Pat Robertson took a pretty serious PR hit when his 700 Club show blamed the September 11 attacks on the ACLU, homosexuals, and others. But lately his businesses have taken the most serious damage.
On November 6, his for-profit Web site, Christianity.com, announced it was closing. Two days later, a federal district judge stopped his plans to reopen a California oil refinery. Two days after that, Washington Post columnist Colbert I. King attacked him (for the fourth time) for cozying up to Liberian dictator Charles Taylor while arranging a gold-mining agreement.
Robertson's latest book is titled Bring It On, but can he really take much more?
Weblog: Saving Christianity.comLifeAudio.com announces it will take over Pat Robertson's Christianity.com Web site. (Dec. 14, 2001)
Weblog: Robertson Says He's Quitting PoliticsWhat is fascinating is how much harsher the conservative press is on Robertson and the Coalition than the mainstream is. (Dec. 6, 2001)
Pat Robertson's letter to the editor refuting the allegations made against him in The Washington Post is posted online at Robertson's official site.
On November 9, according to The New York Times, an order by a federal district judge in Los Angeles took effect, temporarily stripping the oil company that Robertson controls of its permits and halting its plans to turn crude oil into gasoline for charitable purposes.
Robertson's Bring It On is available at Christianbook.com.