I see Newsweek hauled out Billy Graham again

[Hardrada]

to be on its cover. I wonder how often they drag him out to prove some "moral" point or other. At least they never show his fascist freak son Franklin.

[rubberducky]

1. Actually, the article was quite good.

It seems that Billy isn`t very fond of his, either.

[BrotherBuzz]

2. I read the article...

It was a good read, but it also read like Graham is reflecting and preparing for his Swan Song.

[RB TexLa]

3. I thought is was a very good article on a Democrat

[mdpod]

5. When did he become a democrat?

Please correct me if I am wrong but the Democrats were the socially conservative party in the 50's. I don't buy it with the little I know about this particular subject. I don't mean to compare Joe Scarborough and Billy Graham but I do find these two individuals' political activities very similar in nature. I just ask because I had informed my mother, who has never voted for a democrat, that Billy Graham was a democrat and she did not know what to say. She won't talk to me about these matters and she really likes Billy.

[RB TexLa]

7. He has always said he is a "lifelong Democrat"

And you read in the article he was close enough to Martin L. King Jr. to call him "Mike." I don't know all his political actions, I found it to be a good article.

[riderinthestorm]

4. It read like he was trying to ameliorate what he has wrought

He's trying to somehow distance himself from the televangelist/fundy craziness that he spawned.

I live in Wheaton Illinois and the shrine Billy Graham has built for himself at Wheaton College is really edifying. His messianic streak was/is hugely ambitious and Newsweek's softpedaling his role in building the religious reichwing is deceptive and duplicitous.

Franklin is the product of the father, make no mistake about that.

[Hardrada]

6. I lived in Minneapolis and he has some kind of

organization there also. Yeah, he has been a progenitor of televangelism and made it big show biz.