# Bush admin contacts Jack Van Impe for advice

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-contacts-jack-van-impe-for-advice/195290>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 15, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-contacts-jack-van-impe-for-advice/195290 "2003-08-15T01:11:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![DaToad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DaToad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaToad)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-contacts-jack-van-impe-for-advice/195290/41 "2003-08-19T17:54:45Z")

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JVI was contacted for information/guidance on fund raising and flock fleecing techniques, not religeous prophecies or his take on world events.

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**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-contacts-jack-van-impe-for-advice/195290/42 "2003-08-20T08:09:25Z")

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I guess it’d be better if he consulted Nancy Reagan’s psychic …

Preachers = bad  
Psychics = good

Oy.

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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-contacts-jack-van-impe-for-advice/195290/43 "2003-08-20T09:42:13Z")

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> \*Originally posted by DaToad \*  
> \*\*JVI was contacted for information/guidance on fund raising and flock fleecing techniques, not religeous prophecies or his take on world events. \*\*

I got the feeling he was contacted to donate money to the party and _offered_ the rest.

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-contacts-jack-van-impe-for-advice/195290/44 "2003-08-20T13:52:54Z")

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> I got the feeling he was contacted to donate money to the party and offered the rest.

Now you’re just making shit up to rationalize the meeting. There are **no** reports that this was a fundraiser.

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-contacts-jack-van-impe-for-advice/195290/45 "2003-08-22T01:18:42Z")

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> \*Originally posted by SnoopyFan \*  
> \*\*I guess it’d be better if he consulted Nancy Reagan’s psychic …
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> Preachers = bad  
> Psychics = good
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> Oy. \*\*

I thought it was the astrologer? Oh well.

Who IS Jack Van Impe? I’ve never even heard of this guy.

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-contacts-jack-van-impe-for-advice/195290/46 "2003-08-22T02:07:04Z")

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He’s a preacher who broadcasts a sunday morning “News and Analysis” show for christians. Here’s a bit from one of his intelligence briefings, just to give you the flavor: [\*\*MARK OF THE BEAST TECHNOLOGY  
\*\*](http://www.jvim.com/IntelligenceBriefing/march2003/beast.html).

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