God Clearly Hates Pat Robertson
Forgive me, but when entrepreneurial theocratic fascists deigning to speak on behalf of God™ lose a round, it’s my obligation to take notice and gloat a little. From The Houston Chronicle comes this glorious tidbit straight from Heaven™:
Robertson Loses Broadcasters’ Board Seat© 2006 The Associated Press
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson, criticized by some evangelicals for comments about Venezuela’s president and Israel’s prime minister, lost a bid for re-election to the National Religious Broadcasters’ board of directors.
Robertson, founder of the Virginia Beach-based Christian Broadcasting Network, was one of 38 candidates for 33 board seats during the NRB’s recent convention. The group represents mostly evangelical radio and TV broadcasters.
NRB President Frank Wright said there was no broad effort to distance the group from Robertson. But “there was broad dismay with some of Pat’s comments and a feeling they were not helpful to Christian broadcasters in general,” he said in Wednesday’s Washington Post.
In the past few months, Robertson suggested that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez should be assassinated and that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s stroke was divine punishment for pulling out of the Gaza Strip.
Ouch, Pat! 33 board seats, only 38 candidates – and you couldn’t make the cut. That’s gotta hurt.
Far be it from me to be an optimist at this early juncture, but if the past few weeks are any indication of where this country is heading – it almost feels as if it’s atleast begun the process of waking up from it’s 6 year dalliance w/ BushCo. and its associated tendrils’ neverending stream of bullshit. It’s possible we’ve just been travelling through a brief rip in the fabric of the space-time continuum, however – where rationality and sanity are still valued – so I’ll reserve any semblance of true celebration until November of this year.
Wikipedia has the skinny on his holiness here.
Find a restroom, wouldya Marion?
Kthx.
- tristero