Robertson Calls for Chavez Assassination, Jesus Turns Over in Grave

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson suggested on-air that American operatives assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to stop his country from becoming "a launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism."

"We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability," Robertson said Monday on the Christian Broadcast Network's "The 700 Club."

Meanwhile, lawyers for CBN and the religious right worked furiously Tuesday to find a loophole in the 6th Commandment to support and lend Christian credibility to Robertson's suggestion.

And CBN marketing executives rolled out a new bumper sticker:

WWJD? Kill Chavez!

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(My sides hurt.)