Bush Co-opted Christianity to Win 2000 Election

[lyonspotter]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=t8xufsr2log

It is deplorable how Bush used the Christianity card to win the election in 2000. He stated publically that his favorite philosopher/thinker was Christ, because Christ "changed his heart."

Not a thing, however, that Bush stands for mirrors what Christ actually believed and taught. From what follows below, it should appear quite obvious that Christ didn't do very much changing of W's heart at all.

A few examples:

1. Christ says: "Love your enemies, and forgive those who use and persecute you. The day of forgiveness is at hand."

But Bush replies: "They got a problem on their hands. If they are hiding, we will smoke them out. And we will bring them to justice. And not only will we bring them to justice, but those who harbor them, who hide them, who feed them, who encourage them, to justice."


2. Christ says: "He among you who is without sin, let him cast the first stone."

But Bush replies: "With our actions we will send a clear message to those who kill Americans: we will find you and bring you to justice."


3. Christ: "All who take up the sword shall perish by the sword."

Bush: "I'm a war president. I make decisions here in the oval office on foreign policy matters with war on my mind."


There are several other examples to take into consideration other than the entire zeitgeist created by the Bush Administration, but suffice it to end this post with the ironic statement Bush offered while being interviewed by the Irish press: "The God I know is a God of peace."

There isn't much time.

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http://youtube.com/watch?v=t8xufsr2log

[flordehinojos]

1. WIN !!!!!!!???? now ,really! the word is STEAL !!!!!!!!!

just like the word is not, WAR. it is INVASION followed by OCCUPATION.

[mystwoman]

2. party pics

I know some theocons hard into the GOP base mindset with grinning pictures of Dubya and them on the wall for the record.
But if you mention that their son is draft/enlistment age, they wouldn't think of it.
Then things get very quiet.

It's like the Iraq war is a flop in the river that turned really liverish all of a sudden.
The same people that vilify abortion rights happily support a "national guard" President shipping while u wait body bags over to Iraq, many of them marked "return to sender, with holes".

[Archon]

3. theocons

The GOP is evolving into an economically corporatist, militant nationalist and highly xenophobic party. Conservative isn't the right word for it, Fascist is.