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"I think George Allen from Virginia was a distinguished governor, he's a distinguished senator and head of the Senatorial Campaign Committee and won some significant victories. He is a very attractive guy and would make a tremendous president"

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A televangelist blessing a politician with the vocabulary of a talent scout is the tell here. Pat Robertson isn’t just complimenting George Allen; he’s performing translation work between two power bases that often pretend to be morally allergic to each other: evangelical authority and Republican electoral machinery. The “distinguished” drumbeat reads like credential-stacking for an audience that wants spiritual certainty but still needs résumé proof. Governor, senator, committee chair, victories: Robertson is laundering ambition through accomplishment, making a presidential push feel earned rather than nakedly transactional.

Then he swerves into “very attractive guy,” a phrase that lands with deliberate awkwardness coming from a clergyman. It’s not merely about looks; it’s about saleability. Robertson is acknowledging, in plain language, what political operatives say off-camera: charisma and televisual ease matter. In the era when campaigns were increasingly cable-ready, “attractive” is code for “electable,” and the compliment doubles as a signal to donors and activists that Allen can carry the brand beyond the choir.

The subtext is also managerial. By name-checking Allen’s leadership of the Senatorial Campaign Committee, Robertson hints at party loyalty and competence, reassuring skeptics that this is a team player who can deliver wins, not just posture on social issues. Coming from a religious broadcaster with a political megaphone, the endorsement is a soft anointing: not prophecy, but permission. It frames Allen as a vessel for movement priorities while keeping Robertson’s hands clean of specifics, a savvy way to confer moral sheen without being pinned to policy.

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Robertson, Pat. (2026, January 17). I think George Allen from Virginia was a distinguished governor, he's a distinguished senator and head of the Senatorial Campaign Committee and won some significant victories. He is a very attractive guy and would make a tremendous president. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-think-george-allen-from-virginia-was-a-70809/

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Robertson, Pat. "I think George Allen from Virginia was a distinguished governor, he's a distinguished senator and head of the Senatorial Campaign Committee and won some significant victories. He is a very attractive guy and would make a tremendous president." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-think-george-allen-from-virginia-was-a-70809/.

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"I think George Allen from Virginia was a distinguished governor, he's a distinguished senator and head of the Senatorial Campaign Committee and won some significant victories. He is a very attractive guy and would make a tremendous president." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-think-george-allen-from-virginia-was-a-70809/. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.

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Pat Robertson (March 22, 1930 - June 8, 2023) was a Clergyman from USA.

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