WaPo tongue-lashes Rev. Pat & Bushco silence
even more disturbing than robertson's kill-the-dirty-rotten- bastard brand of christianity is the absence of firm and sincere condemnation from our top leadership and the deafening silence of his fellow travelers, the family research council and the traditional values coalition... the wapo seems to have taken a short breather from their recent administration toadying to point out a painfully obvious vacuum...
see what happens when you ride the tiger...? you can't risk getting off... what if this same fruitcake called for the assassination of a supreme court justice as was almost the case with the rev's fellow fruitcake, tom delay... would we be greeted with shrugs and silence...? Submit To Propeller
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We won't even pretend to have given television evangelist Pat Robertson's latest obnoxious utterance much thought, considering his long history of pious bloviations that have made him come across to most Americans as, well, witless. Were it not for the widespread attention being given in Latin America to Mr. Robertson's call on Monday for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, we would have preferred to allow the Christian Coalition's founder to continue his slide from America's mainstream into the obscurity he has so richly earned. But his latest bit of foolery is worth a comment or two -- if for no other reason than Mr. Robertson, in an act of stupidity only he could outdo, has handed Fidel Castro's acolyte a propaganda gift of immeasurable value.
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The Family Research Council and Traditional Values Coalition spare no moments in rushing forth to denounce irresponsibility on the part of those they dislike. Not so with Mr. Robertson, who only called for the United States to murder a foreign head of state. Even the Bush administration can't bring itself to censure a fellow conservative who publicly calls for his country to break the law. "Inappropriate," the State Department managed to say. The White House, embarrassed by Mr. Robertson yet again but too afraid to mix it up with his narrow but loyal base of support, simply averts its gaze.
see what happens when you ride the tiger...? you can't risk getting off... what if this same fruitcake called for the assassination of a supreme court justice as was almost the case with the rev's fellow fruitcake, tom delay... would we be greeted with shrugs and silence...? Submit To Propeller
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posted by profmarcus at
8/25/2005
