Evangelist Robertson Considering Bid for ’88 GOP Nomination
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Television evangelist Pat Robertson is considering a bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 1988, a Robertson aide said Tuesday.
Earl Weirich, public affairs director for Robertson’s Christian Broadcast Network of Virginia Beach, said that Robertson has been asked by several leading Republicans to consider running.
Robertson, 55, son of the late Sen. Willis Robertson (D-Va.), hosts “The 700 Club,†a syndicated religious talk show that is a forum for his conservative Christian views.
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