Pat Robertson Calls for Assassination of Hugo Chavez!!!

That is so typical, McG. This thread is not about Chavez, it's about Pat Robertson.

Merry Andrew wrote:

Chavez is probably the first Venezuelan leader who has ever actually done some positive things for the Venezuelans people instead of playing footsie with US big oil interests. No wonder the relligious right hates him.

Especially for the poor Venezuelans. Like the alphabetization program. Or the medical-oil swap, where 20,000 Cubans, including more than 14,000 physicians, were sent to treat poor Venezuelans for free. In exchange, Venezuela ships Cuba 90,000 barrels of oil a day under preferential terms.

Social programs and selling oil to Cuba? He must be evil...

Next thing ya know, he's gonna start public schools and voter registration programs . . . is there no end to his depravity ? ! ? ! ?

Really? Then why were the following comments made and skipped by you?

Either way, there is no difference between what Pat Robertson is advocating and the religious fatwas that come down from the muslim extremists.

Wow. You guys sure make Chavez look almost saintly.

That figures though. He is a terrorist sympathizer and we all know that makes him alright in the liberal handbook.

I would suggest you read up on Old Europes buddy Chavez before you start defending comments made about him.

McGentrix wrote:

Wow. You guys sure make Chavez look almost saintly.

How so? Because people are pointing out that he's using vast sums of money to help the poor? Don't know if that makes him look saintly. But maybe you just didn't know about that.

McGentrix wrote:

That figures though. He is a terrorist sympathizer and we all know that makes him alright in the liberal handbook.

He's a terrorist sympathizer? Like in "He has connections to Al Qaida"? Or maybe like in "He was behind 9/11"? I didn't know we were at that stage already!

Really, McGentrix, where do you get that from?

WHY ALL THE ATTENTION

So why is all of this attention being paid to Pat Robertson's comment that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez should be assassinated? Story after story, newscast after newscast, it's being broadcast as if what Pat Robertson says actually means anything. So why all the coverage?

Come on, folks. This one is easy. The media takes a crackpot like Pat Robertson and uses him to paint all Republicans and Bush supporters as nut jobs ready to form assassination squads to send out around the world to whack leaders we don't like. This story fits the media template. Robertson is a Bush supporter. The story, therefore, damages Bush. This means the story gets pushed. Never mind that Robertson is not a spokesperson for any of those organizations and has nothing to do with policy. Doesn't matter. It's all about following the Bush-bashing template.

So now we get to hear about this over and over again, as if it actually matters. Donald Rumsfeld's response was perfect...private citizens say things all the time. Once again, the leftist tilt of the mainstream media rears it's ugly head. It's worth noting that when certain fringe wacko liberals were calling for the assassination of George Bush, the press was strangely silent.

Oh and somebody actually went down to Venezuela and got a reaction from Hugo Chavez. He called Pat Robertson a terrorist. It really must be a slow news week. Perhaps the media could regale us with the other thoughts of Pat Robertson.

McG, do you condone Robertson's statement or not?

He is clearly not seen as a crackpot by many on the religious right and has not been condemned by any of the other leaders of that movement. He is a religious leader. I think he's a crackpot, but clearly he's not just some fringe preacher. He's a leader of christian conservatives and he has a very large audience.

Your support for Robertson sickens me.

Chavez maintains close ties to the FARC and ELN Marxist / drug trafficking guerrilla terrorists that operate in Colombia. Members of these organizations, together with Cuban citizens who support his "revolution", operate freely in Venezuela and have been inducted covertly into the Venezuelan military forces.

Venezuelan democracy passed an important test in August 2004 when it held, in a lawful and peaceful manner, a national referendum to determine whether President Hugo Chávez should remain in office. According to election authorities and international observers, a solid majority of Venezuelans voted in favor of the president's continued tenure.

I have said nothing about Robertson that would lead you to believe I supported him. All I have done is condemn Chavez for the bad guy he is instead of defending him as some sort of revolutionary hero.