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OBAMA’S SECRET: The Democratic presidential nominee has picked a running mate. But he’s not gonna tell you who it is.

NO-SHOW REED: After hyping John McCain in anticipation of last night’s Atlanta fund-raiser (and after the GOP candidate allegedly told him ‘no thanks’), baby-faced former Christian Coalition prez Ralph Reed decides not to grace the event with his presence.

COUNCIL HEARTS TADS: Late last night, Atlanta City Council green-lighted controversial Tax Allocation District funding for the $125 million Center for Civil & Human Rights museum and the multi-billion-dollar Beltline transit-and-trails project. More than $200 million was approved — which marks the first infusion of government funds for the Beltline.

NO PRESSURE: The Georgia Bulldogs are the top-ranked college football team this year. It’s the first time the UGA team has started a season with the top ranking. Last year, the Dogs finished No. 2.

DESPERATE DEPOT: Atlanta-based Home Depot Inc. expects profits to tumble 24 percent in this weakened housing market year. Still, the world’s largest home-improvement company reported unexpectedly high profits this quarter.

SICK VITAMINS: A Marietta man claims his daily vitamin caused his hair and fingernails to fall out. Apparently, he’s not the only one.

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Disgraced right-wingers don’t die, they just write books.

Ralph Reed, who became the first executive director of the Christian Coalition and used it to become a national player in Republican politics, has taken a cue from Newt Gingrich and turned to fiction.

Reed, who was defeated in the Republican primary two years ago by Casey Cagle in his quest to become Georgia’s lieutenant governor, has written a political thriller called Dark Horse that comes out tomorrow.

Thumbing through the book, it’s not as bad as I’d expected although it’s certainly no masterpiece. And it’s not exactly family values-friendly. Take this passage, which appears to reveal that Reed has a fetish for women of color:

“G.G. Hoterman and Stephen Fox followed Jeffrey Gabel’s African-American executive assistant as she walked down the hallway. Her hips swayed rhythmically in her designer dress, which was a tad short even by L.A. standards; her long legs were mesmerizing as they moved back and forth in four-inch heels.”

The book’s page on amazon.com features blurbs from the usual suspects: Karl Rove, Sean Hannity and Robert Novak. Says Rove:

“Ralph Reed has written a lively novel that crackles with real-life political drama. Dark Horse is a page-turner that combines an insider’s knowledge of politics with the suspense of a thriller. You won’t be able to put it down.”

Well, I did put it down. Several times. And once to read CL’s award-winning graphic cartoon, “The Book of Ralph.”

Just to help separate fact from fiction.

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Ralph “Baby Jesus” Reed has written a novel.

Dark Horse is a “political thriller” that follows a fictional presidential campaign through a brutal primary, a muddled general election, an assassination and war with them dang Eye-ray-knee-unz.

Dark Horse comes out on June 3 in hardcover, eBook, and stone tablet, in English and Aramaic. Reserve your copy now, though I’m sure it won’t be as good The Book of Ralph, available for free right here.

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