If telemarketing and public begging make you sick, American election hype would gag a maggot.
What does it augur and portend when a powerful, hidebound religious leader endorses a libertine candidate's cheques? Who are Pat Robertson the Preacher and Rudy Giuliani the Mayor? Here's the scoop on the ayatollah of Revivalists, Pat Robertson, hugging the former mayor of New York City and investment banker, Rudolph Giuliani, who is running [if we stand for an office in the US, we get knocked down] for President.
We can understand the motives of the spokesman for the Religious Right, Pat Robertson, televangelist extraordinaire, throwing his prestige and moral weight behind Rudy Giuliani for him to become the Republican candidate in hopes of beating the Democrats by a knockout next year. Last time out it was a split decision. The judges were corrupt, but they were our judges. Democrats are bad. Republicans are good. Giuliani is a Republican. Therefore, you must vote for Giuliani. The level of discourse rises almost that high.
Guliani is both trusted and popular because as mayor he held New York City together after the attacks of 9/11, but Giuliani supports the abortion laws and wants gun control. He is a twice-divorced Italian-American who used to live with homosexual friends, with gays in Gotham, Sin City, in the Big Apple! However, from Robertson's point of view Giuliani is the best of a bad lot. The other "front runners" are John McCain, Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney, and Mike Huckabee. The Reverend Dr Robertson evidently thinks none of them has a chance.
Robertson is the President of the PTL [Praise the Lord] Club, a televangelist. He is host of The 700 Club, the founder of many organizations, including the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), the Christian Coalition, Flying Hospital, International Family Entertainment, and Regent University, all of which are owned or influenced by the Walt Disney Company, a corporation reporting an increase in earnings from its studio, media, parks, and toys from $3.4 billion in 2006 to $4.7 billion in 2007.
The Religious Right, whatever it is, got Bush II elected twice, they say, and Pat Robertson, the great TV personality and Holy Man, believes it, but it is not simply true. It was not religion alone that got Bush I and II elected; it was race (and the preservation of great private fortunes, the primary factor, incidentally).
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