Duck, Hugo!!!!!!

I have sort of a soft spot for Hugo Chavez, mainly because he actually represents the majority of his people, which is quite rare, and has earned him a spot on th US s**t list. So, when I see stuff like this, I feel sorry for the guy.

From the August 22 broadcast of The 700 Club:

ROBERTSON: There was a popular coup that overthrew him [Chavez]. And what did the United States State Department do about it? Virtually nothing. And as a result, within about 48 hours that coup was broken; Chavez was back in power, but we had a chance to move in. He has destroyed the Venezuelan economy, and he's going to make that a launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism all over the continent.

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.

Oh, and don't let the irony of Pat Robertson, man of god, calling for assassination trouble you, it's done all the time in middle eastern fatwas.

And besides, Pat's aim hasn't been so good lately. After all, it's been months since he was praying that Rehnquist would die so he could help put another lunatic on the court, and Rehnquist's doing just fine.

It's almost like God isn't listening to Pat. Almost like he's a powermad charlatan of the middle ages. Hmmmmm........