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Originally Posted by pan6467
I respect what you say SirL and it is damned powerful, but the fact is Robertson gets millions of viewers, he can influence elections in some parts of the country and shift a few %age points in the rest, BILLIONS are donated to him, Falwell, Roberts, and the "Jesus" Mafia they have going.
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Maybe nobody's willing to admit it....
To your point, they clearly have followers. Where else can the money come from? Perhaps they are not thinking "I follow Pat Robertson," so much as "Pat Robertson is doing God's work, and deserves my support."
Even though
I don't think he's doing God's work, enough people do that he has a healthy income.
Abe Lincoln said, "You can fool some of the people some of the time..." If his average contribution is $50, he only needs to fool one million people into contributing, and he has $50,000,000. That's less than 1% of the workforce.
Hey... I think I need to be a televangelist...
To expand a little, that $50 mil might represent a small percentage of the population, it is certainly enough bread to buy influence, and to affect the outcome of an election.