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LetTimmySmoke

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

Reply to Report1212 (Original post)

Tue Feb 21, 2012, 03:14 AM

Feb 2012

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.

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Pat Robertson: We Need To Put The Bankers Who Lied To Americans In Jail [View all] Report1212 Feb 2012 OP

Hell must have frozen over dflprincess Feb 2012 #1

Crazy, eh? SammyWinstonJack Feb 2012 #3

Dunno, but I just saw a bunny in a waistcoat checking a pocket watch Warpy Feb 2012 #10

I feel your confusion - LibertyLover Feb 2012 #42

good for him Swamp Lover Feb 2012 #2

Or a broken clock wtmusic Feb 2012 #5

Whu...Wha...What??? TheKentuckian Feb 2012 #4

WTF??.................................................... n/t Rectangle Feb 2012 #6

Law that applies to banksters. What a novel idea! phasma ex machina Feb 2012 #7

K&R DeSwiss Feb 2012 #8

Pat Robertson? Pat Robertson? Pat Robertson? said this - damn, can't believe there is RKP5637 Feb 2012 #9

Every now and then, a hog finds an acorn. Kurmudgeon Feb 2012 #21

That's a good way to put it!!! RKP5637 Feb 2012 #22

i always heard that expression a little differently ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #33

Ok... As Long As We Also Put The Preachers Who Lied To Americans In Jail WillyT Feb 2012 #11

I'm sleeping, right? aquart Feb 2012 #12

Redemption? No other reason. DCKit Feb 2012 #13

Did Pat lose some money? PADemD Feb 2012 #14

I guess he doesn't want that fox gig after all thelordofhell Feb 2012 #15

Smoke...mirrors...and fuck him! Cerridwen Feb 2012 #16

^^^ Yeah, THAT. Zalatix Feb 2012 #20

Before we start dancing Relentless Bitch Feb 2012 #17

Well, let's look @ the list... Jello Biafra Feb 2012 #30

That'd include Pat Robertson. Octafish Feb 2012 #18

Pat Robertson said something sensible? I guess the Mayans might have been right after all. Mr.Turnip Feb 2012 #19

Well well guitar man Feb 2012 #23

Maybe he personally knows a foreclosure victim Report1212 Feb 2012 #37

It comes down to . . BowlLikeAChicken Feb 2012 #24

There is hope after all! Bryn Feb 2012 #25

That is because it will put Obama in a negative light. He knows who his ultimate paymasters are. Rex Feb 2012 #26

The religious right and wall st. have never gotten along. LetTimmySmoke Feb 2012 #27

Pat Roberson's father was a powerful Democratic U.S. Senator from Virginia Douglas Carpenter Feb 2012 #28

Pat went Off Message? no_hypocrisy Feb 2012 #29

Is see someone has sniffed which way the wind is blowing... JHB Feb 2012 #31

look for him at Occupy Virginia Beach Enrique Feb 2012 #32

Start with libtodeath Feb 2012 #34

and who does Pat think is going to support doing that? ibegurpard Feb 2012 #35

And what about people who use their religious charities to transport diamond mining equipment? tanyev Feb 2012 #36

stay the fuck out of politics or give up your tax-exempt status spanone Feb 2012 #38

I can't believe he said something I agree with! nt raccoon Feb 2012 #39

Well, his hero Ronny Raygun actually DID throw a bunch of the S&L crooks bullwinkle428 Feb 2012 #40

Reagan and Robertson should tap Mitt Romney on the shoulder... Report1212 Feb 2012 #43

so pat had a coming to jesus moment? Javaman Feb 2012 #41

Miracles never cease, I guess BlueDemKev Feb 2012 #44

He's also good on net neutrality I think nt Report1212 Feb 2012 #45