Pat Robertson thinks GOP too extreme

I rock for Jesus, baby!!!!

You know you have a substance abuse problem when Robert Downey Jr. says he's worried about your drug intake.

You know you have a weight issue when Oprah says you could stand to drop a few pounds.

You know you have an extremist issue when Pat FREAKING Robertson says you've gone too far to the Right.

That's right. Pat FREAKING Robertson, the hateful religious fraud last heard claiming that the Haitian earthquake was punishment for a slave revolt inspired by the devil and that divorcing a spouse with Alzheimers is the right thing to do thinks that the current GOP candidates are slipping too far to the right, and that this will hurt the GOP in the general election.

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?’” he said. “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…They’ve got to stop this! It’s just so counterproductive!

I mean think about this. Pat FREAKING Robertson thinks the GOP candidates are too far to the Right.

This is the man who 

• Had lucrative diamond mining business with former Liberian President and accused war criminal Charles Taylor and former Zairean dictator Mobutu Sese Seko.
• Agreed with Jerry Falwell that liberals, atheists and feminists had brought on 9-11 as God's Punishment. Robertson explicitly also made his own statement that his God had lifted his protection from the US as a result of engaging in or allowing non-Pat Robertson approved activities.
• Thinks that Ariel Sharon suffered a stroke as God's Punishment for being willing to cede land to the Palestinians.
• Thinks that "gay days" at Disneyworld will bring about God's Punishment
• Said that Hurricane Katrina was likely God's Punishment for US abortion policies.
• Predicted terrorist mass killings in 2007 in the US as, you guessed it, God's Punishment.

And there's plenty plenty more here and here

However the sun shines on a dog's butt every now and again. And even a nutty loon (or is it a loony nut) like Pat FREAKING Robertson may have a point. Perhaps the Republicans would be well advised to listen to the crazy "religious" man in this instance. Because if anyone knows crazy ugly extremism, it's Pat FREAKING Robertson. If you're guzzling down shots at the Crazy Bar and Robertson pulls your coat to whisper, "Hey, you've had enough to drink-let's go", maybe you should step away from the counter and not call for another round. 

QUESTIONS

Do you think Robertson is correct and Republicans are tilting too far to the Right?

Were you aware of Robertson's previous loony statements?
Does this mean the evangelicals may not turn out in force for the eventual Republican nominee?