Robertson Tells Republicans to “Lay Off” “Extreme” Extremism

Ariela Fleisig — October 25, 2011 – 4:18 pm | Election 2012 | GOP Presidential Candidates 2012 | Republicans Comments (0) Add a comment

Controversial religious broadcaster Pat Robertson—who has a well-documented history of outlandish and offensive statements—chastised the Republican Party yesterday for espousing extreme right-wing positions.

Robertson said:

I believe it was Lyndon Johnson that said, ‘Don’t these people realize if they push me over to an extreme position I’ll lose the election? And I’m the one who will be supporting what they want but they’re going to make it so I can’t win.’ Those people in the Republican primary have got to lay off of this stuff. They’re forcing their leaders, the frontrunners, into positions that will mean they lose the general election. Now whether this did it to Cain I don’t know, but nevertheless, you appeal to the narrow base and they’ll applaud the daylights out of what you’re saying and then you hit the general election and they say ‘no way’ and then the Democrat, whoever it is, is going to just play these statements to the hilt. They’ve got to stop this! It’s just so counterproductive!

As The Washington Post’s Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite wrote:

When televangelist Pat Robertson rails against extremism by Republican candidates on his 700Club program, it should be a wake up call for the GOP. Even extremism can apparently be taken too far, according to this veteran of the religious right.

Watch a video of Robertson’s comments below, or click here:

 

Click here to read Thistlethwaite’s full article.

 

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