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11. "Chaplain on a pirate ship" - Billy Graham

You know, the guy constantly touted on Certain DU Groups as "a class act," "a real Xian," bla-bla-bla.

Long time ago, I posted in the "R" group that Billy Graham had endorsed GW Bush in the 2000 election. People reacted like I had personally barbecued Bambi's Mom: "Billy Graham is a life-long Democrat!" "He never endorses candidates!"

That crap persisted, even after I linked to a video of the event. Which was all over the Internets. Graham did his usual "cannot endorse" shuck-and-jive. But he made it clear who he was voting for and praised GW to the skies. Graham pulled the same trick with Romney in 2012.

I just stumbled over this French site with lots of well-documented info on Billy Graham's political shenanigans, going back to his Red-baiting in the Joe McCarthy era. And his deep, abiding hypocrisy.

Especially Graham's bromance with Dick Nixon. One example:

His obvious coziness with Nixon did not exempt Graham from the curiosity of one part of the executive branch: the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

“Billy Graham tells me an astonishing thing”, Nixon informed Haldeman on September 13, 1971. “The IRS is battering the shit out of him. Some son-of-a-bitch came to him and gave him a three-hour grilling.”

Nixon was indignant, and came quickly to the point: “Bob, please get me the names of the Jews, you know, the big Jewish contributors of the Democrats...Could we please investigate some of the cocksuckers?” The following day the President’s outrage had not subsided: “The IRS is full of Jews, Bob...That’s the reason they’re after Graham..."

And there's this, regarding Graham's association with Nixon:

Graham had served in effect as the chaplain on a pirate ship.

Very long article, but well worth the read. Especially if you grew up watching Saint Billy's TV Crusades:

http://lisa.revues.org/4143