PAT ROBERTSON OFFERS US ANOTHER REMINDER of why he was one of the original models for the term “idiotarian:”

Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson suggested Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s stroke was divine punishment for “dividing God’s land.”

David Corn isn’t sure what to make of this: “So God visited a stroke upon Sharon because God is opposed to the Middle East peace process? That’s what Robertson is saying. (But if God didn’t want progress in the Middle East, why did God let Arafat die? I’m confused.)”

UPDATE: Joe Gandelman notes a Robertson soul brother.