So: According to CNN…
Christian conservative leader Pat Robertson says he has a secret straight from God: He knows who the next president of the United States will be.
"I think He showed me about the next president, but I'm not supposed to talk about that so I'll leave you in the dark — probably just as well — but I think I know who it's gonna be," Robertson said Tuesday on the Christian Broadcasting Network's "700 Club."
Robertson then went on to recite the message he claimed to have been told by God. According to Robertson, God doesn't support President Barack Obama's agenda and says that only "overwhelming prayer" can bring a new leader who will stop the country from "disintegrating."
This is interesting. Let's assume he (that's the upcapitalized "he") is right; that God told Robertson who the next president will be. If it was someone other than Obama, then Robertson wouldn't be urging people to pray desperately for a new leader because God has told him we're going to get one.
Then again, if He said it was going to be Obama…well, God's always right, right?
Also, Robertson says "I'm not supposed to talk about that" as he talks about that on national television. Who told him not to talk about that? The only one authorized to place conditions on what God tells you is God, right? So isn't Pat violating some order from the Lord here?
Not long ago, Robertson cautioned Republican candidates to avoid stepping into radical territory with their campaigns. Question: What is more radical than saying, as Robertson did elsewhere in his remarks, that God told him that the nation's downfall would be triggered by an economic collapse if Obama was elected to another term?
You know, I'm starting to get the idea that Pat Robertson is a few Jews short of a minyan.