“The Atlanta Journal-Constitution” Blogs about Civility Project Founder’s Reaction to RNC Slideshow

"Political Insider" with Jim Galloway

Mark DeMoss, who operates a Christian-oriented public relations firm out of Buckhead, was Mitt Romney's evangelical liaison 2008.

The language of the campaign upset him so much that, last year, he began an effort to bring more civility to politics. He partnered with Lanny Davis, a prominent Washington Democrat and Hillary Clinton supporter.

Late last week, DeMoss - a major Republican donor - informed chairman Michael Steele that he was "ashamed" of a Republican National Committee slide show for donors that featured President Barack Obama as a socialist Joker, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as Cruella DeVille, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as Scooby-Doo.

"Shameful, immature and uncivil, at best," DeMoss said.

This from Politico.com:

"I'm afraid the presentation is representative of a culture and mindset within the Republican National Committee," DeMoss, a past member of the RNC's "Eagle" program for top donors who gave the party $15,000 in 2008, wrote in the letter to Steele, which he shared with POLITICO. (DeMoss hasn't given this cycle.) "Consequently, I will no longer contribute to any fundraising entity of our Party-but will contribute only to individual candidates I choose to support."

Click here to read Jim Galloway's full blog.