Posted on 01/14/2010 1:17:00 PM PST by ZGuy
He’s still an idiot.
Are you kidding me?
He’s a moron to even repeat something like that that he read somewhere.
True, he says some dumb things sometimes. BUT...here's the difference
There's an army of people waiting to pounce everytime Robertson slips (it was the same with Falwell); this army lets legions of other public figures slide when they make the same number of dumb comments.
Operation Blessing has touched the lives of more than 209.3 million people in 105 countries and all 50 states, providing goods and services valued at more than $1.7 billion. So, once you have surpassed that, then you will be in a better place to judge Pat Robertson. In the meantime, let's do what Pat is doing and bless the poor people of Haiti.
Good balance to what we’ve been hearing.
Pat’s exact quote: “The Haitians were under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon III and whatever.”
Here’s a little tip. When trying to make a case using “You know” and “and whatever”, it kind of gives the impression that you don’t know what the Hell you’re talking about.
“He’s still an idiot.”
Please refrain from associating idiots with Pat Robertson, the are deserving a little more respect.
This headline needs a “Barf Alert”. The strong majority of Haitians are Catholic so this devil worship bs just doesnt hold water.
The Haitian slaves made a pact with the devil to be free of the French slavemasters??
Who knew?
And you thought they were just making up this voodoo stuff.
Robertson suffers from the same problems Obama has.
When you surround yourself with people who believe just like you, you tend to think your life is reality for everyone.
Free advice for Pat and Bambi.
Stop living off donations and get a real job and you will find life is much harder than you thought.
Especially when you can’t keep your Napoleons straight.
This is roughly equivalent to confusing Washington and Lincoln.
Not that either Napoleon can be compared, except negatively, to either of our presidents.
Blaming Hurricane Katrina on abortion and now blaming the Earthquake in Haiti on a “pact with the devil” that, unlike our Declaration of Independence, no one can show actually happened, only gives the mockers the opportunity to kick any fence-sitters right back into the anti-Christian camp.
Here at work, I had to sit through a lunchroom filled with gaffaws, hoots, howls, and knee-slapping derision for the stupid things said by this TV “evangelist”, who wears $1000 suits and Rolex watches and guilt-trips his mostly poor audience into sending him more money.
Sorry, but, by my reckoning, ole Pat is helping the devil more than helping our Lord.
It’s one thing to be derided because we believe Christ died to set us free from the penalty of sin.
It’s another to be derided because someone perceived as your “brother” says things so painfully stupid at such a sensitive time.
Being a nominal Catholic in one of the world's poorest countries doesn't make you immune from the attraction of the ancient religion of your ancestors.
Voodoo is supposedly based, roughly, on Vodun worship in West Africa. It's akin to Santeria except that it has no apparent Hindu elements.
It's kind of like being a Catholic in the United States while practicing Democrat party strategies which include killing babies, only better since killing babies isn't part of the deal.
Don’t miss your chance to join in the fun and be a part of the in-crowd!: “ten minutes of hate!” at whomever political correctness targets next.
Trent Lott, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Pat Robertson, Ann Coulter! All of them make politically incorrect statements and have political incorrect ideas the Left can soundbite for the “ten minutes of hate” program.
That said, I could care LESS what the lunchroom crowd says.
Neither should you.
Maybe this will move a few people to actually study a little bit of Haitian political history.
It is a 200 year horror show.
Read Haitian history and it will make your hair stand up. Most people stop with the French colonial period and the American occupation with Chesty Puller and that era. Those are probably the high points. The rest is a slow-motion nightmare.
Right now, in the midst of this disaster is really not the time to dwell on all that; people are hurting and the only people who can deliver effective help is the US military.
But Haiti’s tragic situation is not an accident and it isn’t a mystery. Robertson is probably too old to care what people think. If his remarks are simplistic, they also point only to the very tip of a tragic iceberg.
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