Paul's plane than on actual orphans, nor that he has
taken credit for other people's work. We have no plans to report his
recent claims
that the Republican Party is delaying the Second Coming of Christ and
that the Iraq war is "genocide." Quite honestly, we haven't covered him
because there are many self-promotional ministers out there with grossly
exaggerated claims, outrageous statements, and problematic finances.
Paul has had more success in getting himself into The New Yorker and other publications, but getting such clips seems to be his ministry's real focus. So why give him more attention?
Well, he's certainly getting attention this week. Amid
the Mark Foley scandal, Paul scored a meeting with House Speaker Dennis
Hastert at the speaker's home. What's more, Paul claims that Hastert
promised him he'd resign. He told Mother Jones, "God convinced
him through me in prayer." Paul claims Hastert said, "God gave me this
position that I don't deserve. For the good of the people, I will do
it." The Mother Jones story is full of other … eccentricities. (Example: Paul says he knew Abu Musab al-Zarqawi "when he was nobody.")
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