Eating Their Own

Looks like Ralph Reed has reached the next stage in the typical Religious Reich and GOP perception of reality. He is now blaming John McCain for his loss in the GOP primary for Lt. Governor here in Georgia. Seems the report of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee that McCain chaired that showed that Reed had received more than $5 Million from by two casino-owning Indian tribes -- both clients of lobbyist Jack Abramoff -- to rally Christian voters against other tribes opening competing casinos reminded voters that he was a lying, stealing, scum 'o the earth hypocrit and caused them to vote for the other guy.

This is so typical of the species. Never take responsibilty for your own actions and their effects on your life. Always find someone else to blame. Hey Ralph, you can blame McCain, the devil or sunspots for your problems but the reality is that you lied, deceived and took the money you knew was dirty so take your licks like a man. Nobody else pooped in your pudding it was all your doing.

Rich Lowry: "Here's the view of what happened from the Reed camp: Once the Abramoff stuff exploded, it was going to be a very tough road for Reed. Glen Bolger did a poll for the campaign in January showing that it was possible for Reed to win, but his negatives were very high and he would have to squeak by. Reed had a choice to make, and decided to stay in the race and try to make it happen. In the end, soft Republicans appear to have broken very strongly against him in the suburbs. There may have been some cross-over Democratic votes in the open primary, but that alone can't account for a 54-46% loss. Reed's connection to the Abramoff stuff had broken back in the summer of 2004, so it couldn't have been predicted that it would be such a huge deal even now. But it was. The Reed camp blames John McCain for playing payback for his 2000 primary defeat with a campaign of leaks, and the press, of course, was happy to pile on."