I just read this post over at Huffington Post that just incensed me. Pat Robertson has accused the freedom fighters of 19th century Haiti of making a "pact with the devil" in order to gain their freedom from France.
Haiti has just suffered a catastrophic disaster, and within the first 24 hours Robertson invokes the devil as an explanation for the devastation. This is the same man, who along with Jerry Falwell, blamed the attacks of 9/11/01 on liberals, people who've had abortions and the GLBT community. And he is saying this about a country that is more than 80% Catholic. He has no credibility whatsoever.
Here is the clip (from Media Matters for America, which is a great site) from today's 700 Club:
If this is Robertson's idea of "Christian charity," then I am sure the people of Haiti will, even in the midst of great historic need, let that charity stay right in Virginia Beach, VA.
WTF?!
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I've read some comments in the blogosphere that can be paraphrased thus:
"Sure, Robertson's statements were vile beyond imagining, but at least they came during a fundraiser for the victims."
Ah, well, okay then. Never mind.
I'm not sure I agree with your expectation that Haitians will refuse whatever help comes from Robertson's fundraising. People in such a position simply couldn't, nor will they likely know where the aid is coming from, nor care. But what I'd like to see is some auditing of the funds raised. Robertson himself is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and that money didn't come from honest labor; it came from the arthritic hands of gullible oldsters who pried it from their Social Security checks to give to him for God's work.
Now maybe some out there will be offended by the suggestion that Robertson would have the brass balls to enrich himself at the expense of relief efforts for the people of Haiti during this disaster. I say anyone who shows such unbelievable contempt for the poorest of us, those who Jesus prized above all others, is capable of anything. Anything at all. Including using the money meant to feed orphans starving in the rubble to buy himself a shiny new Rolex.
Are we at all surprised about his comments? It's the same old, same old with those infected with the god virus ... The sooner mankind can get over it (or come up with an effective vaccine), the better off we'll all be.
And here's another comment just as absurd:
http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/timblair/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/pact_with_gaia/
@TC: Now that is just silly of Glover.
@TC: Here is another perspective on Glover's comment, and I think it's more persuasive: http://trueslant.com/charlesjohnson/2010/01/15/outrageous-outrage-of-the-day-starring-danny-glover/
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