Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Quotes on Robertson

"We could offer him free psychiatric treatment ... but he could be a lost case." -- Hugo Chavez on seeking Pat Robertson's extradition to Venezuela, CBS News, August 29, 2005

"Mr Robertson has been one of this president's staunchest allies. His statement demands the strongest condemnation by the White House." -- Venezuela's ambassador to the US, Bernardo Alvarez

"The ball is in the U.S. court, after this criminal statement by a citizen of that country. It's huge hypocrisy to maintain this discourse against terrorism and at the same time, in the heart of that country, there are entirely terrorist statements like those...
[Robertson's] comments reveal that religious fundamentalism is one of the greatest problems facing the world today." -- Vice-president Jose Vicente Rangel