Posted on 02/08/2008 4:22:54 PM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
Gov. Mike Huckabee, vastly outspent so far in his bid for the presidency, has turned for funding to a controversial televangelist who is under active Senate investigation. Late last month, Gov. Huckabee held a fundraiser at the Texas estate of millionaire televangelist Kenneth Copeland, his spokesman tells NBC News.
The U.S. Senate currently is investigating Copeland, and five other televangelists, amid allegations that they are improperly using millions in charitable donations for their personal benefit, and, in the process, fleecing their flock. Copeland and the other televangelists have strongly denied those allegations.
“The Huckabee Event was not hosted by Ken Copeland or anyone employed by the church,” a spokesman for Kenneth Copeland Ministries tells NBC. “The Huckabee campaign rented a room at our facility and hosted a private function,” the spokesman says.
The event raised about $100,000 for Huckabee's campaign and nearly $1 million more in pledges, according to a blog report by Doug Wead, a former Republican strategist with close ties to the evangelical community. A Huckabee spokeswoman did not dispute those figures but would not disclose any amounts. "Any funds raised by Mr. Copeland will be fully and properly disclosed in Governor Huckabee's FEC report," a Huckabee spokeswoman tells NBC.
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The election is going to be Soros vs Kenneth Copeland.
Huckabee/Jesus 2008
“The event raised about $100,000 for Huckabee’s campaign and nearly $1 million more in pledges...”
Now all Huckabee has to do is give it to Copeland’s Ministry as a seed-harvest offering.
Huckster trying to buy respectability from Copeland and vice versa.
They do not have the power to do that and Huckabee will be a hero if he jumps all over them for it.
Since when are the ministers/priests/ shysters/ mullahs/rabbis/yogis's/Tom Cruise/etc. subject to regulation by the US SENATE?
That happens whenever the government sees money that they're not getting a cut from, or being bought by. None of those on your list need to lobby any senators, and they don't like it.
Why is MSNBC going after Huckabee?
Copeland is embattled? Maybe in Grassley’s mind but not in reality.
How is someone “embattled” just because some corrupt Senator is out to get them?
What is the concept, the US GOVERNMENT is going to tell preachers how much of the take to use for themselves?.
TOTALLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Kind of weird. Maybe they expect McCain to pick him for VP and are just getting started?
Come on folks....wake up....Huckabee is a bible thumper of the worse kind. “Send me $1000 and Jesus will heal you” And we gave up Romney for this? This country is dead.
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For that matter, everybody can do that. Let's try this "Hilary Clinton, under an active Virginia based investigation....", or "Senator McCain, subject of major surveillance by the Indianapolis police department during his recent visit....." or ~~~ well, I'm sure you get the idea.
Now, for your concern for the place of televangelists and holyrollers in our society ~ is it possible you'd like that reduced substantially?
I think they must have found the authority hidden in the Constitution, a few lines after the abortion statute.
Try these guys for some long term guidance in the matter: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12324a.htm
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