Last month, Pat Robertson became an international joke (again) by calling for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Last week, Tom DeLay solidified his reputation for corruption by being indicted on a conspiracy charge. No sane conservative wants to spend much time with either of them — so they’re spending time with each other.
If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog. Or, in DeLay’s case, call Pat Robertson.
Before returning to Houston yesterday, DeLay appeared on the preacher’s 700 Club, where he got some much-needed support. “This a shocking thing this man is doing to you!” Robertson told DeLay, who readily agreed, saying, “It’s all politics.” […]
Hearing DeLay’s description of Texas prosecutor Ronnie Earle, Robertson asked: “Can’t they bring charges against him for prosecutorial misconduct? This does seem to be egregious.”
It was time for Robertson to wrap up the interview. “You’re a hero to the conservatives in this country, and a lot of people are with you,” he said.
If you watch the interview, at the 42-minute mark of the episode, DeLay went so far as to say, “For two years they dragged my name through the mud and wouldn’t even let me testify before the grand jury. Can you imagine, Pat; I didn’t even get the opportunity to tell my side of the story to the grand jury.”
As it turns out, this is a demonstrable lie; the grand jury waited as long as it could to indict because its members were hoping that DeLay would accept jurors’ invitation to testify. He did not.
It’s just another way in which Robertson and DeLay have something in common — they both start fibbing wildly when they’re in a jam.
DeLay and Robertson. A match made in … somewhere unpleasant.