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Evangelist Franklin Graham, the son of the famous Billy Graham, has quit the Republican Party and declare himself an independent. His slamming of the GOP and exit from the party occurred Tuesday, and was because of the GOP-led spending bill that Congress passed last week. Graham called it “wasteful” and related the funding of Planned …

Ben Bernanke, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, has given up on the Republican Party. Bernanke served as chairman of the Fed starting in early 2006, appointed by the Bush/Cheney administration to succeed Alan Greenspan. In Bernanke’s new book, The Courage to Act, the former chairman speaks out: “I tried to listen carefully and accept thoughtful …