This week Pat Robertson said the US should assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. There are many posts about this mostly on left leaning blogs and the reaction is the expected prattle. I do not agree with what Robertson said and I think it is sad that a man of his stature and position would say something like this given that so many people listen to what he says. As I said, I do not agree with what he said but I do know he has as much right to exercise his right to Free Speech as does some degenerate Flag burner and in my opinion, more so. At least he said it and that makes it speech.
I am bewildered at why there has been so much concern about what he said. Where was the outrage when Air America said that George Bush should be assassinated? There was little outrage and many on the left actually supported the idea (here, here, here. Some links are blogs reporting on the leftist support).
I remember a debate at Adam’s site, in reaction to the grenade attempt on Bush’s life, where the assertion was made that it would be bad for George Bush to be assassinated in another country. Some who commented indicated it would be bad because we would then have a reason to attack another country. Others made it sound like it would be OK if he were killed in America. Those commenting backtracked and they might have actually not meant it the way it came out but it sounds a bit too Freudian for me. Go to the link, read the post and the comments and then you decide.
So anyway, we have Robertson getting chastised for exercising his right and everyone has his panties in a wad. No one wants to condemn Air America for suggesting the same fate for our President. I think it is disgusting the left would decry a call for the assassination of the President of another country but applaud a call for the death of our President. In all fairness, maybe no one knew about Air America since no one actually listens to that noise generating station.
I do not agree with Robertson but I will defend his right to say it. On the other hand, I would not piss on a Flag burner to put him out.
And to top it off Ariana Huffington’s blog has a post about Robertson and how bad he was for saying it. Some jackass commented that “Someone should assassinate Bush” (you have to search the comments). Just goes to show the mentality of the left.