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23 August 2005

The Moral Majority


Pat Robertson, founder of the Christian Broadcast Network, yesterday called for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. This statement is not the first foray into politics for Robertson: he has previously sought the Republican Party's candidacy for President of the United States, and in 2003 suggested that the U.S. State Department be destroyed with a nuclear device.

Citing the threat of "communist infiltration and Muslim extremism," Robertson took aim at President Chavez during his Christian-themed "700 Club" television program. Noting that it would be cheaper to "take him [Chavez] out," rather than going to war now or in the future to remove Chavez, who Robertson describes as a "strong-arm dictator."

Robertson's call for bloody--apparently proactive--resolution met with little enthusiasm from both Venezuelan and U.S. policy makers.

"Our department doesn't do that type of thing," said U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld when asked about American policy regarding the assassination of political figures. Mr. Rumsfeld did not, however, stipulate which department or agency did provide such services.

The hypocrisy that a Christian evangelist should publicly call for the murder of another person, and then suggest that it receive support from our government, ought not to be lost on us. Could this mark the beginning of a holy crusade for the new millennium? Ratzinger could pen a papal bull, calling for all men in the kingdom, young of body and fiery of spirit, to cleanse the Holy Land of the Muslim infidel. We'll need a Joinville to take notes along the way--perhaps Bill O'Reilly could most adequately fill those shoes.

1 Comments:

  • At 7:13 AM, Blogger Mishegasmaster said…

    did you know that pat robertson has his own diet shake mix out? now you can lose weight while losing brain cells listening to his drivel on the 700 Club!!!

     

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