Pharyngula mentions in his latest post that Pat Robertson, wingnut and Christian wackadoodle extraordinaire, has made a public statement that the horrific earthquake in Haiti was the result of a “deal made with the Devil” made by Haitians to shake off French rule.
Riiiiight.
Except that there isn’t anything in the media directly attributed to Pope Pat about it. Nothing. The only thing I’ve found is a post in twitoaster claiming that he made the statement.
If anyone’s seen something concretely attributed to that witless godbag, please let us all know in the comments.
Oh, and contact the Red Cross (a good organization that doesn’t waste a lot of money on “overhead costs”) and make a donation to the Haitian earthquake relief fund they’ve set up. Now.
UPDATE: the Robertson comment has been confirmed (see Jeremy’s link in the comments). How can that man possibly get any lower? And why is he blaming the victims on the one hand, and calling for aid to them with the other?
6:00 minutes in or so:
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2010/January/Powerful-Quake-Hits-Impoverished-Haiti/
#Jeremy: confirmed.
Can I go hit Pat Robertson with a stick? A large one? With nails sticking through it?
Check the fool on this video.
http://tipggita32.wordpress.com/2010/01/13/pat-robertson-haiti-cursed-by-pact-to-the-devil-video/
Pats a chump
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