Pat was only talking about kidnapping.

[King Coal]

"I didn't say 'assassination.' I said our special forces should 'take him out.' And 'take him out' can be a number of things, including kidnapping; there are a number of ways to take out a dictator from power besides killing him. I was misinterpreted by the AP , but that happens all the time," Robertson said on "The 700 Club."

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/24/robertson.chavez/index.html

Too funny.

[atommom]

1. Really, he meant take him out to McDonald's for a nice Big Mac

and fries. You liberals just took him out of context. :P

[KansDem]

3. I know, I thought he meant a pizza and beer...

Chavez would pick up the tab, of course!

[Soup Bean]

2. It gives his supporters all they need to believe in him, though.

The mentality of the Christian Right is that they are always martyrs, always being picked on. It didn't matter what excuse he came up with, his "base" will always be with him.

The same thing works for Bush. It's groupthink. Scary stuff, those brainwashed folks.

[KOBUK]

4. He is a lying slimebag !!

[ewagner]

5. Wrong, wrong, wrong wrong...

I listened to the tape...

he specifically mentioned the doctrine AGAINST ASSASSINATION....

he specifically mentioned that "If Chavez was worried about being assassinated by the US....then maybe we should go ahead."


he's a liar, liar, liar, liar, liar LLLLLIIIIAAAAARRRRRRR!

You're a lying sack of crap....

You will NOT get away with it!!!!

[TahitiNut]

9. Yep. He lied. He said "assassinate". He lied.

Simple. Not the slightest question about it. LIED.

"You know, I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it. It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war. And I don't think any oil shipments will stop. But this man is a terrific danger and the United ... This is in our sphere of influence, so we can't let this happen. We have the Monroe Doctrine, we have other doctrines that we have announced. And without question, this is a dangerous enemy to our south, controlling a huge pool of oil, that could hurt us very badly. We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability. We don't need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator. It's a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with." -- Ayatollah Pat Robertson, August 22, 2005

"Wait a minute, I didn't say 'assassination.' I said our special forces should, quote, 'take him out,' and 'take him out' can be a number of things including kidnapping. There are a number of ways to take out a dictator from power besides killing him. I was misinterpreted by the AP, but that happens all the time." -- Ayatollah Pat Robertson, August 24, 2005

[pauldavid]

6. Radical Clerics Like this

Need to be stopped. Just look at what talk like this is doing in Iraq

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=&q=kidnapped+iraq&btnG=Search+News

[oasis]

7. Robertson never used the words "take him out" in his original statement.

He's a lying sack of shit.

[DemoTex]

8. "Take him out. Date him. You know .. a man-date."

Pat, Pat, Pat.

[DanCa]

10. Oh what a tangled web you weave

Hey pat I heard your comments on mike malloy. Your busted.

[Cha]

11. YES, he DID!

"If he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think we really ought to go ahead and do it," said Robertson on Monday's program. "It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war."


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1724265

[Zenlitened]

12. Isn't that quote a classic? I mean, the guy's on freakin' VIDEOTAPE...

... saying "we should assassinate him."

And he's got the gall to come back the next day and not only deny it, but play the 'blame the media card,' too?

Un. Be. Lievable.

And his fucked-up little brain-dead followers will buy it.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

13. He lied! He lied! He lied! He broke another commandment! He broke

another commandment! lol!!!!

[SammyWinstonJack]

14. He's a liar and even so, is kidnapping a democratically elected

President acceptable just because the U.S. doesn't agree with his policies? Best for the U.S. not to travel that road. :silly:

[TheCowsCameHome]

15. He was hitting on a gay guy he met in a bar in Caracas