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    Robertson: Is mac 'n' cheese 'a black thing?'

    VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson has been set straight on Thanksgiving comfort food.

    "The 700 Club" founder showed a clip of Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday. Robertson's host, Kristi Watts, asked what dish the former secretary of state had to have on Thanksgiving. Rice replied macaroni and cheese.

    Watts reacted enthusiastically, adding "Sister, that is my dish..."

    Appearing perplexed, Robertson asked Watts, who is black, of the women's shared enthusiasm for mac 'n' cheese, "Is that a black thing?"

    Watts replied "It is a black thing Pat. ...The world needs to get on board." The two laughed about it.

    The exchange was posted on The Huffington Post and other blogs.

    Robertson has a record of making provocative statements. He said Haiti was cursed one day after a devastating earthquake and that divorcing a spouse with Alzheimer's disease is justifiable.

     
    • Anonymous  •  6 mths ago
      I love homemade mac n cheese and I am white and *Irish-American*.
      • THETIMEISNOW 6 mths ago
        You filth! You probably indulge in the grease-dripping "mickey d" cheeseburgers also!!
      • Anonymous 6 mths ago
        Wow -- I think you need a mental health checkup. I feel pity for you.
      • Ayny 6 mths ago
        THE guy is into self flagellation.
    • san s  •  6 mths ago
      WHAT?? LOL Millions of people eat mac and cheese
      • Elijones 6 mths ago
        Millions of Americans also eat pizza...but not for Thanksgiving dinner.
      • cocheta 6 mths ago
        Correction....there are people who eat pizza for Thanksgiving dinner. It's their tradition...who are you to question it?
      • menykats 6 mths ago
        I guess you can eat anything on Thanksgiving that strikes your fancy. Tomorrow, we are having some blackeyed peas cooked with hog jawl. Now, in the South that's a New Year's Day dish, but we just decided we wanted some peas now. Just sounded good!
    • tambor  •  Nassau, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Absurd. Find a kid of almost any color in the USA and they eat either mac n cheese or chicken nuggets. Its not a black thing, its an American thing.
      • ghostie 6 mths ago
        and hot dogs. Don't forget those sticks of meat.
      • wtfk 6 mths ago
        While you're at it, and this will test some people's objectivity, throw in fried chicken. Kids of all types don't love it?
      • LC 6 mths ago
        It's not even an American thing...its a North American thing, Canadians have eaten that crap forever too.
    • Jim  •  Norfolk, United States  •  6 mths ago
      It has to be baked with a creamy sauce and have a layer of either bread crumbs or a thick layer of melted cheese on top! not the type you cook on the stove!
      • GloriaK 6 mths ago
        You got it right. That is soul food whether you are black, white, or green.
      • Hello! 6 mths ago
        Is that the White version?
      • crusty 6 mths ago
        Ah, food for the soul--good for everyone. Enjoy!
    • wtfk  •  6 mths ago
      I LOVED the playful response. That's what the world needs--not the crazy hatred.

      BTW, I couldn't be much whiter, and used to consider mac n cheese my favorite dish (I've moved on to Alaskan king crab, but that's another story, and mac n cheese goes great with it too.)
      • peace 6 mths ago
        I luv alaskan king crab!
      • Spar 6 mths ago
        I don't think it was playful, it was probably more like "Well, I can't call him a senile racist on broadcast television, so I better play it off as a joke"
      • roguebear30 6 mths ago
        There's nothing better than homemade mac n cheese with king crab baked into it! Freaking awsome!!!
    • Pixie Man  •  6 mths ago
      Wait...I'm BLACK?!
      Well crap, I need to figure out how to break this to the wife.....
    • myoopia  •  Port Angeles, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Pat Robertson must own the network that he appears on; why else is he on?....and not broke? It must be a "God" thing.
    • Jim  •  Norfolk, United States  •  6 mths ago
      he probably hasn't had to actually prepare a meal for himself in a long long time!
    • Ray  •  6 mths ago
      Man, this Robinson, robertson, George Jetson or whatever his name is is sure disconnected from the rest of us...
    • T  •  Indianapolis, United States  •  6 mths ago
      We've always had mac n cheese at Thanksgiving dinner. I'm white and I'm not a southerner either. How is that a black thing?
    • TheWordofVirgo!  •  Grand Rapids, United States  •  6 mths ago
      I guess were all a little black then, because I love that stuff.
    • ghostie  •  6 mths ago
      Man my husband is the most albino black person ever! His blue eye blonde haired self loves that mac and cheese. I bet if it came in an iv he'd be hooked up all the time! I on the other hand hate it, that must be the white in me fighting with the black. -.-....I have seen more 'white' people eatting it. My husband like chitlins - a black food, and i hate them. Its called having a taste in food not a racial prefrence.
    • jazzbooksfood  •  Santa Clara, United States  •  6 mths ago
      I didn't know it was a "black thing," either .....
    • DSAVAGE666  •  Sacramento, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Hey, white guys like mac n' cheese too! Oven baked, with a little bit of bread crumbs on top? OM NOM NOM!
    • Mukluk Joe  •  6 mths ago
      Later in the show, Robertson performed an exorcism on a bowl of beans and rice.
    • Peyton  •  6 mths ago
      My husband and I love macaroni and cheese casserole; we make it with several kinds of cheese [from scratch] and put lean sausage in it. It's fabulous comfort food and we are white.
    • Grilled Cheesus  •  6 mths ago
      Anyone who still listens to this guy is an idiot.
    • j  •  Chiang Mai, Thailand  •  6 mths ago
      What a waste of reporting. I'm white and I like Mac & Cheese, watermelon, fried chicken and grits. Nothing is a "Black", "White" or "Yellow" thing. Oh well, It's Pat and his water walkers being what they are.
    • Uneducated Stupid Idiot  •  6 mths ago
      Shirley, he can't be serious.
    • Snafu B  •  Sacramento, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Pat, you jacknape, you always have to be in on something stupid, now don't you?
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