Pat Robertson: "Ask God to get those liberals on the Supreme Court to retire."

[RTFirefly]

CNN story, Pat Robertson's letter on CBN's site.

Would you join with me and many others in crying out to our Lord to change the Court? If we fast and pray and earnestly seek God’s face, then He will hear our prayer and give us relief.

One justice is 83 years old, another has cancer, and another has a heart condition. Would it not be possible for God to put it in the minds of these three judges that the time has come to retire? With their retirement and the appointment of conservative judges, a massive change in federal jurisprudence can take place.

Sounds like he could barely hold back from asking God to 'take them home'.

The presumption of people such as Pat in turning prayer into an occasion of advising God on what's right and wrong never ceases to amaze me.

And of course, he tosses in the usual lies:

In 1962, they ruled prayer out of the public schools.

In 1963, they ruled the Bible out of public schools.

<snip>

Subsequent federal courts have ruled...that it was illegal for little elementary school children to give thanks over their milk and cookies at snack time.

I don't know what there is to say about Pat that hasn't been said many times before; this is just the latest for-instance.

[Diogenes the Cynic]

Shouldn't a "Christian" be praying for the health and well-being of those Justices? Shouldn't he be praying for God to give them wisdom and clarity of mind?

Does Pat Robertson think that God is a republican? He needs to read his Bible. Jesus was the original bleeding heart liberal.

[jkusters]

Doesn't praying for "God to put it in the minds" violate free will? I've always wondered about praying for people to change their minds and the effect on free will...

JOhn.

(Besides, doesn't that picture of Pat make him look very constipated? Maybe he doesn't need lots of money; maybe he needs donations of Ex-Lax...)

[Governor Quinn]

Wonder if this prayer will go as well as his prayer for Charles Taylor.

[minty green]

Originally posted by Diogenes the Cynic
Shouldn't a "Christian" be praying for the health and well-being of those Justices? Shouldn't he be praying for God to give them wisdom and clarity of mind?

Hate sells better than love. Robertson discovered that a long time ago.

[Lord Ashtar]

The framers of our Constitution never intended anything like this to take place in our land.

Mr. Robertson knows more about what the Founding Fathers intended than the Supreme Court Justices? Sounds like a bit of arrogance to me.

[Dissonance]

He's just taking part in the war on terror.

Please join us in prayer to support a massive prayer offensive that we are going to call Operation Supreme Court Freedom.

All things considered, I'd call it progress. It's not as bad as blaming 9/11 on liberals, homosexuals and the ACLU. God's wrath, you know.

[Muad'Dib]

Oh yes, and the left never prays for God to strike down the Bush administration with a mighty lightning bolt?

[3waygeek]

Originally posted by Muad'Dib
Oh yes, and the left never prays for God to strike down the Bush administration with a mighty lightning bolt?

Of course not -- everyone knows liberals are all atheists.

[Jpeg Jones]

No. We vote.

[iampunha]

If they do, show it. Show where someone is publicly asking that God "put it in the mind of George W. Bush to be struck with a mighty lightning bolt."

Let's call it Operation W's Wacky New 'Do.

[pepperlandgirl]

Originally posted by Muad'Dib
Oh yes, and the left never prays for God to strike down the Bush administration with a mighty lightning bolt?

Zeus hasn't been answering my calls. I'm quite distraught.

[Bricker]

I'm not quite clear on whether the OP's discontent is with Mr. Robertson's methods or with his intended result.

- Rick

[NaSultainne]

Oh for the love of pete!


He dared to pray for liberal justices to <<gasp>> retire?
Hang the man, I say! Hang him, and hang him high!


Seriously, do you guys ever get a clue?





_{Frickin' liberals, outta their ever-lovin' minds with this nonsense.}

[gobear]

Eh, I can't too worked up about it. Any fundies who think Pat Robertson has any moral authority are too stupid to be swayed by reason anyway.

[Mars Horizon]

Pat Robertson is insane - I am convinced.

I sent CNN feedback asking them why they thought the ravings of this particular right wing religious nut was so newsworthy as to merit top placement on their homepage.

<sigh>

[Count Blucher]

Q: What has more False Profits than ENRON's Books?







A: The 700 Club.

[iampunha]

Originally posted by Mars Horizon
Pat Robertson is insane - I am convinced.

I sent CNN feedback asking them why they thought the ravings of this particular right wing religious nut was so newsworthy as to merit top placement on their homepage.

<sigh>

Same reason "Baby born with birthmark shaped like Elvis" makes the news. It's News of the Weird combined (in the case of Robertson et al.) with that whole "oh, a traffic accident, let's gawk for a few minutes" mentality.

NaSultainne, I can't speak for any of the rest of us liberals, but I got my clue from a crackerjack box. That why I evidently have more sense than for proclaiming loudly things like "now let's not actively wish for a supreme court that just panders to our every whim, in possible violation of the actual laws of this country". Or at least you won't catch me spreading that message to everyone I know

[Earl of Sandwhich]

Originally posted by Diogenes the Cynic

Does Pat Robertson think that God is a republican?

Well, He only took six days to create the world. Wouldn't that make Him a strict constructionist?

[widdershins]

Remember, it's only a "tyrannical oligarchy" if it doesn't agree with you. If it does, then it's a right-thinking majority that can bring about "a massive change in federal jurisprudence".

God: You got your mind right, boy?
Supreme Court Justice: Yes, boss! Don't you worry, I got my mind right!
God: You better boy.

[MsRobyn]

What a sick fuck. I can't even think of anything else to say.

Robin

[RTFirefly]

Originally posted by NaSultainne
Oh for the love of pete!


He dared to pray for liberal justices to <<gasp>> retire?
Hang the man, I say! Hang him, and hang him high!


Seriously, do you guys ever get a clue?





_{Frickin' liberals, outta their ever-lovin' minds with this nonsense.}

Sorry, NaSultianne, I should have made this more clear.

I have no problem with conservatives slamming liberals, or vice versa.

My gripe concerns the practice of Christianity by Brother Pat here. Apparently he thinks he knows what God wants, or what God would want if God was only paying enough attention.

I've been a Christian for nearly 33 years, and Rehnquist has been on the Supreme Court, taking stands usually diametrically opposed to mine for almost all of that time. It's never once occured to me that I should pray for his retirement. Nor that I should pray for any GOP candidate from Nixon to Bush the Younger to lose an election. It's this weird thing about not knowing God's will: "Who knows the mind of the Lord? Who has been his counsellor?" asks Paul in one of his epistles. The answer is not "Me!!!", surprising as that may seem.

Pat is welcome to take whatever political stances he wants; it's a free country. It's this business of treating God as a kind of personal pet god that takes one's side in everything that I can't abide. It just ain't like that.

[Ben Hicks]

Christ, isn't this asshole dead yet?

[Patty O'Furniture]

This little nudge from Pat Robertson may be all that some fanatical wingnut needs to pick up his shotgun and try to do god's work.

[rjung]

As if we needed more reasons to dislike Pat Robertson...

[Cervaise]

For all I care, Pat Robertson can ask God to send robot wolverines to gnaw off my scrotum. Since there ain't no magical sky fairy to respond to his prayer, the only person being worked into a lather about it is Robertson himself. And one of these days his overworked black heart will crumble into dust.

Loons like Robertson aren't worth the energy it takes to think about them.

[minty green]

Except, of course, that this particular loon controls a media empire and has a whole hell of a lot of devoted followers who take his venomous spewings seriously.

[Priam]

Originally posted by pepperlandgirl
Zeus hasn't been answering my calls. I'm quite distraught.

We all know Zeus is a big manslut anyway. Him and his golden showers, swans, bulls...

*chokes back a sob*

[japatlgt]

Pat will get progressively loony as he ages. He really should consider retirement. I'm sure there's a happy farm somewhere that'll let him play god.

[vibrotronica]

"Baby born with birthmark shaped like Elvis"

What? When did this happen? Why wasn't I informed?

[beagledave]

Pat mentions the health concerns of 3 of the justices. Shouldn't he be sending some of his magic pancakes their way?

Pat's Age-Defying Protein Pancakes can:

* Combat the build-up of plaque in your blood vessels and arteries
* Provide complex carbohydrates to keep your system running at its best
* Provide an excellent source of energy and essential fatty acids, important for
good heart health
* Help protect against breast, uterine and prostate cancer

[froggg]

Originally posted by Ben Hicks
Christ, isn't this asshole dead yet?

Sounds like a prayer to the almighty to me!

[elucidator]

Does not the Good Book quote The Boss as saying" Be not like the Republicans, praying in public to be seen as pious...." and so forth?

_{Pharisee is Ahramaic for Republican}

[detop]

Would you join with me and many others in crying out to our Lord to change the Court?

Isn't that in contradiction with this :

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord in vain.

[Mr. Blue Sky]

I'm tempted to convert to Christianity just so I could pray to God that Pat gets uncontrollable explosive diarrhea.

[elucidator]

You got your wish, save only that the orifice involved is his mouth, rather than his Nixon.

[Publius]

Actually, judging by the picture accompanying the CNN article, Mr. Blue Sky got his wish granted unconditionally.

[Survivor]

Was doing the rounds online, and on one of my usual sites I found this... A call for people to Pray for Robertson's Ass to be Toast... (PRAT) I like it

http://www.mensurviving.org


Survivor

[robertliguori]

Jesus was the original bleeding heart liberal.

Only after the bit with the spear. Before that, he was a bleeding wrists/feet liberal.

(I'm sorry. I couldn't help myself.)

[mhendo]

Originally posted by Diogenes the Cynic
Does Pat Robertson think that God is a republican? He needs to read his Bible. Jesus was the original bleeding heart liberal.

Reminds me of a t-shirt i've been meaning to buy. I think i'll order it now.

[Ben]

Originally posted by jkusters
(Besides, doesn't that picture of Pat make him look very constipated? Maybe he doesn't need lots of money; maybe he needs donations of Ex-Lax...)

Infidel! God doesn't hear prayers unless you put some effort into it!

GRRRRRRRRRRRRNK!

(Besides, do you have any idea how many inches of skull those prayers have to get through?)

[montag01]

It's so odd, Robertson himself was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. I wonder if God would put it into his mind to retire . . .

[Typo Negative]

I will be praying that the idiot Scalia will retire.

[margin]

God, was there some kind of contest to be the biggest asshole in the world? I'd say Robertson made the finals.

I don't know why anything he says surprises me. He's the biggest fucknut in the world, but at least he doesn't pretend he's not a hateful bastard.

[TwistofFate]

looking at the picture on CNN's site, it makes me thing Pat is actually saying

"Pray for retirement we will. hmmmMMMmm."


I myself will be praying to Acme, the Goddess of Anvils, to dole out punishment and she sees fit.

[astorian]

At least Pat isn't wishing aloud for liberal justices to die

Liberal columnist Julianne Malveaux, on the other hand, stated on TV that she hoped Clarence Thomas would eat a lot of fatty foods and die of a heart attack.

[DocCathode]

Originally posted by NaSultainne
Oh for the love of pete!


He dared to pray for liberal justices to <<gasp>> retire?
Hang the man, I say! Hang him, and hang him high!


Seriously, do you guys ever get a clue?

So if Pat's prayers were answered-the liberal justices would retire, Bush would appoint new ones, these justices would be conservatives and their political views would be more agreeable to Pat.

Why not just pray for the liberal justices to turn into conservatives? It's less complicated and saves time and hearings.


Do Pat's prayers usually have these extra steps?

'O Lord, please send some one to open the door(A). This will push the bowling ball(B) down the ramp(C)and onto the see-saw(D), launching the toy plane(E) into the cat(F). This causes the cat to run across the street(G) through the gay pride parade(H). All the sinful, Satnan-worshiping, witchraft-practicing, lesbians(I) are so distracted by what they believe to be a fellow minion of Lucifer, that they crash their floats(J) into eachother and the parade is cancelled. Amen.'

[ElwoodCuse]

I want to smack the people that biatch about "God being taken out of schools". Uh-huh, because kids are strip-searched for Bibles at the door and anyone who dares begin to pray out is hustled off into a back room and pummelled.

Or maybe Pat has those special Bibles where the part in Matthew about praying in public isn't there. You know, the expurgated version.

[FisherQueen]

I wonder if Pat knows that there are both Bibles and organized prayer clubs in practically every public high school in the country? I mean, really... it's not exactly a secret. For that matter, why on earth do his followers believe this line when many of their children join these clubs and bring their Bibles to school? The whole thing baffles me.

[DocCathode]

Fisherqueen, I'm with you-

I graduated in 93. It was an average suburban, publich high school. Part of the dress code prohibited hats in classes. However, my yarmulke was an exercise of my first ammendment rights, and thus exempt from the rules.

Maybe school policies have really changed in the past ten years.

Maybe the Jewish Conspiracy(which, like the local B'nei Brith, doesn't seem to want me as a member_{a frowning Jewish smiley would be handy here}) is trying to drive Christianity from public schools. Hmmm...Will we see gefilte fish on the cafeteria menus? Will crossing guards be replaced by Mogen Daviding guards? English teachers will teach Jewish grammar maybe? The pledge of allegiance will add a line reminding students that it wouldn't kill them to chat with their poor mammas once in a while?