Well, I wouldn't go so far as to say "Good for the White House." It was the only politically rational response to be made. And a response was necessary.

Good for the White House??? Oh come on Steve, these guys are committing illegal wiretaps on American citizens, flying Muslims all over the world so they can torture them, using recess appointments of political cronies to oversee an electoral system that they have totally corrupted, and are calling our constitution "just a God damned piece of paper". And you want to laud these bastards for bemoaning Robertson's transparently INSANE blatherings? Robertson is a NON-ISSUE when compared to the glaring danger Bush poses to our rights, our freedoms, and our security. I am amazed that you would devote two postings to the senile old fraud and his insane musings, much less pay tribute to the Bush Administration's inevitable move to separate themselves from the old fart's embarrassing droolings. Cheney is shoving light sticks in Muslim asses by proxy, and we are supposed to think they are sincerely offended by Robertson's comments??? Gee, maybe they should have shut the old fool up when he was advocating the assasination of Chavez.

By "wedge strategy", do you mean the Bush team's easy move to distance themselves from someone even crazier than themselves, thus fooling some people into thinking they deserve praise for doing what any decent human being would have? Cause I thought that was called "triangulation".

"...to build a biblical theme park by the Sea of Galilee where Jesus is said to have walked on water and fed 5,000 with five loaves and two fish."

Good for the entrepreneurs.
Theme parks should be based on fantasies.

Good for the NeoCons. But actions speak louder than words. The NeoCons gave Robertson's "charity" Operation Blessing second billing on the list of charities for Katrina. It will take more than words to distance themselves from Robertson and the wacko-istians.

I certainly agree with SC's opinion of Robertson. Any good "christian" like Robertson who is buddy buddy with African tyrants like Charles Taylor and Mobutu is no christian especially when he is digging for gold and diamonds in their countries while he is praising them.

Good article SC. Do you have anything in the works about Alito? IMO this could be the most important nomination in history only because the survival of the Republic may very well depend on whether he is appointed or not. From what I have read of his opinions on Presidential power when he is appointed the NeoCons will have the votes to virtually ignore the Constitution. Then what will we do? Elections won't matter much that's for sure.

Trent Duffy, not the impotent empty suit and imposter posing as commander in chief "denounced" Pat Robertson, and I re-iterate here that our impotent poser pretending to be the socalled president, - the tyrant overlord of the fascist totalitarian dictatorship that used to be America HAS FAILED TO MUSTER THE COURAGE to personally stand up, as a human being, - let alone - the supposed leader of the freeworld - and publically REBUKE his fellow iblis, - I mean shade - I mean shaitan - I mean evangelical Pat Robertson for hypocritical, anti-religious, contra-Christian and ghoulish rejoicing of the suffering of Ariel Sharon.

Second, if Israel allows "...American Christian evangelicals to build a biblical theme park by the Sea of Galilee where Jesus is said to have walked on water and fed 5,000 with five loaves and two fish" - making a mockery, not to mention a profit making carnival of Christianity - then the Christian and Judaic god we mindlessly worship is nothing but a man made marketing tool, and all our occidental religious beliefs and institutions are the stuff of tricksters and hucksters, and rightfully cast into oblivion.

FREAKS!

Forgive me for referencing the Mormons an equally FALSE, hypocritical, bloodthirsty, and money mongering clan of supremists, racists, and facsists whom I renounce.

I had intended to link to the relevent Biblical references and hit this thread by mistake.

Mormons, the Morman Church, and Mormanism are all a FALSE perversion and money making retardation of christianity!!!!!

I want to be certain to mark a firm divide between any fiction, myth, disinformation, deception, manipulation, perversion, retardation, or patent lie proselytized by the FALSE teachings of the Church of Latter Day Saints or the political economic entity known as the Mormon Church, - and anything I hold as relevent or dear to the true teachings and the way of Jesua ben Joseph, the Nazarine, Jesus.

The same Biblical quotes are referenced here sans the nefarious stain of the Morman Church.

I don't know where the farce ends and reality begins. A religious theme park in Israel? God willing the death of a politician? What next--god asking that you donate money?

Sadly Ariel Sharon's health was on the edge of disaster for years. One look at his habitus should have been a source of worry. If that's god's work than there are a lot of people in trouble!

We must all pray to our Gods to strike them down, strike them down, strike them down,............... Oh God of Mercy, strike them down, for the sake of my children Oh Lord God of Hosts, strike them down, Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, strike them down, Oh Lord hear thy children's plea, strike them down.

to write about robertson is to take him more seriously than anybody sane ought to. he should simply be ignored. he's one of these folks, like another great man of god, al sharpton, who makes regular outrageous statements just so the press will report them and people won't forget about him.

The Israeli government is planning to give up a large slice of land to American Christian evangelicals...

Isn't this the sort of thing that makes the god of love so angry he gives people strokes?

When was the last time the Great Man of God, our beloved Reverend Al, said anything outrageous to get attention? Regular?

DO NOT besmirch the name of Rev. Al unless you are looking to get yerself strucketh down! Saith the Lord!

I dunno, I think I'd just like to repeat that the Presidents criticism of Robertson seems mild and formulaic. It's a bone or concession thrown to the sanity constituency, but it hardly seems to amount to much more.

Robertson has said and done worse, recieved mild criticism, and simply continued on, unhindered.

Robert Fisk (who should know) on Ariel Sharon as a "man of peace" *cough* Sabra? Shatilla? Gaza? and that was only in his later years...

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11479.htm

Steve

You gotta understand that the President can denounce Robertson, and it does not matter because the Robertson people and allies, just don't care - they think Bush is doing what he has to do,

This was similar to when Bush said he was upset by torture and the Plame leak. His supporters, love torture (judging by radio and blogs) and they love the Plame leak.

So what gives?

Is it not odd, that the President's base. trusts him, not because they think he is telling the truth, but because they hope he is telling, what they think of, as necessary lies.

For a man, such as Pat Robertson, who for years, and years, always praised G-d, making such an insensitive comment about someone who gets stricken with a stroke, is showing 'his true colors' and now I have less than kindly things to say or think about him.

We are only human, and like collecting taxes, I believe G-d is 'collecting' notes on ALL of our behavior towards each other. We ALL 'pay' - more or less - 'at the end'.
Be a better person, Mr. Robertson, and 'pay' less!