Friday, November 04, 2005

Sleezeball fake Christian Reed missed the part in the Bible about lying being wrong.

Reed's fees all paid by casino
By JIM GALLOWAY , ALAN JUDD
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
WASHINGTON — Ralph Reed's anti-gambling work in Texas and Louisiana was funded by an Indian tribe that derives all of its income from a single casino, according to U.S. Senate testimony Wednesday.
Reed, the former Christian Coalition leader who is running for lieutenant governor of Georgia, is an avowed opponent of legalized gambling. He has said he never knowingly accepted gambling money.
But Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who hired Reed to manage the campaign, made it clear to Reed that he was working for the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, according to a Feb. 11, 2002, e-mail released after the hearing.
And testimony Wednesday before the U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee indicated that the tribe has no source of income besides its Grand Casino Coushatta, Louisiana's largest land-based casino with 3,000 slot machines and an annual income of $300 million.
In a prepared statement after the hearing, Reed said he had been assured by Abramoff's law firm that his payments did not come from gambling...http://tinyurl.com/a48m5
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