What He (Pat Roberston) Said

I don't know about you, but it seemed to me that -- with few exceptions -- all the "right" people got upset with Pat Roberston's (now retracted) suggestion that the Bush Administration could save itself a LOT of trouble by having Venezuelan Leftist Strongman Hugo Chavez "taken out."

I mean the National Council of Churches (who never met a gay couple they didn't like), the MSM, and even Chavez himself were all waxing apoplectic about Roberton's (in my view) quite realistic proposition.

Well now the Washington Times' Wes Pruden, in his own inimitable way, wittily and accurately puts the entire episode in a philosophical light in this must-read editorial.

Of course, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who never met a SCOUNDREL he didn't like, has rushed off to Venezuela (figuratively speaking) to place his lips on Chavez' backside in some weird genuflection to Chavez' communist majesty. (Hat tip: commenter lowandslow on lgf.)

Jackson's foray to South America makes no sense whatsoever to anyone but Jackson: Chavez is an atheist, while Jackson is (reportedly) a Christian; Chavez is Venezuelan who hates America, while Jackson is (reportedly) an American; .... Well, you get the picture.

Face it: Jackson is a ... well... an asshat -- and a seditious one at that.