The Washington Post asked me to write a piece about the latest Pat Robertson controversy.

Recently, a woman named “Andreas” visited the Web site of Pat Robertson’s The 700 Club, clicked the “Bring It On” link and submitted a question to Pat in hopes that the Grand Evangelical Poobah would grant her a live, unscripted, rambling answer from the Almighty. Miraculously, the prayers of “Andreas” were answered last week when somebody–an intern? A producer? Jesus?–at The 700 Club plucked her inquiry from the box of unanswered questions and handed it to the show’s cohost Terry Meeuwsen to read aloud to Pat.

“Dear Pat,” read Terry, “I have a friend whose wife suffers from Alzheimer’s…”

As soon as “Andreas”–whose name I like to imagine is really Pam or Sherry–heard Terry read that first line, I suspect she turned up the volume on her TV so she could hear how God (through Pat) would answer her question.

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