text: There is a long list of so called Christian adherents that have been hypocritical and derelict in their duties. A famous one is Jim Bakker. Another is Ted Haggart. Very much like Meredith, they espouse pious beliefs to their followers all the while doing nefarious things. 
  Recently a Republican Oklahoma Senator by the name of Ralph Shortey was caught with his pants down with an underage male prostitute. He has been charged and in time we will know the out come. He has been a right wing stalwart that supported many anti-immigrant pieces of legislature. He also proposed a law demanding Presidents present birth certificates at the Oklahoma ballot. Shortey was a key backer of trump in the recent election.
  
  All you can do is shake your head and wonder what gets into these people's heads. Is it that power corrupts or are they already on a path that only becomes easier to tread because they feel immune?
  Maybe a little of both.