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Thursday, August 25, 2005

Lemme ask this question....

and I'll be done with this topic.

Instead of being the founder of the Christian Coalition, let's say Pat Robertson was a cleric at an Islamic mosque in London. Would his statements have garnered as much press?

The answer is no. Why?

1. Robertson wouldn't be considered a Republican supporter, which is what this is really all about.

2. This wouldn't be news. Islamic clerics and terrorists issue fatwas as if they are going out of style.

Now was Robertson wrong for making those statements? Yes. But it isn't like he is the first religious figure to ever call for the death of someone. Anyone remember Salman Rushdie?

Yes, the right has it's nuts as well as the left. The difference is, we don't make ours the RNC Chairman.

Posted at 03:17 am by Expertise


	Peter Porcupine August 27, 2005 10:54 PM PDT I wrote about this on my blog as well - Roberton's remarks happened to coincide with an appearance in Boson by Louis Farrakhan, during which he claimed that so much roadwork was being done in Massachusetts so that tanks could be moved into inner city neighborhoods to slaughter the inhabitants. Not a peep in Editorial Land, although the Herald at least reported his remarks.


	Expertise August 25, 2005 10:48 AM PDT SMF, Robertson stated on his Christian television show, The 700 Club, that the U.S. should assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. The media has been having a fit about it, and Venezuela has been calling for Robertson to be charged with terrorism.


	Name August 25, 2005 07:51 AM PDT Oh and let's not forget GB's true nature as a person. http://img390.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bushfinger5ft.swf If this is their idea of Christianity.....Well let's just say the clip speaks for it self. He lied to everyone but the Christians that voted for him should be ashamed of themselves for getting hoodwinked by this little Devil. Real Christians are given the power to discern. The handbasket is full and it's destination reads: 'Hell'


	SMF August 25, 2005 04:23 AM PDT I don't even really know who Pat is but I do have google alert with key words latin and snake and Google sent me 2 alerts: Google Alert for: The Latin Snake EEUU: 'Reverend' Robertson: Christian serial killer video Indymedia Argentina - Rosario,Santa Fe,Argentina ... called 'Reverend' Robertson's 'Lord' exists, and is watching this religious snake oil peddler ... becoming the best ever happening the last decades to Latin America ... http://argentina.indymedia.org/news/2005/08/319595.php Words of a false prophet Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA ... Perhaps there's some special exception in the Bible for Latin American presidents ... on evangelism's fringe, writhing in the dirt of some snake-charming revival ... http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-nyhen244395805aug24,0,3767797.column?coll=ny-news-columnists I dont know what to think since I just woke up but I shall read what the hell is going on, thanks.