Robertson Reaction Reveals Media Double Standard
August 26, 2005

Letters To the Editor
Dear Editor:
              The remarks of Pat Robertson about “taking out” Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez have caused quite a stir. Even though he proposed it indirectly and in sarcastic response to Chavez’ bombast about American plots against him, much outrage has been vented against Pat’s undiplomatic suggestions. Chavez had been aping Fidel Castro who often before made the same charges about U. S. intentions against himself.
              It would seem that the liberal media is applying a double standard against the preacher. Back when George Stephanopoulos wrote a column urging the assassination of Saddam Hussein, after he left the Clinton administration, those same people took the equivalent but much more seriously proffered advice from the ex press secretary to be legitimate. Why is it that a darling of the left can say things like that but anyone of prominence on the right cannot?

Sincerely,
Minos Gordy, Centerville, MA