Pat Robertson's Hugo Chavez Assassination Call

Pat Robertson's Hugo Chavez Assassination Call

To 'Pat Robertson' Your Hugo Chavez 'Assassination' call is not only a gross reactionary gaffe .. it is a call for crime .. and the endorsement of a grave sin of murder. As an independent centrist political mind and an ecumenist, I am always amazed at the 'spectre' appearance of Hugo Chavez as 'bete noire' to your religious and political constituency. Whether the revival of a Roman Catholic and Baptist feud or otherwise; your opinions and reflections forget the great (in voting numbers) Venezuelan popular progressive political movement of center-left Christian Democrats in their party with the COPEI coalition. That President Chavez relieves the poor with taxes substituted petroleum and other natural resource profits/royalties is a sane rational progressive relief. Lastly to call this man with whom CBN has had a falling out a 'dictator' is to bare that one bears a scar from TR or FDR's coalitions for human betterment. Mr. Chavez will prove his constitutionalism .. this is the twilight of his term - but not of his popular poitical movement. COPEI and partners sustained democracy through a constitutional convention; a new constitution; an attempted coup d'etat and a a recall (by democratic vote counting). Maybe 'Pat' should reconsider Venezuelan and South American 'CBN' affected telecommunications laws; and the old Catholic-Baptist feuds; -- take a self-flagellation -- and adjust to an old fashioned business friendly (as an enabler of payroll) Liberal. Am reminded of President Ronald Reagan and Nancy .. as to your horrible 'gaffe' -- "You'll get hell!" ...and am sure he would have commended retraction as to your influence and recommend an apology. Use law and politics ... Pres Chavez like him or not is committed to it. Reagan the conservative, adjusted well to Mrs. Mitterand giving Castro a new suit --- Pres. Chavez with a full host of Cuban-Venezuelan exiles and democracy advocates -- perennially engages Castro -- but doesn't join or submit to him. I will sent this rejoinder to Pat Robertson's 700 Club e-mail at CBN I usually watch the 700 Club following the CBS 'Early Show' and watched most of it this moning - but must have missed it with the news start while having beakfast. Leraned of the bizarre uncharacteristic advocacy on CNN News.