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Man, I looove this guy! Puts a face on radical fundamentalism right here at home. Mr. Diplomat.
Really, Bush should have sent him as the U.N. ambassador.
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Y'know I always watch the 700 Club because of funny crazy shit they say. They always make me laugh. The assassination statement is just the tip of the iceberg however. He has said that the ACLU is filled with communist infiltrators, that most history textbooks emphasize the roles of women and minorities in history too much, and that the so-called "minute men" who round up mexicans along the U.S. border as if they were criminals are heroes. I remeber he also said women are not fit to fight in wars and likened them to almost being another species of human.
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quote:From Wikipedia: The number 700 comes from the Robertson's first televised telethon for his ministry. In it, he set a goal of 700 members paying $10 each a month, a number which would meet the industry's operating budget at the time. Robertson came to refer to these members as the '700 Club' and the name stuck.
Robertson's put his foot in his mouth again. Homosexuals and feminists causing the September 11th attacks? (Liberal) Judicial activism worse than the terrorist attacks? Served combat duty in the Korean War? The assassination remark is just another notch on his belt of not-quite-thoroughly-thought-out remarks.
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Because Robertson's a hoot to watch (as is seeing Bush's lackeys desperately scrambling to distance themselves from his latest grab for immortality) until you realize people like him but with enough sense to voice their belief in the Apocalypse behind closed doors have pervaded every layer of US politics, and that's when you stop laughing.
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Oh, how I'd have loved to eavesdrop on the call Robertson must have recieved from the Christian Coallition...possibly from Bush himself, to make him backpedal so fast.
This is almost as good as when he blamed gays for 9/11 by saying they have displeased God and brought it down on the victims.
If only every religous not with political ties were so vocal to the media.
I love the verbal stomping Bob Dole laid on him.
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I thought that it was Jerry Falwell that made that connection? Although, like they say, fools never differ, so it could quite easily have been both of them. :-)
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With Robertson nodding his head in agreement the entire time. Then- just as now- a quick backpedal after a public and political backlash.
Seems some lessons are not taken to heart. ...and no Falwell to blame this time.
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