Rev Pat Robertson

Herbert Ellingwood, a vocal advocate of the religious right and longtime friend of Atty. Gen. Edwin Meese III, resigned his Justice Department job today to be an aide to the Rev. Pat Robertson, a likely presidential candidate. Ellingwood, who reportedly holds prayer meetings in his office, begins work next week as Robertson's administrative assistant, a spokesman for the television evangelist said. At the Justice Department, Ellingwood was director of the Office of Liaison.

Another op-ed article was published recently charging Democrats who do not favor the Rev. Jesse Jackson for vice president with racism. How about printing one charging the Republicans who do not favor the Rev. Pat Robertson for vice president with some form of anti-religious bias? Both of these candidates have much in common; each is a Christian minister, neither has ever held an elected position on any level, each represents a wing of their party characterized by many as extremist, and each (as is true with most successful ministers)

Youth has always been more impressed by what adults do than what they say. Page 1 of The Times (June 28) reminded us that the Reagan Administration had said in advance that it would ignore the International Court of Justice ruling (14 to 1) calling for the United States to cease its support for the contras and to compensate the Nicaraguan government for resultant economic losses. On the reverse side of that very page, the Rev. Pat Robertson, a leading so-called "fundamental Christian" and possible candidate for the GOP presidential nomination, is quoted as saying that our own Supreme Court rulings are "not the law of the land."

The Rev. Pat Robertson said Thursday that he will work for Republican candidates from the White House to the Iowa Statehouse. Robertson's Iowa supporters were dubbed "the invisible army" after his second-place finish in the Iowa caucuses. "Whatever camp you were in this fall, we're not any longer fighting Republicans, we are fighting Democrats," Robertson said. He said it was "entirely possible" that he might make another bid for the presidency--some day.

Nancy Ohanian's artwork of "gunfighters" George Bush and Michael Dukakis was offhanded, showing George Bush drawing a six-gun with his right hand and Mike Dukakis drawing southpaw ("The Shoot-out," by Lawrence Christon, Sept. 25). This year the handiest Republicans were the lefties, with presidential candidates Sen. Bob Dole, the Rev. Pat Robertson and Vice President Bush all left-handed. (President Reagan, once a New Deal Democrat, recalls being left-handed as a child before he was forced to write right-handed.

The Rev. Pat Robertson said Monday that his son, Gordon, had succeeded him as chief executive of the Christian Broadcasting Network. Robertson, 77, announced the transition on "The 700 Club," the network's flagship show, with Gordon, 49, on air with him. "I thought that some of this day-to-day operation was important to pass down the line, especially to somebody a little more adept at figuring out the new technologies coming at such a bewildering speed to all of us," the elder Robertson said.

The Bank of Scotland will terminate its fledgling deal to create an innovative new U.S. bank with American televangelist the Rev. Pat Robertson, banking sources said Thursday. Bank of Scotland said a meeting was scheduled today between Chief Executive Peter Burt and Robertson in the U.S. and that an announcement would be made after that, possibly Saturday morning.