http://twitter.com/mkhammer/statuses/7721524981

Relief work? Created the 700 club from the ashes of the defunct Christian Coalition. The Christian Coalition was cobbled together from his failed presidential campaign-when god told him to run for higher office. He abuses his influence to acquire an obscene amount of wealth,whereby he leans on his non-profit organization to hock his wares. Pat Robertson is only concerned with his ability to curry favor with celebrities,pols,and dictators to advance his money-grubbing,get-something-for-nothing agenda.
Maybe he was suited for politics though: sweep a few crumbs off the table to the have-nots.In front of the cameras,of course!
Just for kicks,type Pat Robertson Mobutu into Google.

Joe wasn’t supporting Robertson, he was just pointing out that the media only focuses on Robertson’s inflammatory comments while never giving publicity to any of the good work he has done. That is a fact. It is beyond comprehension that partisans will completely ignore the important disaster of Haiti to focus on a couple comments. It demonstrates the truth that some people just love to be angry with those they have political differences with. It doesn’t have to be about politics 24/7.

Wasn’t Joe making the same point as the liberals/and Obama were doing with Reid? “He’s not racist because he’s always been on the right side of history?”

Excusing bad behavior because he has a life time of good service?

(i am in no way defending Robertson, or his comments.)

@sarainitaly – Spot on! I cannot think of anything to add to that.

Robertson,

what a sad thing that a guy of your level of knowledge could even think that Haitians made a pact with Satan???? it shows your level of ignorance and it is scary that you are even preaching the word of the LORD! and that some poor people are even listening to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From a Haitian who is appalled by your comment.

His comment wasn’t that all haitians made a pact with the devil. It is historically documented that there was a group years ago that made a pact with the devil and Robertson is a religious man who believes the nation has been judged ever since. He called for everyone to pray for Haiti. This really has just been politicized. You can watch for yourself what he said. It was obviously out of love. Whether you agree with him or not, its completely out of line to pretend what he said was so terrible. Here’s a link

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/01/13/pat-robertson-hey-haiti-made-a-pact-with-the-devil-or-something/

From Tapper:
Robertson’s tale stems from a legend that Jean Jacques Dessalines, who led the Haitian revolution against the French Army, entered into a pact with Satan disguised as a voodoo deity in exchange for a military victory, which finally happened in 1803.

One minister of a Haitian-American church — who does not believe this legend — recently wrote about the frequent references in Haiti “to a spiritual pact that the fathers of the nation supposedly made with the devil to help them win their freedom from France. As a result of that satanic alliance, as they put it, God has placed a curse on the country sometime around its birth, and that divine burden has made it virtually impossible for the vast majority of Haitians to live in peace and prosperity in their land…The satanic pact allegedly took place at Bois-Caïman near Cap-Haïtien on August 14, 1791 during a meeting organized by several slave leaders, under [Dutty] Boukman’s leadership, before launching what would become Haiti’s Independence War.”

UPDATE: CBN spokesman Chris Roslan issued a statement Regarding Pat Robertson’s Comments on Haiti, saying “On today’s The 700 Club, during a segment about the devastation, suffering and humanitarian effort that is needed in Haiti, Dr. Robertson also spoke about Haiti’s history. His comments were based on the widely-discussed 1791 slave rebellion led by Boukman Dutty at Bois Caiman, where the slaves allegedly made a famous pact with the devil in exchange for victory over the French. This history, combined with the horrible state of the country, has led countless scholars and religious figures over the centuries to believe the country is cursed. Dr. Robertson never stated that the earthquake was God’s wrath. If you watch the entire video segment, Dr. Robertson’s compassion for the people of Haiti is clear. He called for prayer for them. His humanitarian arm has been working to help thousands of people in Haiti over the last year, and they are currently launching a major relief and recovery effort to help the victims of this disaster. They have sent a shipment of millions of dollars worth of medications that is now in Haiti, and their disaster team leaders are expected to arrive tomorrow and begin operations to ease the suffering.”
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/01/pat-robertson-blames-earthquake-on-pact-haitians-made-with-satan.html

this seems to be a case of one side taking something someone said, compeltely out of context, and launching an attack….yet again.

this doesn’t sound like the same situation when Sharon Stone wondered if China suffered from Karma when the earthquake hit, because of their treatment of Tibet.

It sounds like Robertson was telling an old story, and his comments were taken out of context.

Robertson’s comments seem to match pretty closely to what the Old Testament says. Historians say that the voudoo practitioners swore an oath to the level in order to free themselves from the French. The OT says that people who turn away from God (nations, especially) will face wrath.

Now, I’m not saying I agree with Robertson’s statement, because it seems to me that mostly atheist nations aren’t struck with deadly earthquakes, so one would question the validity of such wrath if it exists at all (why would it hit some and not others?)

Haiti HAS had a long line of disasters, no? Floods, earthquakes, miserable poverty. Can he not question if the historical pact is at cause based on his belief in the OT? Wouldn’t most Christians sort of need to back him up, since it’s kinda what the Bible says? Now, there’s the NT and how does it fit with the OT stuff, I don’t know, but it seems to me his statement wasn’t all that crazy. Why DO disasters strike? If you believe in a God who intervenes in nature and the course of human events, DOES he strike nations? Is that idea too insane for even Bible-believers to embrace in any manner?

Then you have the fact that everything I’m reading says most Haitians are Christian…or are they the voodoo type of Christians? (which most Bible-believers would say are false Christians).

Besides, it’s fairly clear from the video of this whole thing that Robertson’s main point was that the world needs to help these people and that people EVERYWHERE need to turn to Christ and not away, for the protection promised by God in the, and lest they face the wrath that is abundant throughout the OT as well.

I just can’t get too outraged over a man backing up ALL the doctrine that’s part of his religion.

Give it a rest, people! It’s just a f*cking earthquake! It happens all the time!