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Originally Posted by Bitmap
jim baker and his wife tammy faye founded the Christian group the PTL club in the 70s and 80s, they are from the city I live in, when i was in college, I waited on them a couple times at a restaurant i worked at, they asked that I serve them wine in a coffee cup because they didn't want to be seen drinking.
the PTL club (affectionately known as the pass the loot club) bilked millions of dollars from the people who could least afford to give it, the money was grossly mismanaged and eventually jim baker went to jail over it.
its ironic Doug Marlette also died this week, he was a political cartoonist in my home town and would regularly lampoon tammy faye and the ptl club.
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To be fair, Tammy was never found to be involved in most of that...she was a little oblivious to the whole thing...and I'm glad she's at least in peace now.