# Is Pat Robertson really Superman? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 27, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pat-robertson-really-superman/358456 "2006-05-27T15:36:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pat-robertson-really-superman/358456/61 "2006-06-02T19:39:47Z")
[QUOTE=Gangster Octopus] Bah, that all pales in comparison to [Kim Jong-Il’s golfing prowess](http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2004/ea_nkorea_06_16.html). [/QUOTE] I’d love to be a fly on the wall if Pat and Kim get together and trade fishing stories. ---
**Author:** ![Blaster\_Master](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Blaster\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blaster_Master)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pat-robertson-really-superman/358456/62 "2006-06-02T19:42:17Z")
[QUOTE=Gangster Octopus] Bah, that all pales in comparison to [Kim Jong-Il’s golfing prowess](http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2004/ea_nkorea_06_16.html). [/QUOTE] I took the liberty of correcting the context with the two words lost in translation… > [@](#): > > Pyongyang media say North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il enjoys [miniature] golf, having shot multiple holes-in-one during his first try at the game. He reportedly aced five holes and finished 38 under par on the [miniature] golf course. The “Great Leader” routinely shoots three or four holes-in-one per round, the government-controlled media reported. See… that’s at least POSSIBLE! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pat-robertson-really-superman/358456/63 "2006-06-02T19:46:02Z")
[QUOTE=adam yax] Is he really selling energy shakes? I thought that **DtG** just said that as a possible explantation. He isn’t really hawking some crap, other than his usual brand of crap, is he? [/QUOTE] [He is a global businessman with media holdings in Asia, the United Kingdom, and Africa. He is the nation’s number three cable operator, behind Ted Turner and HBO.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Robertson#Business_interests) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pat-robertson-really-superman/358456/64 "2006-06-02T19:51:37Z")
[QUOTE=Will Repair] [He is a global businessman with media holdings in Asia, the United Kingdom, and Africa. He is the nation’s number three cable operator, behind Ted Turner and HBO.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Robertson#Business_interests) [/QUOTE] You actually snipped the most relevant bit: > [@](#): > > [Robertson] struck a deal with Pittsburgh, PA-based GNC to produce and market a weight-loss shake he created and promoted on the 700 Club TV show. I’ve seen the ads for his drinks. Granted, I saw them in clip form on the Daily Show, but it was obviously real. ---
**Author:** ![Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chance_the_Gardener)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pat-robertson-really-superman/358456/65 "2006-06-06T16:53:31Z")
This begs the question: could God create a leg press machine with a maximum setting so high that even He couldn’t press it? I bet He could. But then, I bet Pat Robertson could press it. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pat-robertson-really-superman/358456/66 "2006-06-06T22:57:26Z")
\*Is Pat Superman or a liar? \*you mean ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pat-robertson-really-superman/358456/67 "2006-06-06T23:03:54Z")
[QUOTE=Blaster Master] I took the liberty of correcting the context with the two words lost in translation… > [@](#): > > Pyongyang media say North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il enjoys [miniature] golf, having shot multiple holes-in-one during his first try at the game. He reportedly aced five holes and finished 38 under par on the [miniature] golf course. The “Great Leader” routinely shoots three or four holes-in-one per round, the government-controlled media reported. See… that’s at least POSSIBLE! 😃 [/QUOTE] Nicely done. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pat-robertson-really-superman/358456/68 "2006-06-07T20:58:15Z")
[This page has a link to the video of him doing 1000 lbs.](http://www.cbn.com/communitypublic/shake.aspx). I’ll leave the discussion of his method to those more in the know. Given his difficulty with 1000 lbs, though, I can’t see him doing 2000. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pat-robertson-really-superman/358456/69 "2006-06-07T21:22:28Z")
Regarding the video of him doing 1000lbs, I will grant him that it is very impressive for a man of his age but he isn’t bring the weight down far enough (i usually try to get my legs to 90 degrees), he’s doing the reps far too quickly (I do 4seconds down 1.5 to 2 seconds up), and he’s using his hands. He’s not getting anywhere near 1000 doing it correctly, let alone 2000. It is reasonably impressive though. Note: I’m not a personal trainer but a good friend of mine is and i’ve worked out with him a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pat-robertson-really-superman/358456/70 "2006-06-08T15:09:57Z")
Update: Pat has now admitted [that he cheated.](http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/07/robertson.legpress.ap/index.html) Bolding and underlining mine. > [@](#): > > Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson says it is the God’s honest truth – he did, indeed, **once** leg-press a ton when he was almost 73 and had prostate cancer, and he still regularly lifts up to 1,200 pounds with his legs. > > But he acknowledged that the way he leg-presses would not be legal in a bodybuilding competition. > > \< snip \> > > “I did it \*\*one time, one rep, \*\* but I had built up to it for about three years,” Robertson insisted on Wednesday in a telephone interview with The Associated Press, the first time he has spoken with a reporter since the leg-press brouhaha. > > \< snip \> > > … he said he did the 2,000-pound lift on an incline leg press **with the machine’s brake on** , which means he did not have to lift the weight the whole way. > > “When the professionals do it, they take the brake off and let the weight come all the way down on them. And if you don’t have a lot of help, you’ve got a Volkswagen sitting on your hips. I didn’t do that,” he said. We don’t have a rolleyes smilie big enough for this. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pat-robertson-really-superman/358456/71 "2006-06-08T15:28:44Z")
[QUOTE=Duck Duck Goose] Update: Pat has now admitted [that he cheated](http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/07/robertson.legpress.ap/index.html). [/QUOTE] Well if this is how it’s done, then I can bench press 500. All I have to do is move it a few inches, right? I’m sure I can do that. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pat-robertson-really-superman/358456/72 "2006-06-10T01:48:05Z")
[QUOTE=Duck Duck Goose] Update: Pat has now admitted [that he cheated.](http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/07/robertson.legpress.ap/index.html) Bolding and underlining mine. We don’t have a rolleyes smilie big enough for this. [/QUOTE] But…but…Pat is a Man of GOD!!! He doesn’t need to cheat! I gave him my life savings because he promised that Jesus wanted me to! Sure, then he bought another swimming pool for himself, but that was just coincidence! Jesus SAID so! …well, Pat said so… [/satire…I think] [sub]Didn’t Jesus tell the rich man who asked about getting into heaven, “Take everything you have and give it to the poor, and THEN come follow me”? When is Pat going to do that? He IS going to do that, right? Any day, now, right? I mean, we KNOW how Jesus treated those who _profited_ from God (moneychangers in the temple): He kicked their asses! So…surely Pat’s gonna do the right thing pretty quick, now…right? **crickets chirping** [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pat-robertson-really-superman/358456/73 "2006-06-10T01:50:33Z")
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