"johac" <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com> wrote in message
news:jhachmann-CEB4B2.17102126052006@news.giganews.com...

Does he think he's Samson now? Or maybe he just gave up his career as a
weatherman and is now a body builder. Or since he claims his great
strength is due to his special magic protein elixir, perhaps he's now a
snake oil salesman. His prior experience as a liar for Jeebus makes him
especially qualified for the latter.

Then again, as usual, he's just full of it.


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Robertson Says He Leg-Pressed 2,000 Pounds

By Associated Press
Published May 26, 2006, 5:35 PM CDT

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson says he has
leg-pressed 2,000 pounds, but some say he'd be in a pretty tough spot if
he tried.

The "700 Club" host's feat of strength is recounted on the Web site of
his Christian Broadcasting Network, in a posting headlined "How Pat
Robertson Leg Pressed 2,000 Pounds."

According to the CBN Web site, Robertson worked his way up to lifting a
ton with the help of his physician, who is not named. The posting does
not say when the lift occurred, but a CBN spokeswoman released photos to
The Associated Press that she said showed Robertson lifting 2,000 pounds
in 2003, when Robertson was 73. He is now 76.

The Web posting said two men loaded the leg-press machine with 2,000
pounds "and then let it down on Mr. Robertson, who pushed it up one rep
and let it go back down again." The Web site said several people
witnessed the event, and shows video of Robertson leg-pressing what
appears to be 1,000 pounds.

Clay Travis of CBS SportsLine.com called the 2,000-pound assertion
impossible in a column this week, writing that the leg-press record for
football players at Florida State University is 665 pounds less.

"Where in the world did Robertson even find a machine that could hold
2,000 pounds at one time?" Travis asked.

Andy Zucker, a strength-training coach at Old Dominion University in
Norfolk, said leg presses of more than 1,000 pounds represent "a
Herculean effort, and 2,000 pounds is a whole other story."

"If he was able to lift that much weight, I take my hat off to him, but
the numbers suggest that people who lift that much weight are few and
far between," Zucker said. "One would have to see what type of leg press
it was on and under what parameters it was done."

CBN spokeswoman Angell Vasko said Friday that Robertson was not
available for comment because he was "out of pocket" for the long
holiday weekend.

Vasko said she has not seen Robertson leg-press 2,000 pounds but that
it's not "a huge shocker" that he could.

"Pat is so healthy," she said. "This is something he trained for over an
extended period of time. He lives a very healthy, regimented life."

One of the photos Vasko released had a digital date stamp of 1994,
although she said Robertson performed the leg press in 2003. Vasko said
that perhaps the date was not set properly on the camera.

The CBN Web site attributes Robertson's energy in part to "his
age-defying protein shake." The site offers a recipe for the shake,
which contains ingredients such as soy protein isolate, whey protein
isolate, flaxseed oil and apple cider vinegar.





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I would just *love* to know how many of his followers believe, in their
heart of hearts, that the yo-yo actually *did* perform this Herculean feat?
I also wonder what percentage of his 'congregation' *that* figure would
amount to. A follow-up would be: Out of the number of disbelievers, how many
still believe he 'speaks to God' on a 'face-to-face,' in-your-ear level?
And, how many of those 'enlightened' members of his Christian 'army' see no
discernable difference between the lying-out-my-***** Pat Robertson and the
'holiest' living man on planet Earth, Pat Robertson?

Greywolf

johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com> wrote in news:jhachmann-
CEB4B2.17102126052006@news.giganews.com:

Does he think he's Samson now? Or maybe he just gave up his career as a
weatherman and is now a body builder. Or since he claims his great
strength is due to his special magic protein elixir, perhaps he's now a
snake oil salesman. His prior experience as a liar for Jeebus makes him
especially qualified for the latter.

Then again, as usual, he's just full of it.


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Robertson Says He Leg-Pressed 2,000 Pounds

<snippy>

The CBN Web site attributes Robertson's energy in part to "his
age-defying protein shake." The site offers a recipe for the shake,
which contains ingredients such as soy protein isolate, whey protein
isolate, flaxseed oil and apple cider vinegar.

AGE-DEFYING?!

He hasn't looked in the mirror lately.

johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com> wrote in news:jhachmann-
CEB4B2.17102126052006@news.giganews.com:

Does he think he's Samson now? Or maybe he just gave up his career as

weatherman and is now a body builder. Or since he claims his great
strength is due to his special magic protein elixir, perhaps he's now

snake oil salesman. His prior experience as a liar for Jeebus makes

especially qualified for the latter.

Then again, as usual, he's just full of it.


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Robertson Says He Leg-Pressed 2,000 Pounds

<snippy>

The CBN Web site attributes Robertson's energy in part to "his
age-defying protein shake." The site offers a recipe for the shake,
which contains ingredients such as soy protein isolate, whey protein
isolate, flaxseed oil and apple cider vinegar.

AGE-DEFYING?!

He hasn't looked in the mirror lately.

johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com> wrote:
[snip]

[...] Or since he claims his great
strength is due to his special magic protein elixir, perhaps he's now a
snake oil salesman. [...]

When has he been anything other than a snake oil salesman? The only
difference is that this snake oil exists (not that it has ever helped
Squinty McConstipated leg press a ton.)

Cheers,
Craig

johac wrote:

Does he think he's Samson now? Or maybe he just gave up his career as a
weatherman and is now a body builder. Or since he claims his great
strength is due to his special magic protein elixir, perhaps he's now a
snake oil salesman. His prior experience as a liar for Jeebus makes him
especially qualified for the latter.

Then again, as usual, he's just full of it.


---

Robertson Says He Leg-Pressed 2,000 Pounds

By Associated Press
Published May 26, 2006, 5:35 PM CDT

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson says he has
leg-pressed 2,000 pounds, but some say he'd be in a pretty tough spot if
he tried.

The "700 Club" host's feat of strength is recounted on the Web site of
his Christian Broadcasting Network, in a posting headlined "How Pat
Robertson Leg Pressed 2,000 Pounds."

According to the CBN Web site, Robertson worked his way up to lifting a
ton with the help of his physician, who is not named. The posting does
not say when the lift occurred, but a CBN spokeswoman released photos to
The Associated Press that she said showed Robertson lifting 2,000 pounds
in 2003, when Robertson was 73. He is now 76.

The Web posting said two men loaded the leg-press machine with 2,000
pounds "and then let it down on Mr. Robertson, who pushed it up one rep
and let it go back down again." The Web site said several people
witnessed the event, and shows video of Robertson leg-pressing what
appears to be 1,000 pounds.

Clay Travis of CBS SportsLine.com called the 2,000-pound assertion
impossible in a column this week, writing that the leg-press record for
football players at Florida State University is 665 pounds less.

"Where in the world did Robertson even find a machine that could hold
2,000 pounds at one time?" Travis asked.

Andy Zucker, a strength-training coach at Old Dominion University in
Norfolk, said leg presses of more than 1,000 pounds represent "a
Herculean effort, and 2,000 pounds is a whole other story."

"If he was able to lift that much weight, I take my hat off to him, but
the numbers suggest that people who lift that much weight are few and
far between," Zucker said. "One would have to see what type of leg press
it was on and under what parameters it was done."

CBN spokeswoman Angell Vasko said Friday that Robertson was not
available for comment because he was "out of pocket" for the long
holiday weekend.

Vasko said she has not seen Robertson leg-press 2,000 pounds but that
it's not "a huge shocker" that he could.

"Pat is so healthy," she said. "This is something he trained for over an
extended period of time. He lives a very healthy, regimented life."

One of the photos Vasko released had a digital date stamp of 1994,
although she said Robertson performed the leg press in 2003. Vasko said
that perhaps the date was not set properly on the camera.

The CBN Web site attributes Robertson's energy in part to "his
age-defying protein shake." The site offers a recipe for the shake,
which contains ingredients such as soy protein isolate, whey protein
isolate, flaxseed oil and apple cider vinegar.

What's new? He leg-presses a ton of ***** every time he stands up.