Man, you just can't make this stuff up. Maybe this is old news, but I didn't realize this about Wolf. From the invaluable Yurica Report:
A Little Story About Pat Robertson, Wolf Blitzer, and David Corn
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This essay is all about Pat Robertson’s mouth. He can’t help it. He was born with it! After that it’s about how Pat’s mouth keeps shooting off on CNN. First back in April of 2001 he went on CNN with Wolf Blitzer and encouraged the U.S. government to continue to build up its $70 billion trade deficit with China (while he had personal business with China) and he also seemed to endorse China’s crack-down on how many babies should be allowed to be born, which set off a hue and a cry from the anti-abortion troops in the US. Then let’s skip to the big whammy on August 22, 2005. That’s when Pat called for the assassination of Venezuela President, Hugo Chavez.
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Anyway, I’ve got to straighten out the record on this hullabaloo about Pat and his mouth. It’s actually two people’s record: Pat Robertson’s and Wolf Blitzer’s. And I’ve got to help out David Corn, the distinguished Editor of The Nation magazine’s Washington Bureau, who sort of lost his cool and wailed over public channels on the web, bemoaning and asking why with such sadness in his voice. “Why Does CNN Invite Robertson on to Talk?” Why in the name of decency and common sense and a shared sense of values would Wolf Blitzer do such a thing? It’s even worse, who in their right mind would give poor snoggy old Pat the opportunity to say the kinds of things he’s always said—it’s his favorite thing to do: He loves to pop off! He especially loves to talk about assassinating folks!
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It’s scary to hear someone carry-on like Pat. But it’s sort of strange to realize that Pat and Wolf Blitzer go way back together. Yep! Wolf used to work for Pat Robertson's CBN way back when Pat was setting up his news bureau and Wolf was the 700 Club’s reporter from the Middle East. He was a lot younger in those days, but in those beginning days Pat exposed Wolf Blitzer to a viewing audience that topped the Nielsen ratings at 28.7 million monthly viewers! That’s a great way to launch one’s career. But Wolf Blitzer likes to keep that part of his career kind of quiet. He doesn’t list the 700 Club’s news bureau in his biography. He doesn’t tell CNN’s audience that Pat was like an angel to him when he was just an independent reporter starting out. But those of us who watched Pat’s show could never forget Wolf Blitzer’s reports. He was presented to us as such an expert—we were just so proud of him! And look how high he’s gone. You’d think he’d give Pat a little credit. No doubt he says “Thanks” by inviting him on CNN!http://www.yuricareport.com/Media/OnPatRobertsonWolfeBlitzerAndDavidCorn.htmlYou know, this makes sense. I've always wondered how Wolf could be so oblivious. Now I understand!
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