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In reply to the discussion: MIAMI HERALD EXCLUSIVE: Naked photographs of Jerry Falwell's wife surface in Miami Beach scandal. [View all]Leghorn21
(13,743 posts)10. Oh, FUN!! I nominate the Miami Herald and Julie K. Brown for every Pulitzer known to mankind!
Keepin the heat ON!!
This doesnt look as if it will amount to a whole lot, but something is hyper-weird here, in particular: Falwells abrupt Lindsay Graham-like about face re: trump endorsement for no discernible reason - what was that about??!?
Thanks much for posting, MelissaB - if nothing else, that Falwell scumbucket is probably having a really shitty day, and Im EVER so down with that!
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And whats the deal with Falwells fuel contract??! I understand none of this but, hmmmm
The Pentagon agreed to buy nearly $900,000 in jet fuel from the conservative university owned by Jerry Falwell Jr., just months after President Donald Trump took office.
The Department of Defense signed the contract with Freedom Aviation, which is wholly owned by Liberty University, on May 9, 2017, and had since purchased more than $400,000 in turbine fuel from the same company, reported The Daily Beast.
The Department of Defense signed the contract with Freedom Aviation, which is wholly owned by Liberty University, on May 9, 2017, and had since purchased more than $400,000 in turbine fuel from the same company, reported The Daily Beast.
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/03/jerry-falwell-jrs-university-sold-1-million-jet-fuel-pentagon-since-trumps-inauguration/
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MIAMI HERALD EXCLUSIVE: Naked photographs of Jerry Falwell's wife surface in Miami Beach scandal. [View all]
MelissaB
Jun 2019
OP
Unless the naked pictures are of the pool boy, then I am glad we have not seen them.
LonePirate
Jun 2019
#6
That is assuming the pool boy slept only with the wife and not with Falwell himself.
LonePirate
Jun 2019
#65
All of this would be a big "nothing burger" if evangelicals didn't want to tell everyone else...
Caliman73
Jun 2019
#7
Oh, FUN!! I nominate the Miami Herald and Julie K. Brown for every Pulitzer known to mankind!
Leghorn21
Jun 2019
#10
Exactly! All of those things sound like fun but I'm not an evangelical championing "family values."
LonePirate
Jun 2019
#14
Jerry Jr., whose wife these are pictures of (not Jerry Sr.'s) isn't a televangelist.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jun 2019
#31
Would someone kindly tl;dr what the controversy is? I read the article, but can't for the life of me
Politicub
Jun 2019
#36
I'm not saying Cohen or 45 blackmailed Falwell after obtaining the photos, but ...
LonePirate
Jun 2019
#48
A pool boy that runs a gay-friendly hostel as one of the players is just icing on the cake
Politicub
Jun 2019
#63