Pat Robertson Doesn't Really Want to Pray for the President, Even Though the Bible Commands Him To

One of the mainstays of Christianity is that adherents should pray for their nation's leaders, especially the President (or Queen or whoever).  No matter who he is (or she, right? this will extend to female presidents, right guys?), no matter what his policies are, we're supposed to pray for the President. Because it's in the Bible:

I urge that supplications, prayers,  intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and for all who are in high positions… (1 Timothy 2:1-2) 

Let every person be in subjection to the governing authorities.  For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. (Romans 13:1)

But Pat Robertson must not care what the Bible says anymore, because he's not going to pray for this president.  Pat's been peddling the standard conservative Republican line that President Obama's a socialist and a dictator and all that jazz, but he must honestly believe all that because here he is after last week's State of the Union scoffing at co-host Wendy Griffith's reminder to pray for him (I included Pat's whole post-SOTU rant, but you can skip to Wendy's reminder at 1:36 into the video):

WENDY GRIFFITH: "But he's our President, and we're praying for him and we wish him well, and we pray God's wisdom for him." 

PAT ROBERTSON: [audible hissing sigh of exasperation] "Wendy, that is a beautiful sentiment."

You know who used to remind us that we're supposed to pray for our leaders, even when we don't endorse what our leaders stand for? Pat Robertson.  Here he is the day after Bill Clinton's election, reminding viewers that we're commanded to pray for our president.  BILL CLINTON.  Whitewatering, wannabe healthcare-mandating, Travelgating, draft-dodging, dope-smoking, Chinese money-taking, Gennifer Flowers-diddling, Paula Jones-harassing, Vince Foster-killing (yup, Pat was on that bandwagon) Bill Clinton was not as bad as Barack Obama:

TERRY MEEUWSEN: This is the conclusion of [the 1996] election, and there are those who do not endorse, uh, some of the leaders who were elected.  How do we interpret and obey this commandment in Romans 13:1? 

PAT ROBERTSON: I think what we do is to pray for them, because God wants us to live a quiet and peaceful life, that we might have peace.  And that was said under the despotic emperors of Rome, who were corrupt, venal—you couldn't get much worse than Nero!  Whatever is bad in Washington can't hold a candle to the debauched despots of the Roman Empire!  And yet Paul said, you obey these authorities, you pray for them so we can live a peaceful, godly life so that the Gospel can go forth…

You couldn't get much worse than Nero!  Except for Obama, apparently.  That's the only logical conclusion you can draw from this now: OBAMA IS WORSE THAN NERO.  And we're talking about a guy who literally had his own mother killed.  (Nero, I mean.  Not Obama.)

Source: The 700 Club

Pat Robertson Now Says Three-Strikes Laws Are Bad for Society, and It's All Bill Clinton's Fault

Yesterday, Pat Robertson railed against the "growing criminalization of people in America" and the "tough-on-crime politicians" who passed the Three Strikes, You're Out laws in the 1990s. Which was refreshing, but also curious: back in those days, Robertson gave the remarkable impression that he was on the crime! crime! crime! bandwagon, too:

Anyway, is it your recollection that it was Republican politicians, like California governor Pete Wilson (1991-1999), who led the drive to enact Three Strikes?  Mine too!  You know who else's?  This Three Strikes timeline's, which lists Pete Wilson as the first governor to sign a Three Strikes bill into law.

Yet look who Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) places the blame on:

(This is an image, not a video.  If you want to see the YouTube video, click on the link directly above this image.)

Of course.  It happened in the '90s, so it must be Clinton's fault!  That's how it works!  Just like everything going on today is entirely Obama's fault!  Oh, but the years in between Clinton and Obama? That was 9/11.  9/11 was our president for those eight years.

Pat Robertson Prays for the Republican Congressional Leadership, Omits President Clinton (Jan. 10, 1995)

Here's Pat making no secret about how much he's in the tank for the Republican Party, as only they are "trying to do something for this nation."  Co-host Ben Kinchlow had to remind Pat to pray for the President, too.  You can tell that he doesn't really want to.