Clean-Slate Christianity in Action

Is there a bigger hypocrite in the universe than Ralph Reed? Here's a guy who steered the Christian Coalition to power, is now up to his eyeballs in the Abramoff scandal, and calls himself the candidate with "stronger values".

What values? Greed, corruption and hypocrisy?

Former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed, whose campaign for Georgia lieutenant governor has been clouded by questions over his ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, is promoting himself as the candidate with "stronger values."

An investigation by the Senate Indian Affairs Committee Senate committee last month found that two Indian tribes, which were both Abramoff clients, sent $5.3 million to Reed, sometimes using non-profits as intermediaries, to battle gambling initiatives that would have hurt their business.

Reed has not been charged with a crime and has said repeatedly that he regrets the work he did with Abramoff. His campaign said the committee's two-year probe vindicated Reed and confirms he has not been accused of wrongdoing. At a recent debate, Reed reprimanded Cagle for implying he should be charged.

"It's a low blow to suggest that somebody's committed a crime. As far as I'm concerned, you should be ashamed of yourself," he said, adding that voters will reject a "guilt by association" strategy.

And I'll bet he even said that with a straight face.

The scary part is that he probably geniuinely believes this -- because in his particular worldview, a Jew got nailed to a tree 2000+ years ago so he could accept bribes. And because he believes that Jew absorbed all of the sins of mankind in perpetuity, he can do whatever the hell he wants -- and still call himself the candidate with "stronger values."