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Ralph Reed and Enron</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> said he had been hired mostly to help with an Enron campaign in Pennsylvania to win a central role in the state's electricity market, which was being restructured. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b>, who is now chairman of the Georgia Republican Party and runs a lobbying and political consulting firm called Century Strategies, based in Atlanta, said he had assumed he was being hired by Enron because he was a well-known political operative. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> was an unpaid consultant to the Bush organization, though after the race was well under way his firm was paid by the campaign for direct mail and phone banks.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>home.earthlink.net /~mjohnsen/Post_911/Ralph_Reed_and_Enron.html</font> (1024 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_E._Reed,_Jr.">Ralph E. Reed, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed's</b> $20,000 per month contract with Microsoft proved a minor embarrassment to the Bush campaign in the summer of 2000 when it was revealed that the software giant, which was being prosecuted for anti-trust violations, had hired a number of Bush aides as consultants and lobbyists. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed's</b> principal opponent was David Shafer, a former executive director of the Georgia Republican Party recruited to the race by Congressman John Linder. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> was endorsed by the "Confederate Republican Caucus," a block of almost 500 heritage activists who had participated in the state convention as a protest against the removal of the Confederate battle emblem from the State Flag.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ralph_E._Reed,_Jr.</font> (5229 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>Review Essay: Ralph Reeds Real Agenda</u> <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Ralph</b> <b>Reed</b> is frequently depicted as the innocent, and therefore deceptive, face of the religious right. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed's</b> words are unequivocal and, given the diverse constituencies on which the Christian Coalition draws, bold: "Reconstructionism is an authoritarian ideology that threatens the most basic civil liberties of a free and democratic society. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> As <b>Ralph</b> <b>Reed</b> surely knows, the great task in the months and years ahead is, if one may be permitted the awful words, to de-legalize and re-politicize the great questions that are properly political.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.firstthings.com /ftissues/ft9610/neuhaus.html</font> (2630 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><div id="ad2" style="display: none"></div><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.dkosopedia.com/index.php/Ralph_Reed">Ralph Reed - dKosopedia</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> It was formed by <b>Reed</b> in 1984 as a political action committee for the purpose of conducting campus-based efforts to support the reelection campaign of Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina," according to FEC v. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> succeeded splendidly in disguising the ugly face of the Christian Coalition, selling an image of tolerance and moderation to the media and the general public. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> remained on the Microsoft payroll even after a controversy erupted in 2000 over his lobbying Gov. George W. Bush, who was then a candidate for president, on behalf of Microsoft during its antitrust battles, while also serving as an adviser to Mr.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Ralph_Reed</font> (3210 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=59136">[No title]</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b>, 43, already had filed the necessary paperwork to begin raising money for the race for lieutenant governor, so the announcement Thursday, e-mailed to reporters and supporters, was not a surprise. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> was executive director of the Christian Coalition from 1989 to 1997, the organization formed by evangelist Pat Robertson. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> is the third Republican to announce his candidacy for lieutenant governor.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.11alive.com /news/news_article.aspx?storyid=59136</font> (282 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/01/26/enron.reed.cnna">CNN.com - Ralph Reed denies White House, Enron job tie - January 26, 2002</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>REED</b>: No, I was not, and in fact subsequent to being called by the Times and asked about this, I checked back with one of the executives that I met with in September of '97, he says that he never talked to him. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>REED</b>: Well, all I can tell you is there is about four quotes in that story, and three of them deny that I was retained or my firm was retained as a result of any communication from Karl. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>REED</b>: Well what we were doing, Judy, was organizing consumers and citizens and encouraging them to support a deregulation plan that was backed by Governor Tom Ridge that would allow for more competition and more choice.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>archives.cnn.com /2002/US/01/26/enron.reed.cnna</font> (782 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/03/ap/politics/mainD8FHTD1G9.shtml">CBS News | Ralph Reed's First Try for Office Falters</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> responded in a letter that he had no plans to quit: "Elections are won at the grassroots by the candidate with the strongest record and best ideas. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> was chairman of the Georgia GOP during the 2002 elections, when the party pulled off upset victories to elect the state's first Republican governor since 1872, Sonny Perdue. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> and his supporters say there is still plenty of time before the July 18 primary to turn the campaign's attention away from Abramoff.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/02/03/ap/politics/mainD8FHTD1G9.shtml</font> (832 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/200404/green">Second Coming</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> ran leadership schools and activist training seminars, and his early understanding of such tactics as barraging politicians with e-mails, faxes, and phone calls made the Christian Coalition—with its 2,000 chapters nationwide ready to coalesce and strike quickly almost anywhere in the country—the feared and respected outfit that it was. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b>, now forty-two years old, still speaks in perfectly crafted sound bites and slightly louder than one expects in private conversation, as if a bank of television cameras were still trained on him (his sharp laugh is even louder). </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> may not again become cover-of-Time famous, but he will at last be poised to play a significant role in the Republican-controlled Washington that he has worked all his adult life to bring about.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.theatlantic.com /doc/prem/200404/green</font> (1602 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/07/20/ralph_reed_did_not_repent.php">TomPaine.com - Ralph Reed Did Not Repent</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Ralph</b> <b>Reed</b>, the former head of the Christian Coalition, has become the first political casualty of the Jack Abramoff lobbying and money scandals with his loss yesterday in Georgia's lieutenant governor's race to a previously unknown state senator. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed's</b> electoral fate was delivered by the Christian conservative voters that make up a Republican primary electorate in a Deep South state like Georgia—the same voters <b>Reed</b> was said to understand better than any other Republican operative. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Ralph</b> <b>Reed</b> might once have been the "Right Hand of God," as Time magazine famously once called him, but yesterday he learned that if candidates don't practice what they preach, they're in for a return to private life.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.tompaine.com /articles/2006/07/20/ralph_reed_did_not_repent.php</font> (685 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://tpmmuckraker.com/reed.php">TPMmuckraker</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> and Abramoff met during their involvement in the College Republicans in the early 1980s, where <b>Reed</b> ultimately went on to become executive director in 1983. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed's</b> own words testify to his closeness to Abramoff: "abramoff is arguably the most influential and effective gop lobbyist in congress. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> was Chairman of Bush-Cheney's Southeast region in the 2004 election.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>tpmmuckraker.com /reed.php</font> (1383 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/39217">AlterNet: Ralph Reed Did Not Repent</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Ralph</b> <b>Reed's</b> downfall suggests other politicians may be vulnerable to voter anger, unless they repent for their big money ways. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> is definitely good news, but for this coming mid-term election and for the integrity of this nation, it is the rousing rejection of Mr. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> conceded that he was a loser, a moment allegorical of his insignificant existence as a twit, prick, and snail.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.alternet.org /story/39217</font> (2698 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/221811_msftreed27.html">Microsoft defends ties to Ralph Reed</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> WASHINGTON -- Microsoft Corp. is paying social conservative <b>Ralph</b> <b>Reed</b> $20,000 a month as a consultant, triggering complaints that the well-connected Republican with close ties to the White House and to evangelist Pat Robertson may have persuaded the company to oppose gay rights legislation. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b>, who got his start in politics by running the Christian Coalition for Robertson and who had a senior role in President Bush's 2004 campaign, is a leading figure in the social conservative movement that spearheaded opposition to gay marriage, stem cell research, abortion, gambling and other issues. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed's</b> history with Microsoft, coupled with Microsoft's decision to drop its support for a gay rights bill for the state, unleashed a vocal backlash against the company yesterday.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>seattlepi.nwsource.com /business/221811_msftreed27.html</font> (1180 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13828379">Can Ralph Reed dodge the Abramoff shadow? - Politics - MSNBC.com</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Ralph</b> <b>Reed</b> (right) is among several politicians connected to Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist who pleaded guilty to corruption charges. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> and Abramoff first met in 1981, when they worked together at the College Republican national committee; <b>Reed</b> even introduced Abramoff to his eventual wife. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> A <b>Reed</b> victory on Tuesday would also mean something else: that there still hasn't been a single campaign casualty from the Abramoff scandal.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.msnbc.msn.com /id/13828379</font> (1227 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/31875">AlterNet: Ralph Reed: Living on a Prayer</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Evidence is mounting that former Christian Coalition leader <b>Ralph</b> <b>Reed</b> Jr., along with a former leader of the Texas Christian Coalition, may have illegally lobbied Texas state officials on behalf of crooked federal lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his clients. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Ralph</b> <b>Reed</b> never registered as a Texas lobbyist despite evidence that he called at least one member of the State Board of Education in 2002 to influence a board resolution. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Invoking a legal theory called "tolling," the groups that filed the <b>Reed</b> complaint argue that this two-year period should not be clocked from when the alleged lobbying occurred in 2001, since the public was unaware of the alleged offense as a direct result of <b>Reed's</b> failure to register.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.alternet.org /story/31875</font> (3640 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5552557">NPR : Ralph Reed's Bumpy Road in Georgia</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> has two hurdles: One is the Republican primary, which takes place a week from Friday. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> used the money to defeat a state lottery in Alabama that would have competed with local Indian casinos. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> vehemently denies that the job is a stepping-stone to higher office.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=5552557</font> (704 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1216274,00.html">TIME.com: Ralph Reed's Comeuppance -- Page 1</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> first denied he used gambling funds for his lobbying efforts, then stated he didn't know the source of the funds, then said had he known he would not have accepted them, which ran counter to e-mails between him and Abramoff released by the U.S. Senate's Indian Affairs Committee. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The <b>Reed</b> faithful — at least what was left of them — thought he had been hung out to dry by his former friends. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> As for <b>Reed's</b> future, he's still the owner of the consulting and lobbying firm Century Strategies, though landing work for a political candidate could be tricky this season if Abramoff talks or <b>Reed</b> is called before Congress.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.time.com /time/nation/article/0,8599,1216274,00.html</font> (1098 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ralph_Reed">Ralph E. Reed, Jr. - SourceWatch</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> was Executive Director of the College Republican National Committee (CRNC) 1983-1985, founded Students for America in 1984, and was Executive Director of the Christian Coalition 1989-1997. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> "worked on the re-election campaign of racist homophobe Jesse Helms in 1984 and 1990 and, indeed, the formation of Students for America was for the express purpose of getting Jesse Helms reelected." [5] </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed's</b> firm apologized for asking what it called 'a small number of individuals' to express views to the Republican Presidential candidate on the anti-trust case pending against Microsoft." [11]</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Ralph_Reed</font> (3005 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/04/06/reed/print.html">Salon.com News | Will Ralph Reed crap out?</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Ralph</b> <b>Reed</b>, former head of the Christian Coalition, running for Georgia lt. governor, Jan. 26, 2006. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> On the campaign trail in south Georgia, <b>Ralph</b> <b>Reed</b>, the Republican strategist who created the Christian Coalition, wears shiny fl cowboy boots -- full quill ostrich leather -- to help give him the swagger of a man still on the make. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> has been weathering a blizzard of revelations about his partnership with the convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.salon.com /news/feature/2006/04/06/reed/print.html</font> (426 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=19387">WorkingForChange-Ralph Reed's reckoning</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Ralph</b> <b>Reed</b>, the wunderkind of the religious right during the 1990s, recently gathered supporters together for a rally promoting his candidacy for the Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, a campaign, many political observers believe, that is the former executive director of the Christian Coalition's first step on the road toward higher office. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Abramoff brought <b>Reed</b>, a longtime public opponent of gambling, on board to run a multi-media campaign -- including a series of radio advertisements -- aimed at convincing anti-gambling religious folk in Texas to flood their legislators with anti-casino messages. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> continued to work for the Bush-Cheney team in 2000, and during the 2004 presidential campaign, he served as a senior official.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.workingforchange.com /article.cfm?ItemID=19387</font> (1412 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://spofga.org/flag/2005/may/ralph_reed.php">More on Ralph Reed ...</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Ralph</b> <b>Reed</b> did not put Sonny Purdue in the Governor's Mansion, he is not good for Georgia and if left to run the now major party in Our State will exceed the Democrats capability to make it the other Incredible Shrinking Party. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> is giving Republicans a bad name...which is compounded with Sonny Perdue's reputation that made SONNY LIED the Official Georgia State sign and the recent Secrecy Front that passed through Georgia. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> is scary enough as a stealthy political mercenary, so, we hope to soon see his quest for personal political power...in a body bag.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>spofga.org /flag/2005/may/ralph_reed.php</font> (1980 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/ralph-reed/437576/main">Ralph Reed - Moviefone</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Born in 1961 in Portsmouth, Virginia to Navy opthamologist <b>Ralph</b> <b>Reed</b> and his wife... </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Ralph</b> <b>Reed</b> to Jack Abramoff in an email messaged dated November 1998,... </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Ralph</b> <b>Reed</b> - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, <b>Ralph</b> <b>Reed</b> Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>movies.aol.com /celebrity/ralph-reed/437576/main</font> (96 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060417/moser">The Devil Inside</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> "Tricky <b>Ralph,"</b> as he was known on campus, went on to make a similar splash with the national CRs, teaming with the equally tricky pair of Abramoff, who was national CR chairman in the early 1980s, and Grover Norquist, whose Americans for Tax Reform is also caught up in the scandal. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed's</b> struggle to hold on to their loyalty has given this lieutentant governor's race a rare national significance. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> convinced dozens of influential pastors in those states, along with some of the biggest national names on the evangelical right--Dobson, Phyllis Schlafly, Gary Bauer, Donald Wildmon, Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson--to mobilize their flocks in a series of successful anti-casino campaigns.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.thenation.com /doc/20060417/moser</font> (1551 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2004/11/10_400.html">Ralph Reed's Other Cheek</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> says he has not wavered from his anti-gambling convictions and points out that his company was paid by Scanlon's firm, not the tribe. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed's</b> value to corporate America has been enhanced by his close ties to the Bush administration and especially to Karl Rove, the president's chief political guru. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b>, who points out that Channel One also runs ads promoting abstinence and anti-alcohol messages, phoned several board members and dissuaded them from voting for the resolution, much to the dismay of conservatives like Phyllis Schlafly, a longtime critic of Channel One.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.motherjones.com /news/outfront/2004/11/10_400.html</font> (1384 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39448">WorldNetDaily: Ralph Reed denies casino deal</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Ralph</b> <b>Reed</b>, former executive director of the Christian Coalition and current Bush campaign strategist for the Southeast, has responded to allegations that he had been secretly taking funds from one Indian tribe with a casino monopoly as payment to launch a moral crusade against a competitive tribe that wanted to start up its own casino. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> According to Newfield, <b>Reed</b> was hired by the Coushatta to fend off the newcomers and offset the influence of former GOP national Chairman Haley Barbour, who had been hired by the Jena Band to help ensure their casino compact was approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> WND asked Few to comment specifically on Newfield's report that <b>Reed</b> was able to keep his deal secret, by being paid via money laundered through firms controlled by Abramoff and Scanlon.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39448</font> (621 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>Indianz.Com > News > Ralph Reed paid $4.1M to oppose tribes</u> <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Conservative Christian activist <b>Ralph</b> <b>Reed</b> was paid $4.1 million in tribal funds to oppose tribes, Mother Jones reports. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Ralph</b> <b>Reed</b>, former director of the Christian Coalition, received the money in 2001 and 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> also organized efforts against the Jena Band of Choctaws, who are seeking a casino in Louisiana, and the Poarch Band of Creek Indians in Alabama, who are looking to expand their gaming operation.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.indianz.com /News/2004/004965.asp</font> (760 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>Amazon.com: After The Revolution: Books: Ralph Reed</u> <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> In "After the Revolution" Dr. <b>Ralph</b> <b>Reed</b> explodes the caricature of religious conservatives as poor, uneducated, and easy to command. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> In <b>Reed's</b> explanation of the Christian Coalition's success, he shares with his readers how he operates and lets the average follower see the slick, well-greased workings of the behemoth machine that is the Christian Coalition. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Ralph</b> <b>Reed</b> really knows how to address the horrible and terrifying things that are happening to America through Jesus Christ!</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.amazon.com /After-Revolution-Ralph-Reed/dp/0849938597</font> (1162 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>TIME.com: The Abramoff/Reed Emails -- Page 1</u> <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> He had asked <b>Ralph</b> <b>Reed</b> to find out who at the agency he should contact to make the proposal. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> In another exchange, <b>Ralph</b> <b>Reed</b> was in Austin, Texas listening to Karl Rove deliver a speech to the Republican National Committee. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Abramoff asks <b>Reed</b> to raise an "urgent" matter with Rove—getting $16 million released by the Justice Department to fund a Mississippi Choctaw jail.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.time.com /time/nation/article/0,8599,1121969,00.html</font> (1398 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.atljewishtimes.com/archives/1999/072399cs.htm">The Rebirth of Ralph Reed</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Ralph</b> <b>Reed</b> represents all you're against: prayer in schools, repeal of </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> On one wall of <b>Reed's</b> office is a bucolic portrait of <b>Reed</b>, his wife Jo Anne, and their four children. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Reed</b> says he had nothing to do with the ads.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.atljewishtimes.com /archives/1999/072399cs.htm</font> (2623 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.ralphreed.com">Century Strategies</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Century Strategies has provided consulting services to Fortune 500 corporations, members of the United States House and Senate leadership, numerous Governors, and the campaign of President George W. 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