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babylonsister

(171,094 posts)
Thu May 16, 2013, 10:28 AM May 2013

Pat Robertson Says Wife of Cheating Husband Should be Grateful



http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/05/16/robertson_says_wife_of_cheating_husband_should_be_grateful.html

May 16, 2013

Robertson Says Wife of Cheating Husband Should be Grateful


Responding to a question from a viewer concerned about her cheating husband, Pat Robertson said that married men "have a tendency to wander" and it is the spurned wife's job "to focus on the positive and make sure the home is so enticing, he doesn't want to stray," the Huffington Post reports.

Said Robertson: "Does he provide a home for you to live in. Does he provide food for you to eat? Does he provide clothes for you to wear? Is he nice to the children... Is he handsome?"

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Pat Robertson Says Wife of Cheating Husband Should be Grateful (Original Post) babylonsister May 2013 OP
I really hope when he dies, God is a black WOMAN newfie11 May 2013 #1
how about "gay black woman" ?? JoePhilly May 2013 #2
Oh that is PERFECT love it newfie11 May 2013 #12
Would that make Wanda Sykes god then? Initech May 2013 #30
Now that makes me smile. dmr May 2013 #37
I like her tweet a few months back: Initech May 2013 #39
lol Matariki May 2013 #67
She's close enough to it for me. IrishAyes May 2013 #49
And to add salt to the wound Parable Arable May 2013 #44
I'm sure he has the Dick Cheney package. santamargarita May 2013 #58
ROFL! Marrah_G May 2013 #15
God does not exist, and Patty boy knows it Taverner May 2013 #27
God or no, PR doesn't care. He is Chaucer's "Pardoner." WinkyDink May 2013 #43
I would say 'shitten shepherd' but that works too. nt historylovr May 2013 #55
What makes you think Pat will be meeting God when he dies? edbermac May 2013 #65
interesting how this tool picks and chooses NYtoBush-Drop Dead May 2013 #69
Gotta love traditional family values nt Purplehazed May 2013 #3
It is traditional...... sufrommich May 2013 #4
How true.... Purplehazed May 2013 #14
What a pantload! Warpy May 2013 #5
You know, it makes me wonder... Baitball Blogger May 2013 #21
Hear Hear, Sir.... The Magistrate May 2013 #26
As a guy, I'd Drop Kick him for saying that. Xyzse May 2013 #6
Undertaker interruptes Pat Robertson snooper2 May 2013 #7
seventh commandment schmeventh commandment n/t Enrique May 2013 #8
That only applies to women Hugabear May 2013 #71
That's fucked. City Lights May 2013 #9
When's that granny-grifting piece of shit going to die already? n/t backscatter712 May 2013 #10
Wouldn't it be karmic if wifey or the girlfriend offed him? IrishAyes May 2013 #50
Asinine old fucker. rrneck May 2013 #11
Stay classy Pat! Rex May 2013 #13
Wow. And what I got out of this is "Pat Robertson cheats on his wife!" IdaBriggs May 2013 #16
I wonder if we should take bets on when Pat has his own Jimmy Swaggart moment. backscatter712 May 2013 #18
i wonder if Mrs. Robertson watches his show Enrique May 2013 #31
These days, it would be "Assault with a Dead Weapon" MineralMan May 2013 #40
I feel so bad for Mrs. Robertson. n/t Ian David May 2013 #17
Don't. IrishAyes May 2013 #51
Maybe I should try to tap me some of that Mrs. Robertson ass. n/t Ian David May 2013 #59
I was just going to say that. Boomerproud May 2013 #73
He's always been a nutjob but this is just bizarre. Bake May 2013 #19
Fifth rec so that everyone can see what a looney tune this guy is Baitball Blogger May 2013 #20
A few more gems of wisdom about women from the preacher. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2013 #22
I once told my step-father that he was coming back as a fat black woman. I hope the same for Mnemosyne May 2013 #23
I swear these "chicks" get more demanding every day. Sorry ladies I believe Mr. Robertson Guy Whitey Corngood May 2013 #24
Then I might as well hang up my garter belt and forget about it? Rats! IrishAyes May 2013 #52
. Guy Whitey Corngood May 2013 #53
You broke my funny bone! IrishAyes May 2013 #56
I know I know. I'm a bastard person! Guy Whitey Corngood May 2013 #57
It never fails to amaze me how people with such ugly souls polly7 May 2013 #25
all believers are bat shit crazy o some degree................. bowens43 May 2013 #28
Sounds just like what some once said to runaway slaves. DebJ May 2013 #29
Doesn't want to stray? What, he's a cat? MADem May 2013 #32
Put the Republicans in Charge and all women will live under those "biblical" rules redstatebluegirl May 2013 #33
My grandmother has a name for ppl like Pat.... Lunacee_2013 May 2013 #34
Pure male supremacy treestar May 2013 #35
Didn't this maggot run for president once ? olddots May 2013 #36
This just in, Jesus has quit! Initech May 2013 #38
That fucking asshole is proof that Zoeisright May 2013 #41
Fugg that stupid malaise May 2013 #42
Meh. HappyMe May 2013 #45
So making a vow before God can be hand waved away? sarge43 May 2013 #46
I know, right? kimmylavin May 2013 #64
What Henry II Bohunk68 May 2013 #47
You could probably raise a volunteer army for the job real quick. IrishAyes May 2013 #54
Every word out of Robertson's filthy mouth marks him as a true heretic IrishAyes May 2013 #48
If I was Robertson's wife and he was cheating on me Rozlee May 2013 #60
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2013 #61
Hello ~ plant-eater In_The_Wind May 2013 #62
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2013 #63
That was my opinion. In_The_Wind May 2013 #66
Pat, you're going to die soon Matariki May 2013 #68
In other words, look the other way because you're financially dependent. Bette Noir May 2013 #70
God, Pat Robertson is such a fucking idiot. 47of74 May 2013 #72

Initech

(100,104 posts)
39. I like her tweet a few months back:
Thu May 16, 2013, 01:01 PM
May 2013

"I'm an openly gay black woman. The only way the GOP would hate me more is if I took a picture of myself rolling around in welfare checks."

Parable Arable

(126 posts)
44. And to add salt to the wound
Thu May 16, 2013, 01:30 PM
May 2013

how about a "gay black non Christian woman?"

Pat would be deader than dead.....

 

Taverner

(55,476 posts)
27. God does not exist, and Patty boy knows it
Thu May 16, 2013, 12:34 PM
May 2013

He's a sheister, a sham artist, a grifter, a con man, a thief

Purplehazed

(179 posts)
14. How true....
Thu May 16, 2013, 10:41 AM
May 2013

I can see June Cleaver fretting at the kitchen table because Ward has been late all week......Hah!

Warpy

(111,354 posts)
5. What a pantload!
Thu May 16, 2013, 10:36 AM
May 2013

He might have gotten away with that shit in the late 1940s when women were thrown out of their jobs the day most of them got married, but thank LBJ and his arm twisting of Congress those rotten days have changed.

So have the diseases cheating men bring home to their wives. They're worse now.

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)
6. As a guy, I'd Drop Kick him for saying that.
Thu May 16, 2013, 10:36 AM
May 2013

Still, you can see that he promotes dependency from women.

It isn't the 50s any more.

rrneck

(17,671 posts)
11. Asinine old fucker.
Thu May 16, 2013, 10:39 AM
May 2013

And the hell of it is that he's been marketing that bullshit for the consumption of people who will buy it. He's not the problem, it's the consumers of that crap that scare me.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
13. Stay classy Pat!
Thu May 16, 2013, 10:41 AM
May 2013

So if he does all those things (house, food, clothes) the woman should be his SLAVE? Can we fucking ship Pat off to the Taliban or something? He is an embarrassment to America.

 

IdaBriggs

(10,559 posts)
16. Wow. And what I got out of this is "Pat Robertson cheats on his wife!"
Thu May 16, 2013, 10:56 AM
May 2013

And she lets him get away with it because she gets a nice place to live, and doesn't have to sleep with him.

Wow. Who knew he would out himself publicly!

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
18. I wonder if we should take bets on when Pat has his own Jimmy Swaggart moment.
Thu May 16, 2013, 11:08 AM
May 2013

I have no doubt he gets action on the side.

Enrique

(27,461 posts)
31. i wonder if Mrs. Robertson watches his show
Thu May 16, 2013, 12:38 PM
May 2013

some reporter should ask her what she thinks of her hubby's comments.

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
51. Don't.
Fri May 17, 2013, 09:54 AM
May 2013

You can bet she knows him better than anyone else does. How many women could be so blind as to claim a legitimate innocence after all these years? He may have made her a kept woman, but not w/o her knowledge and consent therefore equal guilt. She has her palace and status for now though she won't like the bill when it comes due.

Boomerproud

(7,968 posts)
73. I was just going to say that.
Sat May 18, 2013, 12:23 PM
May 2013

She lives in the house he provides, eats the food he provides and wears the clothes he provides. She's a brainwashed happy little camper. What happens if and when she ever wakes up and starts questioning Pat (and God). What a crazy day that will be if it ever happens.

 

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)
22. A few more gems of wisdom about women from the preacher.
Thu May 16, 2013, 12:17 PM
May 2013
"[The] feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians." (Fundraising letter from Pat Robertson that was an in-kind contribution to the Iowa Committee to Stop ERA, as reported in The Washington Post, August 23, 1993)

"I know this is painful for the ladies to hear, but if you get married, you have accepted the headship of a man, your husband. Christ is the head of the household and the husband is the head of the wife, and that's the way it is, period."
(Federal News Service, Sept. 11, 1992, quoting a Robertson newsletter.)

"Why are so many marriages falling apart? Why is the divorce rate so high? ...Why is there such a tragedy in marriage?...Now the basic answer to the basic [problem of marriages today is a question of leadership. The wife actually makes the husband the head of the household and she looks to him and she says 'now you pray, and I'm going to pray for you that the Lord will speak to you." (Pat Robertson, The 700 Club, May 22, 1986.)

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)
23. I once told my step-father that he was coming back as a fat black woman. I hope the same for
Thu May 16, 2013, 12:30 PM
May 2013

this asshole, but like newfie11 said, as a gay fat black woman.

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,505 posts)
24. I swear these "chicks" get more demanding every day. Sorry ladies I believe Mr. Robertson
Thu May 16, 2013, 12:32 PM
May 2013

is spoken for. In case you were wondering.

polly7

(20,582 posts)
25. It never fails to amaze me how people with such ugly souls
Thu May 16, 2013, 12:34 PM
May 2013

can get the power and influence this thing has. He's just gross.

DebJ

(7,699 posts)
29. Sounds just like what some once said to runaway slaves.
Thu May 16, 2013, 12:37 PM
May 2013

Because of course it is HER fault that he couldn't keep it in his pants.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
32. Doesn't want to stray? What, he's a cat?
Thu May 16, 2013, 12:40 PM
May 2013

Sounds to me like old "Cat" Robertson has probably done a little "straying" himself....

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
33. Put the Republicans in Charge and all women will live under those "biblical" rules
Thu May 16, 2013, 12:44 PM
May 2013

that is how they want their women, under their thumbs, cooking cleaning raising tons of republican babies and looking the other way when they cheat....

treestar

(82,383 posts)
35. Pure male supremacy
Thu May 16, 2013, 12:53 PM
May 2013

Sorry Pat, women are not buying it any more. Only a very few. I wonder how the viewer he answered sees that response.

kimmylavin

(2,284 posts)
64. I know, right?
Fri May 17, 2013, 01:29 PM
May 2013

Is he freaking kidding?

This women calls, asking how she can forgive her husband (wouldn't that technically be the Christian thing to do?), and this jerk makes excuses for the guy and blames her!

So much for living the faith...

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
48. Every word out of Robertson's filthy mouth marks him as a true heretic
Fri May 17, 2013, 09:45 AM
May 2013

Not only in a religious sense but by any sane and decent secular standard as well.

HE'S A SOCIOPATH!!!!!

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