Pastor strangelove: Texan John Hagee may not have his "perfect red heifer" yet. But he does have a huge following, the ear of the White House--and a theory that an invasion of Iran was foretold (we're not making this up) in the Book of Esther.(REPORT)
American Prospect, The, June, 2006 by Posner, Sarah
ON PURIM, THE JEWISH HOLIDAY THAT CELEBRATES the day Queen Esther saved the Jews from annihilation, Trinity Broadcasting Net-work's flagship talk show, Praise the Lord, featured an appearance by Rabbi Daniel Lapin. A politically conservative Orthodox rabbi, Lapin is best known for crusading with the Christian right against "anti-religion bigotry" and, more recently, for his close association with the convicted super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
But he was not invited to a nationwide telecast to discuss such topics as the trumped-up war against religion or the better nature of ...
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