Beyond Bakker. (Jim Bakker and PTL scandal)

From: National Review | Date: July 3, 1987| Author: Buckley, William F., Jr. | Copyright information

BEYOND BAKKER

OTHER PEOPLE'S embarrassments can befun, particularly when bigmouthed people are caught up in hypocrisy. But the awful mess surrounding the Reverend (if that is what we still call him) Jim Bakker is a mess we revel in at our own risk. It is one thing for a man who wants to be President to scorn the society's mores--you gently, but firmly, remove the White House from his dream garden. It is something else for a society, in enjoying the exposure of a greedy h...

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