Pat Robertson, Hugo Chavez and the Republicans
We Found the Weapons of Mass Destruction
by John McDonald
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_john_mcd_050824_pat_robertson__hugo_..htm
We found the weapons of mass destruction! Apparently Hugo Chavez, the
president of Venezuela has them hidden in the back yard of the presidential
palace in downtown Caracas.
That's the only reason I can figure that the Yale educated scion of the
Republican Party Pat Robertson would appear to have slipped his nut and
called for the assassination of the elected leader of Venezuela. It's
either that or Karl Rove or some other Bush minion gave him an extra vodka
martini and conned him into floating a trial balloon to test the reaction
of the Christian conservative base to the idea. The Republicans are
desperate for anything to distract from the debacle in Iraq. Given the new
poll by Public Agenda showing those who attend church regularly as the
strongest backers of Bush's Iraq policy, maybe they figured Robertson could
con them into backing an invasion of Venezuela.
Anyway, according to Robertson, killing Chavez "would be a lot cheaper than
another war," and it's necessary to keep our Latin American neighbor from
becoming a hotbed of godless communism and Islamic extremism. Lookout, I
can here those dominoes falling now. Robertson by the way is the same guy
who has repeatedly tried to frame the war in Iraq and the battle against
terrorism as a struggle between Christianity and Islam. During a July
broadcast with Christian Broadcasting Network International correspondent
George Thomas it was Robertson who said, "People in America with political
correctness refuse to open their eyes and listen to that. They steadfastly
refuse to say this is a struggle between Christianity and Islam."
But before writing Pat Robertson off as some out to lunch nutball, the
press and the public would do well to remember that he is a powerful
Republican activist with close ties to the President and the Republican
Congress.
It was Robertson who launched the Christian Coalition, giving rise to the
organization of conservative Christian voters and empowering conservative
Republican candidates and political consultants, many of whom are still
beholden to him.
And according to FEC reports, during the 2004 election cycle Robertson
personally donated more than $20,000 to Republican candidates, including
contributions to President Bush and Senators John Thune and George Allen, a
Republican presidential aspirant.
Robertson has also played a major role in mobilizing Christian
conservatives to shape the selection of a conservative Supreme Court
candidate by the Bush administration. While Jay Sekulow of the Center for
American Justice may be the one advising the President on his Supreme Court
picks and using the Center to mobilize Christians to support the Bush
administration, it was Robertson who founded and funded the Center, paying
for Sekulow's work.
One only need to look at the recently passed $286 billion federal
transportation bill for evidence of Robertson's clout in Republican
circles.
According to a recent story in the Virginia Pilot, the newly passed highway
bill, with an assist from U.S. Sen. George Allen, and U.S. Reps. Thelma
Drake and J. Randy Forbes, includes $10.8 million for an I-64 exit leading
to City Line Road, which doesn't exist, but where Robertson is planning to
build a $300 million housing, retail and office development. (Note:
according to FEC reports Robertson gave Drake and Allen $4,000 each in
2004.)
Maybe they can help him with Chavez.
John McDonald aka "RockThrower" is a writer and
consultant on public policy issues and politics. A secular, pagan Democrat
with no moral values, RockThrower has been married for 25 years and is
raising two wonderful kids. When he is not drunk or in jail, he has spent
his time writing, working in political campaigns, or trying to increase
access to healthcare and quality education for low income Americans.
Actually he spends most of his time at the beach. During the winter he
conducts most of his business on his cell phone on the ski lift between
runs.
http://www.rockthrower.blogs.com/
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