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I know that convicted lobbyist and former Riley aide Michael Scanlon has an …umm… unusual sense of propriety: he used what he called the “wackos” of the Christian right for his own personal and political gain, he and his partner Jack Abramoff defrauded Indian tribes of $80 million plus, and after the two managed to shut down a tribal casino on behalf of other gambling interests/clients, they tried to recruit that tribe as a client whose gambling interests they could revive.
But here’s a new one for us. In one case, their “client was the Tigua tribe of Southwest Texas” and they “were so brazen as to charge $4.2 million while also on retainer with a rival Louisiana-based tribe, the Coushattas, and pursuing the express aim of shutting the Tiguas’ casino down.” (Emphasis in original.)
Wow… take $4.2 million from one client’s gambling interest while pursuing for another client the aim of shutting that first client down.
That’s pretty audacious.
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FYI: here is an ad from Democratic Candidate for Chief Justice, Sue Bell Cobb.
In it, she names things that set her apart from her opponent, Republican Drayton Nabers.
As an aside, do state Republicans use YouTube? I’ve not seen any of their ads there.
Also see:
Cobb Ad: Let Her Shine
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Joe Reed, Frank Matthews has got you covered.
Frank Matthews copied me on some email intended for Rick Sellers saying that he (Matthews) would debate Rick Sellers any place, any time - presumably including on the air on Matthews’ radio show.
Republican consultant Rick Sellers challenged Joe Reed, the vice chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party and founder of the Alabama Democratic Conference, to “a debate about which party should control the Legislature in 2007.”
I’d watch.
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Like Noah and his neighbors, Georgia’s Christian Coalition and the national organization are waving goodbye with no plans to see one another again.
This is the fourth state group to leave the national Christian Coalition. Alabama’s group jumped or was pushed last month.
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