Say What?

          Although it should not come as a surprise, I was truly taken aback when reading today's paper and hearing the news that Pat Robertson, the TV evangelist (really?), has called for the MURDER of Hugo Chavez, the president of Venezuala.  Pat Robertson has made some pretty outrageous statements in the past, but this one is over the top.

          If Robertson was nothing more than a political commentator or military history buff or redneck, tobacco-chewing, sister-marryin', gun-totin', bale-of-hay-in-the-bed-of-the-truck bubba, I could understand his sentiment.  However, this man claims to have a direct link to the Lord.  He has tried to convince (pretty successfully, I might add) folks that he has some extraordinary link to the will of the Lord (remember the fire-and-brimstone headed to Walt DisneyWorld in Orlando FL because of Disney's support of homosexual couples?  Well, a good friend just came from there - it's apparently still standing.

          Words fail me as to how I would even pretend to respond to such an absurd notion.  Surely this guy does not believe that the Lord told him to say this?  Or that we would believe him if he made such a claim?