"Christian" evangelist Pat Robertson recently posted a picture on his CBN website of himself allegedly leg pressing 2,000 poounds. The Christian Broadcasting Network claims the feat was accomplished in 2003, though a date stamp on the photo itself clearly says "1999." [A Robertson CBN lackey suggests that whomever took the picture did not know how to set the date function on the camera. Right. I believe that, don't you?--Ed.] In video also posted on the CBN website, Robinson appears to leg press 1,000 pounds.
First, I cannot for the life of me figure out why Robertson would even want to claim he could leg press a ton. Second, I cannot figure out why, if Robertson really did do it (at the age of 73 assuming his 2003 date is correct), even the record-setting football players at NCAA Division 1 universities like Florida State can leg press a maximum of only 1,335 pounds. Third, neither CBS SportsLine.com commentator Clay Travis nor I can figure out where the heck Robertson got a machine capable of holding 2,000 pounds in the first place.
Has Robertson finally gone too far around the bend for real? Or is he just trying to sell people his "age-defying protein shake"? Is there no money-grubbing low to which this charlatan will not sink?
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