Daniel Lapin: The Right's favorite Rabbi (Media Transparency Org Research)

[WhiteTara]

This article sure filled in a lot of pieces of their puzzle for me about the end timers.
http://www.mediatransparency.org/story.php?storyID=120
ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Bill Berkowitz
April 9, 2006
Daniel Lapin: The Right's favorite Rabbi
Will Lapin's involvement in the Abramoff scandal hurt, or solidify, his position with Christian evangelicals?
snip The Toward Tradition website also proudly reported that on Monday, March 13, 2006 Lapin appeared on the Trinity Broadcasting Network, where he and Rabbi Aryeh Scheinberg were introduced by Pastor John Hagee. The two-hour program was "devoted to the Jewish significance of the holiday of Purim and the historic links and prophecies found in the Book of Esther," according to a program description provided by TBN.

A much bigger story -- and one with national implications -- has failed to make it onto the front page of the website; details about Rabbi Lapin's longtime friendship and working relationship with former uber-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who on March 29, 2006 was sentenced to nearly six years in prison for fraud in the purchase of a Florida casino cruise line.
The Rabbi Lapin/Jack Abramoff connection

On April 1, 2006 the Seattle Times reported that "Abramoff admitted in his own guilty plea in January that he funneled money through Mercer Island religious foundation as part of an attempt to influence" Tony Rudy, Rep. Tom DeLay's former deputy chief of staff.
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"When you're talking to a pastor he could be inspired by God, etc., but he may not have the scholarship," Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (Calif.), one of several Republicans who refer to Lapin affectionately as "my rabbi," told the Washington Post. "When you're talking to Rabbi Lapin you know you're getting an expert, someone who's the equivalent of a PhD at a major university." (note he doesn't say HAS A PHD AT A MAJOR UNIVERSITY-just has a great line of patter)
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The group was holding the banquet to announce its expansion. "Politics," Lapin said, "is the practical application of our religious beliefs. If Citizens for Community Values fails in its mission, we all lose."
This article is quite detailed and an mesmerizing read.