These were the words of the Big Three CEO’s as they humbly showed up in their electric cars to appear in front of a Senate committee this past week.

Instead of the arrogance, corporate jets, and stretch limos, they came from Detroit to Washington DC in their electric cars (the televangelists still fly in their jets) and used the ‘impoverished third world relief’ tactics of playing on our consciences.

However, there was one major difference between the Big Three CEO’s and televangelists…

The Big Three CEO told us that if we didn’t give them any money, they were going to die.

The faith televangelist tells us that if we don’t give them any money, we are going to die.

As I watched various news clips of those Senate hearings, the first thing that came into my mind hearing the pleas of the CEO’s was Oral Robert’s famous fund raising tactic of 1987 where Roberts announced that if he did not raise $8 million by March, 1987; God was going to “call him home” (a.k.a “die”).

That was literally what the Big Three CEO’s said except the millions of dollars are actually billions of dollars.

I really believe that as Oral Roberts received his $8 million, the Big Three CEO’s will receive their billions. However, what will we get out of this? Oral Roberts was never the same person again and fell out of relevance. Will the Big Three deliver with a high quality, cost-effective, high horsepower, fuel efficient car priced in line with their competitors or will the big money executives of the Big Three do like Oral’s son and daughter-in-law (Richard and Lindsay) are accused of doing…. improperly use taxpayer funds for payraises and performance bonuses while laying off workers (in Richard’s case, university funds)?

What’s next… a Big Three telethon on television? Maybe noted Christian telethon fundraisers Steve Munsey, Juanita Bynum, and Mike Murdock could help the auto industry out and raise money for them.