# 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:** 4
**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 9, 2023, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/61 "2023-06-09T02:15:05Z")
Well, it was a good one. Although now I’ve got an earworm going, so poo on you for that. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/62 "2023-06-09T02:45:59Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > There will be a replacement, but I’m skeptical he’ll have the same success for at least a few years. Agreed. There will always be con men who preach the Gospel for personal gain and fame (Joel Osteen, for example), but I don’t think that there will be any preacher with his political influence for a while. Hope not, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/63 "2023-06-09T07:39:21Z")
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**Author:** ![SailorHG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SailorHG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SailorHG)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/64 "2023-06-09T08:03:14Z")
Rebecca Watson had a good rant about him on her channel [9:04]: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CufTaudWVeo/maxresdefault.jpg "Farewell to Pat Robertson, Enemy of Gays and Friend of Warlords") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CufTaudWVeo) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/65 "2023-06-09T09:11:06Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > That’s too complicated. No colours for me on Discourse! ☹ ⁢ It’s not as bad as it looks, especially if you save it in a file so you can copy and paste it. The basic pattern is just this: `$\small \color{blue}{\textsf{Insert text here}}$` becomes \small \color{blue}{\textsf{Insert text here}} Just replace blue with the color you want, and, well “insert text here.” ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/66 "2023-06-09T09:25:53Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > …I don’t think that there will be any preacher with his political influence for a while. I, for one, appreciate your optimism, especially in these dark times. But I think it’s best not to underestimate human stupidity (as if there were any other kind). Robertson banked on it and made a fortune. Will things be different from this point onward? First, I would ask non-rhetorically whether local media where Robertson had the strongest support are reporting the more unsavory aspects of his life and career. [This article](https://www.kentucky.com/news/nation-world/national/article276249206.html) from the Lexington Herald Leader (his hometown) mentions only his “accomplishments” and portrays him in a clearly favorable light. [Mike Pence](https://twitter.com/Mike_Pence/status/1666799805945769989) has described Robertson as a “_good and godly man_” (Twitter, posted 20 hours ago). ETA: I wrote “non-rhetorically” because I really don’t know and would like to read Dopers’ impressions. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/67 "2023-06-09T09:26:29Z")
I really dislike Rebecca Watson (I had an unfortunate email encounter many years ago…nothing dramatic or newsworthy but unpleasant). But, this is a fairly good rant. She provides a good deal of info of the terrible things Robertson did. Her vitriol, I think, diminishes the power of her problems with Robertson but I don’t disagree. That man deserved the vitriol. He was a vile man. He made the whole world a worse place. If he is not burning in hell then there is no hell. (I do not believe in hell but since he was a minister just saying) ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/68 "2023-06-09T10:03:19Z")
My linked article two posts up was published by a newspaper in Lexington, Kentucky, and Robertson was from Lexington, Virginia, so not his hometown. ---
**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 9, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/69 "2023-06-09T13:19:19Z")
Another shout-out that @slicedalone’s ode to Robertson is a masterpiece. Bravo good Sir!! ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/70 "2023-06-09T14:04:27Z")
The Bible itself says Proverbs 11.10 when the wicked perish, there is rejoicing. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/71 "2023-06-09T15:25:50Z")
How kind of him to die during Pride Month. 🏳️‍🌈 ---
**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 9, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/72 "2023-06-09T17:12:04Z")
Some people enliven a party by showing up. Others by leaving it. I think Robertson’s timing in terms of month was good. In terms of year, ~1965 would’ve been better. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/73 "2023-06-09T23:16:15Z")
I have bad news, though, folks. Robert Tilton and Creflo Dollar are still alive. And Benny Hinn, too. I’m not sure about Pat Robertson in terms of money-begging. I know Tilton is an outright fraud who simply asks for money and throws away any letters that do not contain donations. Creflo Dollar also seems to be an outright shuckster who just asks for donations. Benn Hinn, too, though he mixes it with random(and obviously always wrong) predictions about the future that I could make off the top of my head. Was Robertson a huge money-begger as well? I never watched his show beyond clips. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/74 "2023-06-09T23:36:45Z")
Goodbye Robertson, hateful and judgemental prick. Everyone dies, it’s no big deal. It’s the most expected thing, actually. It’s gonna happen to me, it just happened to you. That’s how it goes, asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/75 "2023-06-10T02:25:21Z")
Sometimes I wish the SDMB had upvotes. An evil, awful person Robertson was. The world is literally better without him in it. Good riddance. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/76 "2023-06-10T15:26:31Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Robert Tilton and Creflo Dollar are still alive. And Benny Hinn, too. And so are Joel Osteen and Franklin Graham and Joyce Meyer and Jimmy Swaggart and a whole host of other money-grabbing hucksters. But none of them, with the possible exception of Graham, uses their pulpit to try to sway American politics like Robertson did. > [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’m not sure about Pat Robertson in terms of money-begging. Robertson’s net worth when he died is estimated at over 100 million bucks. He made a ton of money licensing the Christian Broadcasting Network to cable networks, but a plea for donations was always a part of the 700 Club, the flagship show on CBN. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pat-robertson-s-net-worth-at-the-time-of-his-death/ar-AA1ciwdU](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pat-robertson-s-net-worth-at-the-time-of-his-death/ar-AA1ciwdU) ---
**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 10, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/77 "2023-06-10T15:32:31Z")
We know what the bible says about rich men and admission to heaven. It appears Mr. Robertson lacked faith. I find his lack of faith disturbing. ---
**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 10, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/78 "2023-06-10T15:53:54Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > We know what the bible says about rich men and admission to heaven. ‘It’s easier for a rich man to enter Heaven than it is for a needle to enter the eye of a camel’? ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/79 "2023-06-10T17:48:43Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > We know what the bible says about rich men and admission to heaven. It appears Mr. Robertson lacked faith. I find his lack of faith disturbing. I could argue that he was so secure in his faith that he felt he could disregard one of Jesus’ clearest warnings on the perils of wealth (along with all that stuff about ‘blessed are’ and ‘judge not lest ye be judged’ and taking care of the sick, poor, and hungry) and still make it past the pearly gates. ---
**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 10, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201/80 "2023-06-10T17:55:24Z")
Humans are amazingly good at convincing themselves of the righteousness of stuff that’s to their immediate advantage. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201.md?page=5)