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"Fredric L. Rice" |
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01 Jan 2006 12:51:22 PM |
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Another Family Values Christian |
http://www.politicalcortex.com/story/2005/12/31/3441/3211
"Lucky Louie" Sheldon implicated in Gambling Scandal
By Frederick Clarkson
12/31/2005
Rev. Lou Sheldon, founder of the California-based Traditional Values
Coalition has long been among the most stridently anti-gay crusaders
of the Christian Right.
However, The Washington Post reveals that he is now implicated in the
widening Washington, DC corruption scandal centered around
conservative Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Previously, Ralph Reed, the founding executive director of the
Christian Coalition, and now a political consultant, had been linked
to receiving money from gambling interestests tied to Abramoff -- even
as he was publicly working on anti-gambling issues for another client.
According to The Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/custom/2005/12/23/CU2005122300939..html#reed
E-mails released by federal investigators in June 2005 suggest that
Reed secretly accepted payments from Abramoff to lobby against Indian
casino gambling and oppose an Alabama education lottery at the same
time that Abramoff was being paid to promote Indian casino gambling.
Additional e-mails released in November 2005 show that Reed also
worked for another Abramoff client seeking to block a congressional
ban on Internet gambling.
Reed has said he did not know the funds came from pro-gambling
sources.
Reed is currently running for Lt. Governor of Georgia.
While Sheldon does not seem to be central to the corruption scandal so
far, his collection of covert cash from gambling interests, when he
too was publicly opposing gambling, will no doubt tarnish his
credibility with his Christian Right constituents -- and anyone else
who might be paying attention.
The Post reports:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/custom/2005/12/23/CU2005122300939..html#sheldon
Sheldon's organization, which has protested loudly against gambling,
allegedly accepted money from an online lottery firm, eLottery, to
help in its $2 million pro-gambling campaign.
Checks and e-mails obtained by The Post show that Abramoff recruited
Ralph Reed to join Sheldon in the effort to pressure members of
Congress.
Sheldon told The Post that he could not remember receiving eLottery
money and that he was unaware that Abramoff was involved in the
campaign to defeat an anti-gambling bill.
Sheldon received at least $25,000 from eLottery; Abramoff is known to
have referred to him as "Lucky Louie."
Reading through the profiles of the various players, one gets a
picture of the way that Reed and Sheldon were part of the complicated
scheme in which gambling and anti-gambling interests were played off
each other -- while GOP consultants with close ties to then-House
Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) made lots of money.
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"Someone give bush a ***** so we can finally impeach him" -- AVet4Peace
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| User: "Bull" |
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| Title: Re: Another Family Values Christian |
01 Jan 2006 02:25:25 PM |
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On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 18:51:22 GMT,
FRice@SkepticTank.ORG (Fredric L. Rice) wrote:
http://www.politicalcortex.com/story/2005/12/31/3441/3211
"Lucky Louie" Sheldon implicated in Gambling
Scandal
By Frederick Clarkson
12/31/2005
Rev. Lou Sheldon, founder of the California-based
Traditional Values
Coalition has long been among the most stridently
anti-gay crusaders
of the Christian Right.
However, The Washington Post reveals that he is
now implicated in the
widening Washington, DC corruption scandal
centered around
conservative Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Previously, Ralph Reed, the founding executive
director of the
Christian Coalition, and now a political
consultant, had been linked
to receiving money from gambling interestests tied
to Abramoff -- even
as he was publicly working on anti-gambling issues
for another client.
According to The Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/custom/2005/12/23/CU2005122300939..html#reed
E-mails released by federal investigators in June
2005 suggest that
Reed secretly accepted payments from Abramoff to
lobby against Indian
casino gambling and oppose an Alabama education
lottery at the same
time that Abramoff was being paid to promote
Indian casino gambling.
Additional e-mails released in November 2005 show
that Reed also
worked for another Abramoff client seeking to
block a congressional
ban on Internet gambling.
Reed has said he did not know the funds came from
pro-gambling
sources.
Reed is currently running for Lt. Governor of
Georgia.
While Sheldon does not seem to be central to the
corruption scandal so
far, his collection of covert cash from gambling
interests, when he
too was publicly opposing gambling, will no doubt
tarnish his
credibility with his Christian Right constituents
-- and anyone else
who might be paying attention.
The Post reports:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/custom/2005/12/23/CU2005122300939..html#sheldon
Sheldon's organization, which has protested loudly
against gambling,
allegedly accepted money from an online lottery
firm, eLottery, to
help in its $2 million pro-gambling campaign.
Checks and e-mails obtained by The Post show that
Abramoff recruited
Ralph Reed to join Sheldon in the effort to
pressure members of
Congress.
Sheldon told The Post that he could not remember
receiving eLottery
money and that he was unaware that Abramoff was
involved in the
campaign to defeat an anti-gambling bill.
Sheldon received at least $25,000 from eLottery;
Abramoff is known to
have referred to him as "Lucky Louie."
Reading through the profiles of the various
players, one gets a
picture of the way that Reed and Sheldon were part
of the complicated
scheme in which gambling and anti-gambling
interests were played off
each other -- while GOP consultants with close
ties to then-House
Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) made lots of
money.
---
http://www.ElmerFudd.US/ http://www.rightard.org/
http://www.thedarkwind.org/
"Someone give bush a ***** so we can finally
impeach him" -- AVet4Peace
Oh what a tangled web we weave.
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