Haitian ambassador shames Pat Robertson

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Haitian ambassador shames Pat Robertson

By David Edwards
Thursday, January 14th, 2010 -- 10:17 am
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Pat Robertson suggested Wednesday that Haiti deserved the recent devastating earthquake because they had made a "deal with the devil." Rachel Maddow covered Robertson's comments Wednesday night while lamenting his First Amendment rights. By coincidence or design, Raymond Joseph, the Haitian ambassador to the United States, joined Maddow following the Robertson segment and directly addressed the pastor's remarks.

Speaking on his Christian Broadcasting Network show, "The 700 Club," Robertson implied that the quake, and the general suffering of the Western Hemisphere's poorest country, was the result of a "pact with the devil" that Haitian rebels made in the 18th century.

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"I would like the whole world to know -- America especially -- that the independence of Haiti, when the slave rose up against the French and defeated the French army -- powerful army -- the U.S. was able to gain the Louisiana territory for $15 million. That's 3 cents an acre. That's 13 states west of the Mississippi that the Haitian slave revolt in Haiti provided," explained Joseph.

"Also the revolt of the rebels in Haiti allowed Latin America to be free," Joseph continued.

"So, what pact the Haitian made with the devil has helped the United States become what it is," he said.

Maddow felt the need to defend her reporting on Robertson's comments. "Mr. Ambassador, I have about as much in common with Pat Robertson as I do anybody in the world that I have not met. I can not apologize for him but if I could I would and I hope that you did not hear that as representative of the broad wishes of the American people," said Maddow.

"The reason we are making fun of him on this show is because we find his views so odious," she concluded.

This video is from MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show, broadcast Jan. 13, 2010

[hobbit709]

1. Judging from the history of Pat

He's incapable of feeling shame.

[AngryOldDem]

3. Of course not -- he's got God on his side.

:sarcasm:

[malaise]

2. I watched that live

He destroyed that asshole.