Assholey Pat Robertson comments on Haiti

Now that Jerry Falwell (I do so love it when Christopher Hitchens refers to him as an "ugly little charlatan") is dead and gone, Pat Robertson apparently feels that not enough evil old white men are saying offensive things in the name of religion. He has now cranked up his assholiness level to a new high. I think this one goes to eleven:



Not only is he dead wrong on history (The Haitian revolution took place in 1791, while Napoleon III wasn't even born until 1808) he's encouraging Christians to believe that the Haitian people brought this disaster onto themselves by bargaining with the devil. Similarly, Rush Limbaugh stated on his radio show last week, "...besides, we've already donated to Haiti, it's called the U.S. income tax." So if I were one of the millions of American Republican Christians who hangs on every word uttered by these two demagogues, why then would I want to donate aid to a people who were dumb enough to make a deal with the devil, especially when the government to which I begrudgingly pay taxes has already sent succor to them?

This Rachel Maddow clip on the Christian Broadcasting Network's defense of Robertson is priceless:

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If you are a Christian Republican who is not easily swayed by these two bastards, please consider donating a little of your hard-earned cash that the government hasn't yet stolen from you to the Center For Inquiry's S.H.A.R.E. program. 100% of your donation, with no operating costs retained, will be given to Doctors Without Borders, a secular organization that is at this very moment doing invaluable work saving lives in Port-au-Prince.