A peach of a scandal in Georgia

Garrison Keillor -- yes, that Garrison Keillor -- in the Baltimore Sun:

If a preacher secretly accepts a bucket of money from a saloonkeeper to organize a temperance rally at a rival saloon and maybe send in a gang of church ladies to chop up the bar with their little hatchets, this would strike you and me as sleazy, but others are willing to make allowances, and so Ralph Reed's political career is still alive and breathing in Georgia. He has bathed himself in tomato juice and hopes to smile his way through the storm.

It's a fascinating story, and a fun read.

Read it here.

Hat tip: truthout.