Pat Robertson Encourages the Violation of Commandment #6, Then Bears False Witness to Cover it Up.
Following the Right's documented pattern of, "say something stupid then lie about it to cover it up," Bush ally Pat Robertson stepped up to the plate for his turn recently during a broadcast of his incredibly amusing 700 club show.
"You know, I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, but if [Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez] 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...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. It's a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with."
Considering the suggested assassination of a foreign leader is pretty serious stuff, Robertson actually made bold headlines with his ridiculous statement. While we all have gotten accustomed to laughing at statements leaders of the Religious Right make on a daily basis, I have to say that calling for someone's assassination might...just might, be at odds with the "culture of life" these guys claim to spearhead at every turn.
So, of course Robertson obeyed the very Ninth Commandment he'd like to see plastered on all public buildings by telling the truth about what he said...right Pat?
"Wait a minute, I didn't say 'assassination.' I said our special forces should, quote, '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, but that happens all the time."
Therefore, if you are to believe both Robertson's claim and his support for his beloved Commandments, you would have to believe that in the statement, "if he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it," the pronoun it doesn't refer back to the substituted noun assassination, and that assassination doesn't involve killing, which thou shalt not do.
Makes perfect sense.
Oh, and don't forget to watch John Stuart's take on all this.
"You know, I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, but if [Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez] 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...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. It's a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with."
Considering the suggested assassination of a foreign leader is pretty serious stuff, Robertson actually made bold headlines with his ridiculous statement. While we all have gotten accustomed to laughing at statements leaders of the Religious Right make on a daily basis, I have to say that calling for someone's assassination might...just might, be at odds with the "culture of life" these guys claim to spearhead at every turn.
So, of course Robertson obeyed the very Ninth Commandment he'd like to see plastered on all public buildings by telling the truth about what he said...right Pat?
"Wait a minute, I didn't say 'assassination.' I said our special forces should, quote, '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, but that happens all the time."
Therefore, if you are to believe both Robertson's claim and his support for his beloved Commandments, you would have to believe that in the statement, "if he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it," the pronoun it doesn't refer back to the substituted noun assassination, and that assassination doesn't involve killing, which thou shalt not do.
Makes perfect sense.
Oh, and don't forget to watch John Stuart's take on all this.
posted by Jeremy at 2:57 PM
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