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Scurrilous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:06 AM
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Pat Robertson, 79, recovering from heart surgery
Source: Associated Press

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"A spokesman says religious broadcaster Pat Robertson is recovering well after undergoing 10 hours of heart surgery in North Carolina.

Christian Broadcasting Network spokesman Chris Roslan said Monday Robertson is "doing great" since the Aug. 19 surgery in Pinehurst, N.C.

The 79-year-old founder of the network had the surgery after he experienced shortness of breath and weakness. He was treated for atrial fibrillation, which afflicts an estimated 5 million Americans.

Robertson was hospitalized for eight days before returning home to Virginia Beach last Thursday."

Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i5HU83yOLdJ7xbm_2s4xvgBeCfgQD9ADSKS00
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:07 AM
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1. Old Pat finally got a heart?
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:50 AM
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22. LOL!!!

He had health insurance...I had a 'wizard.'
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Jazzgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:07 AM
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2. I am not going to tell you what I was thinking when I saw
"Pat Robertson, 79". No....not gonna go there. :evilgrin:
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dbonds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:19 AM
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13. I got my hopes up for a sec too.
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:08 AM
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3. Not to make light of his condition, but...
...didn't this guy perform faith-healing on the side?
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cravermi Donating Member (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:08 AM
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4. Was he finally having a heart "installed"?
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caseymoz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 12:22 PM
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35. No, just finally one that didn't reject him.

They're still working on finding him a soul.
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Hassin Bin Sober Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:08 AM
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5. Go to the light, Pat!
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sasquuatch55 Donating Member (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:50 AM
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21. Head for the flames and sulfer.
nt
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 11:10 AM
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28. LOL!
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Pangolin2 Donating Member (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:09 AM
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6. It took them 10 hours to find it?
:shrug:
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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:09 AM
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7. He has a heart? n/t
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:09 AM
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8. It took nine hours to find it.
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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:10 AM
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9. A little late to try to give the Tin Man a heart, ain't it?
:shrug:
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bejamin wood Donating Member (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:16 AM
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10. I just wonder...
Does he thank God for the science that saved him? Or does he assume they used leeches?
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Loki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:17 AM
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11. If I can't say something nice
I won't say anything at all.
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:55 AM
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23. +1
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:19 AM
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12. I'm wishing him a speedy recovery
Am I a fan? No.
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TlalocW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:19 AM
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14. Lucky for Pat, I WAS praying to God to kill him
Like he does for other people, but as it turns out, God listens to me, not Pat, and I had a change of heart and asked the Almighty to let him come through the surgery whole and intact.

Maybe next time. We'll see what kind of mood I'm in.

TlalocW
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:26 AM
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15. Surgery? He resorted to surgery?
Just talking to Jaysus didn't do the trick?

What kind of christian is he?
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:31 AM
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16. I'm sorry to hear that nt
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:32 AM
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17. Good timing.
He didn't have to depend on this:

http://www.regent.edu/news_events/?article_id=501&view=full_article
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Vidar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:44 AM
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18. Too bad.
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Soylent Brice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:44 AM
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19. paid for by donations from suckers.
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AlbertCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:45 AM
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20. He was treated for atrial fibrillation, which afflicts an estimated 5 million Americans.
....who do coke regularly.
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Fire_Medic_Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 11:27 PM
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46. Idiotic and uninformed comment.
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:56 AM
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24. Did he get the bad one from Cheney?
Edited on Mon Aug-31-09 11:03 AM by TheCowsCameHome
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 11:05 AM
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25. I guess Old Scratch threw him back.
His special place in Hell is still under renovation.
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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 11:06 AM
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26. I hope he makes a good recovery...
but can't help making the tasteless remark that in the case of Pat Robertson, heart surgery would be microsurgery!
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superduperfarleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 11:09 AM
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27. That's unfortunate. n/t
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 11:15 AM
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29. Fuck him and his defective heart
Like I did with Falwell, I will rejoice over his rotting corpse when he dies.
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:06 PM
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43. Thankfully, here's a non-hypocritical, sanctimonious post about this asshole.
:thumbsup:
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 11:35 PM
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47. I earned it honestly
He was my 'neighbor' for over 12 years; for 7 of them we lived only a mile from his mansion/campus/compound. I not only lived in the shadow of CBN (this was before it became 'Regent'), but I worked with, and went to college with, many of his cultists. They are everything you can imagine, and worse.

The Bad Reverend was, and is, a very dangerous person, not deserving of mercy or well-wishes. Never let your guard down with the likes of Pat Robertson.

The world will be a better place when he is gone.
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 11:15 AM
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30. To all the small, petty people who made ill-timed, tasteless jokes about his not having a heart,
I'm really annoyed that you beat me to it.

My post was going to be:


Wow. He has a heart? That is indeed Late Breaking News.
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uberblonde Donating Member (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 11:21 AM
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32. LOL.
Yeah, me too!

:headbang:
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 11:20 AM
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31. must be nice to afford healthcare, huh, Pat?
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 12:07 PM
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33. He's 79? What the heck happened to the death panels??
No surgery for you.
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 12:21 PM
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34. By death panel standards he should have been given 9 hours of heart surgery
instead of 10. :evilgrin:
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VaYallaDawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 12:26 PM
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36. Heart surgery on him truly qualifies as a miracle.
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PfcHammer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 06:36 PM
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37. Dude squats 2000 lbs
:hurts:
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galledgoblin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 08:14 PM
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38. I wish him a speedy recovery
and will push harder to pass the legislation he hates. I hope he lives long enough to see a lesbian druid president.
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 08:18 PM
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39. but what about his brain?
they just sent him home like that? :wtf:
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Best_man23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 09:51 PM
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42. They didn't operate on his ass
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TerribleLarryDingle Donating Member (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 08:20 PM
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40. I Pray Jesus takes care of him
Read that however you like.
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WhiteTara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 09:42 PM
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41. his heart attacked him
and well it should...he has abused it terribly by denying its necessary existence. I'm sure he felt a little pain :evilgrin:
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Dappleganger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 11:15 PM
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44. So Jesus didn't heal his heart?
He must not be praying hard enough for God to bless him.

/s/
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Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 11:19 PM
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45. He has a heart?
Will wonders never cease. I hope he uses the rest of the time allotted to him to find compassion inside of it.

Hekate
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bumblebee1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 11:35 PM
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48. How long was the surgery?
Probably eight hours. it took 7 1/2 hours to find Pat Robertson's heart.
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imdjh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-01-09 12:07 AM
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49. Deport him.
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Endangered Specie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-01-09 01:19 AM
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50. Whats the matter, faith healing didn't work out???
Hope someone told him all the Doctors in the room studied and believe in evolution!
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