Oh Good Grief

Pat Robertson, here's a nice hot cup of STFU.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US State Department has lodged a vehement complaint with prominent conservative televangelist Pat Robertson for comments suggesting that its Foggy Bottom headquarters should be destroyed with nuclear weapons, officials said.

Spokesman Richard Boucher called the remarks -- which Robertson made last week on his nationally televised "700 Club" program -- "despicable" and a senior department official said a protest had been made "at the highest level."

"I lack sufficient capabilities to express my disdain," Boucher told reporters when asked about Robertson's comments. "I think the very idea, though, is despicable."

The senior official said Robertson had been made aware of Secretary of State Colin Powell's extreme outrage at the tone and content of the remarks.

"That's not the way one expresses an opinion in Washington," the official said, adding that Robertson's conduct had been "outrageous."

Now, don't get me wrong the State Department is not exactly my favorite federal department, but c'mon. Wanting to see it leveled with a nuclear missile is just tad extreme, don't you think? Robertson is slipping farther and farther away from the ability to think rationally. First he blames 9/11 on homosexuals (although to be fair so did Falwell, though it doesn't make it less outrageous). Now this. Good grief, it's crap like this that the Left uses to tar all conservatives with the extremist demagogue label. Do us all a favor, Pat, and just keep your opinions to yourself next time.

And people ask me why I don't like, nor trust, televangelists . There's one reason for you.

via (Right-Thinking)