# Pat Robertson has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 8, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201 "2023-06-08T12:30:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/1 "2023-06-08T12:30:26Z")
> **[Pat Robertson has died.](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/6/8/2174024/-Pat-Robertson-has-died?utm_campaign=trending)** > > According to The Guardian: Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson, who led the Christian Coalition and ran for president as a Republican, has died. Not sure I have much to add to that. > **[Pat Robertson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Robertson)** > > Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson (March 22, 1930 – June 8, 2023) was an American media mogul, religious broadcaster, political commentator, former presidential candidate, and former Southern Baptist minister. Robertson advocates a conservative Christian ideology and is known for his past activities in Republican party politics. He was associated with the Charismatic Movement within Protestant evangelicalism. He serves as chancellor and CEO of Regent University and chairman of the Christian Broa... > **[Pat Robertson, conservative evangelist and Christian Coalition founder, dies...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pat-robertson-conservative-evangelist-christian-coalition-founder-dies-rcna61662)** > > Robertson was one of the most prominent and influential Christian broadcasters and entrepreneurs in the U.S., equal parts religious leader and culture warrior.  ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/2 "2023-06-08T12:34:46Z")
I was once told I should only speak good of the dead. Pat Robertson is dead. Good. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/3 "2023-06-08T12:36:49Z")
Forgive me, Lord, but I must … 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/4 "2023-06-08T12:38:14Z")
But he _still_ needs another few million dollars. God doesn’t just let people into the afterlife for free you know! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/5 "2023-06-08T12:41:50Z")
I can’t beat @Smapti’s take on this. Assuming the reports pan out, it will be “interesting” to watch how the various politicos, especially those from the Reactionary Wacko party, pay fealty\* to the sainted memory of that wonderful man Roberts while trying to curry favor with his clueless benighted followers. * * * \* I initially typo-ed “fealty” as “felaty”. When I got as far as “felat” my mental spell-check went in a totally different direction. With nearly the same meaning in this case. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/6 "2023-06-08T12:42:47Z")
Phooey to him. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/7 "2023-06-08T12:42:49Z")
Not soon enough. ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/8 "2023-06-08T12:44:13Z")
yet another demonstration of “Only the good die young,” ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/9 "2023-06-08T12:52:47Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I was once told I should only speak good of the dead. > > Pat Robertson is dead. > > Good. [And here is good reporting regarding him](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Robertson_controversies). ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/10 "2023-06-08T12:56:38Z")
It’s too bad he won’t know just how wrong he was. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/11 "2023-06-08T12:57:50Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It’s too bad he won’t know just how wrong he was Do you think he believed what he was peddling? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/12 "2023-06-08T12:59:42Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > It’s too bad he won’t know just how wrong he was > > Do you think he believed what he was peddling? - I don’t know which is worse-did he or didn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/13 "2023-06-08T13:05:59Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I was once told I should only speak good of the dead. Similarly, I am unable to express my thoughts on the man in this forum. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/14 "2023-06-08T13:22:10Z")
Hopefully he will be rubbing shoulders with Kissinger in The Bad Place very soon. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/15 "2023-06-08T13:27:03Z")
I used to watch the 700 Club on occasion back in the mid 1990s. I wasn’t a fan, but I’m one of those weirdos who likes to watch what the opposition is watching just to see what they’re all about. There were two things took not of at the time. The first was that I couldn’t believe anyone took anything said on that show seriously. My favorite is when the hosts would offer their opinion on something and then ask Pat to weigh in. The second thing I noted was just how gay the 700 Club was. If you wanted to see gay people on television in the mid 1990s, you couldn’t go wrong with the 700 Club. When I was younger, I used to get Pat Robertson and Pat Buchanan mixed up. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/16 "2023-06-08T13:46:43Z")
Was it on the 700 Club that an earnest panel of warriors for Christ solemnly discussed how “My Little Pony” was a Satanic plot to corrupt America’s little girls? I happened to tune into that way back when. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/17 "2023-06-08T13:47:26Z")
_Some people are going to leave a mark on this world, while others will leave a stain_. - Eleanor Roosevelt ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/18 "2023-06-08T14:22:40Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I was once told I should only speak good of the dead. > > Pat Robertson is dead. > > Good. _De mortuis nil nisi bonum_ _‘Patricus’ filius Robert mortuus est_ _Bonum_ ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/19 "2023-06-08T14:34:43Z")
As an atheist, I don’t believe in Hell, but there are times when I wish it was real, so I’d know that some folks got what was coming to them. Don’t let the door hit 'ya where the good lord split 'ya, Pat. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/20 "2023-06-08T15:40:33Z")
He ran for President in 1988. My friends and I were able to get ahold of a bunch of his bumper stickers and modified them from Robertson 88 to Robertson 666. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201.md?page=2)