The Robertson Recant

After the Bush Administration basically called Pat Robertson a tool...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Bush administration officials Tuesday dismissed Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson's call for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as the remarks of a private citizen, but Venezuela accused Robertson of promoting terrorism.

Robertson has backpedaled with his tail between his legs, claiming what Democrats say all the time: that his comments were taken out of context.

(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 [Associated Press], but that happens all the time," Robertson said on "The 700 Club" program.

The controversy began Monday when Robertson called Chavez "a terrific danger" bent on exporting Communism and Islamic extremism across the Americas.

"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."

So he didn't say that special forces should "take him out"? So Pat Robertson is a total jackass that nobody should pay attention to? Imagine that.

Oh, and one more thing. Please not that the first word in the article, the first word used to describe Pat Robertson, is "conservative". Media bias? No, not at all. Pat Robertson isn't a conservative, he's a jackass that nobody really pays much attention to, and for anyone to imply that Robertson is anything but a marginal figure in American politics is completely erroneous.