CBN News: Comments Add Fuel to the Fire

[paineinthearse]

Robertson's call for assassination are prominately featured on CBN's home page - http://www.cbn.com/ - with several Macromedia flash panels which link to this and other stories from "CBN News". This is obviously intended to flame the fundies.

http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/news/050824a.asp

Comments Add Fuel to the Fire
By Dale Hurd
CBN News Sr. Reporter

CBN.com – (CBN News) - It seems that the whole world is talking about Pat Robertson’s comment that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez should be done away with. That reaction followed a CBN News investigation into the potential danger from the South American dictator. CBN News now looks at the response, ranging from the Venezuelan government to its chief ally, Fidel Castro. This has now become a top subject in the American mainstream.

After the comments made about Chávez on this program, the Venezuelan Ambassador to Washington, Bernardo Alverez, said, "It is essential that the U.S. government guarantee (Chávez') safety when he visits (the United States) in the future. We are concerned about the safety of our president." Chávez, who was in Cuba at the time, responded by saying he preferred to "talk about life." But Castro, referring to comments made on this program, said, "Only God can punish crimes of such magnitude. I always say that God helps Chávez and his friends."

While in Cuba, where he is galvanizing his anti-American alliance with Castro, Chávez launched a fresh round of anti-American attacks, calling U.S. imperialism "the grand destroyer of the world, and the greatest threat…" He called President Bush the "lord of war," and vowed to come to Cuba's defense if the U.S. ever attacked the island. But that might be considered mild rhetoric for Chávez, who in past speeches has called Bush obscene names, and made sexually suggestive comments about Condoleezza Rice.

Only recently has Washington seemed to care about Chávez, despite the fact that Chávez has courted almost every adversary of the United States, from Saddam Hussein to Iran. Chávez also stands accused of helping the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia) narco-terrorists, and was embarrassed a few months ago when Colombian bounty hunters nabbed a FARC official living near Caracas, apparently under government protection.

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See prior related posts:

Media Matters for America's initial press release - http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1721829&mesg_id=1724085

ABC Family will not remove 700 Club from its schedule - http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4444230&mesg_id=4444230

[jojo54]

1. ...and the shrub sits around doing nothing as usual.

He's doing nothing to calm the masses or reject Robertson's harrassing comments. Lazy pansy-ass!!!

[Roland99]

2. Waaah...Chavez called us names!

Let's kill him!!

[wtmusic]

3. The United States has courted almost every adversary of the United States

:crazy:

[liberal N proud]

5. BINGO!

[Why Syzygy]

6. That's what I was thinking

and gave them poison gases, etc. a'duh

[Cha]

4. "sexually suggestive comments about

rice"?????

That needs Splainin'!

[Why Syzygy]

7. no thanks

hide your mind from that one.

[Cha]

9. What I mean is..I think they

have it wrong. I don't think he said anything like that. I remember some quote of Chavez' about rice when she was dissin' him and it WAS NOT how the article implied.

[Why Syzygy]

12. of course

they are way hung-up on anything "sexual". They have to insert that mind bender in there at all times.

Okay. I feel better now that you explained.

[AValdoux]

8. He's not a dictator!!!!

If I hear one more report that refers to him as a dictator I will scream. He has been elected twice in elections that had more oversight than what occurred in Iraq or in this country. Maybe the anger from the US is because he told the oil companies he wants a higher percentage of the money they make off Venezuelan oil, instead of 16% that Venezuela has been getting he wants 32%. He wants to use the extra revenue to help poor people in his country. Wow, what a dangerous looney.



AValdoux

[paineinthearse]

10. ABC, FCC, CBN & Disney contact information

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4444230&mesg_id=4444230

[melissinha]

11. I'd hasten to point out to CBN

That Mr. Bush has courted almost every adversary of the United States.

SO what if he calls Bush names, Bush and his whore Condasleeza Rice deserve each and every name bestowed upon them.

[paineinthearse]

13. US evangelist apologizes for Chavez remarks

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050824/pl_nm/venezuela_robertson_dc

US evangelist apologizes for Chavez remarks

Conservative U.S. evangelist Pat Robertson apologized on Wednesday for calling for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, saying he spoke in frustration earlier in the week. "Is it right to call for assassination? No, and I apologize for that statement. I spoke in frustration that we should accommodate the man who thinks the U.S. is out to kill him."

The leftist Chavez, one of President George W. Bush's harshest critics, has often accused the United States of plotting his overthrow or assassination. U.S. officials said this week the idea of hostile action against him was "without fact and baseless." Robertson, the founder of the Christian Coalition and a leader of the Christian right that has provided strong support for Bush, said on Monday of Chavez's fears: "If he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it." "We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability," he said on his "The 700 Club" television program.

His earlier remarks, said the leader of the world's fifth largest oil exporter was a "terrific danger" to the United States and Chavez intended to become "the launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism." Robertson said that while he was criticized by U.S. political and religious leaders, he found the attention he wanted for what he said was "a growing problem which has largely been ignored." Earlier in the day he said his remarks had been misinterpreted and "take him out" could refer to kidnapping.

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Chavez was elected in 1998, survived a referendum on his rule last year, and is seen to have a strong chance of winning re-election in 2006.

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Note the last sentence, some corp media are calling Chavez a 'dictator'. Glad to see Reuters calls it like it is.