Why We Separate
Church & White House        
    
   Billy Graham did it right. He was a confidant of many presidents, but only once - mistakenly - got involved in process.

   Before his conversion, the late Charles Colson rounded up the evangelistic community for Nixon. It was just another interest group, as labor leaders are for Democrats.

   "Sure, we used the prayer breakfasts and church services for political ends," he said. "I found them (religious leaders) about the most pliable of any of the special interest groups." 

   Today, TV evangelist Paula White-Cain claims to have Donald Trump's ear on religious matters. We know her from her Tampa days. Not good.

   The president pursues policies that Christians and conservatives support. 
His "adviser" is something else. 

   "Wherever I go, God rules. When I walk on White House grounds, God walks on White House grounds," she is quoted on line. "I have every right to declare the White House holy ground, because I was standing there and where I stand is holy."

   Like other prosperity-gospel preachers, she asks for large amounts of money, which goes into the "department of treasury in Heaven" and will assure the givers their dreams. "Sounds like a spiritual quid pro quo," quips columnist Cal Thomas.

   Apparently she helped herself to treasury funds. She once owned a private jet. She payed for a $2.6 million home and a $3.5 million condo in Trump Tower.  

Speaking of Tampa
   The mayor's chief of staff just returned from the Netherlands to learn how they keep the ocean at bay. Hmmmm. Build a dike?    

      Jimmy