For another thing, Graham was a close friend of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Ah yes -some of his best friends were Negroes. Gimmie a fuckin' break, Joe. See Phil Ochs, Talking Birmingham Jam.

But he was a conservative, and that's enough in your book and that of Mr. Shaw, to call him kin of the devil.

No, Joe - has nothing to do with conservative/liberal. He wasn't a"conservative" - he was a retrograde, intolerant, bible-thumping bigot. Re-read the Lenz article - and the article Janie referenced - and refute them point by pint where/if you can instead of bloviating and pontificating.

It has to do with looking at what he did, and said, and caused, and promoted, and supported----and the record is clear, even if you choose to disregard it.

WHY you would choose to disregard it is beyond me; I had thought you were an intelligent gent able to tell fact from fiction/ propaganda/whitewash.

Next thing you'll be telling us what a Great American good old Tailgunner Joe McCarthy was.

But by all means defend and suport Billy- as long asyou realize that by so doing you are supporting Trump and the Trumpist agenda, and flushing the U.S. down the toilet by so doing.

Shame on you.