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Kurt Soller
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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."
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