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To: pompsander who wrote (745627)	7/18/2006 11:55:32 PM
From: pompsander	Respond to of 769670

Ralph Reed loses...and Cynthia McKinney may lose too... ________________ Ralph Reed concedes defeat in Ga. primary Ex-Christian Coalition leader ends GOP bid for lieutenant ATLANTA - Former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed, unable to overcome his ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, conceded defeat Tuesday in Georgia’s Republican race for lieutenant governor. In Alabama, George Wallace Jr. — son of the legendary Alabama governor and presidential candidate — lost his bid for the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor to Luther Strange, a first-time candidate. Reed was making his first bid for elective office after working for years as a behind-the-scenes campaign strategist and leading the Christian Coalition and the state Republican Party. He vied with state Sen. Casey Cagle for the GOP nomination in a primary race that appeared closer than expected in recent months because of Reed’s work with Abramoff, who pleaded guilty to fraud and corruption earlier this year. In attack ads and televised debates, Cagle hammered away at Reed’s connections to Abramoff, and asked whether Reed could face criminal charges for accepting more than $5.3 million from two Indian tribes. Reed has not been charged with a crime and has said repeatedly that he regrets the work he did with Abramoff. Reed said he was vindicated by a two-year Senate probe. “If good decent people offer themselves in this state for public office, we can make this state a better place,” Cagle said as he declared victory. An upbeat Reed told a crowd of a few dozen cheering supporters that, although his candidacy had ended, his conservative message will live on. “Stay in the fight. Don’t retreat. And our values will win in November,” he said. With 69 percent of precincts reporting, Cagle had 148,456 votes, or 56 percent, and Reed had 115,125, or 44 percent. Crossing party lines Reed’s campaign prompted some Democrats to cross party lines Tuesday to keep him off the GOP ticket. Lifelong Democrat Randy New, 52, of Atlanta said he cast a ballot in a Republican primary for the first time for one reason — to defeat Reed. He added that he sent out an e-mail to friends and business associates this week encouraging them to do the same. In Georgia voters may request a ballot from either party in the primaries. In the Alabama race, with 83 percent of the precincts reporting statewide, the unofficial count showed Strange had 90,201 votes, or 55 percent, and Wallace with 73,417 votes, or 45 percent. Also, Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney sought the nomination for a seventh term in Congress after the scuffle in March with an officer who stopped her when he didn’t recognize her as she entered a House office building. A federal grand jury in Washington declined to indict the congresswoman, but she was forced to apologize on the floor of the House. With more than a third of the votes in, the state’s first black woman elected to Congress was in a dead heat with former DeKalb County Commissioner Hank Johnson Jr., who is also black.

To: pompsander who wrote (745627)	7/19/2006 5:47:47 AM
From: JDN	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

While I support the right of Israel to defend itself, and I am all for eliminating Hezbollah from the landscape, I must admit I am somewhat queasy about the way this is being done. I fully understand Israel's thinking in cutting off all means of resupply for Hezbollah but I also understand the hardship this is putting upon innocent Lebanese citizens who have absolutely no, (known to me at least) involvement in Hezbollah or its sins. I presume this was necessary cause Israel did not wish to invade Lebanon with ground troops but I question that decision. I wonder if Israel could have approached the Lebanese government and offered to SUPPORT ITS TROOPS and JOINTLY attack Hezbollah with Lebanons blessing (ie make Lebanon an ally in the fight). Maybe interntional law left Israel with no other choice, I dont know, but I admit this choice causes concern. On the other hand, to blame BUSH AGAIN is prepostorous. Frankly, I am sick and tired of the liberals attacking Bush everytime something happens in the world. jdn

To: pompsander who wrote (745627)	7/19/2006 7:19:13 AM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 769670

Let it be said: Israel has a right to defend herself, a right to counter-attack against Hezbollah and Hamas, a right to clean out bases from which Katyusha or Qassam rockets are being fired and a right to occupy land from which attacks are mounted on her people. But what Israel is doing is imposing deliberate suffering on civilians, collective punishment on innocent people, to force them to do something they are powerless to do: disarm the gunmen among them. IMO, Hard to do one without the other. When WILL Lebanon be "strong" enough to handle anything?