One of my favorite Washington Post reporters, Dana Milbank, held an online chat today. In his lead, Milbank discusses the Pat Robertson issue. I thought his intro was pretty funny:

It’s been a rough week. President Bush returned early from his New Year’s break in hopes of getting 2006 off to a better start with talk about the economy and national security.

Instead, Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty in Washington and Florida and will have to pay more than $25 million and spend a decade in the pokey — even after he helps bring down various congressmen.

Ariel Sharon suffered a stroke and is near death. And, after one of the bloodiest weeks in Iraq, the former U.S. commander there, Ricardo Sanchez, says “the country is on the verge of a civil war.”

But thank God for this: We have Pat Robertson. In addition to his helpful remarks yesterday about Sharon, he started the year off by having a conversation with a highly placed source: The Lord.

“Here is what I believe the Lord said,” Robertson said on the 700 Club Tuesday, reading from a yellow legal pad on which God allowed him to take notes.

“The fall elections will be inconclusive but the outcome of the war and the success of the economy will lead the Republicans in charge but it’s going to be inconclusive in this year. But I do believe the president is going to strengthen and that alitos going to get confirmed. I believe another liberal judge is going to retire, step down from the court. We’ll have another opening there and the war in Iraq is going to come to a successful conclusion and we’ll begin withdrawing troops before the end of this year.”

Robertson’s exclusive with God was a helluva scoop, so to speak, beating both Brit Hume and Tim Russert to the highly desired interview. But, as it happens, the Lord is loosening up some of His message discipline in recent days and is granting a surprising number of interviews. In fact, I have Him on the line right now and He has agreed to answer your questions today, speaking through me. He asks only that you keep your questions civil, so He is not forced to smite any of you.

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