"Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it," Robertson's commentary began during a broadcast of The 700 Club on the Christian Broadcasting Network.
"They (Haitians) were under the heel of the French...and they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said 'We will serve you'...and so, the devil said 'Okay, it's a deal' and kicked the French out," Robertson said.
During an earlier report with a reporter for Robertson's CBN News, the televangelist questioned whether the earthquake in Haiti was a "blessing in disguise."
"They need to have...a great turning to God," Robertson concluded, adding that the earthquake may have been a direct consequence of their Satanic "pact" years earlier.
News of Robertson's commentary spread through social networking websites Twitter and Facebook.com, where outraged citizens of the Internet expressed disgust by the statement.
"May God forgive us for the times we make mistakes like Pat Robertson and fail to show compassion for the poor," one Twitter user wrote.
"Pat Robertson's reported comments on Haiti are embarrassing, unhelpful and counter-gospel," another Twitter user posted.
Robertson founded the Christian Broadcasting Network in 1961. Five years later, Robertson launched the television program The 700 Club, which featured the televangelist's political and religious commentary. Along with Robertson's commentary and insight, the program spotlights current events, including political and natural events of crisis.
It is difficult for me to understand how this racist piece of pigshit has any followers. Can someone please explain that to me? This is not just a one time thing for him, either. Patty Cakes is always spewing hate against those who do not agree with his world view. The man is disgusting! When he has a heart attack and drops dead (which won't be soon enough for me!) it will be a 'blessing in disguise' for those of us who are exposed to his perverted bull shit thinking while flipping through the channels to find American Idol. Why is it that people like this live so long?
"They (Haitians) were under the heel of the French...and they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said 'We will serve you'...and so, the devil said 'Okay, it's a deal' and kicked the French out," Robertson said.
Come on Patty Cakes, you were not there, you can't be sure of what the devil said. You are just going on hearsay. I mean, come on really? that's all the Devil wanted out of this deal? no blow job, no virgins thrown on the fire? That doesn't sound very devilish, does it?
Here is how he feels about Scotland:
In 1999 Robertson said Scotland was "a dark land" overrun by homosexuals. This caused the Bank of Scotland to drop plans for a business operation with him. Many Scottish customers were unhappy that their bank should do business with him.
Kudos to Scotland the Brave!!!
Remember when Pat made some nasty comments about Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ? Let me refresh your memory on some of his insanely rude comments over the years on different subjects:
"God has enmity against those who, quote 'divide my land,' Robertson told his television audience. "And I would say, Woe unto any prime minister of Israel who takes a similar course to appease the E.U., the United Nations or the United States of America. God says, This land belongs to me. You better leave it alone." Robertson added that the 1995 assassination of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was, "the same thing."
Here is Israel's response:
Israel Rejects Pat Robertson
Tourism Minister Abraham Hirchson gave instructions to "stop all contact" with groups associated with Robertson.
He said, "We will not do business with him, only with other evangelicals who don't back these comments," Hartuv said. "We will do business with other evangelical leaders, friends of Israel, but not with him."
Pat Robertson tried to make up for his remarks with a letter to Sharon's son, Omri.
In the letter he said, "My concern for the future safety of your nation led me to make remarks which I can now view in retrospect as inappropriate and insensitive in light of a national grief experienced because of your father's illness." He then went on to say, "I ask your forgiveness and the forgiveness of the people of Israel."
So, this letter was a little too late to resurrect a Christian Heritage center that Robertson planned for Israel, complete with studios and tours. It would have brought millions to the Israel economy. Israel is smart enough to take money from a person who has shown his true thoughts of Arial Sharon by his comments. They needed the money, but not bad enough to take it from an enemy. Good on you Israel for not putting up with douche baggery!
How about this remark made about other denominations who do not believe as he does:
On January 14, 1991, on The 700 Club, Pat Robertson attacked a number of Protestant denominations when he declared: "You say you're supposed to be nice to the Episcopalians and the Presbyterians and the Methodists and this, that, and the other thing. Nonsense. I don't have to be nice to the spirit of the Antichrist." He has never recanted this statement, though he has supported the election of certain Episcopalians.
Here is some interesting info on Robertson:
Robertson repeatedly supported former President of Liberia,Charles Taylor, in various episodes of his 700 club program during the United States' involvement in the Second Liberian Civil War in June and July 2003. Robertson accuses the U.S. State Department of giving then President Bush bad advice in supporting Taylor's ouster as president, and of trying "as hard as they can to destabilize Liberia."
Robertson was criticized for failing to mention in his broadcasts his $8,000,000 (USD) investment in a Liberian gold mine. Taylor had been indicted by the United Nations for war crimes at the time of Robertson's support.
Prosecutors also said that Taylor had harbored members of Al Qaeda responsible for the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. According to Robertson, the Liberian gold mine Freedom Gold was intended to help pay for humanitarian and evangelical efforts in Liberia, when in fact the company was allowed to fail leaving many debts both in Liberia and in the international mining service sector. Regarding this controversy, Richard Land, head of the Southern Baptist Convention's public policy said, "I would say that Pat Robertson is way out on his own, in a leaking life raft, on this one."
Robertson has also been accused of using his tax-exempt, nonprofit organization, Operation Blessing, as a front for his own financial gain, and then using his influence in the Republican Party to cover his tracks. After making emotional pleas in 1994 on The 700 Club for cash donations to Operation Blessing to support airlifts of refugees from Rwanda to Zaire, it was later discovered, by a reporter from The Virginian-Pilot, that Operation Blessing's planes were transporting diamond-mining equipment for the Robertson-owned African Development Corporation, a venture Robertson had established in cooperation with Zaire's dictator, Mobutu Sese Seko, whom Robertson had befriended earlier in 1993. According to Operation Blessing documents, Robertson personally owned the planes used for Operation Blessing airlifts.
In 1993, Mobutu was denied a visa by the U.S. State Department after he sought to visit Washington D.C. Shortly after this, Robertson tried to get the State Department to lift its ban on the African leader.
An investigation by the Commonwealth of Virginia's Office of Consumer Affairs determined that Robertson "willfully induced contributions from the public through the use of misleading statements and other implications" and called for a criminal prosecution against Robertson in 1999. However, Virginia Attorney General Mark Earley, a Republican whose largest campaign contributor two years earlier was Robertson himself, intervened, accepting that Robertson had made deceptive appeals but overruling the recommendation for his prosecution. No charges were ever brought against Robertson. "Two years earlier, while Virginia's investigation was gathering steam, Robertson donated $35,000 to Earley's campaign — Earley's largest contribution."
Nice.On his 700 Club television program, Pat Robertson has sharply criticized elements of the United States government and "special interest" groups that don't share his views. In interviews with the author of a book critical of the United States Department of State, Robertson made suggestions that the explosion of a nuclear weapon at State Department Headquarters would be good for the country, and repeated those comments on the air. "What we need is for somebody to place a small nuke at Foggy Bottom." Robertson said during his television program, referring to the location of the State Department headquarters. State Department officials said they believed the comments to be in extremely bad taste, and have lodged official complaints against Robertson for his remarks.
In April 2002, Robertson acknowledged owning a race horse, named "Mr. Pat." He told a New York Times reporter that his interest in the horse was based purely on its aesthetics. "I don't bet and I don't gamble. I just enjoy watching horses running and performing." Harder to explain was why he spent $520,000 on the horse and intended it to compete at the track. But the resulting furor over Robertson's direct participation in a gambling racket eventually caused him to sell the horse a month after the Times story broke.
On the August 22, 2005 broadcast of The 700 Club, Robertson said of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez:
"I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it. It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war, and I don’t think any oil shipments will stop."
Robertson also said that Chávez was infiltration and Muslim "going to make Venezuela launching pad for Communist extremism all over the continent" and called the leader an "out-of-control dictator... a dangerous enemy to our south, controlling a huge pool of oil that could hurt us very badly."
Assassinations of heads of state have been against U.S. policy since an executive order against them was issued in 1976; in response Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfield said that "our department doesn't do that kind of thing." Bernardo Alvarez, Venezuela's ambassador to the U.S., demanded a stronger condemnation from the White House and that the United States "respect our country and its president."
On the August 24 edition of The 700 Club, Robertson asserted that he hadn't actually called for Chávez's assassination, but that there were other ways of "taking him out", such as having special forces carry out a kidnapping. Robertson explicitly denied having used the word "assassination", though the word "assassinate" was present in his initial statement. Later that day, he issued a written statement in which he said, "Is it right to call for assassination? No, and I apologize for that statement. I spoke in frustration that we should accommodate the man who thinks the U.S. is out to kill him". However, he continued to justify his original stance on the potential threat Chávez posed to U.S. interests.
On Sunday, August 28, 2005, Chávez called on the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the matter: "My government is going to take legal action in the United States," he said in a televised speech. "If the U.S. government does not take the necessary steps, we will denounce the U.S. government at the United Nations and the Organization of American States."
On February 2, 2006 edition of Hannity and Colmes, Pat Robertson once again called for Chávez's assassination. When Colmes asked Robertson "Do you want him taken out?", Robertson replied "Not now, but one day, one day, one day."
Now, while I am no fan of Chavez, I certainly am not calling for his assassination! Hell, I f I wanted to kill everyone with whom I disagree, or disagrees with me, everyone would be dead! If I killed people on whether or not I like them, there would be a few dead folks lying around. Normal minds do not think this way Patty Cakes, ye ole asshat!
On his November 10, 2005 broadcast of The 700 Club, Robertson told citizens of Dover Pennsylvania that they had rejected God by voting out of office all seven members of the school board who support intelligent design.
"I'd like to say to the good citizens of Dover: if there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God, you just rejected Him from your city", Robertson said on his broadcast.
"And don't wonder why he hasn't helped you when problems begin, if they begin. I'm not saying they will, but if they do, just remember, you just voted God out of your city. And if that's the case, don't ask for His help because He might not be there."
In a written statement, Robertson later clarified his comments:
"God is tolerant and loving, but we can't keep sticking our finger in His eye forever. If they have future problems in Dover, I recommend they call on Charles Darwin. Maybe he can help them."
Here is a good on on Muslims coming from Mr Christian:On the September 25, 2006 broadcast of The 700 Club Robertson stated "It's amazing how the Muslims deal with history and the truth with violence. They don't understand what reasoned dialogue is...."
Pot, meet Kettle!
How about this racist shit against Asians:
On the February 7, 2007 edition of The 700 Club, Robertson stated that people who have too much plastic surgery "got the eyes like they're Oriental" and stretched his eyelids in a manner stereotypical of Asians.
On October 14, 2006 a video was posted on YouTube showing a segment of CNN's Larry King Live during coverage of the 1992 presidential election. The video shows a small portion of Pat Robertson's speech at the Republican Convention, and later goes on to show him responding to a caller (who referred to himself as a Republican) that called the convention "hateful". In the proceeding footage, which was shot during a commercial break, Robertson refers to the caller as a homosexual even though he had not identified himself as such.
The list goes on and on folks! He has made rude remarks against Hindus, feminism, homosexuality, abortion and liberalism.
Robertson seems to have foot-in-mouth disease. In the last several years, he has made inappropriate remarks, for which he then has to retrack or apologize. Wouldn't it be easier to think before he spoke, and think of the ramifications of the remark? He has shown himself to be thoughtless, merciless, and just mean spirited.
Maybe Israel has the answer to the Robertson problem. They cut him off. If only Americans would get smart enough to do that!
One minute fundies say "god" is loving and then the next he's punishing people. I think they need to call a conference and figure out what kind of "god" they want to promote.
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