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Tracking Pat Robertson’s Shift to the Left
ReligiousLiberty.TV ^ | 01/10/2009 | Scott Ritsema

Posted on 01/10/2009 4:23:37 PM PST by ReligiousLibertyTV

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Pat Robertson, one of those Christian spokesmen that makes Christians cringe every time he opens his mouth, has struck again. At least he’s not calling for violence…this time. Strangely, though, this time around he is endorsing Obama and Obama’s coming socialist policies. Kurt Nimmo at Infowars reports:

On December 23, the “conservative” preacher Pat Robertson told CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux that he was pleased as punch with the election of Barack Obama. “I am remarkably pleased with Obama. I had grave misgivings about him. But so help me, he’s come in forcefully, intelligently. He’s picked a middle of the road cabinet. And so far, if he continues down this course, he has the makings of a great president,” said Robertson.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: abortion; bho2008; cbn; patrobertson; religiousright
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1 posted on 01/10/2009 4:23:37 PM PST by ReligiousLibertyTV
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To: ReligiousLibertyTV

Here’s hoping that Pat Robertson really succeeds in damaging the political left for the long-term. AMEN!


2 posted on 01/10/2009 4:25:47 PM PST by johnthebaptistmoore (Conservatives obey the rules. Leftists cheat. Who probably has the political advantage?)
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To: ReligiousLibertyTV

It’s shocking that Robertson was never more successful in politics than he was - oh, like I even need to put the sarc tag on this one.


3 posted on 01/10/2009 4:27:25 PM PST by eclecticEel (In short, I want Obama given the same respect and deference that Democrats have given George Bush)
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To: ReligiousLibertyTV

Thank God. Robertson is taking that eggplant he uses for a brain over to the other side. They can have him.


4 posted on 01/10/2009 4:28:21 PM PST by Taichi (Certe, toto, sentio nos in kansate non iam adesse)
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To: ReligiousLibertyTV

What about all the dead babies Pat?


5 posted on 01/10/2009 4:29:17 PM PST by 444Flyer ("Good sense is a thing all need, few have, and none think they want."-Benjamin Franklin)
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Excerpt:

Robertson said on New Year’s Day that “nothing will stand in the way of a plan by Obama to restructure the economy in the same fashion as the New Deal in the ’30s,” according to videotaped comments aired on Friday’s show.

The New Deal consisted of economic initiatives, such as publicly funded job programs, that Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt promoted during the Great Depression.

Robertson said on Friday that with a New Deal-style initiative, “you’re federalizing many of the things you’re doing. And it’ll be the largest transfer of power to Washington since the ’30s, but people are just willing to accept it because the pain has been so bad.”

Robertson’s predictions last year for the economy were pretty much on target. He forecast oil would hit $150 a barrel; it reached $147 last summer. Gold hit $1,000 an ounce, as he said it would, in March.

His prophecy of a stock market crash for 2009 came true, a tad early, in the fall. And his forecast of a recession proved true.

Robertson said Friday that the trillions of government dollars spent on economic stimulus could lead to hyperinflation that ruins the dollar’s value.

“Everybody here will have to pay more, imported goods will cost a lot more, and there can be a lot of pain and suffering,” he said.

According to the Creator, “if I’m hearing him right, gold will go to about $1,900 an ounce, and oil $300 a barrel,” Robertson said.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view/2009_01_03_Pat_Robertson_predicts_U_S__will_embrace_socialism__economy_will_recover_in__09/


6 posted on 01/10/2009 4:30:38 PM PST by donna (appease:to buy off (an aggressor) by concessions usually at the sacrifice of principles)
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To: johnthebaptistmoore

LOL..somebody needs to post this over at DU and watch the heads explode!!


7 posted on 01/10/2009 4:36:58 PM PST by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: ReligiousLibertyTV

And Fonzie’s on the ramp!


8 posted on 01/10/2009 4:37:22 PM PST by Carl LaFong (Building Code Under Fire)
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To: ReligiousLibertyTV
Here's Pat and his buddy Al Sharpton in a commercial about Global Warming:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhmpsUMdTH8

9 posted on 01/10/2009 4:41:12 PM PST by 444Flyer ("Good sense is a thing all need, few have, and none think they want."-Benjamin Franklin)
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To: ReligiousLibertyTV

the apparent symbiotic relationship between the right and fundamentalism seems natural, even for folks like me that don’t consider myself a particularly religious person.

for fundamentalist folks to slap conservatism in the face, can only ultimately break down both and ultimately destroy both, leaving godless marxists to rule.


10 posted on 01/10/2009 4:43:19 PM PST by Vaquero ( "an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: ReligiousLibertyTV

What? This makes me want to say, “Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” Matt 7:22 & 23.

Wasn’t Robertson one of those chastised for saying 9-11 was God’s judgment against America? And now he embraces those who are in support of all that is evil in this nation? What kind of blinders did this man put on?


11 posted on 01/10/2009 4:44:48 PM PST by huldah1776 ( Worthy is the Lamb)
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To: ReligiousLibertyTV

Follow the money.


12 posted on 01/10/2009 4:46:29 PM PST by CaribouCrossing
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To: ReligiousLibertyTV

It pretty much has corresponded with his growing senility.


13 posted on 01/10/2009 4:46:42 PM PST by Brilliant
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Maybe Pat has caught whatever it was that took over the mind of Oral Roberts.

You may remember that Oral locked himself up in his tower, pledging only to come down when donations totaling a million dollars came in.

Some say he later promised that if donors could come up with a million pianos, he'd brink back Liberace....but that was just a rumor.

If Pat has indeed gone "loony tunes", it would stand to reason that he become a liberal Democrat. That's the usual sequence.

14 posted on 01/10/2009 4:49:54 PM PST by capt. norm (Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
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To: ReligiousLibertyTV

I haven’t paid much attention to Pat Robertson since he blamed 9/11 on abortion and gays.


15 posted on 01/10/2009 4:53:40 PM PST by LiberConservative
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To: ReligiousLibertyTV

Somehow I have a feeling that he doesn’t want to be seen as ‘racist bigot’ who doesn’t approve the first African to be a US President. For this reason, he is willing to say that everything is good so far.


16 posted on 01/10/2009 4:57:40 PM PST by paudio (Conservatism is a word with various meanings. To win, we need unified issue and message.)
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To: huldah1776
He has also proven himself a false prophet by saying God told him there was going to be a massive terrorist attack in America in 2007. God is right 100% of the time. False prophets are not.

Matthew 7:20 “Therefore by their fruits you will know them.”

17 posted on 01/10/2009 4:58:03 PM PST by 444Flyer ("Good sense is a thing all need, few have, and none think they want."-Benjamin Franklin)
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To: LiberConservative

Yeah..he’s just looking for some of the stimulus money.
In Germany everybody became a Nazi..


18 posted on 01/10/2009 4:58:25 PM PST by Oldexpat (Drill Here, Drill There..we must drill everywhere.)
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To: LiberConservative

We have imagined ourselves invulnerable and have been consumed by the pursuit of financial gain. The focus of many in America has been on the pursuit of health, wealth, material pleasures and sexuality. Sadly, those in the churches have been as self-indulgent as those in the world.

We have allowed rampant pornography on the Internet, and rampant secularism and the occult, etc. to be broadcast on television. We have permitted somewhere in the neighborhood of 35-40 million unborn babies to be slaughtered by our society.

We have a court that has essentially stuck its finger in God’s eye and said, “We are going to legislate You out of the schools and take Your commandments from the courthouses in various states. We are not going to let little children read the commandments of God. We are not going to allow the Bible or prayer in our schools.

We have insulted God at the highest level of our government. Then, we say, “Why does this happen?” It is happening because God Almighty is lifting His protection from us. Once that protection is gone, we are vulnerable because we are a free society.”
- Pat Robertson, September, 2001 -


19 posted on 01/10/2009 5:03:58 PM PST by donna (appease:to buy off (an aggressor) by concessions usually at the sacrifice of principles)
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To: 444Flyer

Matthew 7:20 “Therefore by their fruits you will know them.”

Galatians 5:22 

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,


20 posted on 01/10/2009 5:04:06 PM PST by Radix (There are 2 kinds of people in this world. Those with loaded guns & those who dig. You dig.)
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