What's next for Ted Haggard?

[kay1864]

It looks like the meth use is a given, backed up by the voicemails. But the gay sex isn't backed up by the voicemails. OTOH he *was* getting his meth from a gay escort, which won't sit well with the church elders.

So I'm thinking:

- His resignation becomes permanent (New Life Church can't afford to lose members)
- Wife divorces him (maybe she could forgive an "indiscretion" with a woman, but gay sex? Nope.)

No evangelical group will touch him. No GOP group will want to be associated with him. No radio shows or TV shows for Ted.

Just another has-been like Jim Bakker?

[thefloyd]

1. The brink

Crowbar hotel where the sex is free

[Graybeard]

11. Big apology, buckets of tears...

..."dear Lord I have sinned" "Oh, Lord forgive
me" and then he get's back to shoveling in the big buck$
ca$h. 

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Rehab, of course. That's where all the disgraced wingnuts go.

It wasn't his fault, after all. He has an illness...

[bif]

9. Maybe he can room with Foley?

[Armstead]

3. Rehab and then a career as a Fox News Analyst

[Lautremont]

4. Maybe a glorious new dawn of uninhibited sex.

Who knows.

[Hugin]

5. He'll pop up in some cabinet post in 20 years.

Probably Sec. of Defense.

Just like Ralph Reed.

[kurth]

6. Wife is probably waiting for AIDS test results

Haggard will marry a Log Cabin Republican and live happily ever after.

[Tom Joad]

7. His ex- wife may make it on a MTV "Surreal Life" deal.

[BootinUp]

8. didn't Bakker go to jail?

I don't think Haggard will be charged with any crimes.

[XboxWarrior]

13. if they ever move the U.N

have you ever seen his "Church"? it's freakin' HUGH!1!1!! Has flags from all the nations, and IMHO is bigger than the U.N. (I used to live on 36th and 1st ave in Manhattan)

I think he could rent that place out for more coin than those 14,000 rubes were paying!

peace

[hwmnbn]

10. He can join the Village People on.....

their national tour. Possibly make a real splash on Broadway given his charisma and charm. :bounce:

Big thing is whatever he does, he can stop living a lie

[missingpeace]

12. There's already a script for this.

He'll get in front of the cameras (after the election, of course), maybe shed a few tears and try to tremble a little, look upward, say how he has sinned, ask for forgiveness from a whole damn bunch of folks including god, wife, children, friends, donors & congregants (most important), maybe bush and others. He probably won't ask forgiveness from those whom he has so hypcritically criticized, disparaged and trashed as sinners. Then, all the brainless lemmings will say how he was overcome by temptation, the devil and what not, he will fade into obscurity and that will be that.

[BR_Parkway]

14. REHAB! Apology, Jeebus will forgive me, won't you?

Standard Scandal procedure for Republicans.

Oh yeah, high priced lawyer negotiates for slap on wrist maximum for any illegal acts due to his previous high standing in the community, alcohol/drug addiction not being a poor minority

[Mist]

15. Why can't he go into one of those fundie programs that

"cures" gays, and converts them to being straight?

[warrens]

16. There's no way he comes back

Eventually, he can probably worm his way into some other movement, but his days at the top of the heap are over. He's done a great service to the Dem party, truly exposing how hypocritical these punks are.

[buczak]

17. this is what going to happen ala Foley

Alcohol Rehab. "I'm a drunk and drug users that what made me do it".

Blames his gay relationship on a assault by a pastor when he was younger.

Homosexuality Rehab. "I sinned" and attempts to attempt some sort of church rehab.

He regain some sort of church leadership role possible as a consultant for churches nationwide.

In 5 years, he will be spotted at a Gay Bar in Washington DC.