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(s)Elections See other (s)Elections Articles Title: Huckabee Scandal You probably haven't heard of the Dallas-based Trinity Foundation, but might be familiar with some of their work. The Daily Show's classic "God Stuff" segment with Joe Bob Briggs (a.k.a., John Bloom) was their brainchild. They also publish the Wittenburg Door: "pretty much the world's only religious satire magazine." They live in a kibbutz in one of the roughest neighborhoods in East Dallas, routinely taking in the homeless. But what they are most famous for is their (often sub rosa) exposes of televangelists like Benny Hinn, Paul Crouch, and the ubiquitous Kenneth Copeland. Most of the hypocrisy they uncover is just plain funny, like the report in the Los Angeles Times that TBN founder Paul Crouch was (allegedly) having sexual relations with a former drug addict working at the station -- who also happened to be male. But occasionally, they come across a diamond in the rough. Looks like they've got the Huckster in a bit of a bother.... Bouldergeist's diary :: :: This story is just breaking, and could really use some legs. (It's a press release by Ole and the guys, and intended for wide dissemination; I used to help them out with investigations back in the day.) The bottom line here is that Charles Grassley is breathing down Copeland's neck with his investigation of televangelists who turn their ministries into ATM machines (on a MUCH lighter note, check out Robert "Tootin'" Tilton); the Huckster ran to Copeland for a little cash, and he just happened to be in the market for a little protection. At Copeland€'s annual by-invitation-only Minister's Conference at his Newark, Texas, headquarters Jan. 23, Copeland received a call during the meeting from Huckabee requesting emergency financing. According Doug Wead, former Bush family evangelical adviser, Copeland and his supporters at the conference raised $111,000 in cash for Huckabee, with about a million dollars in pledged donations, after he temporarily adjourned the conference and then reconvened the group as a "private meeting." Wead relayed a report in his blog from a source at the meeting that "Last night [Jan. 23] the Governor called his friend in the middle of a conference and Copeland, carefully observing all the laws governing non profits, as a private citizen, re-convened a private meeting, turned to his friends and raised a few million dollars for Huckabee." (See "Mike Huckabee's Big Mistake") According to video clips of the conference obtained by Trinity Foundation, an investigative watchdog group in Dallas, Copeland revealed that Huckabee had pledged his total support to Copeland's ministry while dismissing the Senate investigation. Video clips are here www.wittenburgdoor.com/copelandclips The Huckster's association with Copeland might just put the final nail in the coffin of his presidential aspirations. Those who delight in oppo research really ought to know.
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I call him Huckaboob. I despise him. But I think it is no business of the Senate to ask any preacher TV or otherwise how much money they make. If they were interested in our welfare they would audit federal spending and save us more than 200 billion dollars a year.
The Senate, being the Senate, see's a potential source of revenue to be tapped via the power of an oppressive government with a Justice Department and an Internal Revenue Service to collect the loot, er, ill-gotten money solicited over TV.
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