So much for principles.

Robertson believes that Giuliani will usher in armageddon and the righteous will prevail. Somewhere along the campaign, the goofball is going to reveal this reasoning.

My guess is it has to do with money. Robertson has money and wants to keep it. He uses the issues of abortion and gay marriage to bring money into his pockets but knows the issues aren't going anywhere. Robertson understands how the "What's the Matter With Kansas?" routine plays out.

Just so everyone is clear, Giuliani's sexual indiscretions are no better then Clinon's.

Let's see how Guliani proposes to strenghten family values.

"Maybe this is Robertson’s way of heeding Jesus’s admonition against a house divided."

Nice try Frank. We can read the wink associated with that one. My guess is the spin is something like "Leadershp in defeating the terrorists trumps all". But what this really says is "Winning the election trumps all". Why not Mike Huckabee, Mr. Robertson?

I never would have guessed it, but maybe they are more afraid of terrorists than they are even of homosexuals ...

Sheer political expediency. The evangelicals know the candidates who share their views are highly unlikely to win the nomination, and they want to be on the winning side. So they'll overlook Giuliani's positions and throw their support to him merely because he's a Republican.

So, are the evangelicals motivated by what they think is right or by an attraction to power? Hmm, looks like power wins.

Mr. Robertson is hedging his bets. Guliani is probably the best chance the GOP has of beating Clinton or Obama or Edwards. My guess is that Robertson would rather have any Republican in the White House than chance a Democrat winning.

Perhaps Ghouliani made a deal on the side with Robertsin.

Ghouliani has already said he will appoint strict constructionist judges. So much for his his social liberalism.

Pat Robertson is a mentially challenged individual. He is a nut. Nuts tend to hand out together.

If Rudy gets the nomination, the picture above should appear in every single campaign ad the Democrats run during the general election.

Maybe he "cast his lot" with the guy who has the craziest Middle East potential this side of Cheney? You know, to accelerate getting to the Rapture?
Nah. It's probably because Robertson has a thing for serial adulterers and cross dressers. The Man of the Cloth persona is just a schtick.

Bless the maker! Bloody facist closet homosexuals need to stay the hell out of politics!

Roberts: Today, it is my pleasure to announce my support for America's Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, a proven leader who is not afraid of what lies ahead and who will cast a hopeful vision for all Americans."

A proven leader?
http://therealrudy.org/radios
Wait until America gets a load of what kind of a leader (Bernard Kerick) Rudy really is....

A strong leader?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_90nRRoXK8

Translated this endorsement means that if Rudy Julieannie wins the Presidents job in 08 the USA DOJ dept will continue to be filled with unqualified droids (Monica Goodling) from Regent University.

Rudy and the other Wingnuts like to throw around this word "Islamo-fascism", and I was wondering, does that resemble the "Christo-fascism" we have here in America?
http://www.bushflash.com/14.html

Where are Bruce, John D, Jerry White and the other members of the RNC Men's Chorus to tell us how wonderful it is that Rudy has hooked up with the spiritual center of the Republican Party, Pat "God is punishing the US" Robertson?

With the both the pro-torture AND the pro-armegeddon vote under his belt, Giuliani has a clear Republican victory. He doesn't even need the pro-racism vote, now!

"So, are the evangelicals motivated by what they think is right or by an attraction to power? Hmm, looks like power wins."

Way to stereotype a whole group of people. Seems that conservatives and evangelicals are not the only people who practice such ignorance.

Regardless of whomevery Pat Robertson endorses, that will never affect my vote. I vote for whom my conscience and understanding supports, not for whomever someone on TV or at a church says.

This is God's power and he sent this thing to warn us ... we needed a shock.

-- Pat Robertson, remarking on the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, quoted by Robert E Norlander in a dispatch of September 14, 2001

Oh great, an egotistical fraud endorsed by a nut. Welcome to the republican party.

Does this mean "Teletubies" will be banned?

This is complete insanity. Robertson has lost his mind. There is no good reason to endorse Giuliani. If Giuliani gets the nomination, social conservatives go to third parties. It will take a real conservative to beat Hillary Clinton. The GOP strength is from social conservatives, and this is a betrayal of that key base. Clearly, Robertson cares more about winning than about principles, and I think he has lost any respect he may have had with social conservatives.

I think that the far right has such disdain for Hillary that they would base their support on whoever has the best chance of beating her. This even trumps their conservative social agenda. If the Dems were running Gore or Kerry, they would probably sit this one out, let the Dem win and try again with a social conservative in '12. That, or they figured out that there are far more dangerous people in this world than homosexuals and social liberals.

I wonder how much Pat got for his soul?

Glad to see the Looney Left are all over this. Pat Robertson seems to be saying that a strong leader, like Giuliani, who also admits his limitations, indiscretions and beliefs is better than another Machiavellian Clinton who is unable to provide any of these qualities.

"This is complete insanity. Robertson has lost his mind."

Wow! Where have you been isolated the last few decades? This is actually one of the few things he has done that seems to have a shrewd logic behind it.

It's a shame, in all fairness Huckabee should be getting this endorsement.

I like Huckabee, he seems like a good man. I don't share his politics, but at least he seems honest.

LOL ... scary for democrats .. huh? The religious right being pragmatic? Who would have thunk it? Robertson just prefers Giulianni to Hillary. He's not buying her moderate act. She's as leftwing as they come.

Pat robertson has sold his soul for $; it is a good deal for him as his soul is, actually, worthless.

Woo hoo!!!

Go Rudy!!!

Check him out here:
http://www.joinrudy20008.com

Chat about him here:
http://www.rudygiulianiforum.com

I wonder how much Pat got for his soul?

Posted by: kg123 | November 7, 2007 1:53 PM

30 peices of silver, of course.

One more reason why the Republinuts are toast in '08.

"Politics is poopadoodle!"

---- Walt Kelly

HOLIDAY - (Rudy's campaign song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCXEBLA2kFc

Say, Hey

Hear the sound of the falling rain,
Coming down like and Armageddon flame,
The shame,
The ones who died without a name,
Hear the Regent grads howling out of key,
To a hymn called "Faith and Misery",
And bleed the company lost the war today

I beg to dream and differ,
From their hollow lies,
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On Holiday

Hear the drum pounding out of time,
Another protester has crossed the line,
To find the money's on the other side,
Can I get another Amen? (Amen!)
There's a flag wrapped around a score of Rudy's supporters,
A gag,
A plastic bag on a monument

I beg to dream and differ,
From their hollow lies,
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On Holiday

The representative from Regent University has the floor:

"Sieg Heil to the president gas man,
Bombs away is your punishment,
Pulverize the Eiffel towers,
Who criticize your government,
Bang, Bang goes the broken glass,
Kill all the fags that don't agree,
Trials by fire setting fire"

Is not a way that's meant for me,
Just cause,
Just cause because we're outlaws, yeah!

I beg to dream and differ,
From the hollow lies of Rudy,
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives,
I beg to dream and differ,
From the hollow lies,
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives

This is what our lives would be in Rudyland

I wonder how much Pat got for his soul?

Posted by: kg123 | November 7, 2007 1:53 PM

A promise of an anti-abortion litmus test for judicial nominees.

As a conservative independent, I'd say it seems like a lose-lose situation. Robertson's endorsement (and Giuliani's smiling acceptance of it) will send a chill down the spine of G's moderate and left-of-center supporters, including Log Cabin Republicans and pro-choicers---driving them a bit away and towards the Dems, making the general election a little more problematic for G, assuming he wins the GOP nomination. For Robertson, he seems to me like a man who has sold out, much as Jerry Falwell appeared when, after years of being the sharp tip of the Religious Right's spear, he jumped in political bed with Vice President Bush in 1988.

I guess it was Rudy or the Mormon and Pat decided that a pro-abortion rights, pro-gay rights, 3 time wed "christian" was better than a Mormon any day.

I was interested by the title of the article on the Tribune's homepage, but as I read the article I find it mostly a press release from "media matters" I'm not sure who is writing at the Tribune these days, but this is NOT an article worthy of this news organization!

Well, it appears the terrorist right wing has truly 'lost it's way,' with this announcement, and Robertson anything but a bible believing Christian. Incredible how the leftist right can 'justify' their positions as 'Godly' when they are anything but, unless their Bible is a 'foreign translation' of which many are unaware. The Prince of Peace would not condone the war, nor Roe vs. Wade/abortion on demand. Just goes to show you where this 'spirtual' leaders spirit really lies, or maybe he is looking to the time when those 'stem cells' from aborted fetuses will be needed to treat his dementia.

These men are both shameless reprobates, one taking credit for things he never did and the other making a fortune out of lonely widows watching television.

They deserve each other.

John P,
Media matters did not make up this stuff about Robertson. The ideological schism between Guliani and Robertson is newsworthy when analyzing Robertson's endorsement.
Would you feel better about it if the Trib posted it's own background info about Robertson rather than relying on the mediamatters
press release?

WOW! A member of the religious right turns out to be an unprincipled hypocrite. Never seen this before! That sound is Robertson and his minions guzzling the kool aid.

I wonder what Mr. Giuliani promised Mr. Robertson to bring about this astonishing marriage of convenience?

Face it, there's going to be only one major issue in the campaign, the security of the nation, and Giuliani stands head and shoulders above any of the white flag Democrats. If the country is not secure, none of the other concerns -- family values, whatever -- matters. And people just will not feel that the nation is secure with Clinton or Obama.

Face it, there's going to be only one major issue in the campaign, the security of the nation, and Giuliani stands head and shoulders above any of the white flag Democrats. If the country is not secure, none of the other concerns -- family values, whatever -- matters. And people just will not feel that the nation is secure with Clinton or Obama.

Posted by: A. Wayne | November 7, 2007 3:49 PM

John Wayne,

Rudy is going to keep us "safe"?
http://therealrudy.org/radios
Rudy couldn't even keep his 2nd wife from knowing about his girlfriend (current wife #3) during his last affair.

Pull your head out and do some research on your own.

No surprise here. Crazies of a feather, flock together.

A. Wayne says:

Face it, there's going to be only one major issue in the campaign, the security of the nation, and Giuliani stands head and shoulders above any of the white flag Democrats

How do you figure? Ghouliani is the worst candidate (even worse than Hillary) on national security.

A) He knows nothing about National Security

B) He chose advisors that are even crazier than Bush's advisors. If he gets elected expect us to start bombing every country with an ounce of oil.

Really, A. Wayne, if you really care as much about national security as you say you do, don't vote for the Ghoul.

As a mixed issue independent, Pat Robertson's endorsement of Rudy Giuliani guarantees my vote will go to Hillary Clinton.

Now, replay that thought process 10 million times and the Democrats should have a clear victory in November.

I didn't realize the religious right is pro abortion and pro war. Now that's what I call family values!

S Thomas.
If your a mixed issue independent, I'm Mother Theresa. What you really mean is I hate Robertson so much, I'm going to try my hardest to vote for Hillary twice!

The more people get to know Rudy, the more they see him as a fraud. His favorability ratings are plummeting. But then again, don't underestimate the power of voters with their heads up their @#$. DOn't forget Bush got 51% of the vote just 3 years ago.

S. Thomas--- For every person, like you, who refuses to vote for Rudy just because he has Pat Robertson's endorsement, there are probably a thousand holy rollers who WILL vote for Rudy ONLY because Pat Robertson endorses him.

Please! My only "gay agenda", is to workout, dress fashionably and shop at Pottery Barn!

Robertson is just another in a long line of ostensible Religious hate mongers, shortened only recently by the death of Jerry Fallwell! Driven by a need for power, fame and political gain, they wrap themselves in their holy mantel of religion to spank us with their Bible belt. Interesting (incongruous) that he says ISLAM is a “worldwide political movement meant on domination"!

I am always amazed when Rudy's terrorism experience is brought up constantly and how he will keep us safe. He failed miserably at the preparation for an attack (location of hqtrs, radio problem)and he was a leader for the cleanup of the aftermath. How does this qualify him as a leader in the war on terror?

HA HA HA HA HA HA!

I love it! And the best that the sad, sad Republicans on here can offer is some variation of this:

"Um, uh, well, the Democrats don't care about homeland, uh, security! Yeah, that's it."

Fools.

Hey, A. Wayne, when exactly did 9/11 occur?

That's right. 9 months into Bush's first term.

While he was on vacation.

Despite increased "chatter" and warnings throughout the spring/summer of '01.

Then Bush started a war with a country that didn't have WMD's and had nothing to do with 9/11, inspiring and fostering unprecedented hate towards Americans.

All the while, doing nothing to curb Western reliance on foreign oil, and also doing nothing to curb (or heck, even acknowledge) global warming.

And you think the DEMOCRATS are bad for national security.

Wake up Republicans - you've been fooled. Your party has been hijacked, and there's no better example of its' lunacy than a smiling Rudy with Pat Robertson.

VOTE DEMOCRAT IN '08!

Top Conservative Group Wants To Know: Does Rudy Agree With Robertson On 9/11?

Rudy's willingness to accept Pat Robertson's endorsement -- despite his agreement that America "deserved" to be attacked on 9/11 -- is discomfiting at least one major social conservative group that disagreed with Robertson over his interpretation of the disaster.

In an interview with Election Central, a top official at the Family Research Council, one of the most prominent religious-conservative groups in the country, suggested that Rudy's acceptance of Robertson's endorsement should make one wonder whether Rudy agrees with Robertson's interpretation of the event that killed nearly 3,000 of Rudy's constitutents and now forms the basis of his campaign.

"9/11 is what Rudy's campaign is fundamentally based on," Charmaine Yoest, a vice president at Family Research Council Action, told us. "This does beg the question -- does Rudy agree with Robertson's comments about 9/11?"

Yoest also added that it should be asked whether Rudy agrees with Robertson on a whole host of other issues, such as Robertson's defense of China's one-child policy.

Good questions. Will anyone else ask them?

I guess it was Rudy or the Mormon and Pat decided that a pro-abortion rights, pro-gay rights, 3 time wed "christian" was better than a Mormon any day.

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Pat Robertson and Rudi Giuliani are perfect for one another. Robertson doesn't represent the vast, silent majority of fundamnetalists, and Rudi doesn't represent the vast, silent majority of conservatives. They both do a wonderful job of non-representation.

This means that Pat Robertson of the 700 Club is not a Values Voter.

Remember Hugo Chavez? How can Robertson call for his assassination and then back a candidate whose law firm has been the most prominent U.S. lobbyist for the Venezuelan strongman’s oil company.

And to think that Robertson would do this while Venezuela is driving gas prices above $4 per gallon.