The Rittenhouse Review

A Philadelphia Journal of Politics, Finance, Ethics, and Culture


Wednesday, October 20, 2004  

KAREN HUGHES CALLS PAT ROBERTSON A LIAR
How Will That Play With the Evangelical Base?

One of the president's closest and most-trusted advisers, Karen Hughes, today called the politically active conservative evangelical Christian minister Rev. Pat Robertson a liar.

According to a report an early-evening report from Reuters, "Bush Says Kerry Doesn't Understand Terror War," by Steve Holland:

Bush campaign senior adviser Karen Hughes said Bush adviser Karl Rove was at the Feb. 10, 2003, Nashville meeting and that Robertson's recounting of their conversation "did not happen."

So I'm left with only one conclusion here: Karen Hughes called Rev. Pat Robertson a liar.

But why would he lie? Why would Hughes question the motives and veracity of so admired a member of the Republican Party, a former party presidential candidate even?

And how will Hughes's accusation play with the Republican Party's base of evangelical Christian voters, a community in which Rev. Robertson is held in high esteem?

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