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Intervention! Pat Robertson Calls GOP Base Too Extreme

Intervention! Pat Robertson Calls GOP Base Too Extreme

When Pat Robertson — yes, Pat Robertson — thinks the GOP base is too extreme, it might be time for some party soul searching.

As Right Wing Watch reports, on his 700 Club broadcast on Monday Robertson — the founder of the Christian Coalition — said the following of the Republican party’s lurch to the far right.

“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.”

He concludes, “if they want to lose, well this is the game for losers.”

Here’s the video.

2012, 2012 Presidential Primaries, Pat Robertson
Paul Werdel

Paul Werdel is an Associate Editor at TPM. Before joining TPM he was a News Editor with Al Jazeera English, and before that a Producer with BBC News. He can be reached at werdel(at)talkingpointsmemo.com.

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