Put it up on the screen, put it in quotes

The Religious Right baffles me on a day to day basis, that is the days that I see them on the news, accidentally land on the 700 Club or take a quick second to think about an interesting class I took on how religious leaders effectively use the media. The latest bewilderment comes from Pat Robertson and his recent statement about his thought on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his response to the media's and Venezuelan government's opinions of said statement.

Today's news reveals that Robertson thinks he was misinterpreted. I'm going to make this quick. This isn't a political or religious blog by any stretch of the imagination. This blog is about my daily life and how I am affected by my surroundings. And whether I like it or not part of these surroundings are people that put their faces in the media daily and shoot themselves into my living room. When people are outright liars, and even worse right-wing liars, it just stirs me up a little bit. This is plain and simple, clear as day:

Pat Robertson said, "If he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think we really ought to go ahead and do it." He later said, "We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability."

Ok Pat, what's said is said. Now deal with your actions. You must've known that whether this was a planned statement or it just trickled off your tongue you'd have to face the heat. Pat, dude, if this is what you believe then that's fine, stand behind your words! Be tough; explain your reasoning, use the "intelligence" God or Jesus or whoever gives you such intangible things gave you. You fucking holly roller, stand up for what you believe.

But no. Today Mr. Robertson said, "I didn't say 'assassination.' I said our special forces should '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 [Associated Press], but that happens all the time."

Pat! You have been recorded on video saying it! Head over to cnn.com, the video is available there. No one is putting words into your mouth. No one is trying to pull a fast one on you. I would love to see a bunch of Christian conservative white caps (sorry for the generalization, but I can't help myself) head down to Venezuela and attempt to kidnap their leader. But I guess if the mighty Pat Robertson makes a call for action that his masses will jump out of their recliners and sneak down to Venezuela to where all of the evildoers live. Oh sorry, he wants our Special Forces to go ahead and take care of it.

While I was typing this I cruised back over to CNN to see that ol' boy Pat issued an apology. In summation he said that calling for an assassination isn't right, but that he was still misquoted. Unbelievable.

Best part of all of this is Chavez's response, "It doesn't matter to me. I don't know who that person is. As far as his opinion of me goes, I couldn't care less."

Robertson is sitting around here looking for people spew his stupidity upon while the rest of the world couldn't care less about him, or what he stands for. Way to work towards an international public image Pat. I'm guessing the 700 Club doesn't have a big following in South America. But I'm not worried what the rest of the world thinks, they will never follow along with him. It's the people right here in our backyard that I'm sorta afraid of. Communists, eh, no problem. I can sorta see where they're coming from, but that's another story for another time. But the Religious Right, be afraid. Be very afraid.