]

5. Damn - I thought you said he was going to "stump" for Bush - I was

getting my hopes up - having Ralph Reed stump for Bush in Minnesota should be worth at least 5 points for Kerry. It sounds like he is just going to help organize. Max Cleland is even better, though.

[DrWeird]

6. Is Minnesota up for grabs?

If so we should get Keillor to stump for us.

[truthisfreedom]

7. as hard as it is to believe, Minnesota seems to have changed in recent

years. it's really too bad, too... when i drive around Minneapolis i see tons of signs in peoples' yards making liberal political statements, and loads of activist bumperstickers denouncing bushco, but somehow our numbers indicate a lot of rethug thinking going on here. check the map out... Kerry is barely ahead here in MN:

Electoral Vote Predictor 2004:   Kerry 327   Bush 211



Strong Kerry (149)

Weak Kerry (104)

Barely Kerry (74)

Exactly tied (0)

Barely Bush (60)

Weak Bush (17)

Strong Bush (134)

[Morning Dew]

8. It's outstate MN

that's very Republican.
The Metro area is pretty much ours. I drive about 200 miles a day for my job and Kerry bumper stickers outnumber bushco stickers about 5 to 1 in the metro - that's just my informal survey.

[Lindacooks]

10. Yep, you're right

I live in a MN city that is heavily Democrat, but we're in a county full of gun nuts and right to life Repukes which manages to sway our Reps to Repuke. I'd like our city to withdraw from the country, frankly.

[NervousRex]

17. It's the 'burbs

step out of the MSP city limits (for the most part) and you are in deep shit.

[JI7]

9. Max Cleland and AFL-CIO v. Ralph Reed and the Christian Coalition

which one appeals to most minnesota voters more ?

[colonel odis]

12. every campaign ralph has a hand in becomes filthy.

starting with his first one in atlanta, where he represented an atlanta regional commission candidate. a little darkening of the opponent's photo to make him look like an evil, evil black man. then the push polling in s.c. in 2000 where they accused mccain of fathering a black child. then the cleland attacks.

interesting behavior for a man who ran the christian coalition.

[freemarketer]

13. Are these people crazy?.........................nft

dddf

[gatlingforme]

14. Ralph Read, What a joke he is. He is such a little shit. n./t

[NNN0LHI]

15. Is Ralph planning on taking a bath before he begins "stumping" I wonder?

Hi Nambe. Glad to have you back. A lot. Keep posting your great posts. Take care and see you later.

Don

[saltpoint]

16. A Cleland fan here...

As a big fan of Max, may I impose upon Minnesota Democrats, especially Paul Wellstone Democrats, and ask that upon his arrival in Minnesota that one of you please throw Ralph Reed into a vat of very hungry muskellunges?

I tried to pick a regional fish with sharp teeth for this request. I think muskies will do the job.

Ralph Reed is an Inquisitor, a contagion. His efforts in Georgia are treasonous.

Make him muskie food.

[Octafish]

18. Self-righteous Ralphie still getting money from ENRON?

Must be tough serving Mammon AND Satan:

FEC: Ralph Reed's Enron Deal Worth More than Half a Million

Tuesday, March 11, 2003

WASHINGTON  — In a controversy that touched White House political adviser Karl Rove, Enron Corp. signed contracts with GOP consultant Ralph Reed worth more than half a million dollars, the Federal Election Commission revealed in a ruling.

Enron paid Reed, the former Christian Coalition leader, about $300,000 before the energy company's collapse.

The payments came to light as part of an FEC inquiry into whether Enron's hiring of GOP consultant Reed was a sham designed to disguise an in-kind contribution from Enron to Bush's presidential effort.

In dismissing a complaint against Rove and the Bush-Cheney presidential campaign, the FEC disclosed that the Enron-Reed ties involved far more money than has previously been reported.

The FEC said that just months before Enron filed for bankruptcy in 2001 it entered into a one-year contract paying Reed $30,000 a month plus expenses. The contract was for "ongoing advice and counsel to Enron" in pushing deregulation in the energy industry. The FEC ruling says that the agreement apparently was cut short after four months as Enron careened toward bankruptcy.

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,80743,00.html

[are_we_united_yet]

19. Just remember

Ralph = :puke:

[progressivebydesign]

20. People (I use that term loosely) like Reed are..

.. what turned me off from America's brand of Christianity. When I realized that people like Reed, Ashcroft, and Bush, are considered "GODLY" by so many Christians, I realized I was never going to be part of their club. He is the scum of the earth.. and yet Christians are allowing him and his charlatains to rule their religion in America.