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Related: About this forumOn this day, June 8, 2023, Pat Robertson died.
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heleninedinburgh
16 minutes ago
Speaking of theofascists hey guess what?
https://apnews.com/article/pat-robertson-dead-christian-broadcasting-700-club-91299d0953c014ca6860fe545cac793e
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June 8, 2024
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heleninedinburgh
16 minutes ago
Speaking of theofascists hey guess what?
https://apnews.com/article/pat-robertson-dead-christian-broadcasting-700-club-91299d0953c014ca6860fe545cac793e
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Pat Robertson, broadcaster who helped make religion central to GOP politics, dies at 93
BY BEN FINLEY
Published 5:20 PM EDT, June 8, 2023
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network, tried a run for president and helped make religion central to Republican Party politics in America through his Christian Coalition, has died. He was 93.
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BY BEN FINLEY
Published 5:20 PM EDT, June 8, 2023
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network, tried a run for president and helped make religion central to Republican Party politics in America through his Christian Coalition, has died. He was 93.
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On this day, June 8, 2023, Pat Robertson died. (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jun 2024
OP
PR says we have the power to raise the dead. His family could raise him or keep the money.
keithbvadu2
Jun 2024
#2
Thanks I can celebrate again. Sometimes the second time is even better, celebrating that is.
twodogsbarking
Jun 2024
#3
if..fish..had..wings
(809 posts)1. And he has yet to return
thank god
keithbvadu2
(39,961 posts)2. PR says we have the power to raise the dead. His family could raise him or keep the money.
Guess which choice the family took.
PR says we have the power to raise the dead.
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=pat+robertson+says+he+can+raise+the+dead
twodogsbarking
(12,228 posts)3. Thanks I can celebrate again. Sometimes the second time is even better, celebrating that is.
twodogsbarking
(12,228 posts)4. Please hit the rec button unless you, well, liked him.
MOMFUDSKI
(7,080 posts)5. And not a minute
too soon!
3Hotdogs
(13,369 posts)6. Fuck. What are we gonna do, next time there's a hurricane coming in our path? He saved our asses last time.
I always enjoyed the videos where he was "praying hard to our Lord." It looked like he had four days of hard salami, blocking the evacuation ramp and Walgreens had run out of ExLax.
Blue Owl
(54,656 posts)7. Thanks for this day-brightening post!