Thanks to J for pointing this out to Streak.

CBS News | Pat Robertson Slams Bush On Liberia | July 11, 2003 16:22:47: "“How dare the president of the United States say to the duly elected president of another country, 'You've got to step down,'' Robertson said Monday on “The 700 Club,” broadcast from his Christian Broadcasting Network. "

Someone hasn't been paying attention.

Of course there is more to this story, as Streak points out. (Streak is also fond of pointing to the fact that the right Reverend Robertson has one of the largest heads in the world. Streak doesn't mean ego, he means physical head. Anyway, the story has more to it than blind support for a fellow Baptist (Since when has that been a compelling reason? :) )

"Robertson, a Bush supporter who has financial interests in Liberia, said he believes the State Department has “mismanaged the situation in nation after nation after nation” in Africa. “So we're undermining a Christian, Baptist president to bring in Muslim rebels to take over the country,” he said in the broadcast. Robertson told The Washington Post in an interview published Thursday that he has “written off in my own mind” an $8 million investment in a Liberian gold mining venture he made four years ago, under an agreement with Taylor's government." [emph added]

And yet, the story qualifies: "He said his investment was intended to help pay for humanitarian and evangelical efforts in Liberia."


Yeah, that's right. It is okay, evidently, to overthrow tyrants who aren't Baptist, and who haven't helped one make money. Streak objects and notes that even the jerkier dogs in our neighborhood don't have that kind of cojones.