"I think that they are a misrepresentation of Grahams effort to stay away from the political, while still ministering to people who truly need the message."
Your screen name is appropos. Unfortunately Graham has a long history of this type of behaviour. This is no "misrepresentation" but a sad continuation of Grahams friendship with the world. And BTW I can think of few people who "truly need the message" more than Bill & Hil.
James 4:4
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Yes, it is. Ha! Just ask anyone in my life. I try my best to think the best of people. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Just don't call me naive, because it's a choice of how I wanted to approach the world. It's worked out pretty well for me.
So here's my response: I think that you are right that Graham has cozied up to many people of ill repute. But didn't Jesus get criticized for exactly the same thing? Do BG think he's sold out sometimes, honestly, I don't know, because I'm not behind the scenes.
For me, it's just two separate issues. And I still find B & H icky. On ALL levels. But I fear that is not particularly good outreach.