A you can see Sarah once again disembarks from the plane holding her favorite prop, just like she has been filmed doing in virtually every single stop along her book tour. At this point the walk down the stairs with little Trig almost appears to be a parody of itself. It is almost as if she fears she will be unrecognizable without her little Down Syndrome baby firmly attached to her hip. Well that and her omnipresent furry purple top.
When high heels finally met pavement, Sarah was greeted by Samaritan's Purse founder Franklin Graham, son of famous televangelist Billy Graham.
Alaskans will remember Franklin Graham as the man who accompanied Sarah Plain, and Anchorage homophobe Jerry Prevo, in visiting two of the villages that had been devastated by bitter cold and lack of food and heating oil at the beginning of this year.
Of course the majority of Alaskans also know that over a month before this humanitarian trip/photo op the Alaska bloggers, talk radio hosts, and true samaritans had already helped get the villages through the crisis. I am sure it was nice for the villagers to get the cookies and bibles from Sarah Palin and Samaritan's Purse, but it was much too little, much too late.
At first I was amazed that Palin was willing to take questions from people at this airport, as she had not done so on previous stops. But then I heard the questions and realized this was a carefully chosen audience of supporters and she would not be asked anything too difficult. Still her answers are just as plump with "word salad" as usual.
This stop with the Graham's is clearly another attempt to define Sarah's "Christian cred" with the faithful, and to remind them that she is one of the torchbearers who will be moving the religion forward, and helping to further insinuate its influence on American politics.
(H/T to Bree Palin for the above video)
The purple top and Trig prop again make an appearance as she stops over in Roanoke, VA.
Thanks again for all your hard work, Gryphen!
ReplyDeleteI wonder how many of her far right supporters are going to go ape***t about her abortion? I'll bet that's why the Christian imprint of Harpercollins chose not to sell the book.
Where's her buttercup sweater?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure she can't wait to be posed a choreographed question on the criticism she is getting on her non-campaign designer duds.
I'm sure the atrocious fuzzy purple top has sentimental value, a gift from a special needs mother in the heartland? A little ditty she picked up at Todd's village store in Dillingham? Can't wait to hear the story about that hideous yellow knitted sweater. Buttercup.
2:46, her new laugh as unveiled on Oprah. Her taking it to the people laugh?
ReplyDeleteIn the Virginia clip Palin has a nice warm comfy purple top and Trig is in SHIRT SLEEVES.
ReplyDeleteWell this explains a lot. I woke up Sunday morning feeling extremely out of sorts. I couldn't understand why the Tylenol wasn't working on my headache and why I could not get comfortable no matter what I tried. Am I coming down with something? (please let it be just a cold!). Now I know why I was feeling so bad - Scarah was just 2 hours away from me!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe weather is terrible here in North Carolina and will be for the next day or two. I've noticed that she has experienced a lot of rainy weather so far. I'm thinking it's one of those signs she's always talking about.
I am so sick of the way she drags the kids around as props. Why is Piper not in school??
ReplyDeleteDid we all notice the "proud to be an American" music playing in the background?
ReplyDeleteI am getting seriously tired of Sarah defining her supporters as brave, patriotic, hardworking real Americans. Evidently, the only thing one needs to do to deserve those adjectives is to like her. If you don't like her, ipso facto you're a cowardly, unpatriotic, lazy, unreal American. Oh, and your head is spinning because she's finally tellin' things like they are.
She is definitely turning up the volume on her Christian Creds. I still want to know, why does she always talk about God and not Jesus?
I liked the part where Trig smacks her one in the face :)
ReplyDelete10 cats wrote on Mudflats that she was signing books Behind a Curtain on Sat. at a Sam's club!!! A curtain? Why? She supposedly went to a hair dresser that morning? Or did she get that thing drained on her face??? Or is she playing OZ! OZ on the facebook, Oz book signing! WTF????
Get the prop baby a JACKET!!! And something to cover those bare feet.
ReplyDeleteEveryone at plane side (including Piper) has a jacket on except the BABY.
Glasses? Hearing aids?
I am so tired of seeing poor Trig without a coat, without a hat, without shoes, up late at night, shoved in the faces of strangers and bright lights, and on airplanes and busses. Sarah Palin and her supporters are mistreating this child. And no one stops it.
ReplyDeleteIf I want my young child in my arms as I arrive somewhere, I get someone to hand me the child from the steps of the bus.
ReplyDeleteTaking a header from the steps of the bus, with a child in your arms is just a stupid risk.
Britney Spears and Wacko Jacko make (made) better parents.
When she first saw Todd, she said 'Thank You, God!'. Everytime I see HER, I say 'Jesus Christ!'.
Franklin is standing outside in 45-degree weather in an overcoat with an umbrella. Yet, little Trig is without socks, shoes, jacket or hat. Children with DS are susceptible to respiratory problems, aren't they? And didn't Trig just get over a cold?
ReplyDeleteDid you notice around the 9:30 mark of the first video that Trig punches Sarah in the face? Probably paybacks for using him as a prop.
ReplyDeleteI like that kid.
Anon@ 6:10....agreed, and why isn't Willow in school either? Nobody has the balls to ask her and it pisses me off. Good God!
ReplyDeleteTo pick up on what Margot said in the previous thread, I mentioned the very same thing on PG when the book pages started appearing. The whole abortion thing is what is scaring her. Let's face it, her sheeple wouldn't care about a fake pregnancy because she was doing it for her daughter or someone else, blah blah blah... BUT an abortion???? No way ... and THAT is why she offered a little too much info on her abortion, and yes, it was an abortion. That's her choice ... a choice she doesn't want anyone else to have. That lying sack of sh!t!
I think this part of her story needs to be looked at further ... and go viral.
If anyone does ask her about her children's schooling, therapy or warmth, she'll wear her annoyance on her sleeve. At least she's got sleeves, poor Trig.
ReplyDeleteWith all those adults traveling with her, why can't just ONE of them dress that child properly? Why isn't he dressed for the climate? No socks, short sleeves...he looks like a neglected child. Witnessing the cavalier manner in which she juggles that baby, gives me chills (as a mother of 4).
ReplyDeleteAny why oh why is the little girl not in school? Is Quittypants teaching her school lessons?
What a family!
Lord Have Mercy, it just gets worse & sorse. If you recall Franklin Graham was the reason Palin was McCain's choice for VP. Way back when it was noted that McCain needed the religious right to win the election & Franklin hand picked Palin. No Palin no wingnuts. Someone mentioned on this blog on another post that when Murdoch's cruise ship was in Alaska many months ago this whole thing was being set up. Come on Alaskans, anyone who knows plese deliver the goods. This is a sinister plot to take over America.
ReplyDeleteSigning behind a curtain...no longer any bus....eggs thrown at her...pissed off wingnuts...looks like the Magical Mystery Tour is running amuck. I hope all responsible journalist will take this ridiculous woman on. NOW.
ReplyDeletePalin Fort Bragg Book Signing: Former Governor Asked Not To Speak...
ReplyDeleteFort Bragg spokesman Tom McCollum tells WTVD-TV that sales of Palin's book at the post store have been weak so far.
In addition to Piper and Willow traveling with Sarah (and missing school), Trig, Mom & Dad Heath and Sister Katie are all part of her group. Guess this is to make up for the fact that they couldn't be on stage when John McCain made his concession speech last year.
ReplyDeleteYou'd think that one of them could care for Trig instead of dragging him around without enough clothes on. If people wonder why Sarah would go to the trouble to fake a pregnancy (scarf distraction), fly 12 hours while in labor and leaking amniotic fluid (it must have happened, she said so) and take on the responsiblity of a DS child, there is one compelling reason- photo op. Bree has a picture of Sarah, Trig and Rev.Billy Graham holding hands-- yes, Sarah, your act was worth it, look at the picture!
(Maybe she can autography copies and sell them on her website).
About your "spontaneous" abortions, Sarah, would you mind explaining why the AP quoted you last year as saying you were so shocked when you supposedly learned of the DS diagnosis because:
ReplyDelete"'I've never had problems with my other pregnancies, so I was shocked,' said Palin."
Leaving aside what kind of moron one would have to be to say that the absence of "problems" with past pregnancies makes a chromosomal issue in an advanced age pregnancy "shocking", that sure sounds like either you're telling flat-out lies about your abortions or you don't think your so-called miscarriages were a problem.
You're a sick, sick puppy, Sarah. No offense to puppies.
I have never understood what's going on with her cheap, tawdry look. Professionnal women in government and business never adopt Sarah's look. Take a look at the women succeeding in government and business and you just don't see it ... they wouldn't be caught dead looking like Sarah Palin. It's a look that screams one-trick-too-many, in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteIt wonders me why private organizations had to step in to alleviate a human disaster. Why didn't she as governor try to get the state to help? Does the governor have access to any discretionary funds that can be used in emergencies like that? Why didn't she ask for federal disaster relief?
ReplyDeleteFranklin helped Alaska's environment? WTH
ReplyDeleteWhat - by the added 'footprints' of flying his jet around with Bimbo for photo ops? Thereby adding the additional travel footprints of 'press' and other faux do-gooders to pass out religious leaflets in the boxes and the 'baked cookies'.
I am thankful her true colors are showing, so to speak...
ReplyDeleteThat jet, the cookies and those religous people that showed up in my village last winter, were there for themselves and their bible beating ways. It was clear as day, the moment then Govenor stepped of the jet.
I thought, at that moment last winter, good gawd, this women has no clue what suffering is happening here. Do I expect her to help, hell no, but to make a photo op out of it and to make it a hobnob tour? good gawd, get me out of here... the thing is, you don't see any results from her little visit to starving and freezing rural Alaska. None, zilch.. but of course this video which happens to be filmed in NC.
So yeah, I so glad Alaska is seeing her true colors...
The video is more propaganda than news. I had to stop watching early because I couldn't hear what was being said by the people outside the plane for the "background" music. Maybe what they want to do is make it difficult for people to hear what was being said? Just sayin'
ReplyDeleteLet's see - this seems to be the first video I've seen where Palin actually interfaces with Trig - been waiting for that. Someone said in an earlier thread either here or at mudflats that because we were all commenting on how she never kisses or holds him much (other than for an opening photo op) that she would soon begin playing with him or kissing him on camera. Now, if we could just get her to dress him appropriately.
ReplyDeleteI just have to say something that has been percolating in my heart for a while, but be forewarned it's not very kind: considering how she endangered Trig with wild ride from TX to AK (assuming - and it's a big assumption - that the pregnancy was real) and considering how poorly she has handled him, dressed him, and seemingly been unworried about his security - well, I kind of wonder if part of her is sorry she is stuck with him. It's almost as if he gets sick and dies, oh, well, another sad little anecdote to add to her victim saga.
I know, I should feel badly about thinking that, but honestly, I just cannot believe she cares very much about Trig (or any of her kids for that matter - perhaps her constant ranting about protecting them is a little of the "protesting too much" sort.
I didn't watch the video. I am sick of looking at her and hearing her voice. Maybe the Palinbots reading this can tell Her Highness to please at least dress Trig properly. It is outrageous that Franklin Graham is standing there is a heavy coat and that poor baby has on no shoes, no warm jacket and a hat. This is at best child neglect and as far as I am concerned child abuse.
ReplyDeleteJust saw this over at HuffPo:
"FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin promises to limit her enthusiasm during her visit to North Carolina's Fort Bragg.
The former Republican vice presidetial candidate planned to sign copies of her new memoir at a post store Monday. Army officials say Palin will not make a speech, pose for photos, or personalize notes in the books she signs.
The Army worried Palin's appearance would prompt political grandstanding against President Barack Obama. That fear initially led post commanders to keep news organization from covering Palin's appearance, though the restrictions were later dropped.
For Bragg spokesman Tom McCollum tells WTVD-TV that sales of Palin's book at the post store have been weak so far".
Well, it's about damn time somebody stood up and called for some common sense here. I'll just bet she was fit to be tied at the "no photo op" here. Maybe the good men and women in uniform are tired of Palin using them as well. Hey Buttercup, I think you've just been told to sit down and shut up!
Enough already! Chain of Command for GOP Fembot-BP/Exxon-Mobil,NewsCorp(Rupuert Murdoch),FOX News,HarperCollins OWNS new/improved, Botoxed,Alaskan Kitty.Ever seen anyone's weak book pushed so hard by ALL media? Build her up as only viable candidate for 2012,ensuring O-Man gets 4 more(can't win w/ just base, she's not getting middle votes)--same tactic used to install O-Man as POTUS (emotionalism) Lather, rinse, repeat--unschooled kids obviously traumatized(Trig=handbag)These high budget reality shows have become our political system--emotional triggers/soundbites spewed through glossy lips of aging ex-beauty queens USA! USA! Earlier this yr Franklin "meets" her in his "cozy luxury" cabin on Lake,AK--then has her "flown in" day before book signing--no Todd? There's alot more going on here(not hard to read between these thin lines) pls research MKUltra Monarch Prog.--Palin's a beta-trained sex toy/distraction tool for "big boys" who run this show--this is pervasive since 1960s Hollywood, music biz full of Monarch Slaves!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like:
ReplyDeleteN2625P is a privately owned plane out of Oregon...
The next sequenced number (N2625Q) is registered to someone in Wasilla.
A little Googling, anyone?
I noticed Sarah had on her "I am a sweet, modest little church-going-woman style" in this clip. The skirt is very long, the jacket very loose and her shoes look little granny heels. Where is our little Ms. Cupcake?
ReplyDeleteWho does she think she is fooling? Doesn't she realize we get to see all the photos - the cupcake ones and the churchy ones? (I do realize she often dressed like a regular person prior to her VP nomination, but now she seems to pander to her audiences more.)
Oh, that photo on HuffPo where she meets a look-alike is LOL.
Here's a link to a KTUU John Carpenter interview with Palin. There's a video that played on last night 10pm news where Sarah is holding Trig (minus glasses and hearing aid) on her lap and thumbing through a kids book.
ReplyDeleteMore pathetic use of Trig as a prop and no questions from Carp.
http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=11542898#
Midnight Cajun - Apparently Sarah's a 'stealth' xtian. Jesus' absence from her book is glaring, especially in the final 'altar call'. So much for being bold.
ReplyDeleteFAA REGISTRY
ReplyDeleteN-Number Inquiry Results
N2625P is Assigned
Data Updated each Federal Working Day at Midnight
Aircraft Description
Serial Number 22-2962 Type Registration Individual
Manufacturer Name PIPER Certificate Issue Date 09/08/2008
Model PA-22 Status Valid
Type Aircraft Fixed Wing Single-Engine Type Engine Reciprocating
Pending Number Change None Dealer No
Date Change Authorized None Mode S Code 50504600
MFR Year 1955 Fractional Owner NO
Registered Owner
Name MCCORMMACH JESSE O
Street 47486 ADAMS RD
City PENDLETON State OREGON
County UMATILLA Zip Code 97801-9222
Country UNITED STATES
Airworthiness
Engine Manufacturer LYCOMING Classification Standard
Engine Model 0-320 SERIES Category None
A/W Date 08/16/1956
This is the most current Airworthiness Certificate data, however, it may not reflect the current aircraft configuration. For that information, see the aircraft record. A copy can be obtained at Http://162.58.35.241/e.gov/ND/airrecordsND.asp
Other Owner Names
None
Temporary Certificate
None
Fuel Modifications
None
Data Updated each Federal Working Day at Midnight
anonymous @9:03
ReplyDelete... your summary voices my thoughts!
Her thanking Piper for immediately taking that inadequately clothed little boy and the later interaction with him seems like a direct affirmation that someone in her entourage reads the blogs.
... but there is another thought that has been nagging, and one I have not seen addressed:
What are the ramifications of repeated flights wich the resultant changes in air and cabin pressure doing to an infant with an already inadequately functioning heart and respiratory system? Can someone with more medical knowledge address this and point out the true carelessness with which this innocent
child is handled? Feel free to add a stronger term.
The Grahams should be called out on the child abuse also. She gets by with it due to all the enablers.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to CBJ, Dr. Johnson, Cathy of child abuse specialty?
ReplyDeleteThis is awful to watch what is happening to those kids and none of her sycophants notice.
I apologize - the email I provided for Fort Hood is not working. The only email I can find is to the Inspector General at Fort Hood:
ReplyDeletehood.3c.ig@conus.army.mil
This dude is always researching airplanes, airports, religious connections and nefarious uses. "ghost airline"
ReplyDeleteThe Palin friends Lynn Gattis own an airport in Wasilla.
To Anonymous 8:35/8:48am,
ReplyDeleteThe tail letters of plane are N262'S'P (not N2625P). The 1955 Piper is a 4 seater plane and much too small for an entourage.
The (N262SP) 19 seater Beech 300 is registered to SAMARITAN'S PURSE CORP of Boone, NC -- Franklin Graham's charitable org.
Sources:
Landing.com
Samaritanspurse.org
I wonder if Trig was asleep when they landed, so he was just scooped up and dragged out to disembark. If you look at the very beginning of the video, when he is handed off to Piper, you will see he looks like he might have just awakened.
ReplyDeleteIf that's the case, then it makes it doubly bad, in my opinion. Someone should have stayed behind in the plane and either gently wakened him and dressed him properly before rejoining the group, OR, let him sleep and gently move him from the plane to the limo.
But, no, he had to be available for the photo shoot, didn't he?
All the teabaggers and fundagelicals had better shut the hell up in perpetuity about Obama using his kids as campaign props. Has anyone seen Palin get off a plane without Trig? She totes him around like a handbag.
ReplyDeleteThe fundagelical sheeple will coo about what a wonderful mother Palin is. I think that she is a wretched parent to exploit Trig the way she does.
So much for Franklin Graham. It is fairly obvious that Christianity is just a gig for him. Again, the tribalism of the fundagelical sheeple will make them gush over Palin's affected Khristian-speak. As long as she says the appropriate code words, she's in.
Why do you hate her so much? Everything is negative in your posts. If she wasn't carrying Trig for what you call a "Photo-Opp" you'd say she's a bad mother for not holding him. The truth is, she intimidates all of you. I was there at the airport in Asheville, and it wasn't that cold. You guys are probably the same types that are anal about anti-bacterial soaps,vaccinations, and not letting your kids play in the mud. Suburbanites, tough'n up a bit. This lady could school you on every level. Maybe that's why you hate her. She's got class, she's honest, and oh yeah, she's an attractive conservative woman. Ooohh.... scary. If your trying to find the speck in her eye, try taking the plank out of yours. Good luck finding the "Perfect" person.
ReplyDeleteShe's a breath of fresh air in a country of corrupt politicians. Keep'em loaded Sarah!
10:22 AM
ReplyDeletePlane could be hot and they wake him and suddenly he is in the cold air.
Loving Trig is not hate.
ReplyDeleteAnon @ 9:50
ReplyDeleteOops, sorry. [checking my bifocals]
Thank you for the more accurate and corrected information. Signed: Anon 8:35
Is this the same plane that is carrying the hoard on to Birmingham and Jacksonville?
Todd's seeming absence is interesting. Is he back in Wasilla overseeing the building project? Or, maybe hiking the Appalachian Trail?
Take A Peek at Samaritan's Purse biennial reports filed with the State of Alaska.
ReplyDeleteDid you know that Samaritan's Purse has been incorporated in Alaska since 1998 ?
In This Video with CBC Canada, Franklin Graham says that they have airplanes in Alaska for better access to Siberia.
The Wasilla plane with the tail number N2625Q is registered to a DONALD H PICKETT of Wasilla.
Again, most likely a coincidence. ;)
According to the State of Alaska Corporations database, Donald Pickett of Johnson Road in Big Lake, Alaska is the President of the Lincoln Village Airpark Homeowners' Association
You can take a look at Samaritan's Purse 990's filed with the IRS here
You need to be registered to use Guidestar, you can look at 990's going back a couple of years with their free service.
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ReplyDeleteFolks in Hooper Bay put a name on charity, and it's Franklin Graham Anchorage Daily News Oct 8, 2006, BETH BRAGG
Billy Graham's kid came to Alaska back in 1970 to sow some wild oats.
Thirty-six years later, a Yu'pik Eskimo village ravaged by fire is reaping the rewards.
When fire swept through Hooper Bay in August, Franklin Graham -- son of Billy Graham, friend of George W. Bush and head of one of the largest's Christian charities on the planet -- had a front row seat to the devastation.
Call it luck, fate or perhaps something even more spiritual. But Graham happened to be in Alaska the day of the fire. The next day, he was on a twin-engine turboprop headed to Western Alaska, and now here we are two months later and the roofs just went up on five new Hooper Bay homes thanks to Graham and his charity.
Actually, it wasn't luck or fate that put Franklin Graham in Alaska that August day. He was here because he's here all the time. He's got a home on Lake Clark, an office in Soldotna and a love for the outdoors that brings him north for a few months every year.
He's not enough of an Alaskan to collect a Permanent Fund dividend check or pay in-state hunting fees, but he's enough of one to preach at Jay Hammond's funeral, fly his own plane and hang grizzly hides in his North Carolina office.
Graham, 54, first came to Alaska in 1970, several years before becoming an evangelist like his dad.
"When I came to Alaska, that was the last thing I wanted to do," he said. "I was as wild as anyone up there."
He stayed for a few months, working on the North Slope and in Nome, then moved on to other adventures.
"Maybe 15 or 20 years ago I came back, and I've been coming back every year since," he said. "I feel like it's my second home."
Not long ago he opened an office in Soldotna for Samaritan's Purse, the international relief group he heads. The office is the base for mission work in Russia's Far East and Alaska's rural villages.
Graham was at the Soldotna office the day of the Hooper Bay fire, which wiped out 14 homes in the village of 1,100.
"I decided right then to go out and take a look at it," he said. "When I saw the remoteness and realized these families weren't going to be in a house anytime soon, we just decided we were gonna do what we can. They need help and they've gotta have it now. If you sit around and talk and plan, well, winter's coming."
Graham turned Hooper Bay into a high-profile cause for Samaritan's Purse, which does about $200 million worth of charity work around the world every year.
Every day for the month of September, the home page of the organization's Web site -- usually the domain of major disasters like Hurricane Katrina and the Asian tsunami -- was dominated by two big photos of Hooper Bay and the words "Devastation in Alaska."
Ever since, scores of volunteers have gone to Hooper Bay from all over the United States to help build homes for five of the 14 families who lost everything. The families getting them were identified as the neediest by tribal leaders, said Luther Harrison, the project leader for Samaritan's Purse. The goal is to have the families moved in by Nov. 17, and so far everything's on schedule.
Copyright (c) 2006, Anchorage Daily News
Here's a really strange coincidence.
ReplyDeleteMark Begich's step-dad, Jerry Pasley, a mafia hit man and one-time bar owner in Anchorage, was hired to kill Joe Bananno, who once prayed with Billy Graham.
What a small world.
Pasley said he scammed thousands of dollars from Prideaux. Once, he accepted $10,000 from Prideaux to kill Joe Bonanno and his son, Bill, because Prideaux had become convinced that the Bonannos were blocking his high-rise project. Pasley said the plan called for shooting them with an AR-15 assault rifle at a North Side steak house.
In his own book, Bonanno discusses his wife's "Recipe of Life," and he goes on and on about how much he loves his dog. Hiding behind God and Country, Bonanno recalls praying with Billy Graham at the gangster's home in Tucson, and his tone seems to indicate that his eyes well up every time he hears the National Anthem.
KTUU (NBC Anchorage) is running an interview with Palin and the local sportscaster John Carpenter. More softball questions - is that why they chose a sportcaster? If you haven't seen it yet, the clip that was shown at 6:00 was a new low in using Trigg as a prop. Wait until you see it! Gryphen, I hope you will be able to link it. It is horrific to see how she uses that child - much worse than just carrying him off the bus.
ReplyDeleteAnon @ 10:48,
ReplyDeleteIf Palin quit using Trig as the omnipresent campaign prop, I would applaud her. I don't fear Palin, I cannot stand her. She is a lying, posturing fake, and an imbecilic clod whose arrogance is exceeded only by her hubris. She thinks that she possesses the skills and intellect necessary for higher office and the truth is that she doesn't possess the necessary skills to be mayor of a tiny Alaska shit-hole town like Wasilla.
Wasilla was solvent when she took office. They were in debt to the tune of $20 million when she left. Wasilla had about 6,300 residents when she left. That kind of performance is pretty far from being a fiscal conservative. (Maybe she is secretly a socialist liberal!)
If she isn't capable of managing a regional bus tour promoting her pathetic excuse for a book without screwing things up, how is she going to be able to handle being POTUS? She lacks the skills, the fortitude, and the brains.
She is a moron who attracts other morons. It appears that you are attracted to her, no?
Graham's son set to officiate at Hill funeral
ReplyDeleteSan Antonio Express-News - Saturday, June 15, 1991
CHRIS BIRD and J. MICHAEL PARKER
A 43-year-old Baptist minister, who at different times lived with evangelist Billy Graham and reputed crime boss Joseph Bonanno, is to be buried Saturday by Graham's son.
David Lee Hill Jr., himself a world-traveled evangelist, was found dead Wednesday evening in his home in Terrell Hills. He had been ailing and was under medical care, police said.
David Lee Hill's father, David "Tex" Hill, was the founder and leader of the famous Flying Tigers fighter unit during World War II and still lives in San Antonio.
The Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office has not ruled on the cause of death pending results of toxicology tests that could take several weeks, a spokesman said.
The Rev. Franklin Graham of Boone, N.C., a longtime friend of Hill, will officiate at his funeral at 3 p.m. Saturday in First Presbyterian Church, where Hill's grandfather was an early pastor. Found by father Terrell Hills police Sgt. Kevin McCarville said Hill was found by his father about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in his house in the 300 block of Burr Road.
McCarville said Hill's father tried to call him but got no answer, so he asked Charlie Martin, another tenant in the house, to check on him.
Martin saw Hill through a window lying on his bed and called the father, who discovered the body.
McCarville said police found no indication of foul play.
Hill was being treated for abdominal problems, including pancreatitis and was on medication, McCarville said.
"That type of medication was found at the scene but there was no indication he had ODed (overdosed) or anything like that," he said.
On Monday, Hill had been sentenced to four years' probation in federal court for failing to file income-tax returns in 1982 and 1983.
According to court testimony, Hill solicited funds from wealthy Dallas followers for cancer research, but used them on himself.
Hill's grandfather, the Rev. P.B. Hill, was a chaplain for the Texas Rangers and from 1921-40 was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church.
He was said to have carried a pistol on his hip and a Bible in his hand, according to his 1958 obituary. He was designated state poet laureate in 1954 by the Texas Legislature and was a 32nd degree Mason.
David Hill lived with reputed Mafia boss Bonanno in 1968 in Tucson, Ariz., and is the subject of a chapter in Bonanno's autobiography.
He was ordained as a minister in Castle Hills Baptist Church in 1973. Later, he was Billy Graham 's house guest for two years.
The Rev. P.B. Hill was a longtime friend of the Rev. Billy Graham 's father-in-law, said Drew Fuller, whose wife is a cousin of Hill's.
"In 1971, David went to visit (Graham's father-in-law) in North Carolina. It was through that meeting that David came to faith in Christ and began a friendship with Billy Graham 's son, Franklin Graham," Fuller said. Heads medical ministry The younger Graham heads a world medical ministry called Samaritan's Purse in Boone, N.C.
"David began preaching throughout the world and saw a lot of Franklin and his family. Franklin said he'd seen David just a month ago," Fuller said.
He said Franklin Graham recently told him the one thing for which he would remember Hill was that "he was passionate about helping lost men and women come to faith in Christ.
"Whether he was actively preaching or walking down the street and someone said something to him, David would stop and talk about his faith.
"He perceived that as his calling," Fuller said.
More strange coincidences about Billy Graham.
ReplyDeleteDavid Hill's father, the guy who founded the Flying Tigers ?
Ted Stevens was in the Flying Tigers.
So was John Birch, well.....sort of.
God bless Franklin Graham, Sarah Palin.
ReplyDeleteThey are a light in a dark world of Evil Vial Apostate Perverts in the Demoncrap party.
People are coming out of the closets now. Because there is no light outside of the closet.
It dark. Shame on Emmoral minority.
You are correct that the audience of well wishers was carefully selected among the most loyal Republicans in the local party. No one who had said anything negative about her was even told of the meeting until afterwards.
ReplyDeleteShe also met with a select group of local conservative bloggers privately, who provided her with information about the local political scene. Who could be trusted, and who could not. I understand that Franklin Graham sent cars for several of them and that they are not talking about (except for cryptic remarks on their blogs, Nings and facebook pages) what was said during their time with Palin.
Regarding Franklin Graham's friend, David Hill, that was mentioned earlier. I understand that he finished a manuscript exposing freemasonry right before he died. Does anyone know if it is possible to get a copy of the manuscript? I believe it never was published.
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