Posted on 04/23/2012 3:03:02 PM PDT by Mark Landsbaum
Convicted Watergate conspirator Chuck Colson has died. That's how most mainstream press accounts reported Saturday's death of Mr. Colson, a tough-minded, ex-Marine who rose in the Nixon White House to be the president's "hatchet man." Those who knew him better reported that Mr. Colson, who nearly four decades ago as he faced his prison sentence professed faith in Jesus Christ, has gone home to be with his Lord. ...
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“His good works far overshadow his transgressions.”
No transgressions by a man who was sent to prison for serving his president and saving his country.
I heard the ABC news feed about his death on WMAL. The news feed included a quote by some whiny individual saying that what he did in Watergate would outweigh the good that he did.
The news media can drop dead.
It would be interesting to know what they would say about the Apostle Paul. It seems that he had a bit of a rough beginning until Christ got a hold of him.
Yeah, didn’t he actually murder people, or something like that?
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