pat robertson flips out
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Triggerfish
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Please try to keep up.... 
Railroad
Routinely Derailed
I have to disagree (at least, speaking for myself). Robertson and Falwell and a few others have a habit of talking about things they know nothing about, instead of sticking with the message they promised God they'd deliver. I don't recommend either of those fellows as a credible source for anything.Homesick said:
I agree.Railroad said:
PJay
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What I'm trying to convey after reading:
and to all the other knuckle heads....why all the attention being paid to Pat Robertson's comment that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez should be assassinated? Story after story, newscast after newscast, it's being broadcast as if what Pat Robertson says actually means anything. So why all the coverage?
Come on, people. This one is easy. The media takes Pat Robertson and uses him to paint all Republicans and Bush supporters as nut jobs ready to form assassination squads to send out around the world to whack leaders we don't like. (Which I think is a good idea, but who am I).This story fits the media template. Robertson is a Bush supporter. The story, therefore, damages Bush.This means the story gets pushed. Never mind that Robertson is not a spokesperson for any of those organizations and has nothing to do with policy. Doesn't matter. It's all about following the Bush-bashing template.
Once again, the leftist tilt of the mainstream media rears it's ugly head.
Hoo boy...this is gold! Remember when certain fringe wacko liberals were calling for the assassination of George Bush, the press was strangely silent.
and to all the other knuckle heads....why all the attention being paid to Pat Robertson's comment that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez should be assassinated? Story after story, newscast after newscast, it's being broadcast as if what Pat Robertson says actually means anything. So why all the coverage?
Come on, people. This one is easy. The media takes Pat Robertson and uses him to paint all Republicans and Bush supporters as nut jobs ready to form assassination squads to send out around the world to whack leaders we don't like. (Which I think is a good idea, but who am I).This story fits the media template. Robertson is a Bush supporter. The story, therefore, damages Bush.This means the story gets pushed. Never mind that Robertson is not a spokesperson for any of those organizations and has nothing to do with policy. Doesn't matter. It's all about following the Bush-bashing template.
Once again, the leftist tilt of the mainstream media rears it's ugly head.
Hoo boy...this is gold! Remember when certain fringe wacko liberals were calling for the assassination of George Bush, the press was strangely silent.
Railroad
Routinely Derailed
Yup, but we can't do anything about it. The media lie a lot. I don't want to know what D&F posted but I can imagine.Homesick said:This story fits the media template. Robertson is a Bush supporter. The story, therefore, damages Bush.This means the story gets pushed. Never mind that Robertson is not a spokesperson for any of those organizations and has nothing to do with policy. Doesn't matter. It's all about following the Bush-bashing template.
Once again, the leftist tilt of the mainstream media rears it's ugly head.
Hoo boy...this is gold! Remember when certain fringe wacko liberals were calling for the assassination of George Bush, the press was strangely silent.
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(except Pat Robertson)
(except Pat Robertson)
tirdun
staring into the abyss
A political and religious advisor, with direct communication with the President of the United States has publically advocated the assasination of the leader of a sovereign nation on national television. A nation with witch the USA has established relations, and who is a major supplier of oil.Homesick said:
Robertson is more than just some random supporter, he's a close associate and has advised the president. If some close supporter of Clinton had done the same, the press would have been all over it as well.
You can take off your tinfoil hat. Every news outlet, left-leaning or right-leaning has reported on this. Are you suggesting Fox News is LEFT leaning?
Further, Robertson has been "adjusting" his statement today.
This simple fact is that he President needs to cull Robertson from his circle of advisors. The man is a lunatic and is doing nothing to help Bush's policies or public perception.
What makes you think Pat Robertson is one of Bush's advisors?tirdun said:
Since when has Pat Robertson EVER been anything but a religious kook with a long-running TV show? Since when has he been in "direct communication" with the President? Geez, I've seen this guy for well over twenty-some years, and he's always been crazy. I even used to be in a religious CULT, and THEY thought he was crazy.
I have yet to meet a single, solitary person who DOESN'T think he's nutty. And I've BEEN in churches, religious groups and the like for most of my adult life, including some extreme ones.
What he is, is famous. Maybe notorious. Extreme. The kind of fruitcake who thinks his "prayers" pushed Hurricane Gloria out to sea (only to slam into US in New England - thanks, Pat!). Which is why he gets on TV.
REAL Christians - the ones actually DOING God's work - don't have TV shows, don't plug this or that on the networks, don't judge and condemn and don't need to be bankrolled by tons of followers. For every Pat Robertson with a big mouth, there are thousands of unsung Mother Theresa's out there, quietly DOING what others ought to be doing.
I have yet to meet a single, solitary person who DOESN'T think he's nutty. And I've BEEN in churches, religious groups and the like for most of my adult life, including some extreme ones.
What he is, is famous. Maybe notorious. Extreme. The kind of fruitcake who thinks his "prayers" pushed Hurricane Gloria out to sea (only to slam into US in New England - thanks, Pat!). Which is why he gets on TV.
REAL Christians - the ones actually DOING God's work - don't have TV shows, don't plug this or that on the networks, don't judge and condemn and don't need to be bankrolled by tons of followers. For every Pat Robertson with a big mouth, there are thousands of unsung Mother Theresa's out there, quietly DOING what others ought to be doing.
'Cuz, you know, he's like, Republican, and he's - you know - *religious*.vraiblonde said:What makes you think Pat Robertson is one of Bush's advisors?
They just gotta be joined at the hip or SOMETHING.
I mean, aren't there just maybe five or six Republicans? Because they're all related I think.
See, and I think Bush is doing the right thing by not making a statement. Because if he does, the liberal wackos will take that as a sign that Bush is somehow connected with Robertson and that his comments have some credence or authority. Bush can't spend his time responding to every nutty who wants to spout nonsense.Railroad said:
But, I must say, I fail to see why Robertson's comments are generating all this hoopla. The news shows have been practically devoted to it for the last two days. Chavez DOES suck and the world would be a better place if he were gone. All these little Marxists are getting the vapors about their hero, Chavez, being maligned by some big terrible Christian - that's all it is.
Wake me up when Bush actually TRIES to have a foreign leader assasinated, a la Kennedy.
Wake me up when Bush actually TRIES to have a foreign leader assasinated, a la Kennedy.
