Telegraph (UK) : God put Bush in charge

[Manix]

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Investigative reporters from the Los Angeles Times and NBC television have dug up two years' worth of seemingly incendiary comments from Lt Gen William "Jerry" Boykin, the newly promoted deputy undersecretary of state of defence for intelligence.

Gen Boykin has repeatedly told Christian groups and prayer meetings that President George W Bush was chosen by God to lead the global fight against Satan.

He told one gathering: "Why is this man in the White House? The majority of Americans did not vote for him. He's in the White House because God put him there for a time such as this."

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[JohnyCanuck]

1. The general closes stable door after the horse has left the barn.

Gen Boykin told NBC that he would be curtailing his speeches to religious groups. "I don't want to come across as a Right-wing radical," he said.

It's a bit late for that now, General, don't you think? The whole world already knows you are a wacko fundy.

[cliss]

2. Jeez, wouldn't you want this guy on your side?

Think of the ego-stroking!!! He's right - the public certainly didn't elect him, so God must have wanted it!

This give new meaning to SYCOPHANT. After all, how could you possibly go wrong if God is on your side? And even got you your job? This guy's going to be hard to dump.

[ixion]

3. whacko-fundie GOD == Satan

Who's to say that these fundies are talking about the same GOD? Could be that they're all a bunch of cultist Satan worshippers. ;-)

[RogueTrooper]

4. That must be it!

because he certainly was not chosen by the people.

[Mokito]

5. Urgent memo to Lt Gen William "Jerry" Boykin

X-nay on the crusadenay!

Greetings, The White House.

:shrug:

[Grins]

6. I wish I had seen this earlier...

Damn!! How's this for poor timing? I wish I had this earlier as I was going to post a response to an editorial in today’s Wall St. Journal:
<http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/dhenninger/?id=110004182>
(I was going to but I got to the story too late. A lot of others did, however.)

The author takes a shot at those that have it "in" for the Christian right, i.e., Democrats!

He argued, southern "...ministries include prisoners and their families, troubled teens, woman-to-woman counseling, literacy, immigrant outreach, the newly unemployed, pregnant single women, Dallas's urban poor."

Well, buddy; so does my Catholic Church, the Episcopal Church, our local Jewish Synagogue, Methodists, and many established religious organizations. They also run hospitals, international relief programs, day-care, and many other programs. But those are not the religious that we fear.

We fear:
Those who went to their state capitals to worship the 10 Commandments and to impose their belief on others.
Those who encouraged a Chief Justice to defy a lawful court order.
Those who praised a murderer as a martyr (Paul Hill; “The sooner I am executed ... the sooner I am going to heaven, ... I am looking forward to glory.”)
Who want God (actually, they only want their Jesus) in schoolrooms, in our official documents, our currency, the movies we watch, the radio we listen to, the books we read, the people with whom we are to associate with - all aspects of our lives.

The established religions have nothing that can compare to a Bob Jones University, do not support a politial "Coalition", would think of re-writing state textbooks to support “Creationism”, think that Bush came to office because God put him there (so… I guess we can now blame… God?), or claim that abortion is murder, then demand capital punishment (except for their own). And now, some damn General thinks we went to war against Satan. Aw...Jeeesus!

The list goes on, but you get the idea. This would have been one more brick on the load.

What's fun is to read the responses to the editorial. Some are really good. Others…well…eeech.