{"id":7749,"date":"2005-08-23T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2005-08-23T17:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/08\/23\/okay-this-is-worth-a-post.html"},"modified":"2005-08-23T10:00:34","modified_gmt":"2005-08-23T17:00:34","slug":"okay_this_is_wo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/08\/23\/okay_this_is_wo.html","title":{"rendered":"Okay, this is worth a post …"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can we officially stop referring to Pat Robertson as “Reverend”? Because I’m pretty sure that Jesus didn’t say anything about political assassination<\/a> as being in the purview of advice that his disciples should be handing out.<\/p>\n

Robertson, founder of the Christian Coalition of America and a former presidential candidate, said on “The 700 Club” it was the United States’ duty to stop Chavez from making Venezuela a “launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism.”<\/p>\n

[…] “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,” Robertson said. “It’s a whole lot cheaper than starting a war … and I don’t think any oil shipments will stop.”<\/p>\n

[…]”We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability,” Robertson said.<\/p>\n

“We don’t need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator,” he continued. “It’s a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with.”<\/p>\n

Jesus wept.<\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/u>: Pat’s not, properly, a Reverend, according to his 700 Club bio<\/a>. I guess that makes it okay, then.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 2<\/u>: I honestly don’t know enough about Chavez to know whether he warrents assassination or removal, and the debate over the geopolitical propriety (and possibility) of assassination is certainly one that bears some discussion. I’m just sorely irked that someone who portrays himself as a reverend<\/s> Christian leader and great humanitarian is out there advocating assassination<\/em>.<\/p>\n

(heard it on NPR this morning, but Les<\/a> linked to it)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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