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Ralph Reed
In my earlier post, “An uncomfortable truth: the unknown factor of the right-wing evangelical turnout in November,” I discussed the millions of dollars being funneled into the work of former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed’s fundie get-out-the-vote operation through his Faith and Freedom Coalition.
Here’s Exhibit A of just how off-the-rails these efforts are and what that money is buying. Via Think Progress:
The mailer, a product of the Faith and Freedom coalition, is titled the “Voter Registration Confirmation Survey.” But its questions have little to do with registering to vote. Rather, the survey asks a host of leading inquries into how its members view the President’s record.
As Mother Jones, who obtained the survey, points out, the Faith and Freedom coalition and particularly its head Ralph Reed are leading the effort to turn out Evangelical voters for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. The group plans to spend over $10 million for this purpose.
Note that Mitt Romney said of Ralph Reed:
“Ralph Reed is doing a great job here with the Faith & Freedom Coalition. This is going to make a big impact across America and I appreciate the work you are doing here.”
Ralph Reed by Gage Skidmore, under Creative Commons License
7 Comments
Where is the concern here?
Between the ACA, NDAA, various Executive Orders, the obviously planned attacks on Social Security, what’s being done to Bradley Manning, continued warrant-less wiretapping, Occupy crackdowns, arrests of journalists and bloggers…
I’d have to go with ‘All of the above’.
Reed is the perfect poster boy for those who can’t tell the difference between snake handlers and snake oil salesmen.
This man is one of the most cynically corrupt individuals that I have ever seen.
I watched a clip of him before a bunch of idiots telling the story of God calling Sean Hannity and telling Sean to call him and say all is forgiven. Because according to God, his record of lying, cheating and stealing is less important than defeating the Democrats. Unreal. Blasphemy on a plate and the less than double-d’s were eating it up.
Other: Obama is as serious a threat to liberty as Bush and Cheney were since he adopted all their policies as his own.
Obama is a threat to liberty, despite the hyperbole of some of the questionnaire’s choices.
I agree with Kris and npl.
We can hypothesize how bad Romney might be but we already know how bad Obama IS!
How did this corrupt PoS avoid being incarcerated with Jack Abramoff?
Only by selecting Romney, who’s not a complete idiot, from their slate of candidates can the plutocrats ensure a Republican candidate whose campaign makes Obama appear as the lesser of two weasels. Kabuki Theatre!