Bob Burnett, HuffPo: "George Bush - Failed Christian, Failed CEO"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

At his March 21st press conference President Bush admitted that the war in Iraq will continue as long as he is in office. Yet, before the invasion he thought that the occupation would be a cakewalk. Given his record, why do Americans believe anything that Dubya says? Why can't they see that he's a failure?

On March 21st, in response to the question, "Will there come a day when there will be no more American forces in Iraq?" Bush replied, "That will be decided by future Presidents." Nonetheless, at this press conference, and in all his recent public statements about Iraq, Dubya expressed confidence in the progress of the occupation, "I believe we're going to succeed." Recent revelations about the planning for the invasion indicate that the President was similarly upbeat about the prospects for a rapid transition to a stable Iraq. A recent New York Times article indicated that Bush "envisioned... a transition to a new Iraqi government that would be complicated, but manageable... predicted that it was 'unlikely there would be internecine warfare between the different religious and ethnic groups.'"

Nonetheless, The most recent Gallup Poll indicates that 32 percent of Americans persist in the belief that George Bush has "a clear plan for handling the situation in Iraq." In the Vietnam War, when public opinion turned against the war, it was not divided along Party lines. However, the Iraq war has become intensely partisan. If you are an independent or a Democrat, then you feel that Iraq is a mess and the President doesn't know what he's doing. If you are a Republican then you believe that Iraq will be fine and Bush is a stalwart leader. Those of us who are not Republicans wonder how can one-third of the country be so out of it? What accounts for the fact that a delusion has such a persistent effect? The answer is that most Republicans daily repeat the same mantra over and over, "The President is a Christian; I shall ask no questions."

Whether the President actually is a Christian is controversial. Where I live, we judge people by what they do, rather than what they say. Judged by this conduct, Bush certainly isn't like the Christians I know. Whether they are "big C," bible-thumping, go to church several times a week Christians, or "little C," go to church on Easter, and think "Jesus was a good guy" Christians, they all believe in ethics like telling the truth and, at least once in a while, admitting a mistake. But there are a bunch of American Christians that believe the end of the world is coming soon, right after Bill O'Reilly goes off the air. Apparently, they are the same Christians who have absolute confidence in Dubya; that chant, "He's doin' a heckuva job."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-burnett/george-bush-failed-chri_b_18976.html

[zeemike]

1. So true

Especially about his so called Christianity.
It is a shame that this opinion receives so little coverage by the MSM

[Warpy]

2. He's quite a successful Calvinist, though,

giving lip service to the lawd gawd while doing everything exactly contrary to the words Jesus preached.

We need to stop confusing Calvinism and Christianity.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

3. We need to stop defining Christianity with Bush as its poster child...

I've said it before, and I'll say it again...I am a Christian and I categorically reject any association with George W. Bush.

The answer to "what are Christians like" can't be answered with the name "George W. Bush."

What are women like?

What are gays like?

What are Hispanics like?

Anyone who has one answer...JUST one...to ANY of the questions above is an idiot, a bigot, or both.

The value of the Huffington Post article...to me, anyway...is that it answers the "Is George Bush a Christian" question in the MOST honest way possible: "Maybe. Maybe he is, maybe he isn't, and there is certainly ample evidence to the contrary."



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