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"There are a number of ways of taking out a dictator from power besides killing him." Screwball Evangalist Pat Robertson said today, " I was misinterpreted." Misinterpreted? I don't think there was much to interpret given his statement on Monday:

"If he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it......We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability......"

That's the quote that millions of people heard on Monday, it's what he said on Monday. There is nothing to be interpreted about the statement made on Monday. Speaking of assassination he said, "I think we really ought to go ahead and do it." That leaves no room for misinterpretation.

The fact of the matter is that Robertson is feeling the heat for his statements and is trying to back off from them. He could have admitted that he was wrong, he could have blamed his irrational outburst on the "heat of the moment." He chose none of those. What Pat Robertson chose to do was to blame you and I for what he said, claiming that we misinterpreted an unbelievably clear statement. Apparently we're to blame for the idiotic things that come out of Pat Robertson's mouth.

Unlike John Thune, this is a man with the ear of the President, a man who delivered a good number of votes to the President. The President has been silent on this matter. I am not saying that the President is seriously considering Pat Robertson's advice in the matter of Hugo Chavez, but the President should condem the rantings of this lunatic. I am no fan of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, but he at least dismissed Robertson's statement, the White House has been silent.

Pat Robertson needs to admit he was wrong (Sixth Commandment, Executive Order 12333, etc.) and stop blaming you and I for what he said. The President needs to come out and condem him for his statements. If the President wants to forgive Pat Robertson after he admits that he was wrong, that's up to the President.

BOJ

-Author's Note - Pat Robertson has now apologized. His statement: "Is it right to call for assassination? No, and I apologize for that statement. I spoke in frustration that we should accommodate the man who thinks the U.S. is out to kill him." That's exactly the way his outburst should have been handled from the beginning. Congratulations to us as a society for not letting him get away with such an outburst, and not letting him get away with blaming it on us. President Bush, do you have anything you'd like to say?

-Additional Note - Pat Robertson's apology has, to this point, only appeared on his CBN web site, and not on his more widely seen 700 Club television show. It seems to me that his "apology" was meant for those of us who are keeping tabs on him and not for his regular audience. Shame!