[nmh]

"The girl calmly told me that the reverend made the statement as a joke, it shouldn't be taken out of context, and he is not endorsing Hillary Clinton or the Democratic Party. My suggestion to her was that he should make a public statement and clear the record."

I was PHYSICALLY THERE.

It was a JOKE.

People LAUGHED, as they should.

It's a shame after all this time, ONE exchange should change the clean life or a man who spoke about Christ. For some that ONE exchange, which was a JOKE, makes BG the devil - ONE exchange as a JOKE. Apparently YOU never knew Billy Graham. Hopefully you won't be judged harshly when you tell a JOKE.

Don't forget, Billy Graham was a confident to BOTH sides of the aisle, Republican and Demoncrat a like.

[OldFriend]

Do we joke about adultery?

Do we joke about taking advantage of a young girl his daughter's age?

Do we joke about selling access to the White House?

Do we joke about selling our national security to the Chinese?

Do we joke about being impeached, losing one's law license?

There is nothing honorable about the Clinton's and for Reverend Graham to glory in their endorsement says more about him than it says about the grifters.

[CedarDave]

Graham should have called the Klinton's "great friends" and a "wonderful couple" and left it like that. Notwithstanding your interpretation as it being a joke, others (such as Fox) reported the quote as if it was serious.

[doug from upland]

A guy walks into a pub and places a little tiny man on the bar with a little tiny piano..................

[doug from upland]

A proctologist is examining his patient bent over a table and calls his nurse over....................

[doug from upland]

Here is what Clinton should have said on the stage:

I have long admired Rev. Billy Graham. His appearance here today has inspired me to make an apology that is long overdue. Many years ago, I raped a woman in Arkansas. My wife knew about. I have assaulted other women. My wife knew about those. Because of our desire for power, we further assaulted the women by calling them liars and publicly trashing them. I want to use this opportunity to ask forgiveness from my victims and from God. I hope I can be forgiven. I will try to live a better life and atone for the things I have done. Hillary, is there anything you would like to say?

[MEGoody]

It's a shame after all this time, ONE exchange should change the clean life or a man who spoke about Christ.

Don't forget, satan never rests. Billy Graham has been used by God to reach a lot of people. satan would like nothing more than to sully Graham's reputation in some way before he dies.

[Paul_B]

I have no problem with Graham's statement being a joke. My problem is in the Clintons being allowed on stage in the first place.

[Lemondropkid31]

"It's a shame after all this time, ONE exchange should change the clean life or a man who spoke about Christ. For some that ONE exchange, which was a JOKE, makes BG the devil - ONE exchange as a JOKE. Apparently YOU never knew Billy Graham. Hopefully you won't be judged harshly when you tell a JOKE.

Don't forget, Billy Graham was a confident to BOTH sides of the aisle, Republican and Demoncrat a like."



I agree. I don't think we should take it too seriously. I think he was just trying to be nice. He WAS in New York and the people there, even christians, still like them. He is not worried about political issues. Graham might be the only person who ever approached him nicely about Christ. Who knows.

[skr]

I appreciate your opinion as one who was there. That's all it sounded like to me, with no attending endorsement even implied. This is starting to look like the aftermath of Laura Bush's jokes at the White House Correspondents' Dinner (or whatever the event was).

[nina0113]

It's a shame after all this time, ONE exchange should change the clean life or a man who spoke about Christ.

You must have forgotten how Graham defended Clinton's sexual escapades. It was all the women's faults for chasing him. He was just too good-looking. Not even a hint that he should have resisted temptation.

[safisoft]

It's a shame after all this time, ONE exchange should change the clean life or a man who spoke about Christ. For some that ONE exchange, which was a JOKE, makes BG the devil - ONE exchange as a JOKE. Apparently YOU never knew Billy Graham. Hopefully you won't be judged harshly when you tell a JOKE.

Yeah, right. A LONG series of "Jokes" by Graham. Jokes about the JOOOS. Jokes about "forgiving" Clinton in the midst of the impeachment hearings. Joking it up with the profane, on stage, and on world-wide TV. Sure... just jokes.

For those who think that this was out of character for Graham, it was not. He has a LONG history of such "Jokes".

American needs a "John the Baptist" and instead we just heard from a politico 'Reverend'.