[tyw]

"Billy Graham has called himself a Democrat"

That explains it all. Looks like I'll be having a Billy Graham bonfire this July 4th.

[Unam Sanctam]

I'm glad that's cleared up.

[darkwing104]

I sure sounded like an endorsement. The Clintons pull this before in Arkansas when they used to leach on to some well known Minister to further their own agenda. I am sure some other FReepers are more knowable of this than I am.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Like Zell Miller and others, Zell is STILL a Democrat, most in the South were Democrats and Democrats were conservative at that time. Graham was part of that. LBJ started the hijacking of the party and it continued through Caeter and Clinton.

[Right_at_RiceU]

Democrat???

[advance_copy]

When impeached and disgraced Bill Clinton was in trouble for lying about "sexual relations" with an intern, Billy Graham came to his rescue. During NBC's Today Show in February 1998, Graham said of Clinton, "He has such a tremendous personality that I think the ladies just go wild over him." Graham didn't think Clinton could be expected to resist having oral sex with Monica Lewinsky. The so-called evangelist said, "I know the frailty of human nature, and especially a strong, vigorous young man like he is."

[libs_kma]

"The Rev. Graham felt compelled to issue the clarification after receiving more than 100 e-mails and calls of protest refusal of monetary support, the Observer said.

Corrected

[Just mythoughts]

FYI ping

[ken21]

"i didn't mean to elect hillary".

oh, so sorry, dude!

[Terriergal]

I've been disappointed in Graham since he felt sorry for Clintoon during the Lewinsky scandal.

[Hank Rearden]

Billy Graham appears to be an ass-kissing liar to me.

[Sans-Culotte]

Billy's old and senile and made an easy foil for Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. It's not the first time they've tried this kind of thing.

When then-President B.J. visited Pope John Paul II, he remarked that they had a good meeting, and got closer to each other on the subject of abortion. The Vatican immediately issued a statement that said something to the effect that unless Pres. B.J. had modified his views, there was no way they got closer on that issue.

[Cicero]

Billy Graham may be getting senile, but what on earth is wrong with his friends and advisers? Why were the clintons given special treatment and allowed on the stage? Was this an evangelical occasion to spread the word of Christ or a political endorsement? If it was not meant to be a political endorsement, how could they have dreamed of permitting a pair of snakes like the clintons on stage to predictably turn it into one?

Instead of being all about Jesus, as it was presumably meant to have been, it was all about hillary.

[sr4402]

He should be an evangelist because he has all the gifts and he could leave his wife to run the country said Billy Graham to Bill and Hillary Clinton sitting on the stage with him.

If if walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it probably is a duck.

[CyberAnt]

Why?

This statement by the son is very revealing: "His (Billy Graham's) political views, as well as mine, are quite different than the Clintons'."

Billy Graham has ministered to presidents for years .. this is his relationship with the Clintons. I believe they were invited because of their former status .. and not because he supports Hillary. They just didn't know how to say no to her.

We know this was a ploy by Hillary for political reasons.

[P-Marlowe]

Its kinda sad. A man spends 50 years of his life preaching the gospel and bringing people to Christ and the only thing people can concentrate on after all those years is a few verbal gaffs that he made along the way.

What is even sadder is that many of those who are his harshest critics are fellow Christians who ought to have the same forgiving spirit that our Lord had when his disciples screwed up time and time again. But no! Billy must be crucified.

And crucify him they will.

Have a nice thread.

Maranatha

[SierraWasp]

Billy Graham: I Didn't Endorse Hillary Clinton"

The hell you say...

[Alexander Rubin]

I'm glad that he cleared it up, and that I can maintain my respect for the man. I don't care he's a Democrat, but I found it surprising that he seemed to be endorsing Hillary. The clarification helps, and I'm relieved he is simply standing by his friends, even though he disagrees with them, than actually reversing his stated positions. ;)

Billy Graham has done a lot of good over the years. Zell Miller's a democrat too. As long as they are decent men and proud Americans, they're fine by me.

[sandbar]

>>>The Rev. Billy Graham said Friday that he didn't intend to endorse Hillary Clinton for president when he told her husband at a massive New York City revival meeting last weekend that she should "run the country." >>>

Uhhh, ok. Whatever.

Billy Graham, you are joke and no 'religious leader' of mine.

[Rebelbase]

Elected officials "run" the country. Hillary is an elected official.

Everyone's got their panties in a knot over nothing. Leave the old guy alone to die with dignity. He's done more in his lifetime to further the cause of Christ than any American living or dead and has served this nation at the highest levels regadless of the political party in power.

The attempts to pigeonhole his politics is pathetic beyond belief. Y'all ought to be ashamed of yourselves.

[k2blader]

Maybe now some FReepers will finally STHU and stop slandering him. Emphasis on "maybe".