Donald Trump is again extolling the merits of the Bible by quoting from St. Paul's second letter to the Corinthians. But this is not the first time that Paul was invoked in campaign dialogue. In the 1952 (D) race Adlai Stephenson was addressing a Baptist audience in Texas. The presider announced that the renowned Dr. Norman Vincent Peale had advised his followers to vote for your opponent. Stephenson is said to have replied "I find Paul appealing and Peale appalling." Stephenson was a brilliant man but he was up against Ike twice.
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