Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers

Garth Brooks was first up on the radio programme after the news bulletin this weekend announcing the death of US Senator Eugene McCarthy.

Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers
Mon, 12 Dec, 2005 - 00:00
Terry Prone

“Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers,” Brooks warbled.

As an epitaph for McCarthy, it couldn’t have been more appropriate.

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