[Mithras]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/10/09/rob...ate/index.html

Robertson made the comments during a series of interviews on his "700 Club" television show with journalist Joel Mowbray, author of a new book, "Dangerous Diplomacy: How the State Department Endangers America's Security."

"I read your book," Robertson said. "When you get through, you say, 'If I could just get a nuclear device inside Foggy Bottom, I think that's the answer,' and you say, 'We've got to blow that thing up.' I mean, is it as bad as you say?" Robertson said.

"It is," Mowbray said, although his book never suggests that the State Department should be blown up with a nuclear device.

In a June interview with Mowbray on the "700 Club", Robertson made similar remarks.

"Maybe we need a very small nuke thrown off on Foggy Bottom to shake things up like Newt Gingrich wants to do," he said.

Always nice to know that America has would-be WMD terrorists too.

[Uday's Carcass]

Robertson isn't exactly the cream of the crop.

[eklipse]

No dice - cockroaches (and, by extension, politicians) can survive nuclear strikes, it wouldn't even phase 'em.

[petehammer]

Originally posted by eklipse:
No dice - cockroaches (and, by extension, politicians) can survive nuclear strikes, it wouldn't even phase 'em.

Hey! I live in DC and am not a politician. So, I'd definately be gone.

Pat Robertson, a man who has gone out of his way to harm "Christianity."

Love thy neighbor? No, do like Jesus says, Nuke them!

[vmpaul]

I thought Pat was busy praying for god to knock off liberal Supreme Court Justices? Is that campaign over?

[Millennium]

Geez; I knew Robertson was stupid, but I didn't know he was that stupid.

What he just said could be interpreted as a threat to deploy a nuclear device. That could very well get him arrested; bomb threats are a very serious crime, and when the threat involves nuclear bombs it only gets worse.

[zigzag]

I wouldn't take it too seriously. It's just a bit of over-a-beer hyperbole, like that Congresswoman who said she'd shoot Britney Spears if she had the chance. Who among us hasn't felt the same way?

It does serve to remind us that such hyperbole is not, as is often alleged, the sole province of the left.

I give Pat a lot of slack because about 27 years ago I called the 700 Club to see if he could cure a broken ankle and they offered to pray for me.

[Millennium]

Originally posted by zigzag:
I wouldn't take it too seriously. It's just a bit of over-a-beer hyperbole, like that Congresswoman who said she'd shoot Britney Spears if she had the chance. Who among us hasn't felt the same way?

Oh, I agree it probably wasn't meant to be taken seriously. Now, go and say "I'm going to blow up an airplane" in the middle of an airport, and see the kind of sense of humor the law has. Namely, none.

Seriously; the guy could very well have just put himself into some rather serious trouble. Not that I particularly mind; I just didn't expect him to be that much of a dumbass.

[zigzag]

Originally posted by Millennium:
Oh, I agree it probably wasn't meant to be taken seriously. Now, go and say "I'm going to blow up an airplane" in the middle of an airport, and see the kind of sense of humor the law has. Namely, none.

Seriously; the guy could very well have just put himself into some rather serious trouble. Not that I particularly mind; I just didn't expect him to be that much of a dumbass.

True - I might say something like "we should just nuke the State Dept." in an angry moment over a beer, but I probably wouldn't say it on national TV (not that I'm angry at the State Dept. - I reserve my ire for the Peace Corps, the bastards!). I don't take Pat very seriously in the first place, so when he says stuff like this I tend to just laugh it off.

[thunderous_funker]

So what's the difference between Jose Padilla (Abdullah Al Muhajir) and Pat Robertson?

Arrest him. Lock him up. Throw away the key. If its ok for muslims with dreams of WMD-based political reform, its ok for Pat Robertson and everyone who is guilty by association with this dangerous nutjob.

If we're gonna shred the Bill of Rights, we might as well benefit from it by getting rid of Robertson and his cronies once and for all.

[moki]

Pat Robertson is an idiot. I applaud the US administration for universally condemning his comments.

[Lerkfish]

Originally posted by thunderous_funker:
So what's the difference between Jose Padilla (Abdullah Al Muhajir) and Pat Robertson?

several possible reasons:

1. Robertson is white
2. Robertson is christian, not muslim
3. (the real reason) Robertson's zombies are a powerful and controllable voting block that will support republican candidates at his direction.

[Sherwin]

I feel a new US public holiday coming on:

[Lerkfish]

Originally posted by Sherwin:
I feel a new US public holiday coming on:

what is your point? That Robertson is the country's greatest traitor, like Guy Fawkes?

[theolein]

Originally posted by Lerkfish:
what is your point? That Robertson is the country's greatest traitor, like Guy Fawkes?

I think it was meant in a tongue-in-cheek mannner. Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the houses of parliment in his day. Nowadays, it's an English national holiday (Nov 6th IIRC, we used to celebrate it in SA as well) where people buys tons of fireworks and do the party and firecrackers bit.

[chris v]

If they're celebrating Pat Robertson's day in 300 years, I'll roll over in my grave, and eat my moldy hat.

What a friggin' idiot.

CV