Pat Robertson Gets Awesome
You may know Pat Robertson from his televangelism on the 700 Club, his "Out of Staters Can Caucus Too" strategy for finishing second in the 1988 Iowa caucuses, or for finally calling feminism what it is, "a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians." [More Pat Robertson quotes.]
But now he's finally stopped fucking around, and now he's showing that real Christians support killing. Or, at least, as long as it doesn't fuck up our oil supply. According to a story in the Washington Post, this is what he said on the 700 Club this week about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez:
"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," he continued. "It's a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with."
You can say this much about right-wing social conservatives: they're not pussies. At least as long as somebody "covert" is doing the work for them.
Anyway, I suspect my Republican-leaning extended family is going to start taking looks at the blog sooner than later, so I'm thinking I should start putting my generic yet hilarious "see conservatives stumble" posts into a single rant-like post. In that spirit, I'm going to endorse Gadflyer yet again with the entirety of a recent Cliff Schecter post:
I remember what a harrowing time it was in recent years when I hit my 30s. I wondered, should I change my behvavior in any way? Should I feel any different?Now that President Bush's poll numbers are falling down to around the number of heart valve malfunctions our VP has in average month, The Great Clearer of Brush will have to ask himself some questions (or ask Uncle Karl, in abbreviated sentences).
But, of course, he never does that, and anyway he's still too busy reading about Dean Acheson, you know the Rat Packer with the drink always handy. So why even bother contemplating in what ways he might change. It will be fun, however, to watch as President Popularity scrambles to explain why 62% of people think he understands the economy about as well as John Maynard Keynes. Since he died that is. And 36% approval vs. 58% disapproval? Impressive. Keep sliming Cindy Sheehan, I'm sure that'll turn the corner for you soon... [Terry side note: Well, it worked in 2004.]
Oh, and one more thing, any Democrats running for office who don't live in a state George Wallace won in 1968, or maybe Idaho, and choose not to directly attack these Pam Anderson-sized boobs in 2006 directly, you're idiots. And some other word I can't use here that roughly means you are serious wimps.
You can't tell me political discourse in this country isn't awesome.