Take THAT Pat Robertson

Thanks to the internet and the fact that Pat Robertson just can't ever shut up in front of the camera, the public gets to see, and see again, how truly horrific and unChristian he is. His recent comments about Haiti's pact with the devil have ignited a slew of commentators from multiple places. Gathered below is an assortment of people's critiques, rants, and responses to his comments.

Rachel Maddow gives an update about Pat Robertson's comments:



Haitian Ambassador Raymond Joseph responds to Pat Robertson's comments on The Rachel Maddow Show:



From "The 'Devil' Writes Pat Robertson a Letter" published in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune:

Dear Pat Robertson,

I know that you know that all press is good press, so I appreciate the shout-out. And you make God look like a big mean bully who kicks people when they are down, so I'm all over that action.

But when you say that Haiti has made a pact with me, it is totally humiliating. I may be evil incarnate, but I'm no welcher. The way you put it, making a deal with me leaves folks desperate and impoverished.

Sure, in the afterlife, but when I strike bargains with people, they first get something here on earth -- glamour, beauty, talent, wealth, fame, glory, a golden fiddle. Those Haitians have nothing, and I mean nothing. And that was before the earthquake. Haven't you seen "Crossroads"? Or "Damn Yankees"?

If I had a thing going with Haiti, there'd be lots of banks, skyscrapers, SUVs, exclusive night clubs, Botox -- that kind of thing. An 80 percent poverty rate is so not my style. Nothing against it -- I'm just saying: Not how I roll.

You're doing great work, Pat, and I don't want to clip your wings -- just, come on, you're making me look bad. And not the good kind of bad. Keep blaming God. That's working. But leave me out of it, please. Or we may need to renegotiate your own contract.

Best, Satan

LILY COYLE, MINNEAPOLIS

Keith Olberman's Special Comment on Pat Robertson and Rush Limbaugh:



From Slacktavist, Dear Pat Robertson, STFU:

But it's worse than that. He's not just contradicting some bit of scriptural arcana here, he's cutting to the core of Christianity and setting himself in direct opposition to it. When Jesus stood to read in the synagogue he looked over the whole of the scriptures and selected the one thing he wanted to say out of all that he might have read and he read this as his motto, his mission statement, the signature and standard of his ministry and its meaning:

The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, 

because the Lord has anointed me;

he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed,

to bind up the brokenhearted,

to proclaim liberty to the captives,

and release to the prisoners;

to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.

Pat Robertson reverses every line of that. He perverts it into its opposite. His words, therefore, were not just "stupid" -- as White House spokesman Robert Gibbs rightly called them. They were anathema, blasphemy, an abomination.

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Health-Care "Debate"

There is a growing hullabaloo around the so called health-care "debate". As it turns out, this isn't really a debate. The opposition's tactics are aimed at intimidating the American public through lies, half-truths, hidden agendas, shouting, and false protests in an effort to halt any conversation or debate from happening. They are airing ads that say health-care reform will lead to death panels or forced sex changes. They are corporate lobbies masquerading as grassroots movements all aimed at keeping the status quo and money in the hands of big business, insurance companies, and pharma.

And they have been excellent at getting their message across. Now, they have "real folks" showing up at town halls across America with the sole purpose of shouting down the conversation. Some of those protesters are saying things like "I don't want socialized medicine" but when asked what heath-care they say "Medicare and I like it." This is evidence that the fear and intimidation they are using is seeping in to the public's consciousness whether we like it or not.

Rachel Maddow is doing excellent investigative reporting laying out what actually is happening in this so-called debate. She has done exposes uncovering who is financially contributing to these "grassroots efforts" (spoiler alert: it's corporations making bank off the current system and a number of folks with ties to Bush and Cheney). She has aired segments that directly counter the lies of "Death Panels" and "Mandatory Sex Changes". She is giving air to facts that need to be heard.

My concern is that her message and her reporting is falling into the hands of the already converted, those that already know that this "debate" is a sham. I believe others, specifically our friends and family that may be swayed by the yelling and lies, need to hear her reporting. They need some education to counter the fear.

I have pulled together some of the segments I have found to be helpful in unearthing and learning about what is going on below. These are just a smattering. There are plenty more at http://rachel.msnbc.com.

Take a look and pass this on to others that might need some information about the current shouting match. Let's take back the story and make this a debate.

An overview of who is pulling the strings at these protests.

Here is a link to Recess Rally as mentioned in this video clip.

Here is a follow-up clip to the previous one with an interview of Tim Phillips.

Here is a clip connecting the dots of the health-care "debate" to the Bush administration.

Here is a clip making the linking the current right wing rhetoric and escalating violence.

Here is a clip showing how profitable the current health insurance companies are and why they put profits ahead of patients.

Here is an interview with the head of the AARP countering the rights current scare tactics aimed at seniors.

Here is more investigative work on FreedomWorks one of the orgs protesting against health-care reform.