Pat Robertson steps down as '700 Club' host after 60 years
Source: The Hill
Televangelist Pat Robertson announced Friday that he would be stepping down as host of his Christian Broadcasting Network's (CBN) flagship show "The 700 Club" after six decades on the program.
The 91-year-old unveiled the news during the show's 60th anniversary broadcast, saying that he will still be joining CBN broadcasts for special projects in the future but would be putting his focus on teaching at Regent University, the Virginia Beach private Christian school he founded in 1977.
"Today's show will be my final as host of 'The 700 Club,'" Robertson said Friday, adding that his replacement "will be my very capable son, Gordon, who will take over as full-time host of the program."
Gordon Robertson, who has already served as co-host and executive producer of "The 700 Club" for two decades, said in a statement Friday, "'Good and faithful' doesn't even begin to describe my father's service to CBN for 60 years."
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Grins
(7,212 posts)I bet they will still pay him after he is gone. The grift is that strong.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-03-06-8804050076-story.html
Brother Buzz
(36,416 posts)Totally worth the fifty minute investment to get the straight dope
https://www.c-span.org/video/?1989-1/outcome-robertson-libel-suit
marble falls
(57,077 posts)Response to left-of-center2012 (Reply #4)
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Comfortably_Numb
(3,801 posts)Dollars to donuts his spooge puddle spawn is just as wacky as Pat. Go on to your eternal damnation you hateful opposite of Christian gasbag.
Archae
(46,317 posts)How'd that turn out?
COL Mustard
(5,897 posts)Rescue???
Grokenstein
(5,722 posts)It's just that guys named "Junior" always happen to be the most qualified to take over for Daddy! Just a mystery no one can solve, I guess! God's will or something!!
twodogsbarking
(9,732 posts)multigraincracker
(32,673 posts)for ole Pat.
Layzeebeaver
(1,623 posts)Best of luck down there Pat. Say hey to the Devil!
rsdsharp
(9,165 posts)Not Pat.
Layzeebeaver
(1,623 posts)He goes as Pat to the entire world.
I shall consider "Marion" as a bit of trivia only.
rsdsharp
(9,165 posts)Layzeebeaver
(1,623 posts)Last edited Sat Oct 2, 2021, 04:42 PM - Edit history (1)
Just because someone replys to a message does not infer importance.
Also, using a passive aggressive tone doesnt help much either.
Either way, thank you for the information regarding Pat/Marion Robertson.
dchill
(38,471 posts)Sympthsical
(9,072 posts)Much preferred it, especially given the topic.
trusty elf
(7,385 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Prof. Toru Tanaka
(1,952 posts)Paladin
(28,252 posts)Even Pat Robertson is capable of doing the proper thing---59 years overdue...
Jirel
(2,018 posts)He has been off his rocker for years. Hopefully this show falls apart in short order.
Grokenstein
(5,722 posts)Got tired of him popping up on the news and YouTube, driving away potential suckers.
marble falls
(57,077 posts)lastlib
(23,213 posts)Not that I wish him to die--I want him to have a few years (centuries?) of misery and agony before he shuffles off this mortal coil to eternal misery and agony.
Satan's tired of keeping your seat hot for you, Pat.
tanyev
(42,550 posts)ZonkerHarris
(24,221 posts)Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)
monkeyman1 This message was self-deleted by its author.
COL Mustard
(5,897 posts)Softly and tenderly, Jesus is calling........Answer, Pat....Answer....
keithbvadu2
(36,774 posts)PR says we have the power to raise the dead.
Going to be interesting to see if his son resurrects him or if Gordan wants all the money for himself.
Evolve Dammit
(16,723 posts)raising2moredems
(638 posts)and I don't think there is a place waiting for you in the heaven in which you so use to grift. "Very capable son" is code for "cripes, the old man made a good living off this gig" (Franklin Graham is a charter member - any one who ignores his mother's wishes re: where to be buried deserves a special place in hell). May your remaining time on this side of dirt not be short and unpleasant.
BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)I hope someone posts it here. It was a thing of beauty.
Raine
(30,540 posts)it's on YouTube. I searched for it putting in Brian Williams Pat Robertson and it came right up. The whole segment is there and you're right ... it's a thing of beauty!
pfitz59
(10,357 posts)Tax fraud!
trusty elf
(7,385 posts)lapfog_1
(29,199 posts)truthisfreedom
(23,145 posts)👋
Raine
(30,540 posts)I really enjoyed it!!!!
Mike Nelson
(9,951 posts)... that was long overdo! I assume they have figured out how to remove him without hurting the cash flow.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)How long before people get to say "Rest in Peace" (or "Burn in Hell" as the case may be)? I won't be too much longer now.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2013/08/28/pat-robertson-aids-spread-through-rings
The Christian Broadcasting Network tried to stop these crazy comments from Pat Robertson from coming out, but it was too late. Robertson told 700 Club co-host Terry Meeuwsen that gay people spread HIV/AIDS by wearing rings on their fingers that cut unsuspecting peoples handsand thats the equivalent of murder. Really? Robertson tried to defend himself, saying he had been misunderstood because people do not listen to the context in which the remarks are being said. Theres not really any chance to see the context, however, since CBN pulled the YouTube video of the exchange.
twodogsbarking
(9,732 posts)I look forward to reading what everyone else has to add.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Zorro
(15,737 posts)Mysterian
(4,585 posts)so piece of shit Robertson can swirl away!
UpInArms
(51,280 posts)Over the past few months, columnist Colbert King of the Washington Post had used his columns to expose Pat Robertson's dealing in Liberia. In a series of articles King had sketched out Robertson's profit motives, and his quest to strike it in rich gold in Liberia, which has overriden any morality of doing business with one of Africa's most notorious tyrants.
What Colbert King has been writing about is Pat Robertson's desire to make profits at the expense of all else which has become a study in contrasts of a self-professed Christian, who has piously mouthed indignation at others for their alleged immoral conduct.
Rev. Robertson is not troubled or concerned at all about doing business with President Taylor, a man widely known for "fueling the violence in Sierra Leone" and "actively supporting the RUF at all levels." Taylor is a known menace to his people as well as a danger to his neighbors in the West African sub-region. The heinous atrocities he inflicted upon the Liberian people are well documented, yet Pat Robertson claims to "have no knowledge of the activities in Liberia during its bitter civil war."
But then Robertson is a man of contradictions, a self-proclaimed righteous man whose actions often betray his words. Shortly after the Sept.11 tragedy, according to GQ, an upscale men's fashion magazine, Robertson posted an odd message on his Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) web site. "The focus of many in America has been the pursuit of health, wealth, material pleasures and sexuality." He continued "Sadly, those in the churches have been as self-indulgent as those in the world."
But while he was calling into question the morality of others, Pat Robertson was actively engaged in a questionable, cutthroat gold-mining arrangement - for wealth - with Taylor, the infamous West African terrorist. And we suppose the good man of the cloth finds nothing inherently wrong dealing with a ruthless, corrupt dictator, who enriches himself while his people sink farther into squalor and destitution.
We now know that in April 1999, Charles Taylor and Pat Robertson signed a document labeled "Mineral Development Agreement between the Republic of Liberia and Freedom Gold Limited". By signing his agreement, Taylor was, in fact, assigning gold mining concession rights to Pat Robertson from an established businessman, Ken Ross II, whose Bocon Jideh gold-mining operation dates back to the Tolbert administration.
According to the GQ article, Pat Robertson has committed at least US$15 million of investment to Freedom Gold. The terms of contract call for Freedom Gold to spend about US$500,000 annually in investment and rental fees in Liberia. "The agreement gives Freedom Gold the right to mine, sell, export and explore minerals, with an additional 3 percent royalty rate to be paid to the government of Liberia."
Many observers believe the royalty payments would be pocket money for Charles Taylor, as Liberia has become "Taylor, Inc." President Taylor considers state resources, including foreign investments and development assistance funds as his personal asset.
But there is one tiny problem for the Televangelist's bloodsucker deal, perhaps not immediate; but nevertheless, a problem. And Robertson may have unwittingly entangled himself in the very issue that could unravel his gold mine and expose him to legal consequences in the future.