The Great Robertsoni

Well, we always knew Pat Robertson was a snake-oil salesman, and now he’s proven it—in front of God and everybody.

So, Pat… God told you that America’s coasts were going to be lashed by storms? Get real. Given that global climate change has decided to make itself evident in a big way, all over the world, The Weather Channel could have told you that. And probably did. Maybe you’re getting a little too old to stay up into the wee hours writing those sermons, with the TV playing in the background…

This newest Robertson prophecy immediately reminded me of nothing so much as a Las Vegas psychic act. The kind where there is an accomplice planted in the crowd to learn intimate personal details about the "volunteers," which the psychic will later bamboozle the audience with his magical, mystical knowledge thereof.

The distressing part of all this is that there are those meek, pliable sheep out there who, when the inevitable storms hit, will harken back to this ridiculous prognostication, fall on their knees, beg God for mercy, and whip out their checkbooks. Or, even more worrying, rush to the ballot box.

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