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I was surfing through CNN.com (Why, oh why do I do that? The only thing that happens is that I get pissed off) when I clicked on an interview with Pat Robertson.

Why, oh why, did I do that?

I have no idea how many rocks Rev. Robertson smoked before this interview, but he must have taken some huge hits from his pipe minutes before. Check out these gems:

“And I warned him about this war. I had deep misgivings about this war, deep misgivings. And I was trying to say, ‘Mr. President, you had better prepare the American people for casualties.’ “

Robertson said the president then told him, “Oh, no, we’re not going to have any casualties.”

Read that last line again…

Robertson said the president then told him, “Oh, no, we’re not going to have any casualties.”

Now, either George didn’t think to check the dictionary before opening his ig’nant-assed mouth, or he is so out of touch with reality that he really believes the bullshit that Karl Rove is blowing up his ass. Yes, this is a rated-R post, thank you very much.

Check this next quote out:

Even as Robertson criticized Bush for downplaying the potential dangers of the Iraq war, he heaped praise on Bush, saying he believes the president will win the election and that “the blessing of heaven is on Bush.”

“Even if he stumbles and messes up — and he’s had his share of stumbles and gaffes — I just think God’s blessing is on him,” Robertson said.

Again, here is my question. How the hell do you know you have the “blessing of heaven”?! I want evidence! A tape recording, grainy images of the meeting from the local Steak and Egg. Something dammit!

Any other person spouting off the bullshit would be put under the funny farm. Speaking of CNN, there’s an interesting article over at Media Matters about CNN’s handling of an old poll. I’m at the point where I don’t even consider polls anymore, especially after reading Arianna Huffington’s breakdown about them:

“But despite mounting evidence that poll results can’t be trusted, pundits and politicians continue to treat them with a reverence ancient Romans reserved for chicken entrails, ignoring the fact that pollsters are finding it increasingly difficult to get people to talk to them. Thanks to answering machines, caller ID and telemarketers, polling response rates have plunged to 30 percent ó and lower. It’s pretty hard getting a good read on the public’s opinion when people keep hanging up on you.

Plus, pollsters never call cell phones ó of which there are now close to 170 million. And even though most cell phone users also have a hard line, a growing number don’t ó especially young people, an underpolled and hard-to-gauge demographic that could easily turn out to be the margin of difference in this year’s race.”

On another note, the Hub found an interesting post over at Cryptome.org about who served in the military and who didn’t. Now, I don’t subscribe to the borderline ad hominem argument that if you didn’t serve your opinion on military action doesn’t count. But, I do find the stark difference between the parties compelling.