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July 17, 2004Bush = God's VoiceBy Byron LaMastersI saw this on Political Wire and now Pandagon, but this is a bit scary:
The belief that one is doing the work of God is one of the signs of someone who believes in the infallibitily of their own work, and of their own decisions. Remember the press conference several months ago where George W. Bush could not recall a single mistake that he had made as president? In no way do I compare the works of George W. Bush to the following, but the language and rhetoric of justification of one's works by faith in God is strikingly similar: "I believe today that I am acting in the sense of the Almighty Creator. By warding off the Jews I am fighting for the Lord's work." - Adolf Hitler "I place my trust in God and not in some illegal political tribunal. God For more insightful reading, check out the Falwell-Robertson-Bid Laden Quiz. I could certainly find many more examples given the time. However, this ought to do for now. I know this will bring about certain outrage from some on the right. And in no way am I comparing Hitler and Milosevic to Bush (and allow me to point out that Bush resorted to using images of Adolf Hitler alongside images of Howard Dean and Al Gore while attacking his opponents in a campaign sponsored web ad). George W. Bush's campaign compared the words of Democratic leaders to those of Adolf Hitler. Therefore, if the Bush campaign feels it appropriate to compare the words of Dean and Gore to Hitler, then comparing the words of Bush to those of Hitler and Milosevic must certainly be considered fair political discourse by the Bush campaign. Unless, they're hypocrites, or something like that. Having said that, I'm not comparing bush to Hitler or Milosevic. Hitler and Milosevic were evil doers.. eh, I mean murderous dictators. Bush, rather, is just a poor president who squandered a huge surplus, and took us to war under false pretenses. Saying that, the rhetoric of leaders who maintain that God speaks through them, or that they are carrying out the work of God is highly similar. And whether it comes from a dictator or a bad president, it is rhetoric that ought to have no place in politics. Let priests, reverends, rabbi's, preachers and clerics tell people how to go about doing God's work. The president of the United States should steer clear of such rhetoric. Posted by Byron LaMasters at July 17, 2004 02:31 PM | TrackBack
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Here are another couple of quotes that seem right up Mr/ Bush's alley: "It is the absolute right of the state to supervise the formation of public opinion". "The efficiency of the truly national leader consists primarily in preventing the division of the attention of a people, and always in concentrating it on a single enemy". "Strength lies not in defense but in attack."
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." Don't back down. The words are there. Let them defend it, not you. Posted by: Steve at July 18, 2004 04:51 AMI distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because
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