151 Days after 99XWatch.org issued a challenge to Fred Toucher to "speak [his] mind" about Georgia Lt. Governor Candidate Ralph Reed, Toucher offered his opinion of Mr. Reed.
Jimmy: My wife works for Ralph Reed who's got his own issues right now so she's...like her nerves are pretty frayed while his [unintelligible]...
Toucher: [crosstalk] Ralph Reed was a partier though man. As much as I hate the guy, he wanted to gamble baby! I like gambling in Atlanta.
Jimmy: Well that's the thing is that they're all worried that this is going to cost them the election, all these gambling accusations. And I'm like hey, I've got news for ya, people dig gambling. I think it makes him cooler.
Toucher: Yeah, I mean...
Jimmy: [crosstalk] I'm not even kidding. I think for a lot of people, it makes him more cool.
Toucher: For someone who's the head of the Christian Coalition and the epitome of everything I hate in politics, yeah, gambling's pretty neato.
Jimmy: People dig gambling.
Toucher: Yeah, but now I hate ya and all the Christians hate ya too!
Jimmy: The Christians will always find a way to excuse the behavior of someone they like. So they'll find a way around it.
While I think a discussion of Ralph Reed's hyprocricy in lobbying on behalf of gambling interests is interesting, perhaps, as Bill Shipp suggests (registration required,) some other questions might make for interesting discussion:
- What duties did Reed perform for the Enron Corp. that allowed him to rake in $300,000 from the company just before it collapsed into disgrace and bankruptcy? ...
- Why did Reed once write a column for the UGA campus newspaper, The Red and Black, attacking Mahatma Gandhi as "the ninny of the 20th century," and then suddenly leave the paper amidst charges of plagiarism?
- Precisely what was Reed's job as an intern for Lt. Gov. Zell Miller when Miller was leading the charge for the Equal Rights Amendment and other liberal causes in Georgia?
