Word: televangelist
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...voting, these right-wing Christians will probably cast their ballot depending on other factors - a candidate's views on the failing economy or the Iraq war - but McCain's support of Israel may tip the balanced in his favor. Recently, McCain sought and obtained a controversial endorsement from Texas televangelist, Pastor John Hagee, a key figure in the Christian Zionist movement backing Israel and its expansion of settlements in Palestinian territories. Hagee is instrumental in drumming up funds and political support in Washington for Israel...
...confusing, Democrats use only the caucuses to apportion delegates, making the primary effectively meaningless for them, while Republicans use the caucuses to apportion 19 of their 40 delegates and their primary to apportion the rest. (The situation has an acrimonious, and convoluted history that involves a controversial victory by televangelist Pat Robertson in the state's 1988 Republican caucuses, which prompted an intervention by the state legislature that resulted in the still unresolved caucus-and-primary problem...
...Iowa, the evangelical appeal may be enough to carry him to victory, following the trail blazed by the televangelist Pat Robertson in 1988, who placed second in the Republican caucuses. If Huckabee wins Iowa, however, the rest of the Republican Party awaits, and it is unclear how they will respond to a candidate who speaks openly about class disparities in America. At minimum, the strategy is certain to define him against the rest of the Republican pack, which includes the son of a Navy admiral, John McCain, the son of a governor, Mitt Romney, and a wealthy big-city mayor...
...charmed Iowa voters with his frank expressions of Baptist faith and a pledge to tell the truth no matter what. And that's how Jimmy Carter became President of the United States. It's a story Mike Huckabee knows well. He likes it much better than the one about televangelist Pat Robertson's strong showing in Iowa, which melted away faster than a Tulsa ice storm when the contest went national. The Iowa caucuses almost always produce an interesting tale, but interesting doesn't translate into lasting significance. As Huckabee, a former Baptist preacher and Governor of Arkansas, surges...
...when Boston officially renamed its spruce tree a “holiday” tree, both Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and the televangelist Rev. Jerry Falwell voiced objections, with Falwell threatening the city with a lawsuit. Even Donnie Hatt, the man who chopped down the tree, said that “Boston should just put ‘Return to Sender’ on it because we sent it as a Christmas tree, not a holiday tree...