August 23, 2005

Pat Robertson Goes Over the Edge, Calls for Political Assassination

Pat Robertson has lost it. We all knew the day was coming, but it has finally arrived. The longtime leader of The 700 Club has publically called for the assassination of Hugo Chavez.

“You know, I don’t know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we’re trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it,” Robertson said. “It’s a whole lot cheaper than starting a war ... and I don’t think any oil shipments will stop.”
Yes, Chavez needs to be stopped. Yes, if we do anything short of waiting him out it will probably have to involve armed conflict. But someone who considers himself to be a major spiritual leader in this country does not need to be calling for the assassination of ANYONE, not even a third world despot. Christians in the United States (and the world) have enough trouble being taken seriously without nutcases like this attaching themselves. Heck, we're still trying to disassociate Christianity as a whole from the Spanish Inquisition and the KKK. We don't need any more help from the likes of Pat Robertson.

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