Pat Robertson on Petraeus: '100 Mile Rule in Play'

[Gidney N Cloyd]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/13/pat-robertson-on-general-_n_2123111.html

Pat Robertson excused General David Petraeus' affair with reporter Paula Broadwell, saying, "He's a man." In this 2010 photo, he talks to attendees at a prayer breakfast for Bob Mcdonnell. (AP Photo/Clem Britt)

Television evangelist and ultraconservative Pat Robertson doesn't think General David Petraeus should be condemned for his affair with writer Paula Broadwell. After all, she is "an extremely good looking woman" and "he's a man."

Robertson excused CIA Director Petraeus for the extramarital affair with his biographer, Broadwell, on Monday's episode of "The 700 Club," the flagship program of the Christian Broadcasting Network.

"Who knows?" he said. "The man's off in a foreign land and he's lonely and here's a good looking lady throwing herself at him. I mean, he's a man."

He also alluded to Broadwell's wiles. "She is an extremely good looking woman. She is a marathon runner. She runs Iron Man triathlons. So she's out running with him and writing a biography. I think the term is 'propinquity.'"

FYI, The Hundred Mile Rule:
When you are more than 100 miles away from your significant other, you may do whatever you want, including cheat on them
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=100%20Mile%20Rule

[leftstreet]

1. I thought he died n/t

[Dems50State]

2. Did the General find Jesus?

A little bit of holy water washes away all sins.

[Aristus]

22. Very Shakespearean!

"A little water clears us of the deed" - Lady Macbeth. (And look how that turned out...)

Welcome to DU, Dems50State!

[hrmjustin]

3. Yet when clinton had his problems it was ok to tear him apart Pat. Pat just retire!

[enough]

9. +1 (nt)

[deutsey]

15. Yeah, but was Clinton 100 miles away from Hillary?

Apparently, that makes all the difference.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

19. Now your're catching on.

[Downwinder]

4. Correction: I think the term is Popinjay.

[demwing]

5. lol, not that I care, but there's these Ten Rules your God commanded you to follow

Nothing about being gay in those ten commandments, by the way, you decrepit fucking hypocrite

[SomethingFishy]

6. So marriage is between 1 man and 1 woman

unless you are 100 miles from your spouse...

So much for protecting he sacred sacrament of marriage.

[avaistheone1]

7. Or should the 5-second rule apply?

She falls on the floor and Petraeus gets 5 seconds to jump on her penalty free.

[Angry Dragon]

12. I think it is 10 seconds

[CJCRANE]

8. "Propinquity". I've learned a new word today.

In social psychology, propinquity (from Latin propinquitas, "nearness&quot is one of the main factors leading to interpersonal attraction. It refers to the physical or psychological proximity between people. Propinquity can mean physical proximity, a kinship between people, or a similarity in nature between things ("like-attracts-like&quot . Two people living on the same floor of a building, for example, have a higher propinquity than those living on different floors, just as two people with similar political beliefs possess a higher propinquity than those whose beliefs strongly differ.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propinquity

I don't think it's in the Bible though.

[Buns_of_Fire]

34. It makes more sense than saying "They were propinquiting like two rabid weasels in heat." :) nt

[CJCRANE]

38. I dunno...

I like that better!

[malaise]

10. But did he suggest that Petraeus' affair was the cause of

Hurricane Sandy in the same way he blames the gays ????

[Angry Dragon]

11. Pat would know after paying for tons of sex during the Korean War

Hey Pat is it okay for a woman to do this also?? ............ just wondering

[thelordofhell]

13. Pat Robertson ignores the 10 Commandments

There, fixed the headline for you

[Initech]

14. And yet these douchebags have the balls to tell us who can and can't get married.

Really so the "hundred mile rule" makes an affair OK but two gay people who love each other cannot get married. Fuck that shit.

[cpamomfromtexas]

16. Oh Please, my hubby's been deployed and when he's "home", he's on the road as a pilot,

22 days a month,

Does that give him a free pass?

HELL NO.

Betrayus just thinks he gets a free pass since he's "obviously important".

[LadyHawkAZ]

17. Pat Robertson Once Again Struggles to Remain Relevant

No news at 11.

[kysrsoze]

18. So we men just need to drive 100 miles to get some strange and it's OK? What's the 700 rule?

[edbermac]

20. Preacher Pat Robertson condoning adultery?

Is it snowing in hell now?

[Blue_Tires]

27. yeah...talk about strange

[LiberalArkie]

21. Supposedly the affair only started when he took the job at the CIA.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

23. I'm only 'splainin' Pat's position, not challenging his facts.

[sarcasmo]

24. Pat Robertson becoming more comical by the day.

[dawg]

25. But gays are destroying the traditional marriage.

[seabeyond]

26. is there any man that has had enough of this all encompassing excuse, he is a man?

i would be.

i am when they use comments like this excusing womens poor behavior.

nagging. she is a woman.

spending money that isnt there. she is a woman.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

29. That would be like saying I'd had enough of my mortgage deduction.

[seabeyond]

35. of course. i get it. but, that is the thing, i get it. nt

[spanone]

28. this 'christian' asshole could twist any religious doctrine to feed his politics

my dog is more christian than pat

[all american girl]

30. Pat, you want to know what a real man is

A man in a foreign land who doesn't have an affair....like my husband. Pig!!!!! Believe me, my husband has no respect for Petraeus, and that was before the affair.

Wait, I thought he had the affair after the Army, while in the CIA....that would be here, living with his wife....not in a foreign land....Pat is a fool...

[Hugabear]

31. "Thou shalt not commit adultery...unless thy spouse is far away, and thou art horny"

n/t

[Whiskeytide]

36. And he/she is good looking...

... can't break the commandment for just anyone.

[Autumn]

32. What a fucking, hypocritical asshole.

Dirty bastard.

[tanyev]

33. Huh. I wonder if Mrs. Robertson has a few stories she could share with us?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

37. Pat Robertson: "Yeah, I'd do her. Say hallelujah"