Comments on: n layman's terms, this is called a con.

n layman's terms, this is called a con.

amberglow — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 15:20:40 -0800

"Mortgaging Old Black People" --Abramoff, Ralph Reed, the Black Churches Insurance Program, with the old folks' benefits going to Abramoff. They had previously tried it with the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe of El Paso. (original GQ story here)

By: SenshiNeko

SenshiNeko — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 15:37:23 -0800

1) takes out life insurance polices on metafilterians 2) ??? 3) profit! $_$ But seriously, just disgusting. Same as when Wal-Mart was recently caught taking out "dead peasant" life insurance policies on their ~~associates~~ laborers. Sick and wrong.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 15:47:44 -0800

Reed and Abramoff are also being sued by another Texas Tribe.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 16:43:53 -0800

God wow. I'm not sure if it's really a crime but OMG that just sounds so skeezy.

By: pwedza

pwedza — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 17:12:03 -0800

What a hustla.

By: nofundy

nofundy — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 17:13:23 -0800

Did Grover Norquist get his cut of the action?

By: gyc

gyc — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:14:23 -0800

So why would people just voluntarily sign over their life insurance benefits?

By: TedW

TedW — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:47:13 -0800

I hate to tell you guys this, but Reed is a very serious contender in the race for Lt. Governor in GA. The fact is that the party faithful on both sides have become so immune to charges of malfeasance and corruption, that they are more concerned with a candidate's stand on gay marriage/abortion/the war on terror/the war on civil liberties than whether or not the candidate is actually a decent, honest person. Those of you who live outside the bible belt cannot understand just how entrenched the support for people like Reed is; accusations against Reed are dismissed as muckraking, while the swift boat propaganda is accepted as proof that Democrats are traitors. It is part and parcel of the right's war on education in the guise of no child left behind and equal time for superstition (AKA intelligent design). I fear it will get worse before it get better (as I write this I am listening to a Reed commercial on TV ).

By: TedW

TedW — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:57:44 -0800

And lest any of you think backwoods Georgia politics is irrelevan nationally, there is one peanut farmer (and nuclear engineer) who used it as a springboard to bigger things.

By: crataegus

crataegus — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:47:46 -0800

I wouldn't say that residents of backwoods GA are in favor of Reed. I would say the temple money changers in the Metro 16 think he's godly. The folks in the sticks that I've talked to realize he's a dirty, pandering whore. Admittedly, though, that's a very small sampling.

By: TedW

TedW — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:51:48 -0800

I hope you are right, crataeguus.

By: gesamtkunstwerk

gesamtkunstwerk — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:06:15 -0800

Walmart does the same-- it takes policies out on un-healthy employees. It all reminds me of Gogol's Dead Souls.

By: jayder

jayder — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:31:36 -0800

If that little cunt Ralph Reed really thought this was a good idea, he should be drawn and quartered.

By: gamera

gamera — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 22:49:18 -0800

Holy shit! You broke my sleaze-meter.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 17:59:23 -0800

All you people who are savvy about creeps like Reed need to rabble-rouse. The arsewipes are going to keep getting elected until the decent people start out-voting them.

By: CunningLinguist

CunningLinguist — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 20:46:58 -0800

Former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed conceded defeat about 9:50 p.m. in Georgia's Republican primary for lieutenant governor. "Tonight my candidacy for lieutenant governor comes to an end," he said.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:41:59 -0800

woot!!! I bet this story had something to do with it, too. He has much more dirt that hasn't even come out yet. I'd heard that people were going to vote for him in the primary just to ensure that he'd be the one to be up against. (i guess it's an open primary?)

By: TedW

TedW — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 06:35:29 -0800

I actually thought about voting for Reed for the reason amberglow mentioned, but if it backfired I would feel even worse than usual on election night. It is an open primary in GA.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:33:01 -0800

ahhh...well, i thought that if he had won, there's so much crime and sleaze associated with him, the Dem would win even if he sucked.