Backpedal much?

Oh Pat.
Pat, Pat, Pat.

The emphatic looking guy above is Pat Robertson, modern crusader. He is the founder and majority owner of the 700 club Christian TV network, source of news to the blindly 'faithful' and functionally retarded alike. This last week, Robertson, making full use of the kind of power only available to crazy people when they own their own television network, called for the assasination of Venezuelan President Chavez, the Leftist democratically elected leader of that South American country. Here's a direct quote:

"If he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it," Robertson said of Chávez on his show, "The 700 Club." "It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war. And I don't think any oil shipments will stop."

Now, call me crazy, but that's pretty damn clear language. I'd say Mr. Robertson's logic is dubious at best, especially for a religious man. I'm reasonably sure "thou shalt not kill" is one of those ten commandment thingies he keeps advocating. There isn't (to my knowledge) a little sidebar stating "unless war is cheaper, or there is reason to believe the oil shipments will stop". However, if Patty boy really believes in the jargon he's spewing, he should at least stand by it. That would be the course of someone with integrity, with the strenth of convition to back his own beliefs. Evidently that description doesn't really apply here. I'd like you to re-read his quote advocating assasination, followed by his quote backpedaling. Pretty BS filled:

- Assasination is good:

"If he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it... It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war. And I don't think any oil shipments will stop."

- I never said any such thing:

"I didn't say 'assassination.' I said our special forces should 'take him out.' And 'take him out' can be a number of things, including kidnapping; there are a number of ways to take out a dictator from power besides killing him. I was misinterpreted by the AP [Associated Press], but that happens all the time."

Riiiight. Quite the believable pile of crap there Pat.

To be fair, this is hardly the first time Patty boy has gone and said some really silly stuff. Recall his initial reaction to 9/11:

"We have allowed rampant secularism and occult, et cetera, to be broadcast on television. We have permitted somewhere in the neighborhood of 35 to 40 million unborn babies to be slaughtered in our society. We have a Court that has essentially stuck its finger in God's eye and said, 'We're going to legislate you out of the schools, we're going to take your Commandments from off the courthouse steps in various states, we're not going to let little children read the Commandments of God, we're not going to let the Bible be read -- no prayer in our schools.' We have insulted God at the highest levels of our government. And, then we say 'why does this happen?' Well, why its happening is that God Almighty is lifting His protection from us."

Seriously, wow. Buddy must be a treat at parties.