Billy Graham: Hillary's Solace

At the last of his 417 crusades, the one held in New York City in June 2005, evangelist Billy Graham made an unscripted proposal.

Both Bill and Hillary Clinton were sitting with him on stage in Flushing Meadows when Graham greeted them as his “wonderful friends of many years.” “I told him,” Graham said of President Clinton, “when he left the presidency, he should become an evangelist, because he had all the gifts.” Graham paused, and added with a smile, “And he could [let] his wife run the country.”

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3 comments on “Billy Graham: Hillary's Solace

  1. Chris says:

    “I told him,” Graham said of President Clinton, “when he left the presidency, he should become an evangelist, because he had all the gifts.”

    Does he have the gift of fidelity? Evidently not, unless ALL the reports are bogus. And of course he has not rebutted the reports, nor did he ever adequately apologize for Lewinsky….

  2. azusa says:

    “I told him,” Graham said of President Clinton, “when he left the presidency, he should become an evangelist, because he had all the gifts.”

    Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggart & Robert Tilton had all the gifts too, sent in by li’l ol’ ladies on social security.
    Go, Pastor Bubba!

  3. Pam C. says:

    This appears to be an endorsement by Rev.Graham of Hillary for president. Franklin says it was a joke, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Hillary uses this in her campaign. She could get a lot of mileage out of this kind of “support” from Billy Graham.