CAMPAIGN ’88 : Devout Campaigner
Many people are saying that the Paul Simon presidential campaign hasn’t got a prayer.
Not true.
Since Palm Sunday, when the Illinois senator, a regular churchgoer, attended services at the 88-year-old Lutheran church where his father was ordained a minister, Simon’s church visits have been a mainstay of his campaign schedule.
He showed up for:
--Maundy Thursday evening services in a Lutheran church in frosty Superior, Wis.
--Good Friday services in Wausau, where many businesses close at noon for Good Friday churchgoing. Simon’s uncle, the Rev. Henry Simon, chose as his sermon subject: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
--A Friday evening Passover seder at a Milwaukee rabbi’s home.
--Today, he plans to attend an Easter sunrise Lutheran service and a morning Mass at a Milwaukee Polish Catholic church with his wife, Jeanne, who is Catholic.
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