Who is Pat Robertson from Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80s and what is their importance? Generation_of_Swine English & Literature Pat Robertson | Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80s

Pat Robertson is a very popular televangelist who makes runs for the Republican presidential nomination in 1988. Thompson writes that Robertson seems friendly on television, but Thompson hates the Christian politics of Robertson and others like him. Thompson does believe for much of the book that Robertson has the power to act as a spoiler in the Republican primary and derail Vice President George Bush's campaign.