Oh, that wacky Pat Robertson!

[Jules]

Broadcaster Pat Robertson calls for retirement of justices
Tuesday, July 15, 2003 Posted: 8:56 AM EDT (1256 GMT)


VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (AP) -- Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson urged his nationwide audience Monday to pray for God to remove three justices from the Supreme Court so they could be replaced by conservatives.

"We ask for miracles in regard to the Supreme Court," Robertson said on the Christian Broadcasting Network's "The 700 Club."

Robertson has launched a 21-day "prayer offensive" directed at the Supreme Court in the wake of its 6-3 June vote that decriminalized sodomy. Robertson said in a letter on the CBN Web site that the ruling "has opened the door to homosexual marriage, bigamy, legalized prostitution and even incest."

The same letter targets three justices in particular: "One justice is 83-years-old, another has cancer and another has a heart condition. Would it not be possible for God to put it in the minds of these three judges that the time has come to retire?"

Judging from the descriptions, Robertson was referring to Justice John Paul Stevens, who was born in 1920, and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had colon cancer surgery in 1999. The identity of the third justice was unclear.

I think we here at Apolyton should launch a prayer drive of our own...to get Pat to take a laxative.

[red_jon]

No, he's absolutely correct. You know, now that I think about it this court ruling has made me want to go out and hire my sibling as a prostitute, then rape them. And have losts of wives.

[Guynemer]

What a great picture!

[DinoDoc]

I thought this would be about his defense of Charles Taylor.

[chequita guevara]

He what!?!



BTW, I think judges should have a mandatory retirement age, heck, all politicians should. When you can start receiving full social security benefits, get the hell out of office!

[Odin]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
He what!?!



BTW, I think judges should have a mandatory retirement age, heck, all politicians should. When you can start receiving full social security benefits, get the hell out of office!

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
He what!?!

I'm sorry were you refering to my post or Jules' post?

[chequita guevara]

Your post, DD.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Your post, DD.

Ah. Ok.

Pat Robertson Slams Bush On Liberia

(CBS) Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson accused President Bush of “undermining a Christian, Baptist president to bring in Muslim rebels” by asking Liberian President Charles Taylor, recently indicted for war crimes, to step down.

“How dare the president of the United States say to the duly elected president of another country, 'You've got to step down,'" Robertson said Monday on “The 700 Club,” broadcast from his Christian Broadcasting Network.

“It's one thing to say, we will give you money if you step down and we will give you troops if you step down, but just to order him to step down? He doesn't work for us.”

Robertson, a Bush supporter who has financial interests in Liberia, said he believes the State Department has “mismanaged the situation in nation after nation after nation” in Africa.

“So we're undermining a Christian, Baptist president to bring in Muslim rebels to take over the country,” he said in the broadcast.

Robertson told The Washington Post in an interview published Thursday that he has “written off in my own mind” an $8 million investment in a Liberian gold mining venture he made four years ago, under an agreement with Taylor's government.

“Once the dust has cleared on this thing, chances are there will be some investors from someplace who want to invest. If I could find some people to sell it to, I'd be more than delighted,” he said in the article.

He said his investment was intended to help pay for humanitarian and evangelical efforts in Liberia.

Angell Watts, a spokeswoman for Robertson, said Robertson was not available to comment Thursday because he was traveling. She also declined to comment.

Taylor waged war for seven years as a rebel leader before being elected president in 1997.

The United Nations and European leaders have sought U.S. troops to enforce a repeatedly violated June 17 cease-fire between forces loyal to Taylor and rebels fighting for three years to oust him. Under the deal, Taylor promised to step down, clearing the way for a transitional government that will oversee fresh elections.

Mr. Bush, speaking Wednesday in South Africa, promised to help enforce the cease-fire and “see to it that Mr. Taylor leaves office so there can be a peaceful transition in Liberia.”

On Sunday, Taylor accepted an offer of asylum from Nigeria, but on condition that an international force is deployed in Liberia.

A U.N.-backed tribunal indicted Taylor on June 4 for war crimes in neighboring Sierra Leone.

Robertson told the Post that the war crimes indictment “is nonsense and should be quashed.”

He said Taylor has “become such a lightning rod” that he should leave office, but in an orderly transition accompanied by the insertion of U.S. peacekeepers.

“Frankly, the president's call for Taylor to step down immediately is not wise, because if Taylor leaves immediately, the country will descend into chaos,” he told the paper.

[mindseye]

I'm hoping the Lake of Fire is a little extra hot the day he arrives.

[Tuberski]

I think we have our next "caption" contest photo!!!!

ACK!

[chequita guevara]

Right, his $8 million dollar investment has nothing to do with his support for Taylor.

[GePap]

Hopefuly one day he will ask for a sign from God and ligthning will hit him directly.

[DRoseDARs]

Originally posted by mindseye
I'm hoping the Lake of Fire is a little extra hot the day he arrives.

If it's made by the same company that made our spa here at the gym I work at, then the heater will be out *cough* again *cough* just in time for his arrival.



Gaze into the eyes of Rev. Patrick "I Have No Soul So I Can't Burn In Hell...But You Can You Godless, Fornicating, Liberal, Homosexual, Feminist, Communistic Heathens" Robertson.

[Boris Godunov]

Robertson is an evil, rotten man. I remember some folks jumping on me when Mr. Rogers died because I joked that I wish it had been Robertson instead.

I take it back. The joking part, that is. Consider it a serious comment.