Pat Robertson Plays the Fear Card. October Surprise or Stupid Stunt?
Pat Robertson is trying to scare the American people again, this time with war in the Middle East that just may land nuclear weapons on our East coast. It’s Pat’s cute little attempt to sway the Presidential election, but nobody is going for the erratic John McCain and the unqualified Sarah Palin if they take Robertson to heart.
I vote for stupid stunt, but then, I’m biased against Pat Robertson. the man is famous for saying stupid stuff. Now he wants us to believe that there’s going to be a war in the Middle East between November 4th and Barack Obama’s Presidential Inauguration. Here’s the scoop from the Virginia Pilot:
In a letter on his Web site, www.patrobertson.com, Robertson said his opinion was that Israel would bomb Iranian nuclear sites between Nov. 4 and the inauguration of the United States’ new president.
Robertson tied his warning to biblical prophesy. His letter, which starts out describing his concerns about Russian aggression in Georgia, predicted that Russia would also enter the war, though the United States wouldn’t.
“However, we may not be spared nuclear strikes against coastal cities” in America, he wrote.
A version of the letter was sent in September to members of Regent University, where Robertson is founder and president. He is also founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network and host of its daily show, “The 700 Club.” The network and university are based in Virginia Beach.
“We have between 75 and 120 days before the Middle East starts spinning out of control,” Robertson wrote. “If there was ever a time for fervent prayer, it is now.”
The letter on the Robertson web site is here, and it is enough to make one puke. The subtext is clearly that there’s something dangerous down the road, but Robertson knows better than to predict and “October Surprise.” His predictions are historically so bad that all the people he might get to believe it would laugh at him when they found out it wasn’t true. What he’s doing here is raising the specter of danger so those on the fence about Obama will go vote for McCain, a man Robertson thinks, at least, the stronger on foreign policy.
What Robertson doesn’t count on is an American population that sees John McCain as erratic and his running mate Sarah Palin as “unqualified.” Robertson’s warning, designed to make people go for the “safe” candidate, may well lead people to Barack Obama.
So Israel is going to bomb Iran, according to Robertson, and that means we should vote for McCain because he will…do what exactly?
Um, the folks who consider Robertson to be “credible” are the same folks who think Sarah Palin would be the bestest President EVAR! So this is probably Robertson’s attempt to keep the enthusiasm for the McCain ticket up in the evangelical circles.
(It also amazes me that a branch of the religion that is so worried about false prophets and anti-Christs don’t burn Robertson at the stake. If there was anyone who fit the mold of a false prophet, it’s Pat Robertson.)
It should be the Virginian-Pilot in the first graf.
As well, too, we should be reminded, and yet mindful, of the dangers of biased, unbalanced or otherwise heavily-nuanced reporting in case Israel makes good on rumoured intelligence that it plans Rove-stylee “preemptive” aerial attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities within measurable distance.
As if that weren’t evil enough, consider this item from the “It’s A Small World, After All” dossier.
Count on NonyNony to get to the heart of it.
Girl, we need you writing on here, and if you are interested, give Richard an email, willya?
Robertson’s in the VA Beach area - correct? That’s the East Coast. Maybe someone in the Middle East can send a smart bomb that will take out Roberston any hurt nobody else. Then the American people and the folks in the middle east will all come together in agreement that it was about time G-d put Robertson out of our misery, hold hands, sing kumbaya & start on the road to world peace.
what a douche
For Cash Based Religion, Pat R’s predictions do not have to be accurate; just alarming to bring in the bucks.