In this surreal video now up on Huffington Post, Pat Robertson says his producer confessed to consuming vast quantities of cocoa (and "Not cocoa like hot chocolate, but cocoa like cocaine!"). Then he chuckles and says that explains why the guy was a bit wacky. (Robertson does not, however, say why it's okay for a cokehead to work in Christian television.)
The woman on air with him tries to play it off, but then Robertson takes it to the next level and really has a good laugh.
Watch the video here.
Update, 12:46: Apparently, Robertson's producer wasn't talking about himself, but about Hugo Chavez. That's not clear from the clip, but people who saw the show say it was clear in context.
Well, making fun of Chavez's cocaine use does make more sense, but we still say the way Robertson describes drug use is funny.
Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 3)
1. If anyone actually bothered to watch the 15 seconds before this clip, they'd see that the "he" referred to by his producer is Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. It is Chavez who reportedly uses a coca-paste illegally imported for him from Boliva.
Russ at 10:52AM on Feb 19th 2008
2. I didn't see the 15 seconds before the start of this clip, but from a quick Google search, I have to agree with Russ.
Ada - please check this out and decide whether to remove the post or help clarify the "he".
Thank you.
alan at 11:25AM on Feb 19th 2008
3. How would Pat Robertson (or his producer) know what Hugo Chavez does or doesn't do?
More silly stuff from Pat. Who would take seriously anything this man says? He is nuttier than a Christmas fruitcake.
David S. at 1:06PM on Feb 19th 2008
4. Ada,
If the photo in the bottom right side of your gallery screen is what it looks like, have you thought about the children who may be researching subjects and be exposed to something harmful and mind tampering by your site? Even the front page picture is too too much. Maybe I also didn't choose to begin my day with that image in my head. Is this the real reason you have this site? Are you just a puppet of the devil or demons who wish to destroy children and men alike, preventing the great salvation of their souls through faith in Jesus Christ? Repent of this and receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior. He didn't die in vain he did it so you could be free of puppetry and condemnation/damnation. You don't get to heaven by your good deeds outweighing the bad or the Father never would've sent His Son to die a horrific death, or do you think that the creator or the universe lacks intelligence or wisdom?! We're wrong by our sins, foolish deeds, etc. but He's never weak, lessor, wrong, or foolish. His Word, the Bible(not the Koran or any of those other so called holy books which set themselves up against the truth of God's Word) says that God doesn't want anyone to perish(paraphrased-not that His Word needs paraphrasing but my attempt to help you understand which the Holy Spirit is able to do) but have everlasting life. That life is only found in His Son, who is also God and creator. The Holy Spirit is also God. Didn't you beleive Billy Graham or the apostle Paul or hasn't anyone shared this with you you special soul, precious in God's sight. Don't you beleive that Jesus Christ died for us and you included while we were yet in our sins? Fathom that! God's love, living and available and desiring for you to come in. Would you yet refuse the only way to get to the Father which is by coming through repentence and utter dependance on what Christ did on the cross? Yeah we need to beleive in our hearts and confess with our mouths that Jesus is Lord and that the Father sent Him and He came willingly to pay the innocent blood price only He could pay for your sins and that He paid it and rose bodily the third day thereafter and God offers redemption to all who believe and put their trust in that sacrifice and in nothing and noone else to save them. That can be the hardest thing for someone to do, in our separate from God state until we receive Christ, but nothing is impossible with God and His Holy Spirit really will open your eyes and give you the understanding to pray your allegience and utter dependance on Christ Jesus and what He did for you. Of course their must be a sense of appreciation for what He did for you or you probably are missing the point somewhere. God doesn't want you to go to hell, or even to live a life here without Him. He is patient with you giving you time but the Bible say's that today is the day of Salvation. Any reason to wait. You don't need to wait to get your act in order because you can't without the transformation of salvation. The Holy Spirit indwells beleivers, aka saved folks and through the Holy Spirit we have access through Christ to the Father. If you get part of your act together another part'll flip out, like an old spring mattress. Push one in and another pops out. The harder you try the harder it is and so it is impossible with man/woman/child separate from God. The Bible say's that salvation is not acheived through works (good deeds) or people would be able to boast about it and they/we can't, not even you or I, it's all about accepting and appealing to God's promised mercy and grace(undeserved favor) to those who would just beleive and confess in prayer to God. How do you pray to God? The same way you'd talk to the best friend you could ever have, making sure to give Him respect and reverence, not blaspheming Him by saying bad or flattering untruths about Him, or falsely accusing Him of things you've incorrectly been told He was wrong or evil in, or we're missing the point again. We fear Him not like a tazer or zap fear but by acknowledging His complete goodness, love, power. That power, goodness, love, etc. about God was all necessary in order for Him to be willing and able to offer us salvation. That power, goodness, love, etc. is pretty comforting to those who trust Him for their purpose and direction in life and for eternal destination and existence, etc.
When it comes to who can be forgiven it's whosoever which means any of us-Today. Can you be saved tomorrow? Well, will you still have breath tomorrow. Just because we've lived part of our life on a russian roulette wheel doesn't mean we can afford to lose this one. If I'm in the deep and a life preserver is thrown to me by the buffest sailor I've ever seen and he's ready to pull me in in good speed why would I wait. You can have a friendship like no other where He takes you as you are as long as you repent (turn from your sins which surround you like a coat of gangrenous flesh)and put your faith in Christ thereby receiving Him as your Lord and Savior and asking Him to come into your heart and live with you forever. You'll also receive the Holy Spirit, when you do that. You will have entered a relationship with Jesus Christ and now have access to the very throne of God and the Father through Him every time you pray with a humble, not humiliated, and sincere heart in the name of His Son Jesus. The Way, the Journey begins here. Now nothing else matters so much as this. Subsequent sins you may fall into but He will be there to accept your sincere confession with repentance and to show you how to live a better life more pleasing to Him and more fulfilling for you. You can have true peace, you can come victoriously out from sins which laid you out defenseless prior to your entering the family of God. Let your dependance and respect for His Word guide you as you look to it for all of lifes answers. And you will pray and pray and pray like you never did before. He'll set you free when you first trust Him and He died once to pay the ransom for your sins to set you free from the condemnation you were under due to sin, so you are saved by sincerely recieving Christ once. If you doubt you did it right do it today. If you're already saved He'll get you on the right track, remind you of your salvation and on you go with Him. If you were falsely assured of your salvation previously, rejoice if you received salvation today. You will receive salvation if you do what God asks you to do by beleiving and receiving His Son. There is no forgiveness without repentance so make sure that's included. Christians gather together, usually on Sunday, but also read their Bibles, asking God to give them understanding. We don't add or take away from the words of the Word. We pray for eachother. We don't practice sin though we may fall in. If we fall seven times we get up seven times. People who don't yet get it will judge us, especially when there are evil spirits behind their actions but we continue to keep our eyes on, our trust in and find our joy in Jesus. We bear 'till our last breath and then-to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.
I'm not perfect only saved, you won't be completely perfect as we think of perfect in this life. One sin makes us a sinner, any sin. At best we become forgiven sinners saved by grace through faith in Christ Jesus.
With love,
James Eric Bunch
James Eric Bunch at 1:15PM on Feb 19th 2008
5. Ada - Thanks for the quick correction.
alan at 1:42PM on Feb 19th 2008
6. I respect Mr Robertson,but he just has to be a bit careful what he says.And he should pray for Chavez,not make fun of him.
aniekan thomas at 1:52PM on Feb 19th 2008
7. Ada - I know it's too long to quote, but please keep a copy of James Eric Bunch's post. It has to be paraphrased and used on your "Best Of" day.
alan at 2:01PM on Feb 19th 2008
8. And just when I thought Pat might be growing up after his endorsement of the dress wearing skirt chasing thrice married party guy/girl Rudy Giuliani for President. Come on Pat.. Hugos coke use is no worse then your greed. You give a little love and it all comes back to you...
Joe at 2:40PM on Feb 19th 2008
9. Jesus christ, James Gunch is an open maw of depravity. Too cold outside to yell at the masses?
JefFlyingV at 2:48PM on Feb 19th 2008
10. last time i checked we still do have freedom of speak. and yes that even includes pat. sounds to me like this is a case of pat bashing.
jj at 4:03PM on Feb 19th 2008
11. Hugo a cokehead? Who knew?
IRONBLUEEYES at 3:42PM on Feb 19th 2008
12. Yowza, James! You really flew off the rails with that insane howling.
As for Pat, well... The man's an inhuman, idiotic bigot who only spouts ignorance, hatred, and stupidity. He deserves no respect, and we really should laugh at those who foolishly look to him for any sort "spiritual" guidance. I won't pity those he's swindled. I mock them.
Take a look at James at #4 to see the hazard in buying into this Christian nonsense and all its comical delusions. These are people who are just as (if not more) crippled as the garden-variety cokehead, and it's a bloody miracle they can even function in society with such idiocy weighing them down.
Dan at 4:55PM on Feb 19th 2008
13. Will someone please explain what photos James Eric Bunch is referring to? I see nothing "harmful or mind tampering" to children (or adults, for that matter).
As for the Robertson story: how sad it's not what it appeared to be at first.
sharonsnewlife at 5:32PM on Feb 19th 2008
14. "13. Will someone please explain what photos James Eric Bunch is referring to? I see nothing "harmful or mind tampering" to children (or adults, for that matter).
sharonsnewlife at 5:32PM on Feb 19th 2008"
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Sharon,
He is referring to the gallery on the right side of the screen, specifically the picture in the middle of the third row. It looks like an asshole. Why he thinks a news blogger for AOL.com would have a picture of an asshole, I haven't the slightest. Apparently, it's what set him off on his soul savin' rampage.
K at 5:40PM on Feb 19th 2008
15. ... At least that's what I think he is referring to. It's the only questionable one on the bottom right of the gallery. (I guess the girl in the mini skirt wasn't as bad?)
I wonder if he even noticed the sinfully suggestive title... "NEW BLOGGERS: hard ... raw ... penetrating"
LOL.
K at 5:44PM on Feb 19th 2008