Moldy Peaches

Reason number 2,290 for separation between church and state. Uber-Conservative U.S. evangelist Pat Robertson is calling for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, saying the leftist leader wanted to turn his country into "the launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism."

The founder of the Christian Coalition said during the Monday night television broadcast of his religious program, "The 700 Club," that Chavez, one the most vocal critics of President George W. Bush, was a "terrific danger" to the United States.

"We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability," Robertson said. "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."

Robertson is correct to say that Venezuela is ripe for communist infiltration. Although it is unclear what damage that does to the United States. Like Cuba, it isn't great for the locals, but that isn’t America's business.

The Muslim extremism comment, however, is utter nonsense. It is absolutely mind boggling how Conservative hack after Conservative hack can spew such shit about this country or that country while trying to play connect the dots to terrorism. If the United States was serious about terror it would look in its foreign and domestic policy for some answers.

To the credit of the Bush administration the State Department is distancing itself from this crackpot. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack condemned Robertson's comments as "inappropriate" and said they were from a private citizen and did not represent the U.S. government position. It would be nice if the White House press secretary would do the same.

Pat Robertson should relax, get a hooker and continue spreading his hypocrisy across the land.

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