and it spurred me to look up the news accounts.
Here's a quote from an Irish paper:
Mr. Bush was flanked as he spoke by Mayor Kip Holden of Baton Rouge and T. D. Jakes, a conservative African-American television evangelist with a megachurch in Dallas who has been courted by the White House as a partner in reaching out to the black vote.
"I want to thank my friend T. D. Jakes for rallying the armies of compassion to help somebody like the mayor," Mr. Bush said.
http://www.finfacts.com/irelandbusinessnews/publish/article_10003145.shtmlHe also speaks to his close realtionship with the WH about 5 minutes into the link from here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4715465 I have to say it, I didn't see missionaries on tv or in either of the 'domes until after the president caught hell and then got himself a little better organized. Most likely some were working outside the media spotlight, as is their tendency...