Pat’s a Sweetie
Pat Robertson’s a funny guy. He has his own ideas about things. Kind of deranged ideas.
Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson has suggested that American agents assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to stop his country from becoming ‘a launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism.”
For what? Muslim extremism? Er – why would Venezuela be that, especially? Is the Patster maybe a little confused?
We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability. We don’t need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator…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. It’s a whole lot cheaper than starting a war … and I don’t think any oil shipments will stop.
True, true, very true – assassination is a whole lot cheaper than starting a war – let alone continuing one! I tell you what, that can get really expensive. Can cost even more than filling up the gas tank on the SUV, hahaha. On the other hand, the consequences – what nowadays we like to call ‘blowback’ – of assassination can turn out to run up the tab quite a bit. Considerably more than the cost of the assassination or ‘take-out’ itself. Like the assassination of that one measly archduke and his wife, for instance – golly, that ended up being expensive. If you count the cost of the whole rest of the 20th century, which you kind of have to – whoo-ee. We’re talking serious money here. Plus body count. The body count, once all the numbers were in, was really quite high.
But, hey, so Mr R thinks a little short-term – nobody’s perfect.
Robertson has made controversial statements in the past. In October 2003, he suggested that the State Department be blown up with a nuclear device. He has also said that feminism encourages women to ‘kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.”
Oh, is that controversial? People are so picky.
A helpful Pat-watcher collected a few more pungent remarks of his so I’ll share a few with you. A little Tuesday treat.
If the widespread practice of homosexuality will bring about the destruction of your nation, if it will bring about terrorist bombs, if it’ll bring about earthquakes, tornadoes and possibly a meteor, it isn’t necessarily something we ought to open our arms to.
No indeed! Very true. And if the widespread listening to Pat Robertson will bring about volcanic eruptions, floods, traffic jams, tsunamis and possibly the sun veering off course and crashing into the earth – well then. ‘If’ is such a useful little word.
Many of those people involved with Adolph Hitler were Satanists, many of them were homosexuals — the two things seem to go together.
The three. That’s three things – the three things seem to go together – Hitler, homosexuals, and Satanism. ‘Seem’ is another useful little word.
God’s pattern is for men to be the leaders, both in the church and in the family…I know this is painful for the ladies to hear, but if you get married, you have accepted the headship of a man, your husband. Christ is the head of the household and the husband is the head of the wife, and that’s the way it is, period.
Poor ladies. But if they will listen to Pat Robertson…
The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians.
And to make fun of Pat Robertson. Yup. Send me in, coach.
I think we’re OK for the moment. But if the gay nazi satanists start forming an alliance with the communist muslim extremists – then I’ll start to get worried.
That’s some mighty rigorous and nuanced thinking by the good reverend there. Yale Law School must be so proud of alum Pat.
a coworker piously intoned that he couldn’t vote for Kerry/Edwards because “Edwards was a lawyer.” I sent him this post and inquirred if he was still happy.
Not that a President Kerry would have been much more willing to diss Pope Panzerfaust or the whole Protestant churchie nuts. After all, the Dems are supposed to be more religious to gain more support from those who think the earth revolves around the sun and is 6000 years old.
“After all, the Dems are supposed to be more religious”
Exactly. Democratic ‘strategy’: keep trying to be more like Republicans. Two-party system – ha! Ha, I say, ha.
You could have pointed out to your anti-lawyer friend that Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer, and a damn brilliant one too.
I can’t see that the Dems’ fundie-suck-up tactic will win them many converts. Fundies will always vote conservative, which basically means “for the Republican candidates”. But even if it did win the Dems some fundie friends, they’d probably drive away an equal number of secular, liberal voters. On the other hand, maybe it’ll work just enough to swing those crucial swing states in the bible belt. Of course, by that point, it will hardly matter which party is in power: We’ll still have to rename our country Jesusland.
Question: Is Pat crazy or just evil and cunning? Sometimes these crackpot rightwingers (e.g., Cal Thomas, Ann Coulter) let down their guard and admit they’re doing it for the money. But they play the role so well….
OB, you should ask Julian Baggini for help here. This logic 101.If Pat Robertson can connect the dots why can’t you?
Muslim countries have oil.
Venezuela has oil.
Therefore Venezuela has Muslim extremists.
Lance Armstrong rides a bike.
I ride a bike.
Therefore I have won the Tour de France.
Etc.
Duh!
This is logic 101.
laughing
OOPS. In my post, I meant that the SUN revolves around the EARTH, of course
I’ve never understood the visceral reaction to lawyers. (Well, actually, I can, but :)) At the same time, CEOs who bankrupt their companies, fire their workforces, dump toxic goo, then jump off with the ‘chutes o’ gold befoer the crash are considered “strong leaders who understand bidness.”
I guess Pat’s god created too much for the malicious dullard to handle. She’s omni-something, no doubt. Omni-irritating? Poor fella, let’s all pray for him. Nothing fails like prayer.