RAN 2/8
By DARREN GARNICK
Telegraph Staff
 NASHUA -- If the tenacious Reverend Billy Joe Clegg becomes President
Clegg, the Mississippi evangelist will guarantee three things: Jesus
Christ will determine domestic and foreign policy, the White House will
not be painted pink, and Sau di Arabian real estate will be the key to
peace in the Middle East.
 The Republican Clegg, who has run for president with "Jesus as
campaign manager" since 1972, spent a spirited two hours on Nashua's
airwaves Tuesday. This winter marks his seventh New Hampshire primary. 
 "I can't force Christianity on the American people," he told WMVU Radio's
Kevin Miller. "But the reason why a Christian is needed in the White House
is because God gives spiritual wisdom to Christians -- not hypocrites --
to solve secular problems."
 Sometimes referring to himself as "a five star general in God's army,"
Clegg, 67, is supportive of World War II hero Bob Dole's claims that age
should be an irrelevant factor in the presidential race. 
 "They have people in China running the country who are 100 years old.
People need leaders with wisdom," he said. 
 Clegg has been shunned by the Christian Coalition, which had denied him
podium time at their most recent Republican presidential candidates'
forum. But he says he endorses their agenda and admires Coalition favorite
Pat Buchanan enough to have aske d him to be his vice president. 
 Echoing Buchanan's anti-United Nations and anti-foreign aid stump
speeches, Clegg declares: "You can't buy love with foreign aid." 
 The candidate, however, does favor diplomatic pressure. His first target
would be Saudi Arabia, which he claims should carve out territory for a
Palestinian national state. 
 "Saudi Arabia owes us a favor. We saved their oil. We should say to King
Fahd: "Look, you owe us a favor. Give the Palestinians a bit of your land
instead of having them trying to push Israel into the," he said. 
 His rationale for the land giveaway is that Saudi Arabia is more than 100
times larger than Israel. Using geographical hyperbole, he told Miller to
picture his radio studio as Israel with the city limits of Nashua
representing the Saudi kingdom. 
 Sticking with an international relations theme, Clegg warned listeners
that the Cold War threat is not over because Russian extremist Vladimir
Zhirinovsky is gaining political clout in his bid to restore the Soviet
Union's former might. 
 "Zhirinovsky is coming to power and he wants to take over Alaska by
force," Clegg said. 
 As a deterrent, the evangelist suggests organizing mass-scale bus tours
for Russian students to witness the joys of capitalism. However, he says
the foreign exchange program should not be funded with U.S. tax dollars. 
 "Let the Russians pay for it. They got gold," Clegg said. 
 Clegg's fiscal conservatism is also the driving force behind his refusal
to humor his wife Betty's decorating wishes if they wind up in Washington. 
 "She wants to paint the White House pink, but I'm not going to let her do
that," the presidential candidate smirked. "It would cost the taxpayers
too much money."