pat robertson apologizes to Israel...WOAH glory!

[mopaul]

he RARELY apologizes for his bullshit, i guess there's just too much money involved not to.

[LittleClarkie]

1. The pulled the plug on his "Christian Disneyland"

It's a money thing. He's hoping to get his Christian Disneyland back since they cancelled his contract.

[Balbus]

9. Exactly - he blew $50 million bucks by his asinine comments.

[Roland99]

14. Money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money

[MADem]

25. Money is his GOD, he just proved it!!!

Now, what was that about his type being tossed out of the temple?????

[stevedeshazer]

2. Link?

Where'd you hear this?

[mopaul]

4. just now on msnbc

now i've given myself away as a t.v. watcher

[stevedeshazer]

24. Woops

Thanks

[Loonman]

3. Israel will tell him to go screw

I betcha.

[htuttle]

5. He didn't actually apologize

I read his statement in another thread. He mostly reiterated the reasoning why he said what he said -- in effect, he explained the 'meaning' of the Old Testament to Israel.

[mopaul]

7. here's his 'hand delivered' letter

[htuttle]

11. That seems like more of an apology than I read earlier today

I wonder if he sent an additional letter since this morning?

Sounds like he's worried about his cash cow...

[mopaul]

12. the third apology will involve actual ass kissing on live t.v.

[xchrom]

16. he says his remarks were ''inappropriate and insensitve'' BUT

not wrong.

some apology.

[RaleighNCDUer]

8. Like the Jews of Israel, who have a learned tradition of 2500

years of parsing every word of the Torah, divining every possible meaning of each phrase, need this schmuck to explain the old testament to them.

[Loonman]

20. So adding insult to injury, then

Pat digging himself deeper.

I'll be shocked if anybody in Israel ever talks to Robertson again. Israelis are stubborn.

[Behind the Aegis]

6. "i guess there's just too much money involved not to."

DING DING DING...we have a WINNER!

He reminds of me of that "Simpson's" episode where Bart and Milhouse do the "Mad" magazine fold in..."What to TV evangelists worship?"

Milhouse: I think it is Jesus.

Bart: I will say G-d.

They fold it and it says "THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR!"

[FreedomAngel82]

19. LOL

I remember that one.

[Bozita]

10. Israel was speaking a language well known to Robertson ($$$)

Comprehension increases according to amount.

[in_cog_ni_to]

13. There was an article out yesterday saying Israel

has cut off Robertson. That's why he's apologizing. Too late. Hahahaha!

[ikojo]

22. I bet Israel will allow the Christian Disneyland to be built....

Christians visit Israel in large numbers and Israel needs the money that tourism brings in. What I don't understand is that I've heard Israel has tough laws on proselytizing...in my opinion this proposed theme park is all about converting Jews (and Muslims) to Christianity (specifically Pat Robertson's version of Christianity). Why would they go along with this? Do the orthodox support this theme park? One would think they would be suspicious of a theme park organized by fundamentalist American Christians.

[medeak]

15. with his Liberian gold mine...he doesn't need to worry about $ n/t

[FreedomAngel82]

17. It's because it involves money

[Swamp Rat]

18. No he didn't. He still HATES Jews.

He just covered his ass fo' da money. He still wants all Jews exterminated except for the 100,000 born again slaves he's taking to Hell.

[mopaul]

21. Revalations says all the Jews will converteth to Xtianity in the last days

which we're in apparently

[Tom Joad]

23. Seems like Israel was going to accept this fanatic, until he said this

idiocy about sharon.
Does this not reflect on Israel's judgement, that they will give Palestinian land to this extremist (unless he says something extreme about an Israeli Prime Minister)?

[MADem]

26. Hey, a theme park as a DMZ, and money for it to boot???

They were gonna butt the thing up against DISPUTED SYRIAN LAND!!!!

Nothing like fundie fodder to catch the bullets first, should a border dispute flare up!!! If anyone is gonna get caught in the crossfire, far better from their perspective that it be a bunch of fat fundies on holiday as opposed to fresh faced conscripts doing border duty!

[mopaul]

27. also covered on cnn, actual apology footage

[mopaul]

28. don't worry, soon he'll be apologizing again

[annabanana]

29. He didn't say he "misheard" God... or that God "misspoke"

He just said he's sorry that he repeated what God told him..

I guess he just called God's remarks "inappropriate"...hahahahahahah.
Do you think that the next time God talks to him, he'll call Him on it?

[rucky]

30. But, but...he was just quoting the Bible. God's word and all. nt