Casey Cagle: Giant Killer
By Erick Posted in 2006 — Comments (9) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
No one thought Casey Cagle could kill a giant. The mild mannered Georgia senator from north of Atlanta grew up in difficult circumstances, got himself educated, got himself a job, then got himself elected to the Georgia Senate, but he'd never killed a giant. He'd killed taxes, but he'd never come close to killing a giant. At least not until July 18, 2006.
On July 18, 2006, Casey killed off the immediate political career of Ralph Reed. Yeah, that Ralph Reed. Reed, on his way to the White House, envisioned a stop over inside the Lieutenant Governor's chair in the Georgia Senate and probably the Governor's Mansion. A whole lot of folks rallied around Ralph -- the guy who could out organize and out strategize everyone else. But Casey didn't buy the hype. Casey decided it might just be best to have a guy who had actually served in the Georgia Senate for a while become President of that same Senate. So Casey decided he'd fight for it.
Casey punched and punched and punched. He didn't punch with his own fist though. He just grabbed Reed's fist and clubbed Reed's political career to death with Reed's own hand. The Abramoff scandal weighed Reed down. When Casey, at the end of the race, decisively made the case that "Ralph Reed's values are for sale," there was no where left for Ralph Reed to go. Few people, including yours truly, thought Casey could be a giant killer. But now we know he is.
And now the stars are aligned against him. Casey is a tax cutting pro-life conservative. A media that showered him with praise when compared to Reed will turn against him. Some of the Reed acolytes who cannot comprehend that their candidate was knocked out by his own actions will refuse to help Casey. The Democrats hate and fear him -- a nice guy with a photogenic family, a giant killer, and he is conservative.
Casey Cagle could now use some help. To get to where he is now, the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, he had to use up a lot of money he otherwise could have spent in the general election. The Democrats still have an ugly runoff where one is accusing the other of killing babies.
If we strike now, we can help Casey. Go here and let's help Casey Cagle. He deserves our respect and our support. Casey killed a giant. Now Casey's at bat. Let's help him hit a home run.
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That's the moral of this story. Reed did a lot of good for the GOP, and perhaps will do so again in the future. But not as a candidate for public office.
Is that Ralph Reed waited so long to run for public office. Erick, why didn't he run earlier, say in 1996 or 1998 when he was at the top of his game at Christian Coalition? He would have been well on his way before the scandals hit.
I think he wanted to make his money first. He did quite well for himself. But unfortunately was tainted by Abramoff.
that Reed's political career is over. He's 45. He should do what Isackson did when he got thrashed.
Wait a couple years and then run for Congress then he can stone step his way up from there.
Abramoff will fade although as one poster pointed out elsewhere, it won't fade until Reed apologizes for it.
is a continuation of the American dream that has been his life thus far. From an impoverished upbringing, to becoming a self-made businessman, to serving in Georgia's Senate, to being a relative unknown taking on a political celebrity, to a double-digit win against a mastermind of political strategy and voter turnout, Cagle is living proof that a good man who sticks to his guns and doesn't abandon his principles for money or other gain can win in America.
Reed for playing the "bible card" with voters to convince them that they should oppose subjecting the Northern Marianas Islands to federal labor law because it would impair exposing them to Christianity.
The kind of voters who are so gullible that they can be lead around by anyone who invokes Reed's type of demagoguery.
Cagle for playing the "abortion card" with voters to convince them that federal labor laws in the Northern Marianas Islands would have prevented "back alley abortions" and Reed knew that when he lobbied against the bill.
The kind of voters who are so gullible that they can be lead around by anyone who invokes Cagle's type of demagoguery.
I used to get upset at how relatively "boring" Minnesota elections were and what I thought was an extreme focus on "civility" but seeing the kind of garbage that goes down in other States, I'm starting to appreciate our way more and more.