Whoa there, Pat

Leave it to Christian fundamentalists to watch their words.

"If he thinks we're trying to assassinate him [Hugo Chavez of Venezuela], I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it," Robertson told viewers on his "The 700 Club" show Monday. "It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war."


Heh. And this isn't the first time (or the last time, I'm sure):

In October 2003, Robertson, criticizing the State Department during an interview on "The 700 Club," said "maybe we need a very small nuke thrown off on Foggy Bottom to shake things up," referring to the nickname for the department's headquarters in Washington.

State Department spokesman Richard Boucher called the remark "despicable."

You're not funny, Pat.