Pat Robertson & Rush Limbaugh: AKA Dementia and Da' Drug Addict PART 1.

PAT ROBERTSON

In another glaring exapmple of people WAY past their prime we have the blithering Pat Robertson. At one time a great religious pillar for countless in the United States and around the world, but now reduced to a rambling old fool with senile dementia who is allowed to spew ignorance across the airwaves. To recap (with our comments in RED of course), in case many of you haven't heard, Pat Robertson stated the following:

"And you know, Kristi, something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it.

“They were under the heel of the French, uh, you know Napoleon the 3rd and whatever, and they got together and swore a pact to the Devil. (Not a fact but merely a legend.)

“They said, 'We will serve you if you'll get us free from the French.'

“True story. (If you also believe in Hobbits and Fairies.)

“And so the Devil said, 'Okay, it's a deal.’

“And, uh, they kicked the French out, you know, with Haitians revolted and got themselves free.

“But ever since they have been cursed by, by one thing after another, desperately poor.

“That island of Hispaniola is one island. It’s cut down the middle. On the one side is Haiti on the other side is the Dominican Republican.

“Dominican Republic is, is prosperous, healthy, full of resorts, etcetera.

“Haiti is in desperate poverty.

“Same island.

“They need to have and we need to pray for them a great turning to God and out of this tragedy I’m optimistic something good may come. But right now we’re helping the suffering people and the suffering is unimaginable.”

Call me silly, but if I am not mistaken, he is basically saying that the reason why Haiti is in bad shape as a country and suffered an earthquake is because they are cursed for allegedly making a deal with the Devil. Is this right? White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs addressed his comments plainly by calling them "utterly stupid".

In an attempt to possibly excuse the old man's statements, CBN which broadcasts Robertson's show said this in a press statement:

“On today’s The 700 Club, during a segment about the devastation, suffering and humanitarian effort that is needed in Haiti, Dr. Robertson also spoke about Haiti’s history (again, let us restate: alleged history. More an old wives tale than anything). His comments were based on the widely-discussed 1791 slave rebellion led by Boukman Dutty at Bois Caiman, where the slaves allegedly made a famous pact with the devil in exchange for victory over the French. This history, combined with the horrible state of the country, has led countless scholars (by definition, scholars don't believe in curses due to their belief in empirical data) and religious figures over the centuries to believe the country is cursed. Dr. Robertson never stated that the earthquake was God’s wrath (this is true, he merely implied it was payback for making a pact with the Devil). If you watch the entire video segment, Dr. Robertson’s compassion for the people of Haiti is clear. (This is also true. I am not knocking Christians, I am knocking Pat Robertson. Hang it up dude.) He called for prayer for them. His humanitarian arm has been working to help thousands of people in Haiti over the last year, and they are currently launching a major relief and recovery effort to help the victims of this disaster. They have sent a shipment of millions of dollars worth of medications that is now in Haiti, and their disaster team leaders are expected to arrive tomorrow and begin operations to ease the suffering.”

I am not here to bash Christians. That is not why I am posting this blog. I am here to bash Pat Robertson. The same Pat Robertson who said that Hurricane Katrina was payback for Louisiana allowing legalized abortion. The same mad man who wrote, "The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians" in regards to a 1992 Iowa ballot initiative that would extend the protections of the state constitution to women. This was not in the 20's or 30's. Not even in the 40's. This was in 1992.

But wait, there's more:

• In late 1976, Robertson predicted that the end of the world was coming in November or October 1982.
• In May 2006, Robertson declared that storms and possibly a tsunami would hit America's coastline sometime in 2006. Robertson supposedly received this revelation from God during an annual personal prayer retreat in January. The claim was repeated four times on The 700 Club. On May 8, 2006 Robertson said, "If I heard the Lord right about 2006, the coasts of America will be lashed by storms." On May 17, 2006 he elaborated, "There well may be something as bad as a tsunami in the Pacific Northwest."^[61]While this claim didn't garner the same level of controversy as some of his other statements, it was generally received with mild amusement by the Pacific Northwest media.
• On the January 2, 2007 broadcast of The 700 Club, Robertson said that God spoke to him and told him that "mass killings" were to come during 2007, due to a terrorist attack on the United States. He added, "The Lord didn't saynuclear. But I do believe it will be something like that."
• Called for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
• Stated that the stroke that Israeli President Ariel Sharon suffered was punishment 'for dividing God's Land.'

You've heard the term "radical Muslim cleric". Well replace the word 'Muslim' and replace it with 'Christian' and you have Pat Robertson.