07-10-2007, 09:36 PM
Quote:Not your only mistake, on the atheists being "not Americans" bit.
Hunh? Could you perhaps be a bit more specific?
Quote:Please, get real. You mistake rhetoric for substance. A couple of months ago an excellent article was in, of all places, Newsweek, (by a guy with a Chinese sounding name, former Bush staffer) who spelled out very clearly how creatively Bush and his gang have manipulated, and used, the evangelicals for their own purposes. Not sure if I give it a 10/10 on candor, but it rings true enough to earn a 7/10 for credibility.
No question, Karl Rove and crew have played the religious card for all it is worth. And Bush is more than willing to let them. If he doesn't believe God is on his side, leading him through this war, guiding him directly in his decisions, then he is liar on a grand scale. And, frankly, it doesn't make me feel any better that someone who *fakes* these beliefs gets elected. Maybe it's even worse.
Quote:If "God told me to start the war in Iraq" is the level to which you have fallen, you are discussing a cartoon, not a person who is a president. Granted, W's not the finest specimen ever under the microscope, but not a two dimensional cut out, paper doll, president of straw as you assert.
Your president is an incompetent buffoon whose personal abilities fall somewhere between "laughable" and "terrifying." His naivete is backed by a team of cynical manipulators who have abused their powers to an extent that would have shocked any of your founding fathers. He is only now approaching the level of unpopularity that, in a sane world, would have been his from the start.
He is, himself, a cartoon. Reality has already blown clear past satire.
Quote:Care to try again?
Not really, no.
-Jester