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Sarah Palin visits Billy Graham
Billy Graham invited Sarah Palin over to his Montreat, N.C. house, and last night the former governor joined him for dinner with members from both of their families.
“He’s followed her career and likes her strong stand on faith,” said son Franklin Graham, who was present for the 2 1/2-hour get-together. “Daddy feels God was using her to wake America up.”
Franklin Graham’s ministry, Samaritan’s Purse, has an office in Alaska and has done extensive work there.
The Charlotte Observer has this interesting detail:
Last year, during the presidential campaign, Sen. John McCain, the GOP nominee who picked Palin as his running mate, made a courtesy call on the elderly Graham.
Democrat Barack Obama had scheduled a meeting with Graham during a stop in nearby Asheville, but Graham, who has his good days and bad days, was not up to a visit at the time.
Obama called Billy Graham recently to wish him a happy 91st birthday and to ask to visit sometime.
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Well, that’s a nice treat!
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Daddy?!?
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great meeting
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It is revealing to note that the Grahams initiated the visit, not Palin. Also, the description of the event was that of a authentic family get-together with the children and like-minded people in genuine fellowship.
It was not a “fill-the-square,” political photo-op of the type that Obama sought, and still seeks for his own political purposes. For like-minded spiritual fellowship, Obama should be honest and take his family to revisit his beloved mentor, Pastor Jeremiah Wright. But such honesty is not Obama’s forte.
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I’m sure someone with a leather couch and too much education could infer a lot about Mynock’s childhood from his mocking incredulity.
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Mynock,
I’m not sure what it is that surprises you (comment #2), but if it is that a grown man calls his father Daddy, Franklin Graham is hardly alone in doing so. I followed my older sister’s lead in what we called our parents, and by the time we were teens, they were “Mother” and “Daddy,” and that is what they were for the rest of their lives, and still are in my memory. I wondered sometimes if that was odd, and what it implied about how we related to her vs to him. But as an adult I have encountered other adults who also call their parents “Mother” and “Daddy.” Not a lot, but some. I suppose it probably is a product of where you grew up, what you heard other people call their parents, etc.
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That sounds just like Billy Graham – both families are real people who love the LORD. The fellowship and joy must have been wonderful.
As far as calling their father “daddy” that’s done in many parts of this country and the world, in their own language. I called my father – daddy, father but mostly Papa.
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That is great that she got to visit the Graham family.
“Daddy” sounds like a southern thing.
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I called my father ‘Daddy’ and still do, though he has been dead a long time.
I suspect, though, that the familiar nickname might be hard to understand for someone who, for just for instance, grew up calling their father ‘Citizen-Comrade 385679-1209′ and goose-stepping around their nursery whilst still in diapers.
And inside playing pretend about being a Politburo member (including dressing up in a long Russian overcoat and beaver hat with red stars).
While all the other kids played Cowboys and Indians outside in the sunshine.
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Do you think he could visit his old pastor on the sly?
He might get yelled at if O has snubbed him all this time.
After reading Rules for Radicals I think the attendance at that church was just a basic requirement for community organizers. And after seeing what “Christianity” means for some he didn’t have a hard time joining the club.
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My wife refers to her parents as Mommy and Daddy but only when talking to her other sibs.
Otherwise its Mom and Dad.
My MIL is called Ma when my wife speaks to her.
I think adults saying Daddy is a regional/southern thing.
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I’ll say this if no one else will, wouldnt you have loved to been a fly on the wall at that meeting?
Reminds me of when Queen Elizabeth met Pope John Paul II. As a Scot friend told me “She didnt bow to him, he didnt bow to her”
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I have met both Billy Graham and his son Franklin (different times) – wonderful experiences. There is just something about Billy Graham, the love of the LORD is seen in his eyes when you meet him. Franklin speeks directly to you when he’s talking, his manner is very much the gentleman.
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I think it is splendid that Sarah Palin visited Billy Graham and the family shared dinner together.
I am not sure what the point of most of the comments on this thread are.
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I called my father “Daddy” all his life and when he died I had “Daddy” inscribe his tombstone that usually says “father”. I think that was why my relationship with the Lord improved once I understood the meaning of “Abba”. I didn’t have a “Father” growing up, I had a “daddy”. To me a “Father” was one of those stiff, scary guys from the Charles Dickens novels I liked to read.
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Sometimes Random and I agree.
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Thanks Victoria, since she landed at Asheville, that should be local news, but we haven’t turned out TV on today.
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Kbells, when my father died, I put a kiddie handkerchief that I still had and my kindergarten picture and signed it with the name he always called me when I was little. He will always be my daddy just like your’s is to you.
Victoria, what blessings you had meeting both father and son.
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NJL, our nation and the world has been blessed by the life of Billy Graham,… his son continues by supplying needed food, medical supplies, and shelter for those in need.
I was thrilled to meet both of them. I’m not easily impressed by meeting those who are famous, but Billy Graham, his son and another well known pastor named Dr. J. Vernon McGee will stand out.
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May I take this opportunity to share a few interesting Graham lines?
* “Wherever the gospel is preached, no matter how crudely, there are bound to be results.” Billy Graham.
* “The dogs do bark but the caravan moves on.” Advice given to Billy Graham when he was hurt and puzzled by savage attacks of some brothers in Christ.
* “I have often said that the first thing I am going to do when I get to Heaven is to ask, ‘Why me, Lord? Why did You choose a farmboy from North Carolina to preach to so many people, to have such a wonderful team of associates, and to have a part in what You were diong in the latter half of the twentieth century?’ I have thought about that question a great deal, but I know also that only God knows the answer.” Billy Graham, “Just As I Am.” 1997.
I hope you enjoyed those!
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Oh, and here’s a good one from Billy’s better half:
* “It is your job to love your husband. It is God’s job to make him good.” Ruth Bell Graham.
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Speaking of Billy’s better half; may God bless her legacy and rest her soul.
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I still call my parents Mommy and Daddy.
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Dr. J. Vernon McGee?!?! You are much blessed, Victoria. Be thankful; and have a great Thanksgiving holiday, my cyberspace friend.
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Joel, thank you my friend. I loved the quotes you posted from Billy Graham, it warms the soul, and blessed my heart.
I wish you a blessed Thanksgiving.
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My wife and I still call our daughter and her partner (both in their forties) the “kids.”
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My daughter calls me Daddy. Sweetest sound on earth coming from her lips.
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“Daddy” sounds like a southern thing.
That’s probably it.
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Mycock
It isn’t just a “southern thing” – we live in California, my father was born in Europe – children from all over the U.S. call their dad’s “daddy” – It’s more a family tradition of how one addresses their father.
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Thanks for the clip Victoria.
It sounded like they said the jet was Palin’s.
She’ll probably be investigated for that one.
Do you think it belongs to Franklin Graham?
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I’m not southern either (and I mentioned above calling my father “Daddy”). I was born in Connecticut, as was my father, and his family came from New York state. My mother came from New York City, and her family had immigrated there from Germany.
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News2me
I don’t know if Palin has a jet, I doubt it. Franklin has had a fatwa against him for some time now – and he does have a very small jet aircraft.
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My, hasn’t Franklin grown up to look just like Daddy
Thanks for the link, Victoria
I had the privilege of being a counselor at Rev. Graham’s Mission to San Diego back in 2003. Although I didn’t get to meet either of them, I did get to hear each of them preach “live” for four nights. Those are four nights I’ll never forget.
RN: Daughter w/b 47 on Monday and SIL is 53. I still call them “the kids.”
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BTW – I’m guessing the jet Sarah Palin is traveling in was supplied in some manner by the book publisher. After all, they have a ve$ted interest in her getting to her various book tour events in a timely manner.
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Thanks Joel Mark. I might pull out my copy and reread his book.
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Hi KayVee,
I’m glad you liked the VIDEO – the plane Sarah Palin was traveling in was not a jet but a turbo prop. I agree that the publishers most likely made all the travel available to Palin.
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Hi Victoria, I just assumed “jet,” probably because there are more of them in service to businesses than other types of planes.
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KayVee,
When I first saw the photo, I thought it was a jet as well. It may have been a much smaller airport, so they transfered from a jet to a smaller aircraft.
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That the name “Daddy” strikes anyone as “southern” is quite a strong testimony for the greatness of things “southern.” I say that as a respectful Minnesotan.
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I call my dad, “dad”. My kids call him “papa”. My son calls me “pops”. My daughter calls me “daddy”. My wife calls me lots of things.
Montreat is where Ruth lived while Billy traveled. She designed their log cabin where Billy continues to live. She and her father were active in helping at Montreat College, where they had their wedding reception and where most of their kids went to school. It is a beautiful area.
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2 – Well, the Zionist doesn’t fall far from the tree.
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Oh my …… they (Graham’s) are a supporter of the Jewish state – why not Bianca? – what’s your problem with this?
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Number 43 should have read:
Oh my …… they (Graham’s) are a supporter of the Jewish state – why not Bianca? – what’s your problem with this?
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Man. Been away for 2-3 days (admittedly, it’s been just 2-3 days), and the Palin buzz here is strong as ever. If WMB had a cable network, it would have to be called the Palin Channel.
This news story has all the trappings of somebody getting an audience with the Pope on “their way up.” (The American Pope.)
Well, I’m glad they shared a memorable evening.
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Incidentally, I second Bianca’s concern about Zionism.
Although actually (and forgive me, Bianca, if I mis-speak on your behalf), I would think our concern is primarily with American Zionism — this largely unspoken (except in American dispy-pre-mill Baptist and Bible churches) idea that
a) genetic Jews are God’s chosen and have a legitimate claim to the Holy Land, and
b) if America wants to be blessed of God, we must take Israel’s side in all political matters. (You know, “I will bless them that bless thee,” and all that.)
Israel is a contemporary nation (regardless of some of the godless ways that “God’s people” brought it about), and there is nothing that we can — nor should — do to try to reverse that.
But it doesn’t follow that it is vital for America to send her (or any nation, for that matter) foreign aid, or to defend her militarily, etc.
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Anyhow, Happy Thanksgiving to one and all! I’m off to today’s WV thread, then gone …
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