Barren Rhetoric

"Go hire ye a direct-marketing subcontractor to go unto all the world and preach the Gospel of sweatshop labour unto all creatures." (Ralph 16:15 (KJV))

Lisa Baron, a spokeswoman for Reed's campaign, said Millennium Marketing "was hired as a direct-mail subcontractor to assist in encouraging grass-roots citizens to promote the propagation of the gospel."

"As a defender of the unborn, Ralph was unaware of any allegations regarding inhumane or illegal treatment of workers, and he would strongly object to such practices, if true," she added.

But as long as Ralph kept himself in the dark about the prostitution and slavery, as a defender of the unborn, his conscience was clean.