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dressed up as moderates and centrists in the greatest single exhibition of cross-dressing in American political history. By far the largest was whether to include health-care reform along with the economic plan in the omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. The next day, July 24, I welcomed the current class of American Legion Boys Nation senators to the White House, on the thirtieth anniversary of my coming to the Rose Garden to meet President Kennedy. A lot of the “witnesses” were paid for their testimonials, and Falwell sold a great many videos.

migrated to the Republican Party, which, beginning in the 1970s, formed an alliance with the rising religious right-wing movement. Finally, the Justice Department said it had no objections and would lean toward granting the pardon if it advanced our foreign policy interests. Silvio Berlusconi, the country’s biggest media owner and a political novice, who had put together an We would pray, read scripture, and discuss some things I had never really talked about before.