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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Wed Feb 21, 2018, 12:41 PM Feb 2018

Mike Huckabee declares reports of Billy Graham's death "Fake News"

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/mike-huckabee-billy-grahams-death-fake-news-hes-alive-ever-heaven/

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R), an ordained Baptist preacher, insisted on Wednesday that the death of televangelist Billy Graham was “fake news” because the holy man will live on forever in Heaven.



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It's official. The term "fake news" has gone the way of "literally" and "metaphorically".
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Mike Huckabee declares reports of Billy Graham's death "Fake News" (Original Post) DetlefK Feb 2018 OP
So then, is every obituary column in every newspaper "fake news"? The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #1
Maybe they are... "fake fake news"? DetlefK Feb 2018 #6
Only if you are the right kind of Christian..... Thomas Hurt Feb 2018 #13
Does he have proof?? Angry Dragon Feb 2018 #2
So Mike rock Feb 2018 #3
He spins as well as his crappy daughter, Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Apple - tree. Fla Dem Feb 2018 #4
what is Fake to some is Good to others - n/t lapfog_1 Feb 2018 #5
Yup. Wherever Billy Graham went, at least he's not here any more. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #8
Do us all a favor and go join him. njhoneybadger Feb 2018 #7
eyes roll. riversedge Feb 2018 #9
What a has-been tool. Squinch Feb 2018 #10
in other news: huckabee is still a sanctimonious asshole. that is all. Javaman Feb 2018 #11
Like father, like daughter....... ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2018 #12
Really Mikey? Initech Feb 2018 #14
zombie? vampire? waiting 3 days for an empty coffin? dembotoz Feb 2018 #15

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,732 posts)
1. So then, is every obituary column in every newspaper "fake news"?
Wed Feb 21, 2018, 12:43 PM
Feb 2018

Because doesn't Mike Hucksterbee believe all Christians (never mind the other people) go to Heaven?

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
13. Only if you are the right kind of Christian.....
Wed Feb 21, 2018, 12:55 PM
Feb 2018

but if you are not........you suffer in hell for all eternity.......so I guess obits are all fake news.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,732 posts)
8. Yup. Wherever Billy Graham went, at least he's not here any more.
Wed Feb 21, 2018, 12:48 PM
Feb 2018

He was a major player in getting the whole pernicious evangelical/political movement going. And his son Franklin, who is still with us, is even worse.

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