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Pat Robertson Excuses Petraeus, Blames Broadwell For AffairRight-wing televangelist Pat Robertson absolved former CIA Director David Petraeus of blame in his affair with biographer Paula Broadwell, implying that Broadwell initiated the affair and that Petraeus was powerless to resist. Speaking on The 700 Club, his show, Robertson said Petraeus conduct was understandable because the mans off in a foreign land and hes lonely and heres a good-looking lady throwing herself at him. Hes a man. There is no evidence that Broadwell initiated the relationship and, even if she did, that doesnt mean that he no responsibility for his decision to engage in extra-marital relations. Robertson previously blamed women for male sexual misconduct before: when asked for advice by a viewer bothered by her husbands flirtation with other women, Robertson said first thing is you need to make yourself as attractive as possible and dont hassle him about it. The televangelist is also perplexed by the idea that women enjoy erotica and wrote in a fundraising letter that feminism is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.Pat Robertson is like the crazy old uncle people keep locked up in the attic.