Pat Robertson: We Need To Put The Bankers Who Lied To Americans In Jail

[Report1212]

Wow!

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Today, televangelist and long time right-wing icon Pat Robertson addressed the banking crisis on his television show, The 700 Club. Referencing how Iceland dealt with its own economic crisis — it jailed many of the bankers who broke laws and deceived the nation’s people — Robertson praised the European nation and said that we need to deal with the crimes of the financial sector here in the United States the same way. “[Iceland is] putting people in jail,” Robertson said. “They’re going after bankers there. The people said, ‘Those banks were rippin’ us off. We don’t like what they did. They brought out country to ruin. Now Iceland suddenly is turning around. Their GDP is growing. They look like a big success story. Isn’t that amazing?”

“We can start putting some of those bankers in jail,” Robertson preached. “There were all kinds of shady dealings during that financial crisis. So many people were lying….I’m not for putting people in jail…but here’s an opportunity for the people who want to enforce laws to enforce that one. There must be some laws against lying in documents!” Watch Robertson:

Read more: http://www.republicreport.org/2012/pat-robertson-jail-bankers/

[dflprincess]

1. Hell must have frozen over

I actually agree with something Pat Robertson said. What is this rabbit hole I've fallen down?

[SammyWinstonJack]

3. Crazy, eh?

[Warpy]

10. Dunno, but I just saw a bunny in a waistcoat checking a pocket watch

so you've got company down here.

I think it's the first time I've ever agreed with anything out of that man's mouth. He must've continued to take a financial bath thanks to some bank's financial advisor.

[LibertyLover]

42. I feel your confusion -

just the other day when Dick Cheney came out in favor of marriage equality in Maryland and urged GOP representatives and senators to vote in favor of it, I was almost beside myself realizing that he and I agreed on something. Take a few deep breathes and have a glass or three of wine and the feeling will pass.

[Swamp Lover]

2. good for him

even a blind pig.....

[wtmusic]

5. Or a broken clock

Whether Republicans care to admit it or not, Obama is unifying the country.

[TheKentuckian]

4. Whu...Wha...What???

[Rectangle]

6. WTF??.................................................... n/t

[phasma ex machina]

7. Law that applies to banksters. What a novel idea!

[DeSwiss]

8. K&R

“I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.”
~Malcolm X

[RKP5637]

9. Pat Robertson? Pat Robertson? Pat Robertson? said this - damn, can't believe there is

something he said I agree with ...

[Kurmudgeon]

21. Every now and then, a hog finds an acorn.

[RKP5637]

22. That's a good way to put it!!!

[ProdigalJunkMail]

33. i always heard that expression a little differently

"even a blind squirrel finds a nut..."

six of one...

sP

[WillyT]

11. Ok... As Long As We Also Put The Preachers Who Lied To Americans In Jail

[aquart]

12. I'm sleeping, right?

[DCKit]

13. Redemption? No other reason.

[PADemD]

14. Did Pat lose some money?

[thelordofhell]

15. I guess he doesn't want that fox gig after all

[Cerridwen]

16. Smoke...mirrors...and fuck him!

robertson cares about robertson. Always has; always will.

The enemy of my enemy is NOT now, never has been, never will be, my ally.

Fuck robertson.

Excuse me if you think the language is 'rough'. I've been dealing with his ilk since I was a teen. Fuck him!

I wish that he may, through all eternity, experience what he has wished for me and mine for all eternity.

[Zalatix]

20. ^^^ Yeah, THAT.

[Relentless Bitch]

17. Before we start dancing

we should ask ourselces (and Pat) just which bankers he has in mind. I am somewhat familiar with his history.

[Jello Biafra]

30. Well, let's look @ the list...

1 World Bank CEO Zoellick resigns
2 Anz Bank CFO Australia resigns
3 Nicaraqua Central Bank Pres Rosales resigns
4 Credit Suisse Chief Joseph Tan resigns
5 GERMAN PRESIDENT Christian Ruff resigns
6 Royal Bank of Scotland Austrailin CEO Stephen Williams resigns
7 Austrailin CEO Stephen Williams resigns
8 Kuwait Central Bank CEO resigns
9 Slovenia TWO largest Banks CEO's (2) resign
10 Bank of India CEO Chaturvedi resigns
11 Tamilnad Mercantile Bank CEO resigns

No American banks....yet....I hear Goldman Sachs CEO might be next.....

What we are seeing is hopefully the end of the world banking fraud that we have been experiencing....

[Octafish]

18. That'd include Pat Robertson.

Royal Bank of Scotland, which the Liquor Officer himself once tried to buy, was one of those foreign based institutions that got 541 billion dollars in U.S. taxpayer backed bailout cash. Billion with a b.

[Mr.Turnip]

19. Pat Robertson said something sensible? I guess the Mayans might have been right after all.

If you excuse me I am getting into my bunker.

[guitar man]

23. Well well

I wonder how much money ol Pat lost ?

[Report1212]

37. Maybe he personally knows a foreclosure victim

Is what i was thinking.

[BowlLikeAChicken]

24. It comes down to . .

the more $$ the bankers steal the less for Pat.

I think it really is that the bankers got way more money than Pat could dream of. Professional jealousy.


B.L.A.C.

[Bryn]

25. There is hope after all!

After the horror show Rick Santorum has been giving us! Even Frothy makes Pat look good!

[Rex]

26. That is because it will put Obama in a negative light. He knows who his ultimate paymasters are.

And knows his listeners don't know, remember or care to know that GWB was the Founding Father of our new business model.

CBN...Cannot Believe this is News.

[LetTimmySmoke]

27. The religious right and wall st. have never gotten along.

They have a marriage of convenience right now, but Wall St, via Romney's Super PAC, is basically tying the religious right to the top of the car and driving it off a cliff.

[Douglas Carpenter]

28. Pat Roberson's father was a powerful Democratic U.S. Senator from Virginia

- hardly a liberal - in fact he was typical southern segregationist Democrat - but nonetheless like many of that sort - he still had certain populist streak

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absalom_Willis_Robertson

I would say that you find elements of that same populist streak in Pat

[no_hypocrisy]

29. Pat went Off Message?

[JHB]

31. Is see someone has sniffed which way the wind is blowing...

...though don't expect him to stop calling "Communist" at anyone who wants to actually take action on this.

[Enrique]

32. look for him at Occupy Virginia Beach

I can't wait to see pictures of Pat Robertson getting pepper sprayed.

[libtodeath]

34. Start with

putting the entire shrub administration in jail too for the crimes they waged against the country and planet.

[ibegurpard]

35. and who does Pat think is going to support doing that?

[tanyev]

36. And what about people who use their religious charities to transport diamond mining equipment?

Can we put them in jail too, Pat?

[spanone]

38. stay the fuck out of politics or give up your tax-exempt status

[raccoon]

39. I can't believe he said something I agree with! nt

[bullwinkle428]

40. Well, his hero Ronny Raygun actually DID throw a bunch of the S&L crooks

into jail following their financial contretemps back in the 80s.

[Report1212]

43. Reagan and Robertson should tap Mitt Romney on the shoulder...

...and give him some advice.

[Javaman]

41. so pat had a coming to jesus moment?

[BlueDemKev]

44. Miracles never cease, I guess

For once Pat Robertson said something that makes sense.

[Report1212]

45. He's also good on net neutrality I think nt