Soapbox

It’s getting so nothing surprises me any more. Nauseates and horrifies me, sure- but surprises? Naaw.

Pat Robertson has said on his national program that the United States should assassinate Hugo Chavez, a democratically elected leader of a sovereign nation, because it would be cheaper than going to war with him. Today he responded to the criticism he has been getting by claiming he was “misinterpreted” and never called for Chavez to be assassinated. Here is part of what he said:

“If he thinks we’re trying to assassinate him, I think we really ought to go ahead and do it.”

Doesn’t seem like much room for mis-interpretation there. So he not only is a thug advocating terrorist acts against another country, but he is also a liar who won’t even accept responsibility for what he has said.

Wow! Are these the family values and “culture of life” mentality that the right is always accusing the left of lacking? If so, we’re better off without them. America should be outraged but not surprised at this comment from a man who has said that feminism encourages women to kill their children and recently prayed for God to “act against” 3 supreme court justices so that more conservatives could be appointed.

Robertson calls himself a man of God, but exactly which God is he a man of? Thor, the God of Thunder? Shiva the Destroyer? Because he doesn’t speak like a man of the God who told us to Love our neighbor as ourselves and turn the other cheek. Ironically, Robertson has repeatedly condemned Islam as a “violent” religion.

Pat Robertson owes an apology not only to President Chavez and the people of Venezuela but to the American people, for suggesting to the world that we are a nation that would casually turn to war and murder while hiding behind Jesus Christ. I can’t help but think that this statement might be a great terrorist recruiting tool because it surely painst Americans and Christians in a bad light. How many more American servicemen may die because of what Pat Robertson just said? Might it increase the danger to the elected president of this sovereign nation, to suggest that such men should be fair game for those who disagree?

Talk about obscenity on television! Americans of good conscience and common sense can only wonder; why is this man still on TV? And what kind of network would continue to give him a national platform from which to advocate for murder?

If you feel the same, please let CBN and abcfamily network know about it. It is past time to pull the plug on this sick, sick guy.