From Eschaton:
Radical Clerics
NBC started their Robertson piece with "This was no extremist cleric issuing a death threat. This was Christian Minister Pat Robertson..."
So, it's a non-extremist cleric issuing a death threat. What do the extremist Christian clerics do?
What I am getting a kick out of is the media reacting to this like Robertson just recently lost his mind when any number of statements he's made since the 1980's show he's been a lunatic all along. He's been backpedaling his comments today, saying he never actually said 'assassination' (he did) and that the expression 'take out' can mean other things besides killing Chavez. Perhaps he really meant to say, "Maybe we ought to take out President Chavez for some beers and serious guy-bonding, then we'll all get along." If so, he should have been more explicit.
Posted by: John B | August 24, 2005 at 02:27 PM