August 27, 2005
Pat Robertson on Venezuela
:Tuesday on “The 700 Club,” Pat Robertson said that the U.S. should “take [Venezuelan President Chavez] out.'’ He went on that “killing Chavez would be cheaper than going to war with Venezuela to remove him.” The Venezuelan government is responding to the television host’s words as if they came from the American government. With the President’s close ties to evangelical Christians this has made it a difficult line for the Bush administration.