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  • On Speaking with Ted Haggard

    Kurt Soller | Jan 21, 2009 03:28 PM
    Speaking out after two years, Ted Haggard spoke with NEWSWEEK's Tony Dokoupil last week mainly about his battered faith and confused sexuality. But beyond the rehearsed answers on those issue, he also leavened two phone interviews with wry one-liners and self-deprecating wit. When asked about how his neighbors responded when a male prostitute went public in late 2006 as Haggard's lover, he quotes a Hallmark card: "A friend is one who knows all about you and likes you anyway." Later, he professes a weak streak for fast food, admitting with intentional innuendo "sometimes I still cave to temptation." Two beats later he added: "make sure you get that quote in the right place." More