Pat Robertson Says GOP Getting Too 'Extreme' To Win Election

On his show "The 700 Club," televangelist Pat Robertson commented on the views of the GOP, calling them a bit too extreme.

Robertson quoted Lyndon Johnson: "Don't these people realize that if they push me over to an extreme position, I'll lose the election?"

The notoriously controversial Christian figure mentioned that if candidates venture into heavily radical territory, it could cost Republicans the general election.

"Those people in the Republican primary have got to lay off of this stuff," he exclaimed. "If they want to lose, this is the game for losers."

Robertson has received heavy criticism in the past for comments regarding abortion, politics and marriage. His recent remarks about justifying divorce from a spouse with Alzheimer's caused uproar in the media. In October, Robertson announced he would stop making political endorsements.

Current Republican candidates include: Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Herman Cain, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum.

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Comments

[drwtsn]

12:37 AM on 10/28/2011

It sounds like Pat is afraid that he will no longer get any attention from the main stream media if all the candidates co-opt his extreme views.

[Frog in a pot]

09:07 PM on 10/26/2011

And Pat Robertson KNOWS extreeme.He helped create them

Pat Robertson with his "New World Order" book, Jerry Falwell with his "Clinton Chronicles" conspiracy theory videotape, and others have done more damage to Christianity and this country than AQ could even dream of.

These FAKEchristians are the personification ofEEEvil.

[wicked0ne]

06:15 PM on 10/27/2011

F/F

[Torinir]

08:42 PM on 10/26/2011

Wait... the GOP are too extreme for Pat Robertson? You know your campaign's off the radar when Pat Robertson calls it too extreme.

[elogco]

07:33 PM on 10/26/2011

Well, what do ya expect when a GOP candidate claims he/she is more conservative than his opponent on the right. It's like hop-scotch. I mean, how right wing can you get? Come on, folks, it gets ludricrious.

[threnodymarch]

03:12 PM on 10/26/2011

Pat Robertson thinks the GOP is getting too extreme? Wow, I thought I was reading a headline from The Onion for a second...

[TBJ]

03:11 PM on 10/26/2011

I wish he'd just get Raptured already.

[Aimleft]

01:48 PM on 10/26/2011

Very strange - pot/kettle, etc. For once I have to agree with Pat Robertson. The fun thing is, no one in the Republican/TP is going to listen to him. Let the madness continue.

[Joe Goforth]

12:32 PM on 10/26/2011

Get rid of big federal government vote for Ron Paul.

[Gene Beesley]

10:43 PM on 10/26/2011

You know thats not going to happen. get over it

[Find the Truth]

01:11 PM on 10/27/2011

Waste your vote if you like, not me...

[jim chavez]

10:34 AM on 10/26/2011

Getting?? where has pat been for the last 1 1/2 yrs? i say long gone

[liberal123]

10:24 AM on 10/26/2011

If Pat Robertson thinks you're an extreme right-winger, then you know that you're a looney crypto-fascist.

[George Melby]

09:23 AM on 10/26/2011

Well, Patty may hve finally made a truthful statement. Noone likes an extreme right OR extreme left position. They want more sanity in their lives. Roertson finally makes a good point.

[corrart918]

09:22 AM on 10/26/2011

Here we go again....! I saw the 700 Club episode where Pat Robertson reportedly said this stuff. Of course, it was taken out of context, I suppose to put Pat in a bad light and to try to manipulate the Republican party stance. News medias should not twist what they hear or see, but only report facts. Twisting is advantageous to those who wish to put a slant on the truth.

Watchwoman

[TooLooze]

09:25 AM on 10/26/2011

If his statement was sincere, which I seriously doubt, it would be the first sane thing Rev. Robertson has said in years. But thanks for showing what good Christians his fans are.

[ginapal]

12:41 PM on 10/26/2011

Important to note that Robertson DID NOT SAY THAT HE DISAGREES with the extreme opinions, just that they are too extreme to WIN ELECTIONS.

[lightbreeze]

09:18 AM on 10/26/2011

Among all televangelists, few realize Robertson is the most corrupt of all.

His non-profit religious broadcasts raised money from donors to create his TV network/channel (Family Channel). The Family Channel generated so much revenue it had to be spun off.

Then he and his son used Family Channel's revenues/profits as collateral to personally purchase the Family Channel. In that purchase and ultimate sale of Family Channel, Robertson and his son made $400 milion in profits.

In simple terms, he convinced donors to give money to build a profitable business so he could personally buy it, then used nothing else but the profits of the business to purchase it personally.

Such a transaction is illegal/punishable by fines/jail time. IRS regulations not only prohibit any non-profit from operating for the benefit of private interests, and doing so can lose its non-profit status...From the IRS website:

"A section 501(c)(3) organization must not be organized or operated for the benefit of private interests, such as the creator or the creator's family, shareholders of the organization, other designated individuals, or persons controlled directly or indirectly by such private interests. No part of the net earnings of a section 501(c)(3) organization may inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. A private shareholder or individual is a person having a personal and private interest in the activities of the organization."

Robertson and his son belong in prison.

[Red Igor]

08:58 AM on 10/26/2011

Another observation if I may.

Pat isnt saying this because he is genuinely concerned about this country.

He is saying this because the GOP are a bunch of loonies, and he is afraid that they will lose the 2012 election because of their insanity.

After they are in the White House, then the insanity will be ok, because it is their insanity.

[ginapal]

12:43 PM on 10/26/2011

precisely. Most of us missed this aspect at first reading.

We can all stop worrying that some lightning bolt may have hit old Pat in the noggin.

[groland]

08:53 AM on 10/26/2011

You know there is a serious problem when Pat Robertson thinks the GP is too extreme!