But doesn’t recant:
My zeal, my love of Israel and my concern for the future safety of your nation led me to make remarks which I can now view in retrospect as inappropriate and insensitive in light of a national grief experienced because of your father's illness
So he’s sorry he said it. Presumably still thinks what he actually said was correct.
I’m still a little puzzled by one thing. If God didn’t want Israel to cede Gaza to the Palestinians, with all his omniscience and omnipotence and everything why didn’t he just strike Sharon down before Israel withdrew? Seems like bad planning to me.
Part of me hopes that Robertson will continue his string of blunders. Hopefully, by the time he's done, divine punishment will seem that much more unappealing as a concept.
Posted by: BronzeDog | January 13, 2006 at 06:09 AM
He didn't say he was sorry when all the public outcry over his comments were first made public, only when he lost a lucrative business deal did he feel any sorrow. Sad.
Now I'm going to turn into a pillar of salt or something for saying so.
Posted by: bourgeois_rage | January 13, 2006 at 08:21 AM
That guy is nuttier than a squirrel turd.
The great thing is that he keeps getting further and further out there. I wonder what will finally be too much even for the rabid christians?
Posted by: Josh | January 13, 2006 at 08:49 AM
Hopefully said rabid Christians will have an introspective moment as a result.
I doubt it, though.
Posted by: BronzeDog | January 13, 2006 at 08:57 AM
The reek of money is all over this thing. If Robertson didn't have a huge money-making venture riding on this, he never would have pretended to apologize.
What a whore.
Posted by: Mike Nilsen | January 13, 2006 at 12:21 PM
Robertson is probably certifiably insane. The trouble is he does have followers who think he's a saint. I get angry at the thought of such rank ignorance and stupidity. He and all his fellow evangelists are just about the most disreputable, dishonest, disgusting and deluded individuals on the face of humanity. On a par with Bin Laden and all those lovely, peaceful Islamic "evangelists". What do these people actually do for the state of humanity? They prey very profitably on the ignorant and fearful, and they promote violence and death to anyone who has the temerity to diagree with their idiotic ravings about ridiculous, imaginary gods. Such nice people!
Posted by: pvandck | January 13, 2006 at 04:39 PM
> The reek of money is all over this thing.
Money and Power all the way. But has Pat ever done anything where it isn't?
Obligatory Pat link that no Pat thread should ever be without:
http://www.google.com/search?q=pat+robertson+charles+taylor
Posted by: has | January 14, 2006 at 05:16 AM
Here's another opportunist who makes "god" remarks then retracts them as "inappropriate". So why do these people spout such utter rubbish in the first place?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4622038.stm
Posted by: pvandck | January 18, 2006 at 12:07 AM
You know, I wonder if Robertson's faith is actually weak: Isn't everything God does not only "appropriate," but good?
If I ever meet up with a Robertson supporter, I think I'll ask that.
Posted by: BronzeDog | January 18, 2006 at 05:50 AM