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by Lewis Loflin
When Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson blamed God and America for the attacks on 9/11, it only proved how silly they really are. This was aired only 48 hours after the attacks on New York and Washington. Ralph Reed already bailed out of the Christian Coalition, Pat Robertson finally resigned in December 2001. Pat's failure to get his Early elected as governor of Virginia and the shambles of the Gilmore Governorship (Pat claims "some credit" for his election) may have marked the end of Robertson in VA and national politics. In 2005 Pat Robertson is going more silly than ever, and some are claiming his influence is declining. Is it perhaps the Christian Right in general, that drives the Liberal Left into hysteria, really isn't as powerful as we think? The Christian Coalition is a shell of its former self, Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority is gone, and the Republican Party is as disunited as the Democratic Party. The reality is Pat Robertson's irrationality and paranoia is often shared by his Leftist-Liberal rivals.
It seems that Pat Robertson and the Religious Right, like the irreligious Left, are given more credit than they deserve. Pat has never held public office and the Religious Right in general has gotten very little of their core agenda into law. I also think the mostly Liberal press singles Robertson out to discredit Christianity in general. Even here in a conservative Republican state like Virginia and Pat Robertson's home base, most don't identify with his agenda. A poll done in 2001 shows even Virginians are all over the place on issues running from conservative, to liberal, to libertarian:
- 75 percent believe in the death penalty for murderers.
- 61 percent came out in favor of school vouchers.
- 70 percent supported physician-assisted suicide for patients suffering from terminal illness.
- 75 percent favored the medical use of marijuana.
- 81 percent agreed sex education should be taught in schools.
- 74 percent said women have the legal right to abortion.
- 80 percent agreed America needs a national health-care policy.
- 75 percent believe national limits should be set on doctors' fees.
- 86 percent said the same should go for prescription drugs.
- 43 percent said more public money should be spent to help needy families.
- 59 percent said not enough is spent on the elderly.
- 50 percent favored more child-care aid for low-income working mothers.
- 61 percent said most people on welfare are abusing it.
- 78 percent favored a two-year limit on welfare assistance.
Pat Robertson is clearly a racist and anti-Semitic bigot. He and other Bible-thumpers may support Israel, they do not support Jews or Judaism. To these folks Israel is part of some second-coming of Christ prophecy, despite the fact the Bible proves this failed in the First Century. The Liberal Left is equally anti-Semitic and racist with their irrational hatred of Israel (near blind worship of the PLO Arabs) and their support of racist multiculturalism.
Pat Robertson is another conspiracy theorist. Pat Robertson often uses terms such as "New World Order" or "New York bankers" etc. often codewords for Jews or the Freemasons. See Freemasons versus Pat Robertson and Why Do Some People Hate Freemasonry? by Daniel Pipes. But if Pat Robertson is a conspiracy theorist, so is the Liberal Left. I tracked the hysteria of the Religious Right during the Clinton years of the 1990s, today the Left is equally hysterical with Bush. What is new, however, is the infiltration of anti-Semitic references. To quote “these media people speaking in their own code language. A case in point is their use of the term ‘neoconservative.’ Whether they choose to hyphenate the label or not, it's a pejorative code word for ‘Jews.’ (They) are just trying to support Israel at the USA's expense. This is total nonsense. See Questions on Christian Anti-Semitism by Lewis Loflin.
Pat Robertson has hinted in his books such as The Rising Tide at the armed overthrow of the country to impose a "Christian Nation" as he defines it. This was part of the general Christian Right hysteria of the 1990s (along with Y2K) believing President Clinton was going to turn the country over to the UN and the usual conspiracy theories and end-times Christian nonsense. The rise and peak of militia movements and murderers like Tim McVeigh (Oklahoma City) no doubt influenced by people like Pat Robertson and his 700 Club. See the following: Randy "Ruby Ridge" Weaver in Sullivan County, Willie Martin and Christian Identity on Trial, Militias Take Aim in Virginia, and Tim McVeigh, an Angry Young Man
Today the militia movement is a wreck, most of its leaders dead or in jail. But Pat Robertson and his type just keep on inciting attacks with his conspiracy nonsense on judges and the Supreme Court. (See below.) Also see Ten years after Oklahoma City bombing, militia movements are rudderless and in disarray --- which makes them even deadlier
On this assassination of Hugo Chavez flap, a Christian had this to say:
Pat, God help you soul because of a statement you are making under the name of religion. You are not God and who are you to say that anyone should be assassinated. You men or women in the name of religion who make such statements are not of God. I am a child of God and I know that you opinion should be trying to lead people to God not putting hate in their heart.
I watched the clip on this myself and wondered what all the fuss is about. Pat spoke as a citizen in regards to this mess in Iraq. The press should stop promoting this man to something he is not. Racists such as Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton can say anything they want attacking whites and Jews, the press is silent. Looking for anything to attack Christians or conservatives in general, the liberal press blows it out of proportion.In conclusion, I don't believe Pat Robertson's political clout has been diminished, he never really had it to begin with. Even here in Virginia he couldn't be elected to any public office above the county level. Just like most Christians today don't believe demon possession causes illness, Pat Robertson's silliness is what draws attention. It's time the press casts this silly man out and report on something serious for a change.
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BY DEREK ROSE
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Federal judges are a more serious threat to America than Al Qaeda and the Sept. 11 terrorists, the Rev. Pat Robertson claimed yesterday. "Over 100 years, I think the gradual erosion of the consensus that's held our country together is probably more serious than a few bearded terrorists who fly into buildings," Robertson said on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos."
"I think we have controlled Al Qaeda," the 700 Club host said, but warned of "erosion at home" and said judges were creating a "tyranny of oligarchy." Confronted by Stephanopoulos on his claims that an out-of-control liberal judiciary is the worst threat America has faced in 400 years - worse than Nazi Germany, Japan and the Civil War - Robertson didn't back down. "Yes, I really believe that," he said. "I think they are destroying the fabric that holds our nation together."
Robertson's comments came with a showdown looming in the Senate over seven of President Bush's conservative judicial nominees who have been blocked by Democrat filibusters. Republicans have threatened a "nuclear option" to pass the judges by rewriting Senate rules to stop the filibusters. Sources told the Daily News that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist lacks the 50 votes he needs, which could be a blow to his presidential hopes. "I don't think Frist has the votes," a GOP aide said. "He's now in his own corner. If he doesn't have the votes, he's really screwed." Robertson echoed that sentiment. "I just don't see him as a future President," Robertson said."
Be sure to read Pat's insanity after the quotes! Pat Robertson's Public Record (all quotations from Pat Robertson unless otherwise noted)
Anti-Semitism:
[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]The New World Order, (1991), p.17; "Communism was the brainchild of German-Jewish intellectuals." [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]Petersburg Times, June 26, 1994; Bailey Smith, a founding father of Robertson's Christian Coalition, once told 15,000 people at a Religious Roundtable briefing in Dallas, "With all due respect to those dear people, my friend, God Almighty does not hear the prayer of a Jew." [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]Separation of Church and State:
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]The State, Columbia, South Carolina, Nov. 14, 1993; "They have kept us in submission because they have talked about separation of church and state. There is no such thing in the Constitution. It's a lie of the left, and we're not going to take it anymore." [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]The 700 Club, Dec. 30, 1981; "The Constitution of the United States, for instance, is a marvelous document for self-government by Christian people. But the minute you turn the document into the hands of non-Christian and atheistic people they can use it to destroy the very foundation of our society." [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]Tolerance
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]The New World Order, (1991) p.227 ; "How can there be peace when drunkards, drug dealers, communists, atheists, New Age, worshipers of Satan, secular humanists, oppressive dictators, greedy moneychangers, revolutionary assassins, adulterers, and homosexuals are on top?" [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]New York Magazine, August 18, 1986; "It is interesting, that termites don't build things, and the great builders of our nation almost to a man have been Christians, because Christians have the desire to build something. He is motivated by love of man and God, so he builds. The people who have come into [our] institutions [today] are primarily termites. They are into destroying institutions that have been built by Christians, whether it is universities, governments, our own traditions, that we have.... The termites are in charge now, and that is not the way it ought to be, and the time has arrived for a godly fumigation." [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]The 700 Club, January 14, 1991; "You say you're supposed to be nice to the Episcopalian's and the Presbyterians and the Methodists and this, that, and the other thing. Nonsense. I don't have to be nice to the spirit of the Antichrists. I can love the people who hold false opinions but I don't have to be nice to them" [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]The 700 Club, 1992; "When lawlessness is abroad in the land, the same thing will happen here that happened in Nazi Germany. Many of those people involved in Adolf Hitler were Satanists, many of them were homosexuals -- the two things seem to go together." [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]Women
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]The Washington Post, August 23, 1993; "(T)he feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians." [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]Federal News Service, Sept. 11, 1992, quoting a Robertson newsletter; "I know this is painful for the ladies to hear, but if you get married, you have accepted the headship of a man, your husband. Christ is the head of the household and the husband is the head of the wife, and that's the way it is, period." [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]The 700 Club, May 22, 1986; "Why are so many marriages falling apart? Why is the divorce rate so high? ...Why is there such a tragedy in marriage?...Now the basic answer to the basic [problem of marriages today is a question of leadership. The wife actually makes the husband the head of the household and she looks to him and she says 'now you pray, and I'm going to pray for you that the Lord will speak to you." [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]The State-Record, Columbia, SC, June 28, 1992; "(Robertson) chastised women legislators who support no-fault divorce laws that he says encourage men to split. 'Any woman who votes for no-fault divorce is like a turkey voting for Thanksgiving,' Robertson said, paraphrasing a conservative commentator." [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]Politics
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]"Pat Robertson's Perspective," April - May 1992; "The strategy against the American radical left should be the same as General Douglas MacArthur employed against the Japanese in the Pacific . . . bypass their strongholds, then surround them, isolate them bombard them, then blast the individuals out of their power bunkers with hand-to-hand combat. The battle for Iwo Jima was not pleasant, but our troops won it. The battle to regain the soul of America won't be pleasant either, but we will win it." [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]The Los Angeles Times, reprinted in The Religious Right: The Assault of Tolerance & Pluralism in America, produced by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL); "It's like guerrilla warfare....It's better to move quietly, with stealth, under cover of night. You've got two choices: You can wear cammies and shimmy along on your belly or you can put on a red coat and stand up for everyone to see. It comes down to whether you want to be the British army in the Revolutionary War or the Viet Cong. History tells us which tactic is more effective". [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]The Justice System
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]The New World Order (1991), p. 231; "The potential savings in the national budgets from the elimination of police, criminal courts, standing armies, pollution control agencies, drug enforcement, and many poverty programs is almost beyond calculation." [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]The 700 Club, Oct. 2, 1990; "The courts are merely a ruse, if you will, for humanist, atheistic educators to beat up on Christians." [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]The Washington Post editorial board, June 27, 1986; "I am bound by the laws of the United States and all 50 states...I am not bound by any case or any court to which I myself am not a party...I don't think the Congress of the United States is subservient to the courts...They can ignore a Supreme Court ruling if they so choose." [/FONT]What do Pat's fellow bigots have to say?
"I want you to just let a wave of intolerance wash over you. I want you to let a wave of hatred wash over you. Yes, hate is good...Our goal is a Christian nation. We have a Biblical duty; we are called by God, to conquer this country. We don't want equal time. We don't want pluralism."--Randall Terry, Founder of Operation Rescue, The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 8-16-93
"It's like guerrilla warfare. If you reveal your location, all it does is allow your opponent to improve his artillery bearings. It's better to move quietly, with stealth, under cover of night. You've got two choices: You can wear cammies and shimmy along on your belly, or you can put on a red coat and stand up for everyone to see. It comes down to whether you want to be the British army in the Revolutionary War or the Vietcong. History tells us which tactic was more effective."--Ralph Reed, Los Angeles Times, 3/22/92
I want to be invisible. I do guerrilla warfare. I paint my face and travel at night. You don't know it's over until you're in a body bag." --Ralph Reed, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 11/9/91
"It's like guerrilla warfare. If you reveal your location, all it does is allow your opponent to improve his artillery bearings. It's better to move quietly, with stealth, under cover of night. You've got two choices: You can wear cammies and shimmy along on your belly, or you can put on a red coat and stand up for everyone to see. It comes down to whether you want to be the British army in the Revolutionary War or the Vietcong. History tells us which tactic was more effective."--Ralph Reed, Los Angeles Times, 3/22/92
I want to be invisible. I do guerrilla warfare. I paint my face and travel at night. You don't know it's over until you're in a body bag." --Ralph Reed, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 11/9/91
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This guy could be Fossten's best friend!
