Religious Extremist Calls for Presidential Assassination

Unbelievable. And all broadcast on a television show.

Well, okay, sure, the television show was "The 700 Club." it was Pat Robertson, who called for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

"We don't need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator," he continued. "It's a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with."

Update 9:00pm, Aug 23: and now everyone is piling on Pat Robertson . As it should be.