Robertson: Chavez remarks misinterpreted (liar)

[sonicx]

CNN) -- Conservative religious broadcaster Pat Robertson said Wednesday that his remarks about the removal of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez were taken out of context and that he never called for the killing of the Latin American leader.

"I didn't say 'assassination.' I said our special forces should 'take him out.' And 'take him out' can be a number of things, including kidnapping; there are a number of ways to take out a dictator from power besides killing him. I was misinterpreted by the AP , but that happens all the time," Robertson said on "The 700 Club" program.

snip

"If he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think we really ought to go ahead and do it," said Robertson on Monday's program. "It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war."

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/24/robertson.chavez/index.html

he's a bad liar too.

[Megahurtz]

1. Fuck You Robertson!

:grr:

[JerseygirlCT]

2. Right. nt

[flying_wahini]

3. somebody needs to

get ol' Pat a fresh Depends.......

[xxqqqzme]

4. his lunatic ramblings

happen 'all the time' as well.


I was struck, watching a replay on Jon Stewart last night, how bad pr looks. Is he ill? stricken w/ some disease? He has the look of a cancer sufferer.

[Roland99]

5. A page straight from Limbaugh's backpedaling manual.

[flakey_foont]

6. Take him out?

..oh, for a nice meal and, perhaps a movie?

no, Pat! I think we understand exactly what you meant, ya mook!

[Barrett808]

7. So he endorses kidnapping foreign leaders?

And then what? Show trials?

[AllyCat]

35. As I understand it, kidnapping Chavez is still a crime under

the international definition of terrorism. Kidnap, Pat? You're still a liar and a criminal.

[davsand]

8. Gee, Pat, yer ASS is showing...

Feeling a bit breezy there, Pat? Feel like your mouth wrote a check your ass might have to cash? Sucks to get caught out, doesn't it...


If Pat wants sympathy he better look between shit and syphilis in the dictionary. He might find it there.



Laura

[Occulus]

9. Arrest this man. Now. Before he provokes an international incident. n/t

[kenny blankenship]

10. It depends on what your definition of "assassinate him" is, I guess.

See "...we really ought to go ahead and do it." could mean something COMPLETELY different from really go ahead and assassinate him. Er....Somehow.

If you take it out of context you could understandably get the totally mistaken idea that by "really go ahead" Pat Robertson meant "really go ahead". And you could get the idea that he really meant "assassinate him" when he said "assassinate him". But that's all wrong!

See, you've got to see his remarks in their full context, which is a roiling political shitstorm in which he can't POSSIBLY have meant what, in fact, he said.

[highnooner]

11. "You know, I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, .....

....but if he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it."

======================

It's hard to back-peddle when you say this.

[ChowChowChow]

12. They lie and lie and are NEVER called on it by the MSM

[HuffleClaw]

16. i really doubt he's gonna squirm his way out of this

if it had been ONE phrase sure, but he rambled on about chavez long enough that his message was clear. and the two stories i've seen about this so far both include the other quote which is not in the least bit open to interpretation.

"If he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it."

no WAY can that be twisted to mean anything other than a call to have the guy killed. his attempt to squirm out of this only makes him look even more a fool than he already has.

[Beetwasher]

13. What a Fuckwad! YOUR ON VIDEO SAYING ASSASSINATE YOU IDIOT!

He doesn't even say "take him out" anywhere. What a complete and total fuckwad.

"If he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think we really ought to go ahead and do it," said Robertson on Monday's program. "It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war."

He didn't even say "take him out". He said assassinate. He's counting on people not being able to read or hear or watch the video...Or maybe he's praying really hard that god will somehow change history for him. What a fucking moran.

[iconoclastic cat]

14. This is how the RW hitmen work:

Republican Twit: "(Offensive comment)."

Audience: "(Statement of disapproval and shock at offensive comment)."

Republican Twit: "You misunderstood what I meant. I meant (slightly less offensive comment, coupled with attack on audience)."

Audience: Begins to complain, but broadsided by offensive comment by Republican Twit #2.


This is what they do. If you are offended, you "misunderstood."

[sonicx]

20. don't forget...

Republican Twit: "It was taken out of context."

[maddezmom]

15. BWHAAAAAAAAAAA

nice try Pat, but kidnapping is almost as bad. :eyes:

[Beetwasher]

17. Except He Never Even SAID "Take Him Out" He Said "Assassinate"

and it's all on video. He's a baldfaced, totally busted liar. There's no backpedaling on this. The evidence is there for all to see.

[maddezmom]

26. you're right, but it's still fun to watch him try to bullshit his way out

of it.

Man of god, my butt. :D

[yorkiemommie1]

18. Weasel !!

LIAR !! LIAR. LIAR.

and there's a commandment against THAT too !

edited add last line.

[KansDem]

30. So, take out "no killing" and "no lying" and we have the 8 Commandments

courtesy Pat Robertson...:crazy:

[Maggie_May]

19. I can't believe

he can't see the problem of what he said. Robertson should be put in jail for his remarks. Is it not a terrorist remark any way you put it? Take him out!

[noonwitch]

21. "Take him out" is slang for assassination

Pat also said in the 80s that Khadafi was a mad dog, and what do we do with mad dogs?

[skip fox]

22. Great to put these two statements together!

These guys never tire of trying to lie their way out of everything. Franken does as you have, puts the two examples side-by-side.

:toast:

[Duer 157099]

23. I know EXACTLY what Robertson is going to say next!!

"Depends what your definition of IT is"

("...but if he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do IT")

[Buns_of_Fire]

44. He's pushing for nationwide orgies, obviously

If Chavez thinks we're going to assassinate him, we should all go out and do IT! Okay, so he switched subjects in the middle of a sentence, but we should be used to that by now, what with pResident Mushmouth and all.

Hmmmmm. But that won't fly with your worshippers either, will it?

Sorry, Pat. :shrug: You're screwed. I tried. You know where to send the check.

[davidinalameda]

24. what utter bullshit

Pat, quit while you're ahead

time to retire on all that blood diamond money you've received from your buddies in Africa

[rocktivity]

25. When Pat blamed 9/11 on gays, the Village Voice

actually listed some ways in which he could have been taken out of context, such as "There is man off camera pointing a gun at me and ordering me to read the following statement" and "If an infinite number of monkeys typed for an infinite amount of time, they would come up with..."

:rofl:
rocknation

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

27. What a waste of human DNA. n/t

[Dhalgren]

28. Human? Are we sure about that?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

34. For lack of a better term. If I called him a piece of dog excrement.

It would even be insulting to the turd.

[VegasWolf]

29. I guess he forgot the "to dinner!" when he suggessted that "the CIA

take out Chavez."

[nolabels]

36. The charlatan crook fraud I surmise must be also very underhanded.........

and cunning. Take whatever words he says and throw them in the trash. The plunder of others good will and beliefs amassing this scum hundreds of millions and the parlay of others beliefs as a bargaining tool to sell the trash to perpetuate even larger wholesale skimming. The guy is despicable. He does it because he wants to have own personal version of Hell right here on earth (he may get it but not in the way he planed). A true wing-nut in all sense of the word

Watching what people do instead of what the say always made more sense to me

[KayLaw]

31. Lying filth

Worthless, evil scum, isn't he?

[jobycom]

32. Al Franken said today he could have been taken out of context

If he had uttered the words "I would have to be a complete idiot to believe that..." before he made the rest of his comments. Otherwise, no way.

[methinks2]

33. Big fat liar

I can't believe him. Liar liar liar

[Canuckistanian]

37. Well, that was entirely predictable

Don't these idiots realize that when you're on TV, everything you say is recorded and can played back endlessly.

Just ask Howard Dean

[catmandu57]

38. Yeah well.

who ya gonna believe good ole pat or you lying fucking ears?

[Wizard777]

39. What? Kidnapping is a crime too? Lets try this again.

Government agents should date Hugo Chavez. Yeah, that's the ticket! Government agents should date Hugo Chavez. You know take him out for dinner, drinks, and then see if they can get some. er um Oil! Yeah, that's the ticket! Get some oil.

[Whoa_Nelly]

40. By the press give Robertson MSM time to backpeddle

they have essentially given him a free pass.
Robertson won't be completely vilified by the public, and WTF does he really care anyway? He's got more money than God. :mad:

[grytpype]

41. Lies make Baby Jesus cry!

[Gman]

42. Translation: I just pull stuff out of my butt

then say I was taken out of context.

[R Hickey]

43. Chavez should offer gas here at half price for cars with Dem bumpersticker

Chevez's already offered to help America's poor, and Bush has interfered in Venezuelan elections, I don't see why Chavez can't repay Bush this way.

Perhaps just a dollar off each gallon of gas purchased by any vehical with a Democratic bumper sticker would send Bush and the GOP a message.

Maybe he could charge cars with Bush bumber stickers fifty cents extra per gallon.

[CanonRay]

45. His first statement was...

"if he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think we ought to go ahead and do it" How the hell is this out of context, it's an f'ing quote. Lord, I am sick of these guys.

[triguy46]

46. Mendacity

"Take him out" doesn't mean dinner and a date and that lying butthead knows it. What a freak.

But wait, the next ploy will be his claim that he is being victimized by the liberal media, its really all their fault...He didn't mean anything.

[shantipriya]

47. robertson?

I am more concerned about the fact that miilions of people follow and listen to this jerk.I am ashamed to be living in the same country as this moron and his followers!

[Imalittleteapot]

48. Another RW liar who will be believed by the sheeple.

How can they be so blatent? I hate these people.

[Dukkha]

49. Stick a fork in your ass you're done!

No one will accept your fake apology you freedom-hating nazi pig!

[Cha]

50. robertson is senile..he doesn't

remember saying.."If he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think we really ought to go ahead and do it,"

[Vinca]

51. Take him out to what? Red Lobster? What a lying sack. nt

[lovuian]

52. Robertson denies Chavez assassination call

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=876a9fb9db3fa532

Pat Robertson said Wednesday that reports he supports the assassination of the Venezuelan president were taken out of context, CNN reports.

The conservative religious broadcaster made the controversial remarks about President Hugo Chavez Monday on his program, The 700 Club.

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

Robertson said Wednesday he didn't say assassination, but admitted to using the phrase take him out.

He said, "take him out doesn't have to be killing him."

While Chavez dismissed Robertson's words, Venezuelan Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel strongly condemned them and called on President Bush to take some sort of legal action.

more...

I love this comment by Robertson
Robertson said Wednesday he didn't say assassination, but admitted to using the phrase take him out.

doesn't it sound like the same defense Rove gave for Plame... I didn't say Plame I said Wilson's wife!!!

"Thou Shalt not Lie"

its on that tablet of stone I believe!!!

[cliss]

53. OK: I'll play along (wants to humor the old man).

Let's say that Robberson meant "Take him out". Not necessarily kill him, but just kidnap him, or otherwise spirit him out of Venezuela where he won't do any more harm.

What right do we have to kidnap people? It's my understanding that kidnapping people is punishable by EXECUTION. Did you hear me, Pat? I said execution. I believe something happened to Charles Lindberg's son: he was kidnapped and killed. When they found the perpetrators, I believe they were executed.

What makes YOU different, Pat?

[amber dog democrat]

58. Who would Jesus kidnap ?

This whole thing gets stranger and stranger. We really are on the edge of a moral precipice when its OK to publicly broadcast stuff like this.

I'd say go after the stations that aired it and challenge their license renewals with the FCC.

If PR became too much of a loose canon/ liability, he'd lose access to his TV audience.

What makes this moron a Christian. Wasn't he the one who wanted to use a nuke on the State Department ?

Edited for spelling.

[aquart]

54. It was his evil twin, Skippy, who said "assassination."

[dddem]

60. Damn that Skippy.

Luckily Pat's a Christian man who will forgive. Praise Jesus.

[The Jacobin]

55. He didn't?

I swear he said something along the lines of:

"He thinks we are out to assassinate him, and we should."

Transcript, please.

[Turbineguy]

56. Just as an aside

I watched the 700 Club once (yes, I did, but it was only for a few minutes). Robertson was explaining about a new device, a hand held GPS receiver.

He claimed that if you could find out where you were with one of these gadgets, "the government" could pinpoint your location as well!

This was during the Clinton Administration, so needless to say, "the government" was evil then.

"Yes, folks, if you are dumb enough to believe me then your dumb enough to send me money!"

[Lasher]

57. I have it on good authority...

that what Pat really meant, was he wanted to treat Chavez to dinner and a movie.

[Patrick_Star]

59. squirming

He's trying to weasel out of this just like Trent Lott was trying to weasel about his endorsement of segregation. Eventually, these bigots and hate-mongers are exposed for what they are. I'm just dying to hear something like "That depends on what the definition of 'take out' is". LMFAO!

[Judi Lynn]

61. Is there any GOOD way you can read this later remark from Pat?

An article released this afternoon:

Robertson Apologizes for Calling for Chavez' Assassination
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) -- Pat Robertson is apologizing for calling for the U.S. assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

The founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network has released a statement in which he says, "Is it right to call for assassination? No, and I apologize for that statement."

On today's broadcast of "The 700 Club," Robertson initially denied calling for Chavez's assassination on Monday's program. But the tape and transcript show that Robertson said of Chavez, "If he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think we really ought to go ahead and do it."

On today's broadcast, Robertson suggested that killing a dictator may sometimes be morally justified, citing the example of a German theologian who was executed for plotting against Hitler.

Story created 8/24/2005 - 1:54 PM Last updated 8/24/2005 - 1:54 PM

http://www.news10.net/storyfull10.asp?id=12747

[sakabatou]

62. Liar, liar, pants on fire...

No, really, I wish his pants were on fire.

[ignatius 2]

63. Who ya gonna believe,Robertson or your lying ears and eyes.

What a putz,he was on national tv,transcripts from the program are available all over the place and he is trying to say it ain't so. Jeez..another delusional republican living in the land of make believe.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

64. What Would Jesus Lie About, Pat?

Are you lying to yourself, too?