Well, isn't that special.
Posted on 06/26/2005 4:18:22 PM PDT by SuthrnGirl
By RACHEL ZOLL, AP Religion Writer Sun Jun 26,12:06 AM ET
NEW YORK - As his final American revival meeting continued Saturday, a fragile Billy Graham was met onstage by former President Clinton, who honored the evangelist, calling him "a man I love."
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Amen. I stood out in the sun for 8 hours, got up at 5 am etc. etc. etc. Motivated by W and thinking that he understood the perilous times, the hypocrisy and cheapness of the Clinton years which COULD NOT be revisited via a Clinton wannabe called Kerry.
GHWB is getting older. Billy G. is old, really old. Pat Roberston said some stupid crap off the cuff during the election season and he is old. King Saul in the bible faltered when he was old. Moses didn't get to see the promise land because of anger in old age.
I'm trying to understand a world gone bonkers, Tom Cruise a maniac for real, Billy G. thinks Clinton should be an EVANGELIST for Jesus Christ. GHWB has slick willy coming to the pool.
Inviite me or someone like me HW I got your son re-elected, me and thousands like me. NOT ROVE, NOT BILL C. and not Billy Graham. Maybe these politicians are ALL like divorce lawyers who just laugh at you behind your back and write your bill with the help of your ex's divorce lawyer.
Maybe the Clintons and the Bushs get together and laugh at us suckers out here in reality land who think they stand for something.
I'm not necessarily defending BG here, but his first and formost priority is preaching the gospel. Some have criticized him for not being anti-Catholic and for being a lifelong Democrat. He has been a bridgebuilder all his life and although I blame the Clintons for showboating at his crusade--they still heard the gospel and BG was not going to turn them away for that fact alone. He's been there for every president since Eisenhour(SP?), so he's not going to make BC an exception.
I don't know where you are in your faith, but you have to believe the Clintons are redeamable. I suppose that is BG's position.
Well said, small voice. I know I am very cynical now. I thought W was different. No more.
Heartsick in Yorkville.
Flaws? That's the first time I've ever heard "raping Juanita Broaddrick" described simply as a flaw. Interesting concept.
Well, isn't that special.
You're right. He used that charm to get into Juanita's hotel room to rape her, to get Paula up to his hotel room so he could order her to KISS IT and to get Kathleen close enough to him so he could grope her.
I'm sure the friendship with the Clintons is mainly personal.
How are you SURE of that? From Graham's quote, it appears to be much more than personal.
...but this in no way takes away from Billy Grahm's legacy. He has counseled presidents from both sides of the political aisle and he has done more to bring people to Christ than any man in the last century.
With his comment about the Clintons, I'm sure Billy Graham drove more people away from Christ than anything else. This pandering to the Clintons at such a critical time in world history most certainly does negatively impact Billy Graham's "legacy."
THIS AINT POLITICAL!
Any event the Clintons attend is political.
It seems like this world - and this country - is just being flushed down one big toilet lately.
Billy Graham now joins the likes of Bob Dole, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and Newt Gingrich in giving praise to the corrupt Clintons before they've even had the decency to come clean on their various scandals.
We have the elitist Supreme Court saying it's OK for cities to take private property away from poor people and give that same property to people like Donald Trump.
We have President Bush refusing to enforce immigration laws. As a result: More people die. More drugs come in. More gangs are formed. More terrorism is likely on the way to America.
I turned on the TV today to watch a Seal music program on BET, and I was bombarded with BET's "Rap It Up" condom campaign featuring various hip-hop personalities talking about sex. This was at 4 p.m. Pacific time when all the kiddies are watching.
Billy Graham's brain-dead remarks were just kind of the last straw for me. Maybe the world is coming to an end.
I must've missed this, but when did Bill Clinton ask forgiveness for Waco? Or forgiveness for granting clemency to the FALN terrorists? Or forgiveness for selling satellite missile technology to China? Or forgiveness for trying to railroad the travel-office employees? Or forgiveness for raping Juanita, etc.?
The hatred of Clinton will destroy us much as the hatred of GWB has hurt the left.
Huh? Many of us here have hated Clinton for more than a decade. And during that time, Republicans have taken over the U.S. House, taken over the U.S. Senate, taken over the White House and taken over many state legislatures and governorships.
As for the hatred of GWB hurting the left, I think GWB is alienating Americans of all political affiliations right now on a number of fronts. That could cause the left to benefit in 2006 and/or 2008. Often in politics, hatred among the electorate causes change.
Billy Grahm demonstrated the attitude we all need to adapt if we want to continue winning.
LOL, that is so laughable. We need to "adapt" to Clinton-style corruption if we want to win in politics? If that's the case, what do we win? NOTHING. Maybe that's kind of what is happening now. Bush is beginning to resemble Clinton. The Bush family is getting all cozy with Clinton.
The only thing Billy Graham demonstrated with his remarks is that he's about ready for a long dirt nap. That's it.
NEW YORK - As his final American revival meeting continued Saturday, a fragile and clearly absent minded Billy Graham was met onstage by former IMPEACHED President Clinton, who honored the evangelist, calling him "a man I love."
Had to fix that for them. Now it looks right.
Maybe the Clintons and the Bushs get together and laugh at us suckers out here in reality land who think they stand for something.
I think Billy Graham and five members of the U.S. Supreme Court are chuckling along with them.
However, considering Graham's comments about Clinton all the way back in 1998, I'm afraid it might be something much more sinister than that.
(Yes, sinister is the word I intended to use.)
We are still responsible for our own relationship to Jesus Christ.
It is anyone's guess what the Suprems will do anymore!!!!!!
Not just redeemable, quote
"Bill is a natural evangelist. I've always told him, he should be an evangelist and let his wife run the country."
He thinks Bill is worthy of Christ's message and should be a messenger of it. I wonder what Christ would think of this sinner, who has not CONFESSED, or apologized except for getting caught as being a messenger of REPENTANCE who PRECEEDS forgiveness.
Billy Graham once stated it was mistake for him to ever meddle in politics after he said what a great guy Richard Nixon was. It is sad that he would go out this way.
Graham: Yes. I am.
Couric: Do you think people would be surprised to learn that? Because generally, in this day and age, Evangelical Christians are closely associated with the Republican Party.
Graham: Well, I don't know that. I've never found out who they're associated with. Locally, I'll vote one way and nationally, maybe another.
Not that being a Republican is much better, but that's another issue.
The country and the world are in need of wise leadership and this is what Billy Graham leaves us with!
Well, Billy Graham left me feeling betrayed.
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