X'tian Values

"X" as in rub out--so says "good Christian" Pat Robertson, as reported yesterday at Media Matters and by Atrios (so you've probably seen it)--and now by mainstream media like CNN and the NY Times.

To be fair, both news orgs point to other, equally batshit insane rantings from the televangelist (and I can report my own observations of the televised Robertson engaged in charlatan "faith healing," claiming to cure everything from bursitis to cancer--what a NUTJOB). So perhaps this latest episode is, to use a term I'm sure he's familiar with, par for the course (though god only knows--no pun intended--what sort of course we're talking about):

Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson suggested on-air that American operatives assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to stop his country from becoming "a launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism."

Well, Pat managed to get both bogeymen in, although I find it amusing--but not in a good way--that he'd conflate two diametrically opposed social movements.

The Times, ever tactful, made oblique reference to the US backed 2002 attempted coup, noting that Robertson "accused the US of failing to act," which, if nothing else, proves that whatever "god" is supposedly speaking to him tends to omit certain facts.

Both articles point to other bizarre statements, like Pat's fervent wish for a nuclear bomb to blast the State Department to kingdom come, or his belief that feminism is the gateway to infanticide, witchcraft, socialism, and lesbianism (once again, cornering the market there). CNN makes-do with accusations of friendship with Fidel Castro.

As for me, I'm beginning to think Robertson practices the wrong faith--with his desire to subvert democracy (whether or not one like Chavez, the fact is he WON national elections), his desire to kill people, his desire to blow things up...Robertson belongs with his good buddy Osama bin Laden out in a cave somewhere along the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

I'm sure they'd enjoy each other's company.