Snake oil salesman extraordinaire!

Same as James Robison and his sweet bride Betty, who now go on TV and peddle the gospel of minerals, vitamins and other wondrous ointments to their gullible TV audience.

And how do I know? ‘Cause I like to listen to Televangelists in the morning; and like 12-step programs admonish, I take what I want and leave the rest.

Robertson is just like all the faux conservatives and religious Pharisees. Just sign up for NewsMax and watch your e-mail overflow with quack medicine advice and promotions. You’ll see!

Posted by Mimi Schaeffer on 23 May 2006 @ 6pm

What is sad is that many people may not really know how extraordinary the claim is. I used to do bicycle racing on a team and felt pretty cool about doing 500 lb leg presses, but the really strong guys were doing around 900 lbs. World class sprinters and track cyclists approach 2000 lbs, and somehow I doubt that a 70′ish year old fellow is as strong as a 30 year old olympian.

Posted by Duane Gran on 23 May 2006 @ 10pm

God’s Own protein shakes?

Posted by Tim McCormack on 23 May 2006 @ 11pm

Is there any chance he means 200 pound?

Posted by Not Larry Sabato on 24 May 2006 @ 2am

Not that it matters but he’s cheating heavily in his form.
He has his hands on his knees pressing up which relieves a fair amount of weight, and he also doesn’t even let the weight drop past the safety bars. For it to be an honest test of strength, he’d have to drop that weight wayyy down, with his knees almost to his chest, then press back up.

Posted by Mike Sizemore on 25 May 2006 @ 7pm

This is the same guy who, when campaigning for the Republican nomination for president, claimed it was unfair to call him a televangalist…

Posted by Andrew Sampson on 26 May 2006 @ 12am

[...] Waldo has already covered Pat Robertson’s ridiculous claim to leg-press 2000 lbs, but I saw an AP article this morning inthe Daily Progress that talked about it. They show a picture of what appears to be Pat Robertson working a fully-loaded leg-press machine. I didn’t believe it for a second. In fact, upon closer inspection, I noticed that the machine was still in locked position. Correct me if I’m wrong, but you can inspect it here yourself. [...]

Posted by Brain on Fire » Blog Archive » Pat Robertson and God’s Own Protein Shakes on 30 May 2006 @ 7am

The man never ceases to amaze me … He must have a crew of writers behind a curtain somewhere. Cool blog by the way. I found you via a link to a link to a link …

Posted by Shawn Anthony on 31 May 2006 @ 12am