Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Pat Robertson - A Major Obenshain Donor - Slams Mother of Deaf Child for "Doing Something Wrong"

I always say that one can get a real feel for a political candidate by the company they keep- and by who donates to their campaign.  As noted in a previous post, the 2013 Virginia GOP statewide ticket has been raking in donations from Christofascists and hate groups.  However, I want to give further highlight to one candidate and one particular donor: GOP candidate Mark Obenshain and Pat Robertson.  Every aspect of Mark Obenshain's legislative history has been underscored by Obenshain's extremism.  Add to that record the insane batshitery of Obenshain's campaign donors (see below) and it is clear that Virginia does NOT need Obenshain in the office of the Attorney General. 

Back to Pat Robertson who donated $10,000 to Obenshain's campaign.  Here's what Robertson - who says that liberalism leads to Nazism, and who has has donated over $730,000 to Virginia Republicans over the years - has to say to a mother of a deaf child:  you must be doing something "wrong" if you   can't "heal" your son of deafness.  Right Wing Watch captures Robertson's and by extension, Obenshain's lunacy:
Pat Robertson says you must be doing something wrong if you can’t “heal” your son of deafness. After all, Robertson himself has healed deafness before, he said on the 700 Club today. Responding to a question from a mother who asked why her hearing impaired son hasn’t been healed despite her prayers, Robertson said that her son may be hindered by a “spirit of deafness.”
“I have dealt with people who are deaf and you rebuke the spirit of deafness and they get healed,” Robertson said. “I don’t know what you’re doing wrong.”
“Why don’t you try that and if it doesn’t work, try something else,” he said.
- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/robertson-mother-who-cant-heal-sons-deafness-must-be-doing-something-wrong#sthash.WEIzTwQm.dpuf


Pat Robertson says you must be doing something wrong if you can’t “heal” your son of deafness. After all, Robertson himself has healed deafness before, he said on the 700 Club today. Responding to a question from a mother who asked why her hearing impaired son hasn’t been healed despite her prayers, Robertson said that her son may be hindered by a “spirit of deafness.”

“I have dealt with people who are deaf and you rebuke the spirit of deafness and they get healed,” Robertson said. “I don’t know what you’re doing wrong.”  “Why don’t you try that and if it doesn’t work, try something else,” he said.


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