Pat Robertson blames Haiti suffering on 'pact with devil'.

Preacher Pat Robertson has blamed Haitians directly for the devastating earthquake, saying that the country "swore a pact to the devil'' at its creation.
"Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it,'' Robertson said on his Christian Broadcasting Network show The 700 Club.

The 80-year-old former presidential candidate said Haitians were originally "under the heel of the French".

"You know, Napoleon the third, or whatever.

"And they got together and swore a pact to the devil.

"They said, we will serve you if you will get us free from the French. True story.

"And so, the devil said, 'Okay, it's a deal'.

"Ever since, they have been cursed by one thing after the other.''

Over 100,000 people were feared dead after a massive 7.0 earthquake yesterday razed homes, hotels and hospitals in the capital Port-au-Prince.

Bodies of the dead were laid out on city streets as residents dug through rubble for survivors.

Robertson contrasted Haiti with its neighbour Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispanola.

The Dominican Republic "is prosperous, healthy, full of resorts, etc", he said.

"Haiti is in desperate poverty. Same island.

"They need to have - and we need to pray for them - a great turning to God and out of this tragedy.

"I'm optimistic something good may come."

Ruled for centuries by the Spanish and then the French, Haiti gained independence in 1804 through a slave-led revolution, creating the first country governed by African descendents in the Americas.

The fire-and-brimstone Christian conservative preacher is seen by critics to espouse an anti-gay, anti-liberal agenda, but he describes his ministry as pro-life and pro-family.

Founder and chairman of The Christian Broadcasting Network, Robertson in 1988 beat out sitting vice president George Bush Sr in the Iowa Republican caucuses, but ultimately failed in his presidential bid.

Perhaps most famously, Robertson in 2005 stirred outrage after calling on the US Government to assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

Robertson, who often makes predictions of upcoming disasters and horrific attacks, came under fire in 2006 after suggesting the stroke then-Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon suffered was divine retribution for ceding land to the Palestinians.

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[hELLAsShining]

LOL!

This man is out of touch with reality. He suffers from delusions, thinking that all world events and geopolitics have to do with his religion.

They didn't 'kick the French out' - they massacred them, and then, they killed the mulattoes as well. Haiti has been doing wonderfully ever since :P

[TheOioink]

@hELLAsShining Since when has Haiti done wonderful ever???

[simbies]

OMG people,, it was a fucking EARTHQUAKE. nothing to do with your so called God. . EARTHQUAKE.

MORONS

[TheOioink]

@simbies What do you expect from a American Christrian Psycho? hahaha Nuts huh?

[Jahlive69]

Was Robertson SATANS assistant?

Was he present during the deal?

What a racist pig!

[TheOioink]

@Jahlive69 GOD sent Pat to Help the World :P

[speakwhnspkn2]

who the fuck is this aunt thomasina black bitch sitting there agreeing with this idiot?

[aurorasakura16]

Haiti was one of the first countries that attempted to start democracy, it was just before it's time. Now... how the hell does an attempt to start democracy, pulling themselves from under the control of the French, have anything to do with the devil (if he in fact existed).

And part of the reason Haiti is so poor is BECAUSE of the western world and trade.

There are just too many ignorant people in this world. It makes me loose hope in humanity.

[TheJasonDR]

he does have a point..my family came from the dominican republic and basically all of my family knows atleast 2 languages ...due to the language schools that they have and it seems like this libertarian free country ...and then you see these very very poor Haitians

[thor3002]

Pat Robertson fuck you

[redrod123986]

Pat Robertson needs to have all the skin rubbed off him with a steel wool scrub pad and then be thrown in a pile of powdered salt.

[MrEnlightenup]

how can anyone listen to this piece of shit talk about our govenment when he knows nothing about reality.he base his perseption on dogma and blind faith. how sick.when he dies im going to piss on his grave...he has a special corner in hell waiting for him like fred phelps.

[kennycook]

I love when he says "true story" and how the chick next to him just keeps shaking her head... What idiots!

[ButtplugClock]

@TheOioink

since when do you know anything about Haiti at all? You couldn't even point it out on a map.

[ButtplugClock]

Oh powerful Satan, I give you my soul in exchange for the chance to punch this old coot in the face.

[kotkee]

@speakwhnspkn2 back in the day there were two types of slaves those who lived with their master (if a woman a sex slave), and the other are the workers on the fields. She would be the house slave.

[Zoink555]

@moneyteck The thing is that you can Report anything you like these days. It does not have to be true or accurate.