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Divorce, drugs, drinking: Billy Graham’s children and their absent father
WaCompost ^ | 2/21/2018 | William Martin

Posted on 02/21/2018 1:49:31 PM PST by bkopto

Acquaintances from the early years remember that the Graham youngsters were less than models of decorum in their behavior at church and other public gatherings, but Ruth did her best to exercise a rather stern and consistent discipline at home. She claimed to have obtained some of her most effective child-rearing techniques from a dog-training manual whose directives included keeping commands simple and at a minimum, seeing to it that they were obeyed, rewarding obedience with praise and being consistent.

Three of the five Graham children have divorced. Ruth was the first. When she discovered that her husband had been engaged in a long-running affair, she was devastated. “At first I resorted to my familiar pattern of denial — covering over my hurt with spiritual platitudes. I prayed. I fasted. I forgave. I claimed Bible promises. I did all I’d been taught to do. I also hid my problems from everyone, humiliated that others — especially my family — would find out.”

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To: bkopto

What a rotten article from a rotten writer from a rotten newspaper with a rotten owner.


21 posted on 02/21/2018 2:00:32 PM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: bkopto

Liberals love to dance on fresh graves. Despicable!


22 posted on 02/21/2018 2:00:49 PM PST by TigersEye (13 Russian Facebook trolls ... and a Siberian partridge in a Russian Olive tree.)
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To: dfwgator

Not shocked that they did it, just aggravated that they are so classless as to do it on THE DAY OF HIS DEATH.............

I would think that even liberals would be upset at the timing of this OBVIOUS HIT PIECE.................................


23 posted on 02/21/2018 2:00:51 PM PST by Red Badger (Wanna surprise? Google your own name. Wanna have fun? Google your friends names......)
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To: bkopto

I can just imagine how much “truth” the Washington Post will post on the day Bill Clinton dies.


24 posted on 02/21/2018 2:01:56 PM PST by Skywise
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To: bkopto

Despicable.


25 posted on 02/21/2018 2:02:12 PM PST by OpusatFR
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To: Red Badger

This behavior is typical of LIB lunatics.


26 posted on 02/21/2018 2:02:58 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: bkopto

So the Rev. Graham’s family wasn’t perfect?

Perfection is for heaven. He did good deeds and preached the Word.

If people think that means he fell short, there is no man on earth who does not sin.

And above all, we should not speak ill of the dead.


27 posted on 02/21/2018 2:03:17 PM PST by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Forever))
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To: bkopto

Progressives just hit a new low.


28 posted on 02/21/2018 2:03:40 PM PST by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

They’re just owned minions of the accuser.


29 posted on 02/21/2018 2:04:05 PM PST by HombreSecreto (They never thought that she would lose - God had other plans)
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To: bkopto

Good God. Can’t even wait one day?


30 posted on 02/21/2018 2:05:18 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: bkopto

We need to remind the compost the following: He who is without sin may cast the first stone.


31 posted on 02/21/2018 2:05:56 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: bkopto; Sarah Barracuda; Jane Long; LucyT; miss marmelstein; a little elbow grease; ...
I will call this "Palinization" of Rev. Graham.

His body isn't even cold yet and the long knives came out for him.

Stunning.

I had a Great Aunt who was the stereotype old woman who baked you cookies when you got home from school. She had a son (my father's cousin) who would give you the shirt off his back in a snow storm if you were his kin.

You want to know what happened to him? He died in prison serving a life sentence he got for shooting a man point blank in the head under an over-pass because over a Cocaine deal that went bad.

Famlies are complicated, mine could make for a great Maury episode.

WAPO also makes for great cat box liner.

32 posted on 02/21/2018 2:06:21 PM PST by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: goldstategop

The Graham Family has always been quite open and honest about their lack of perfection. Their stories have inspired the rest of us who likewise suffer from all human failings.

This WaPo writer needs to familiarize himself with Matthew 7:3


33 posted on 02/21/2018 2:06:37 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: bkopto

I refuse to click the link. We are all human. We all suffer the human condition. IMO, this is just the Compost giving the business to Conservative America, needlessly sticking their finger - again - in our eyes.


34 posted on 02/21/2018 2:07:39 PM PST by Obadiah
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To: bkopto

Bloody infuriating! On the day he died, they write this piece of crap - and the comments! From the usual smirking pretend-atheists who talk about a sky god and insult Christians worldwide. And some of them think the man was a televangelist! I positively loathe the left. They’ve got to be destroyed.


35 posted on 02/21/2018 2:07:58 PM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: DesertRhino
Grahams body isn't even cold yet and the atheist bastards can't wait to disparage Mr. Graham for his devotion to help bring Christianity to the world. May everyone of those who jumped on that hell bent band wagon perish in hell, they certainly belong there.
36 posted on 02/21/2018 2:09:29 PM PST by DaveA37
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To: KC_Lion

You’re my favorite freeper, KC.


37 posted on 02/21/2018 2:10:09 PM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: bkopto

Well, we all knew this was coming!

NPR painted him as a homophobe, a racist, and an anti-Semite.

Jack@sses.


38 posted on 02/21/2018 2:10:24 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: bkopto

Bunch of assholes. I for one, surrounded by friends I know, understand that shit just happens. I even had a couple close moments in my own marriage. Sometimes it happens because we screw up, and sometimes shit just happens to good people. No one is perfect. I don’t think this dirt digging is a revelation to anyone except butt hurt liberals.


39 posted on 02/21/2018 2:11:02 PM PST by Sam Gamgee
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To: SkyDancer

Or don’t dare to challenge the validity of ones like David Hogg and other child Soros/Bloomberg plants who cry on cue and read out anti gun/NRA scripts.


40 posted on 02/21/2018 2:11:27 PM PST by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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