The White House has come out and attacked Pat Robertson over his comments
yesterday on the stroke of Ariel Sharon:
The White House sharply criticized Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson on
Friday for suggesting that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s stroke was
divine punishment for “dividing God’s land.”“Those comments are wholly inappropriate and offensive and really don’t
have a place in this or any other debate,” presidential spokesman Trent
Duffy said as Bush traveled to Chicago for a speech.Robertson made his comments about Israel and Sharon on his TV program,
“The 700 Club.” He said, “God considers this land to be his. You read the
Bible and he says `This is my land,’ and for any prime minister of Israel
who decides he is going to carve it up and give it away, God says, `No, this
is mine.'”
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I hear the Church Lady from Saturday Night Live in my head right now going
“Well isn’t that specialllll”. Considering all the other asinine comments
Robertson has made lately like the one of us assassinating Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez, perhaps Robertson is becoming a great threat to national security.
Now here is one wild thought. Since he is threatening our national security and
the President has all these powers now, like ignoring the fourth amendment to
spy on citizens without a warrant, then perhaps he should extend those “special
powers”. I think a statement like this is in order:
As President of the United States it is my duty under the Constitution to
protect the citizens of this great nation by any means necessary. There for
I have decided with the consultation of my national security team that the
reverand Pat Robertson has used public airwaves in such a manner that can
undermine our national security. The Constitution gives me clear power over
this and it is my duty to suspend the broadcasting license of Pat Robertson
and order the FCC to ban him from our public airwaves in this dire time of
terror.
Now there would be a great idea. If Bush can spy on us without warrants in
the name of security then he by all means should be able to shut up someone who
is constantly making outrageous statements that can provoke our enemies.
Of course Bush wouldn’t do that to the man who was instrumental in getting
him elected. Bush has loyalty to him. That is a strong word in Bush’s
vocabulary. Remember how strong it was on September 11 when his loyalty to the
Bin Laden family forced him to help get them out of the country for their own
safety. No one else could fly in the country except the Bin Ladens.