More Quotes Of Robertson Blaming America For 9/11
In addition to saying during a TV appearance with Jerry Falwell that America "deserved" 9/11, Pat Robertson also put out a press release shortly after the disaster reiterating that point. Amazingly, the release is still on his site and was unearthed by TPM's Eric Kleefeld. Key quotes:
We have imagined ourselves invulnerable and have been consumed by the pursuit of financial gain. The focus of many in America has been on the pursuit of health, wealth, material pleasures and sexuality. Sadly, those in the churches have been as self-indulgent as those in the world.We have allowed rampant pornography on the Internet, and rampant secularism and the occult, etc. to be broadcast on television. We have permitted somewhere in the neighborhood of 35-40 million unborn babies to be slaughtered by our society.
We have a court that has essentially stuck its finger in God's eye and said, "We are going to legislate You out of the schools and take Your commandments from the courthouses in various states. We are not going to let little children read the commandments of God. We are not going to allow the Bible or prayer in our schools."
We have insulted God at the highest level of our government. Then, we say, "Why does this happen?" It is happening because God Almighty is lifting His protection from us....
Don't ask why did it happen. It happened because people are evil. It also happened because God is lifting His protection from this nation and we must pray and ask Him for revival so that once again we will be His people, the planting of His righteousness, so that He will come to our defense and protect us as a nation. That is what I want to see and why we say we must have revival.
Former New York City Mayor gladly accepted Robertson's endorsement today. Will anyone ask Rudy whether he agrees with Robertson's interpretation of 9/11?
More soon.
Comments (14)
Law of Karma wrote on November 7, 2007 11:33 AM:At least the "law of karma" posits no "protection" for doing wrong. You reap what you have sown.
I wonder what the law of karma has in store for Rudy....
Powkat wrote on November 7, 2007 11:59 AM:I'm taking this as a hopeful sign that the wingnut right has completely fallen apart and are desperate for relevance.
Tighe wrote on November 7, 2007 12:03 PM:Everyone wants to get the votes of the crazies who picket military funerals with signs saying "God bless IEDs!" Whether America deserved 9/11 or not, what in hell did we ever do to deserve Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell?
How about less Roberts, more Gore Vidal?
jeff Grunewald wrote on November 7, 2007 12:23 PM:Fat Jerry Falwell's now gone. When is Pat going to meet what he thinks will be his heavenly reward?
It'll be fun to tie this albatross around Rudy's neck now, though.
Funny how Pat ignores Rudy's gay ex-roommates and his serial monogamy and likely adultery at the waning stages of the marriages.
But them islamofascists want to take over the world. An that trumps all.
so what if the u.s. 'deserves' another 9/11-type attack (as per the will of god). wouldn't that mean rudy couldn't do anything to stop it, even with his immeasurable foreign policy experience? so what's the point of endorsing rudy then?
John wrote on November 7, 2007 12:33 PM:Good thing we don't have religious extremists who high-jack faith for their own purposes here in America, like those middle Eastern crazies.
Oh...Hmmmm
Well at least no political candidate who was serious about becoming President would accept the endorsement of an obvious yahoo who would make a ludicrous comment about 9-11 being brought on by Secularism.
uh, well, hmmm.
You know what, I am just going to curl up in a corner and cry for awhile.
George Wilson wrote on November 7, 2007 12:55 PM:Makes sense to me Roberts says we deserved 9/11 and Giullianni helped make it happen.
RobbyLove wrote on November 7, 2007 1:25 PM:I don't see this as being much different than the people who said we "deserved it" for our foreign policy. Seems like right after 9-11 everyone was coming out of the wood works asking "What did we do to make them do this?"
The far right says it was God's wrath, the far left says we brought it on ourselves. Both imply we have to change our behavior.
While there is a nugget of truth to that from both sides (vis-a-vis our national decadence and international ignorance), the extremist views are counterproductive and only serve to blind people to what really needs to be accomplished.
George Wilson wrote on November 7, 2007 2:09 PM:Without a real investigation of what happened on 9/11, what's the point in asking why? Clearly Bush's story [the 9/11 Commission story] is a lie.
RobbyLove wrote on November 7, 2007 3:07 PM:*Sigh* It's not clearly a lie. It's certainly incomplete but I'm pretty sure that terrorists not affiliated with our government flew airplanes into the WTC towers causing them to collapse.
Bush is dumb, remember? How could he be smart enough to plan and cover up a conspiracy that huge? For the love of Pete, we DID land on the moon, OSWALD killed Kennedy, and al Qaeda affiliated terrorists collapsed the towers with AIRPLANES. Move the frick ON.
/rant-off
George Wilson wrote on November 7, 2007 3:38 PM:Bush didn't DO 9/11 he just hired people to lie about it. Name something else he told the truth about. al Queda was involved I'll give you that. But who started al Queda? The CIA. The physics of the 3 building collapses just don't add up. 10 seconds for a building a quarter mile high to be reduced to powder? And you want to move the frick on into WW3 based on this fairy tale about the evil cave dwellers who hate our freedom.
OK, OK, don't get me started. But Robby, you did say the 9/11 story was incomplete. Maybe we could complete it. Ivestigate.
biltud wrote on November 7, 2007 5:19 PM:Bush didn't DO 9/11, he just knew about it beforehand and did nothing to stop it.
Go read www.cooperativeresearch.org's 911 Timeline/Warnings. They all expected it to happen in July. Then came the 8/6 PDB. Then Bush went on vacation for the entire month of August. Ashcroft refused to fly commercial jets. They were all holding their breath.
They knew it was coming, and they did NOTHING.
Sibbyl wrote on November 9, 2007 11:58 AM:Maybe Pat will tell us why God removed his protection in December 1941, and if and when he put it back on again(The Nixon & Reagan years, I'm sure) and then when he took it off again. (Clinton years no doubt, but why did the terrorists wait for W?) I'm holdin' my breath here, I really am.
