Ralph Reed is a Hypocrite

Given the Chance, We Wouldn't Repeat Mistakes
According to AJC.com, Ralph Reed, holier-than-thou right wing candidate for lieutenant governor in Georgia, 'said recently that his work for disgraced Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff was a mistake that — if given the chance — he wouldn't repeat.

"Had I known then what I know now, I would not have undertaken that work," Reed said, according to the text of a speech posted on his campaign Web site this week.'

also, in the same article...

'..In his speech, Reed predicted his work for the lobbyist would become fodder for next year's election campaign. Two rivals, Republican Casey Cagle and Democrat Greg Hecht, have already established Web sites focusing on Reed's ties to Abramoff, a long-time friend now the subject of several federal investigations.

But Reed's remarks to the youth group may also be a reaction to rising Christian concerns about his connections to the Abramoff scandal.

Last month, the evangelical weekly World, with a national circulation of 140,000, published a critical piece about Reed that portrayed the former head of the Christian Coalition as a "shrewd businessman who has spent years leveraging his evangelical and conservative contacts."

For three years, Reed conducted anti-gambling campaigns in Texas, Louisiana and Alabama, on behalf of Abramoff. Two of Abramoff's tribal clients, eager to preserve their casino markets, funneled Reed more than $5 million toward his efforts...'

Ralph Reed is a Right Wing Hypocrite. Everyone makes mistakes. However, we don't get to re-do our mistakes. We tell our children to make the right choices in life because sometimes, if we make a bad choice, we pay the penalty forever.