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...usual, oaths were taken on a Bible. Rev. Franklin Graham (son of Rev. Billy Graham) was repeatedly called up, as was a well-known black reverend, both of whom led Christian-oriented prayers to God and Jesus that involved the audience closing their eyes and bowing their heads in prayer. The first time, I ignored it. The second prayer I dismissed as charming. But when Rev. Graham's prayer of invocation finally ended in: "We pray this in the name of the Father, and of the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen," I was thoroughly...
...time Sharpton reaches the Court on Saturday, Bush will be long gone. But the Reverend Al knows he's hard to ignore. In addition to his outspoken comments on the airwaves, Sharpton intends to voice his cause in federal court. He has already filed numerous suits against voter disenfranchisement throughout the country, he says. "We want to say to Mr. Bush that the battle is not over; it has just begun...
...thought of a morning about 25 years ago in a corridor of Washington's Willard Hotel. I had an appointment to interview Jackson in his hotel room at eleven. As I walked down the hotel corridor, I saw Jackson walking in front of me, and I called out, "Reverend Jackson...
...Mama Ann saw a potentially positive aspect of the backlash. "Let them blame the Jews. It's about time they put some new machines in." Then after rethinking, she said, "There's enough trouble the Jews have. The blacks are up in arms too. I don't know why. Reverend Jacksy, Jacksy, what's his name has been rabble rousing in Palm Beach. You know, Florida is making a name for itself for being crooked. It is. Their police officers aren't the best. They're real rednecks, the police. I resent that they don't speak more English down...
...personalities, one group of entertainers needed somebody to laugh at; the other group needed somebody to be furious at. The impulse had as much to do with showbiz as with politics. When the post-election fray was joined by Jesse Jackson (whom one WABC spieler absently referred to as "Reverend Sharpton") and Robert Wexler ("one of the most vicious Clinton defenders," according to one of Grant's guests), the Radio Right hosts were ecstatic. They feed on familiar figures of liberal fun the way David Letterman milked the name "Buttafuoco" for years of monologues...