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To: RetiredNow who wrote (268791)	1/16/2006 2:10:55 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576197

If Robertson does not have power, why does Bush not silence him? The reason he doesn't get silenced is because he serves the purpose of this presidency and because many of his followers are in Bush's constitency. Oh Robertson has power........more than you care to realize or admit. Now who looks like a dictator? Tejek, the President doesn't or CAN'T silence Robertson because we live in a Democracy with a constitution that guarantees freedom of speech, even if that freedom is mostly exercised by idiots. I know we live in a democracy. That's why I wasn't being literal when I said to silence him. All Bush can do is say that Robertson doesn't represent his views and that he has done through McClellan, his spokesman. That's all I would expect him to do.......however, it needs to be done strongly. But that's not what happened. When Robertson threatened Chavez, Bush's PR person made a statement to the effect that Robertson does not speak for the president. That kind of weak announcement tells Robertson "we agree with you but we need to be more circumspect than you". It doesn't defuse Robertson at all. Of course, public opinion forced Robertson to apologize but again, he was not silenced because he still thinks Bush agrees with him, and so he continues to mouth off whenever an opportunity arises. Like Robertson, the president of Iran does not say what he says for the hell of it. He has an agenda much like Robertson has an agenda. I agree with you. That agenda is to gain nuke technology so that he can blackmail the world, just like Kim Jong Il does. His agenda is to make his country immune from the West which doesn't like how Iran has become the largest exporter of terrorism and wants to put a stop to it. His agenda is to wipe Israel off the map...those are his own words. And what is Robertson's agenda. If one is intent on improving the situation, then both extremists need to be neutralized.........not just the one you dislike the most.