Pat Robertson, King of the Morons

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 2:57 pm

is it April 1?

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/23/robert ... index.html

Guess he forgot about that whole Thou Shalt Not Kill thing.

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 4:03 pm

Yeah and that's just the tip of the hypocracy iceberg where the religious right is concerned. IMO.

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 5:51 pm

Sorry, but Bill O'Reilly remains King of the Morons. Pat is merely their chaplain.

http://www.sweetjesusihatebilloreilly.c ... 82305.html

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:35 pm

Joel Osteen is pretty icky too.....

Post by **spooky girlfriend** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:54 pm

I can't believe that the radically conservative idiot embarassed America by saying that. I thought he was a loon before, now I'm certain.

Maybe it is April, Moody.

Post by **BlueChair** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:18 pm

At least the White House were smart enough to say his comments were ridiculous, but it amazes me that this guy is given such a loud voice in today's culture.

Post by **BlueChair** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:51 am

Also, was this spout of hatred on the 700 Club? If so, shouldn't the FCC be getting involved, or is that more for when people use the f word or show a boobie

migdd · Post by **migdd** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:19 pm

Pat Robertson. . .isn't he dead, YET!!??!!

Post by **spooky girlfriend** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:27 pm

I don't know which is stupider - the fact that he said what he did yesterday, or the fact that today he says he was "misinterpreted."

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:51 pm

Blue Chair said boobie.

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:58 pm

Blue -- it was on the 700 Club. It's an interesting case for the FCC. As you know, though what I'm about to say is subject to (too much, IMO) occasoinal revisiion, anything resembling political speech is highly protected in the U.S., with the only real exception being "yelling fire in a crowded theater" -- i.e., speech that presents a clear and present danger, whatever that means.

If Pat had been calling for an angry mob to murder Michael Moore, the FCC might actually have gotten involved, since that's something that could actually happen only on the say-so of said-mob. But since he was making a suggestion to the government, I'd say that, inane as it was, what he said was protected speech IMO and I'd be upset if anything happened to him other than the mass ridicule he so richly deserves.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 1:07 pm

mood swung wrote:Blue Chair said boobie.

LOL. My 3-year old says that.

SweetPear · Post by **SweetPear** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:38 pm

mood swung wrote:Blue Chair said boobie.

I know.....that was pretty funny.

Masterpiece? · Post by **Masterpiece?** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:31 pm

Nice op-ed piece by Juan Gonzalez in response to the stupidity:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/col/sto ... 0516c.html

Goody2Shoes · Post by **Goody2Shoes** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:10 am

BlueChair wrote:At least the White House were smart enough to say his comments were ridiculous,

Yes, they call it ridiculous, but they don't repudiate it strongly enough, which I think is telling. When a Muslim cleric calls for the death of the leader of a sovreign nation, they call it dangerous religious fanaticism, but when the founder of the Christian Coalition does it, they call it the exercise of a "private citizen's" freedom of speech, and that it doesn't necessarily represent the views of the administration.

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:14 am

BlueChair wrote:At least the White House were smart enough to say his comments were ridiculous,

G2S is exactly right (as usual). And they only did it after about 36 hours of the political equivalent of whistling and staring at the ceiling.

Post by **BlueChair** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:24 am

True. The whole thing is pretty ridiculous.

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:49 am

My favorite Robertson moment was at the 1992 RNC where he was strong-arming to keep some pretty unflattering footage of a protest that went badly awry for his group off the air. In his hissy fit, he told an aide that if the Bush Sr. administration didn't do their part to squash the story, he'd instruct his own reporters to start asking edgy questions about Quayle and Desert Storm. "We can play hardball too. And that's the hardest ball of all." Good man.

Goody2Shoes · Post by **Goody2Shoes** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 11:36 am

selfmademug wrote:

G2S is exactly right (as usual).

Ha! You need to come talk to some of these people that I live with. Natch, I feel as you do, but they could give you some very convincing arguments to the contrary!

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 12:01 am

BlueChair wrote:Also, was this spout of hatred on the 700 Club? If so, shouldn't the FCC be getting involved, or is that more for when people use the f word or show a boobie

Robertson wasn't given a platform to say this crap--he owns the platform. CBN is his property. And the FCC doesn't have the same standards for what is said on cable as it does broadcast, which is why you can say 'fuck' on HBO, but not ABC.

Basically, unless Robertson breaks the law (which he didn't), he can say whatever stupid things he wants on his own network. But if there was ever any doubt that he's a complete ass, that should be pretty much obliterated now.

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:06 pm

Actually, the 700 Club, if I'm not mistaken, does still air on some broadcast outlets. So, for those, the FCC could get involved (except that they can't, for the reasons I stated above). Cable is considered by some rightwingers a gray area. If Ted Stevens from Alaska has his way, cable and broadcast will become one and the same as per the FCC. I don't think this is going to happen, fortunately. If it did and held up to the Supreme Court scrutiny, it could really open the floodgates of censorship and we could be back in a sort of nouveau Hayes code in no time.

Post by **BlueChair** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:31 pm

I just think there is some definite hypocracy going on.

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 4:07 pm

No doubt.

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 5:11 pm

Yes, but hypocracy in politics is a precious natural resource. Without hypocracy, politics as we know would end and by replaced by good government, and then what would I obsess about?

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 5:17 pm

bobster wrote:Yes, but hypocracy in politics is a precious natural resource. Without hypocracy, politics as we know would end and by replaced by good government, and then what would I obsess about?

Can I assume "hypocracy" is a deliberate misspelling of hypocrisy? I like it - perfectly describes the regime we're saddled with.