Context Clues: Televangelists
American Hysteria
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The Story of Bill Hargus and Edwin Walker
Billy hargus was a gifted speaker in his right mopping the sweat off his forehead while he mesmerized the crowd with his wild gestures and his unbridled passion. Hargus wanted edwin walker on this epic american road trip with him, so they could begin their new mission of preaching politics. Through the use of mail solicited seed money, hargus would eventually be netting the equivalent of four million dollars a year, all tax exempt and tax deductable. And this right exercise religious freedom while benefiting from federal funds would become a rallying point for the most powerful evangelical players right in to the present day. In 19 73, another right wing religious political activist
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