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"We have the ability to take [Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez] out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability." - Pat Robertson

"Our department doesn't do that kind of thing. It's against the law. He's a private citizen. Private citizens say all kinds of things all the time." - Donald Rumsfeld

One has to wonder if Pat Robertson was a muslim cleric living in the United States rather than a supposedly Christian minister, how fast the FBI would be knocking down his door, and how different the Secretary of Defense's reaction would have been.

A lot of people are aghast at Pat Robertson's statements, but is anyone truly surprised? This is the same fellow who said "Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians."

Just a few weeks ago, Robertson was praying on the air for the presumptive death, incapacitation or terminal illness of more Supreme Court justices to open up spaces for more conservatives. The guy suggested back in 2003 that "maybe we need a very small nuke thrown off on Foggy Bottom," referring to the Washington headquarters nickname of the State Department.

He's a frickin' wingnut.