# Same to you, Pat Robertson. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 23, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-to-you-pat-robertson/318228 "2005-08-23T03:58:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-to-you-pat-robertson/318228/1 "2005-08-23T03:58:46Z")
Pat Robertson, the televangelist and purported evangelical holy man, has called for the assassination of a foreign president. [Dumbfounding.](http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-08-22-robertson-_x.htm) How can you call yourself a Christian and spout off like this? I’ve come to expect a certain degree of hate speech from fundamentalists, but calls for the death of a foreign leader are a new low, I think. What a great example of leadership. Unfortunately, I expect President Chavez won’t reciprocate – much as that would benefit the world at large. Lame rant, I know. Maybe I’m just stunned by the hypocrisy. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-to-you-pat-robertson/318228/2 "2005-08-23T04:08:22Z")
Right, Pat, that’s exactly what Jesus would do. ---
**Author:** ![Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boo_Boo_Foo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-to-you-pat-robertson/318228/3 "2005-08-23T04:09:54Z")
I always got the impression (all the way down here in the Land of Oz) that Pat Robertson was quite a nasty bit of work. Certainly, at the very least, all that “love thy brother” crap has shown him to be a thorough hypocrite. So listen up Pat… squanderous, copious oil consumption on the part of the USAA is not a right, OK? It’s a privilige that you have to pay for. You’re not allowed to go killing people just to fucking ensure you’re supply of oil. Ahhh… who listens to reason nowadays? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-to-you-pat-robertson/318228/4 "2005-08-23T04:11:44Z")
Hey, communism and Muslim extremism!!! The two\* together\*! ---
**Author:** ![Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boo_Boo_Foo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-to-you-pat-robertson/318228/5 "2005-08-23T04:14:06Z")
Awww man! I spelt the word “your” incorrectly as “you’re”. Preview is my friend. Preview is my friend. Preview is my friend. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-to-you-pat-robertson/318228/6 "2005-08-23T04:17:27Z")
:eek: I’m stunned. I knew this guy was a whack job, but I guess I never really knew just how much of a hypocritical fucktard he is. And yet, I’ll take the odds that he doesn’t lose a single viewer. Hell, I’ll take the over on how many he _gains_. I just have that kind of faith in the goodness of my fellow man. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-to-you-pat-robertson/318228/7 "2005-08-23T04:18:48Z")
> [@Boo Boo Foo](#): > > Awww man! I spelt the word “your” incorrectly as “you’re”. Preview is my friend. Preview is my friend. Preview is my friend. Actually, you spelled it correctly… “you’re” as in “you are”. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![fushj00mang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fushj00mang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fushj00mang)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-to-you-pat-robertson/318228/8 "2005-08-23T04:19:48Z")
Hell, Robertson’s on the right track here (except for the whole part about it being illegal for US forces to do such a thing, and morally reprehensable to boot.) We need to go after those leaders who threaten the safety and well being of the USA. I’m waiting for Robertson to make the same call on North Korea’s President (Great Leader) Kim Jong Il, China’s Premier Zhu Rongji, and Mexico’s President Vicente Fox. Chavez is a paranoid crackpot, not a threat. Fox, on the other hand, stationed the Mexican Army on the border to “assist” the fucking illegals when the MM Project was going on a few months ago. Knock off Fox first. Hey, they have oil too! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-to-you-pat-robertson/318228/9 "2005-08-23T04:20:15Z")
Oh wait… you meant the second time you used it in that sentence. :smack: Yeah, your right. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boo_Boo_Foo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-to-you-pat-robertson/318228/10 "2005-08-23T04:22:06Z")
> [@Snowboarder Bo](#): > > Actually, you spelled it correctly… “you’re” as in “you are”. 😛 Hah… I’m nitpicking myself here, but I was referring to the 2nd occurrence, as in… “just to fucking ensure you’re supply of oil.” That was the mistake… Anyways, back to slamming the righteous prick. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-to-you-pat-robertson/318228/11 "2005-08-23T04:48:20Z")
Or, taking a note from John Kerry, he spelled it correctly before he spelled it incorrectly. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-to-you-pat-robertson/318228/12 "2005-08-23T04:51:27Z")
> [@Boo Boo Foo](#): > > So listen up Pat… squanderous, copious oil consumption on the part of the USAA is not a right, OK? USAA. What the hell does my car insurance company have to do with any of this? P. Robbie, er, sorry, Robbie is being a douche. We now return to live coverage from the Bavarian woods where the Pope is currently relieving himself. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-to-you-pat-robertson/318228/13 "2005-08-23T05:01:07Z")
[Here’s Pat, caught on tape](http://mediamatters.org/items/200508220006). Scary. Think Bush will apologize, or the State Department will make any comments refuting Robertson? I doubt it. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-to-you-pat-robertson/318228/14 "2005-08-23T05:04:31Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Right, Pat, that’s exactly what Jesus would do. Jesus totally glocked Herod. ---
**Author:** ![fushj00mang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fushj00mang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fushj00mang)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-to-you-pat-robertson/318228/15 "2005-08-23T05:12:07Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Jesus totally glocked Herod. Wow…I am so going to Mass this coming Sunday. Sounds like an action movie matinee! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-to-you-pat-robertson/318228/16 "2005-08-23T05:14:50Z")
> [@fushj00mang](#): > > Wow…I am so going to Mass this coming Sunday. Sounds like an action movie matinee! Perhaps you’ve heard of an anime called _Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter_. 🙂 But I’m more amused by a spoof a friend of mine concocted back in high school - he even shot a trailer. It was called _Sweet Jesus of Nazareth’s Baad Asssss Song_. I recall the last line as “The meek shall inherit… MY FIST!” ---
**Author:** ![feetman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6bbea6/32.png) [@feetman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feetman)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-to-you-pat-robertson/318228/17 "2005-08-23T05:19:23Z")
Just what does anyone know about Chavez that has not been fed to them through the Bush propaganda machine? Use the internet and see if other information exists. Though of course it is much easier to repeat what your told. . ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-to-you-pat-robertson/318228/18 "2005-08-23T05:27:31Z")
Surely this can’t be the same Pat Robertson that wants the Ten Commandments placed on government property. If he thinks we should murder President Chavez, what was[this advice](http://www.cbnindia.org/200Questions/article.php?topic=18#132) about? > [@](#): > > There is only one way that evil can overcome a Christian, and that is if the Christian returns evil for evil. If someone insults you and snarls at you, you are not overcome. You are overcome if you begin to snarl right back. Then the unpleasant person has become your role model. You are copying evil and evil is overcoming you. If someone hates you and you hate him back, then evil is getting the victory. If someone strikes you and you strike back, then you have become like the evil one. Elsewhere, he says to pray for our enemies and ask God to bless them. I guess having covert operations murder Chavez is a last resort for Robertson. I hate to say this, Pat, but I think that evil is getting the victory. You are getting a mite beyond the snarling stage. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-to-you-pat-robertson/318228/19 "2005-08-23T05:32:58Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > I hate to say this, Pat, but I think that evil is getting the victory. That’s what I think whenever I remember he has a TV show. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-to-you-pat-robertson/318228/20 "2005-08-23T07:38:03Z")
**Danalan** Since you mentioned hypocrisy, I get incredibly disgusted by this Bible thumping shithead who is so quick to condemn Godless science, yet is so eager to embrace its innovations (television, computers, etc). As I’ve said before, why doesn’t Pat Robertson go preach in the middle of a field in order to avoid using all those “secular humanist” trappings? Don’t use a PA system either Pat - that too was a result of them thar Satanic scientifical principles. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-to-you-pat-robertson/318228.md?page=2)