>>http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/09/us/pat-robertson-facebook-remark/index.html?hpt=hp_t5
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>I have wondered for quite a while, why are such idiots so influential? Why do newspapers even quote him, for example? I mean, there must be lots of people talking nonsense, or even their own doubtful interpretation of religion, so why do people like Pat Robertson get all the press?

I'm not sure it's possible for someone to be a bigger horses a$$ than Pat Robertson.