Tired from campaigning, I took a break, went home for a sandwich and clicked on the TV.
Robert Tilton
Some television preacher had his head slung down on a bible, beating it in tears and begging his viewers to send him a prayer request he would use with his special relationship with God. He could save them from whatever agony they faced, if the prayer request came in with a bit of money. The more money the more time he would be able to spend with God pleading their case.
My response instantly went apoplectic. He wasn’t just feeding on the old, the sick, and helpless, but the lonely without anywhere to turn but this son of a bitch.
I put down my sandwich and went to record my thoughts for that week’s broadcast.
But first let me ask you if you can recall this itsy-bitsy sampling of what these famous television slimes did to their millions of believers:
A. James Baker
B. The Copelands
C. Duplantis
D. John Gray
E. Robert Jeffress
F. John Hagee
G. Jimmy Swaggart
H. Bernard Law
I. Peter Popoff
J. Robert Tilton
A. Indicted on federal charges of mail and wire fraud, and conspiracy to defraud the public. Five years in prison stealing contributor funds.
B. Purchased three private jets while proclaiming children do not need a flu shot because Jesus had already “bore our sickness.”
C. God told him he needs a jet plane too.
D. Bought his wife a $200,000 Lamborghini.
E. Claims all Muslims promote pedophilia.
F. Blamed hurricane Katrina on lesbians and gays.
G. Hired prostitutes then apologized to his wife and God, with television crocodile tears, then went right out and did it again.
H. Spent years protecting sexually abusive priests.
I. Claimed that through God he was aware of any stranger in need and could cure their illness. Exposed as a fraud when it was shown he was fed information collected about each person in a hidden earpiece.
J. Claimed he had a special relationship with God and could save you if you only sent him a prayer request with proof of your good faith – money. Exposed as fraud when 60 minutes filmed his tossing the prayer requests in the trash, minus the money sent. Robert Tilden the very guy I watched while eating my sandwich.
MY COMMENTARY THAT WEEK:
“What is the most disgusting thing you can think of?
Is it waking up to find a fat tick suckling on the tender tissues of your armpit? Would it be licking the bottom of a buss station toilet seat?
Well for me it is television preachers feeding on the sick, the disheartened, the lonely, all desperate for help and someone they can trust.”
The station called me, said they had never had so many angry callers demanding that I be gagged.
Might have been that unfortunate bus station toilet seat line that did me in.
Tick, toilet seat
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