Pat Robertson = pigeon

James Wolcott does a great job analyzing why the "FOX News All-Stars" were so quick to dismiss Pat Robertson's advice to the Bush administration on how to ice Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.Wolcott likens Robertson's relationship with the neocons to the old Seinfeld episode "Merv Griffen Set":

George Costanza, furious that a pigeon didn't get out of the way of his car (in the stellar "Merv Griffin set" episode), vented to Jerry that we have "a deal" with the pigeons, a deal that Jerry elucidated upon.
The deal is, they get out of our way when we're walking or driving, and we overlook the statute defecation.

Simple as that. The pigeon George ran over didn't honor he deal.

The neocons had a deal with Pat Robertson and his followers. As long as Pat and company cleaved to Israel, the neocons would overlook that old Protocol Elders nonsense.

In short, Pat Robertson was their pigeon. They were willing to countenance his occasional poop.