You read that right. He’s endorsing Giuliani. CNN is opining that this will help Giuliani a little. I can’t see how, but what do I know? The only thing they have in common is that they both survived prostate cancer.
In other news, Sam Brownback is endorsing McCain.
John Cole
For now, I am endorsing the generic Democrat.
magisterludi
Now Guiliani will have Fox and CBN shilling for him.
Wilfred
As if on cue. Didn’t Robertson say that God told him there would a major terrorist attack over the summer, something nuclear, perhaps? False prophets for Giuliani!
r€nato
Laugh if you will, but this merely illustrates (yet again) that Republicans will sacrifice any of their dearest principles – including gay-hating and anti-choice agitating – for the sake of power.
The notion that the fundies will split off and vote for a 3rd party ‘real’ conservative if Giuliani is nominated, is quite risible. Dobson will raise a fuss but when push comes to shove, he’ll endorse the GOP candidate.
(is this a power play by Robertson vis-a-vis Dobson?)
Dennis-SGMM
Pat Robertson has a gay lover?
Michael D.
HA! The title is screaming for a comma, isn’t it?
I think I’ll leave it as is!
jenniebee
Dobson’s written off everybody but Giuliani so far. At this point, any hopes on the part of the social conservatives that Giuliani would have to come to them hat-in-hand in order to wrap up the nomination are waning – Thompson just hasn’t set the primary race on fire enough to do that – and I have no doubt that Ron Paul’s recent successes are worrisome to Dobson et al.
I think this sews it up for Giuliani. The Dem ticket is still wide open – personally, I think John Edwards is going to make it past South Carolina and we’ll see a real Battle Royale between him and Hillary before this is over.
Jake
The Republicans’ dearest principle is power. Gay bashing and clinic storming are means to getting power. Pat will come up with some BS reason for supporting Ghoulie despite his multiple marriages and previous stances on pro-choice/glb issues, the flock will bleat “Oxfords good! High heels better!” and vote accordingly.
Not to mention more than a few will absolutely lunge at the chance to put on women’s clothes. Saying it is a joking way to show their support for RG would be excellent cover for the timid drag queens of the GOP.
Dreggas
Why do I see giuliani wearing a roman toga standing as the priests of the temple kiss his ring in fealty.
There’s something biblical about this. You know the pharisee’s or no wait…the priests who consorted with pilate to have christ arrested…Or wait…oh the parallels.
Tom Hilton
The question is how many of the rank-and-file authoritarian evangelicals will follow. My guess is that a) this won’t have a huge impact, b) Giuliani is still the most likely nominee, and c) a non-trivial number of authoritarian evangelicals will stay home or vote for a 3rd party in the general.
Dennis-SGMM
Batshit-insane Pat Robertson endorses batshit-insane Rudy Giuliani. There’s a kind of symmetry here.
Giuliani will probably sew it up with an anti-JFK moment wherein he declares that his newly-minted deep religiosity will influence his governing.
Dreggas
Probably not many. Robertson has been in decline for a long time and continues his downward spiral. As is there’s a lot of info out suggesting a large schism in the evangelical community WRT the republicans, not so much because they aren’t zealous enough but because the evangelicals, especially the young ones, are far more tolerant and far more anti-bloweveryonewedisagreewithoffthemap than their parents.
Dreggas
Ask not who your country can nuke for you, but ask who you can nuke for your country!
Jake
WWND?
OxyCon
As read on Talkingpointsmemo, Pat Robertson said that we deserved to be attacked on 9-11 because we are all a bunch of lowly sinners, so he picks the annointed savior of 9-11 who happens to be a giant sinner and supporter of sin, Rudolph Giuliani, the serial exaggerator.
Dreggas
Who was also the mayor of the city of sin. Go figure.
canuckistani
I thought that was San Francisco. Or Kentucky. I get them confused now.
Dreggas
The Populist
Weird…Dobson has said he will NOT support the party if Giuliani left. If you ask me, I think Dobson has much more pull than Patty Robertson.
The Populist
Oops…meant Giulani ran not left (LOL).
PaulW
This tells you more about Pat Robertson than it does about Rudy. This tells you Pat is more about politics than faith, and more about elitism and cronyism than anything else. Considering me and my folks don’t think too highly of Tax Advisor Pat (swear to God, last time I saw Robertson on TV he was giving out tax advice! From the Epistle of H&R Block, no doubt…), I can guarantee you this means my parents are clearly voting Huckabee.
Dreggas
Oh and another beautiful tid-bit. In a GOP debate Giuliani attacked Ron Paul for blaming America for the Terrorist attacks (based on our foreign policy). Immediately after 9/11 Robertson blamed America for 9/11 because of our tolerance.
TPM is all over this and it’s truly amazing.
Jorge
Does anybody know why the die hard political-evangelical community refuses to back Huckabee?
I attend a baptist church in rural Georgia and most of these folks haven’t even heard of him. But our preacher has already started with the anti-Clinton blurbs. I’m friendly with him and if the Republicans nominate Rudy, I’m going in for a long talk. As a progressive evangelical, I’ve put up with the anti-lefty mood in my church because I know that for the rank and file, their number one issue is abortion.
But I wonder if 8 years of Bush loving and the marriage of evangelical leaders with the GOP have corrupted folks to the point were they will abandon their core principles to win an election. If so, I can’t help but think that the devil has played a spectacular trick on Christian America.
SwiftsGhost
Robertson:”..(I)n order for the Second Coming to occur, the world needs to end, and Rudy Giuliani is just the man for that job.”
Some endorsement, I’d say.