Pat Robertson steals some of R. Limbaugh's stash

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Posted by DaveSZ on Oct-11-2003 08:03:

Pat Robertson steals some of R. Limbaugh's stash

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US State Department has lodged a vehement complaint with prominent conservative televangelist Pat Robertson for comments suggesting that its Foggy Bottom headquarters should be destroyed with nuclear weapons, officials said.

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Spokesman Richard Boucher called the remarks -- which Robertson made last week on his nationally televised "700 Club" program -- "despicable" and a senior department official said a protest had been made "at the highest level."

"I lack sufficient capabilities to express my disdain," Boucher told reporters when asked about Robertson's comments. "I think the very idea, though, is despicable."

The senior official said Robertson had been made aware of Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites)'s extreme outrage at the tone and content of the remarks.

"That's not the way one expresses an opinion in Washington," the official said, adding that Robertson's conduct had been "outrageous."

Robertson, who has been a frequent critic of the State Department, made the offending comments during an interview with a like-minded critic of US diplomacy, columnist Joel Mowbray, who has written a book entitled "Dangerous Diplomacy: How the State Department Threatens American Security."

"I read your book," Robertson said, according to a transcript of the interview posted on his Christian Broadcasting Network's website (www.cbn.com).

"When you get through, you say, 'If I could just get a nuclear device inside Foggy Bottom, I think that's the answer'," he said.

"I mean, you get through this, and you say, 'We've got to blow that thing up.' I mean, is it as bad as you say?" Robertson asked.

Mowbray responded: "It is."

Mowbray's book accuses the State Department of endangering the security of the United States by allegedly cavorting with sponsors of terrorism, negligence or incompetence in the visa issuance process and ignoring the travails of US citizens abroad.

LOL!

Posted by rizo on Oct-11-2003 18:12:

imagine if he was a muslim... his ass would be in a pound me in the ass fedral prison w/o any trail or hearing. dont you love the double standards we have in this country?

Posted by ResonantDrag on Oct-13-2003 14:14:

eh, he's just clinging to lost ideals. the worlds changing, and eyes aren't closing. i kind of feel sorry for the f**k.

Posted by Yoepus on Oct-13-2003 14:30:

correct me if I'm wrong, but according to the article.. is it not the author of the book who Pat is interviewing that says a nuke in the State Department won't be to bad, and not Pat?

Posted by rizo on Oct-13-2003 16:28:

nope it was pat himself

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...le_robertson_dc

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The State Department has protested to televangelist Pat Robertson about his "despicable" suggestion that someone blow up the department with a nuclear bomb, an official said on Thursday.

Posted by occrider on Oct-13-2003 16:33:

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Originally posted by rizen
imagine if he was a muslim... his ass would be in a pound me in the ass fedral prison w/o any trail or hearing. dont you love the double standards we have in this country?

It's only illegal to directly threaten the president's life. As long as he is not committing conspiracy to destroy the state department, he can pretty much say that the state department and all of DC should be blown to smithereens.