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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPat Robertson Supports Cuba Opening In Principle But Opposes It Because Obama
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/pat-robertson-supports-cuba-opening-principle-opposes-it-because-obamaTelevangelist Pat Robertson kicked off The 700 Club today with a joke about President Obamas move to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba, saying, If our president had been an Indian, he would have sold Manhattan for twenty-four bucks.
Later in the show, however, Robertson said he actually supports opening up to Cuba in principle. But since President Obama did it, now Robertson is against it and thinks it shows Obamas weakness.
Now listen, I am for opening up to Cuba, we have been sending aid in there, weve had missionaries and stuff going on in Cuba, he said. You know, its cool, we want to say the Cubans are friends, we want that and we want Cuba to be free. But he argued that Americas 52-year-old sanctions against Cuba were just about to work in toppling the Cuban government until Obamas announcement offered Cuban leaders a bailout.
He then got a little confused about the state of Latin American politics, calling the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez whom Robertson once wanted assassinated the current leader of El Salvador: They were dependent on money from Nicaragua, excuse me, from the regime of Chavez in El Salvador But Chavez is out of money and that country is gone and busted.
Later in the show, however, Robertson said he actually supports opening up to Cuba in principle. But since President Obama did it, now Robertson is against it and thinks it shows Obamas weakness.
Now listen, I am for opening up to Cuba, we have been sending aid in there, weve had missionaries and stuff going on in Cuba, he said. You know, its cool, we want to say the Cubans are friends, we want that and we want Cuba to be free. But he argued that Americas 52-year-old sanctions against Cuba were just about to work in toppling the Cuban government until Obamas announcement offered Cuban leaders a bailout.
He then got a little confused about the state of Latin American politics, calling the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez whom Robertson once wanted assassinated the current leader of El Salvador: They were dependent on money from Nicaragua, excuse me, from the regime of Chavez in El Salvador But Chavez is out of money and that country is gone and busted.
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Pat Robertson Supports Cuba Opening In Principle But Opposes It Because Obama (Original Post)
KamaAina
Dec 2014
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AZ Mike
(468 posts)1. Riiiiight....
The sanctions were juuuuuuuuuuuuust about to work.
spanone
(135,844 posts)2. FPR
fuck pat robertson
you sound a little racist patty
Enrique
(27,461 posts)3. i recommend people watch the video
to see Pat saying "you know, it's cool..."
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)4. Pat is a doddering old fool....
Seriously, who gives a flying f*** what he thinks?
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)5. Apparently, lots of other fools
they keep sending him checks.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)6. Old Pat must have just recieved his
daily talking points from Frank Luntz. Old Pat doesn't have a original thought in his pimple head.
Wonder how all those prophecies Old Pat made are turning out. Not,but I got the Money.............
Enrique
(27,461 posts)7. he broke some news here
it turns out Hugo Chavez didn't die, he just moved to El Salvador.