THE HIJACKING OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

CHAPTER EIGHT

By Brother Anonymous

How To Lose 501(c)3

In a March/April 1996 interview with 'The Door', Ralph Reed was quoted as saying,

"We've encouraged people to become active in both political parties.  We do not recruit candidates.  We do not endorse candidates.  We do not contribute to candidates.  And there is no such thing as a Christian Coalition candidate for office.  So we have very explicitly avoided that model."

On May 18, 1996, the Nickelodeon Channel ran a documentary titled "The Religious Right", featuring Senator Arlen Specter and Ralph Reed, in which Specter made this statement:

"Ralph Reed and I worked together to have Bob Dole elected as the Republican nominee."

There it is, clearly and unequivocally stated: the confirmation that the leadership of the Christian Coalition plotted Bob Dole's nomination behind the backs of Robertson's loyal supporters, totally against their wishes and in flagrant violation of the fundamental premise of their organization.

Robertson and Reed raised millions of dollars under the pretext of preserving life by fighting abortion, which they both proclaimed was "an uncompromising issue."  But the candidate they maneuvered stealthily into the nomination was Bob Dole.  This is what Dole's record showed that he:

Opposed a Constitutional ban on abortion.

Opposed choosing and nominating only pro-life judges.

Opposed choosing a vice-presidential running mate based only on pro-life considerations..

Supported federal funding for experimentation on aborted babies.

Supported aborting unborn children for the father's crime of rape or incest.

Supported the federal FACE law which made peaceful pro-life sit-ins a felony.

Refused to sign a pledge supporting the pro-life plank in the Republican Party platform.

Voted to confirm every pro-abortion Supreme Court Justice in the previous fifteen years.

Consistently voted for taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood.

We all tell little white lies.  We have all, at one time or another, tried to appear to be something we are not.  Usually, we do these things in order to get something we want.  These may not be our most endearing qualities, but they are, I believe, part of human nature.  And most of us know there are limits to how far we are prepared to go with our deceptions.  But the Christian Coalition knows no such boundaries. T heir desire for power is gigantic, their hypocrisy is monstrous, and it seems they will stop at nothing to get what they want.

Let's take another look at Reed's statements to 'The Door':

"We do not recruit candidates."

This is fiction.  The fact is that Christian Coalition area chapters actively encourage their members to run for public office - any office - and then offer to help them win their elections.

"We do not train candidates."

This is fiction. The fact is that 'Director's Meetings' do just that.  Earlier in this book I described Guy Rogers in his red suspenders as he instructed actual and potential candidates on the finer points of being elected to public office.

"We do not endorse candidates."

This is fiction.  The fact is that they not only endorsed Bob Dole, they actively tried to get him elected. And, of course, that also applied to Reed's statement that, "there is no such thing as a Christian Coalition candidate for any office."

The more we look, the more we see that one word which keeps cropping up in describing this Christian Coalition and its leadership is 'hypocrisy'.  And that word leads straight to the door of Alan Keyes, a prominent insider who is boosted by Robertson at every opportunity.  Keyes is a highly skilled orator who tells people what they want to hear about basing our society on the Bible, following Christ, protecting our sovereignty, opposing abortion and homosexuality, bringing God back into our schools and establishing family values.  Keyes is so good at playing the part of a man who is passionately committed to these beliefs that he never fails to bring excited audiences to their feet.  But when we stand back and look at the facts, we see, once again, a hypocrite whose private words and deeds clearly show that his public speeches are an empty sham.

I was fortunate enough to overhear a conversation in which a former member of Alan Keyes' campaign said,

"I am sorry to have to tell you that I am no longer involved with Alan Keyes.  He is an absolute phony. He is a secular humanist! He said that he does not feel that there should be a law against sodomy, and that the Bible should not be the law of the West since this is such a pluralistic society."

A very prominent conservative individual, who knows Keyes well, was then called over to hear these statements repeated for his benefit.   This individual agreed that this assessment was consistent with the Keyes he knows, recalling that once, after he had publicly questioned these inconsistencies, Keyes had called him, yelling and screaming that he had, "ruined my campaign."

In addition to his hypocrisy, Alan Keyes also suffers from delusions of grandeur as well as what is referred to in certain circles as 'sticky fingers'. Throughout his career he has been dogged with problems of' money mismanagement'. When he was running for the Senate it was discovered that he had used campaign funds for his own personal use. When confronted, he admitted that he had indeed misappropriated the funds, stating by way of justification that, "A man's gotta live."

In the early days of Keyes' presidential bid, Sara Hardman, the California Director of the Christian Coalition, arranged for him to address a large gathering at Church On The Way and a prayer breakfast with Southern California's most powerful clergymen. Most people with their sights set on the White House would consider bookings like these to be, literally, heaven-sent opportunities. Keyes agreed to come, and Hardman went ahead and made all the arrangements.

When she called back to reconfirm, Keyes said,

"I didn't sign nothing with you. I'm very busy and I have some important speaking engagements."

Hardman was, understandably, bewildered, and explained that she had made some very definite commitments, based upon his having given his word that he would attend.  But Keyes was unmoved.  After much negotiating, however, he finally agreed to come if Hardman would provide, for himself and his entourage of fifteen, a private jet, a limousine, hotel accommodation and meals, plus a huge honorarium and a commitment to raise funds on his behalf.

Compare this performance with the response from another candidate, Howard Phillips, who was also invited by Hardman.  Phillips sent word that he would be glad to come, that he would travel tourist class, and that he would stay in a Motel 6.  On another occasion, this same Howard Phillips offered Alan Keyes an opportunity to speak to a group of highly influential potential backers in St. Louis.   Keyes wouldn't even consider it without a guarantee of a $15,000 honorarium, plus a private jet and luxury hotel accommodations.

After her experience with Alan Keyes, Sara Hardman said she wouldn't vote for him to be Dogcatcher, and expressed disgust with the way Pat Robertson continues to support him, and books him as a speaker at major Christian Coalition events.  Based on what we know about both Alan Keyes and Pat Robertson, it's not hard to figure out what these two see in each other, considering how much they have in common.

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