Why are Iowa evangelicals pinning their hopes on this disgraced Abramoff crony?

Video of Reed at Iowa Christian Alliance Fundraiser

Here's text from an excerpt of his speech:

Are you ready to make history here in Iowa in 2010?  Iowa is a critical, all important state for changing the direction of the country in 2010…  

What we're going to be doing over the next eight months or so here in Iowa, is we're going to be working with the Iowa Christian Alliance; we're going to have a sister organization, the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition.   Yes, we're going to be distributing voter guides.  Yes, we're going to make sure God's people know where the candidates stand.   

But let me tell you what else we're going to do.  We're not just going to distribute voter guides.  We're going to tell the people where folks stand and we're going to tell people that they oughta vote for this candidate because they stand for their values. 

We're not going to leave the expressed advocacy of the election and defeat of candidates to Moveon.org and the radical left and the labor unions any more.  We're going to do it and we're going to see people who share our values serve in positions of public trust from governor all the way down to the legislature and the courthouse and school boards all over the state of Iowa. 

We need to raise about a half a million dollars to execute that program.  The program that I just described to you that made history in New Jersey and Massachusetts, if you want to see it happen here in Iowa, we need to raise a half a million dollars. 

There is no limit to what you give here tonight  (laughter).  You can write a check for any amount.  Isn't that exciting?

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