Source: The Raw Story
Ah, Pat, how I've missed talking about you, but there's been so many other wonderful things to discuss, and you've been unusually quiet lately. However, I knew that with other conservative Christians (the fundamentalist variety...don't want to lump the extremist bunch in with the rest who are good people) coming out against the GOP and Bush, we'd hear from you soon enough.
Turns out I was right.
The Rev. Pat Robertson, a noted Republican famous for lambasting leftist groups, turned his criticism to the Republican Party in his speech at the Third Annual Virginia Federation of Teenage Republicans Convention on Saturday afternoon.
The founder of the Christian Broadcast Network charged the Republican Congress as "abandoning" fiscal responsibility, noting among other things the $223 million for the construction of a bridge connecting Alaska's Gravina Island to Ketchikan (also dubbed "the Bridge to Nowhere").
"This is our government at work, and unfortunately it is run by Republicans," he said.
Robertson was among several Republican figures who spoke to a group of about 40 people at the convention held at the Prince William County Government Center.
In light of the NSA wire-tapping revelation, which he called a "tool of oppression," Robertson admonished the Bush administration for "encroaching on" Americans' personal liberties.
"One day this whole thing is going to be in your hands," Robertson said to the group of teenagers, encouraging them not to stray from their "core values" -- Christianity, limited government and fiscal responsibility -- in their political pursuits.
While he makes some valid points here, I can't help but be unimpressed because he, along with his fellow far right wing crowd, were the ones who helped put the GOP and Bush in office. I suppose the irony fairy bit them hard on the ass with this one.
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