In Which I’d Just Like To Pat Myself On The Back
So.
American Theocracy, huh? The book that’s completely fucking with people’s heads because it posits (among other things) that the bush administration can afford to be sloppy and reckless because they truly believe that Jesus plans to return in the near future.
It’s not that I alluded to it last week before the review came out.
It’s that I said it blatantly right after the 2004 elections.
Compare the fantasy -
Reporter: Mr. President, we know that you’re a born again Christian, but do you subscribe to the theory that the presence of a red bull in Israel sets the stage for the End Times, the coming of Jesus and the destruction of the physical world?
bush: Heh, heh? Are you kidding me?!
Other Reporters: Heh, heh. Dickhead.
Reporter: Sir, if you would just give me a yes or no…
bush: Next question.
Reporter 2: Mr. President, America loves you sooooo much that we can hardly stand it sometimes. Is that ever hard for you?
bush: Wow! That’s a tough one! But I’m glad you asked that because just the other day I hugged a negro child and he said….
QUESTION: Thank you for coming to Cleveland, Mr. President, and to the City Club.
My question is that author and former Nixon administration official Kevin Phillips in his latest book, “American Theocracy,” discusses what has been called radical Christianity and its growing involvement into government and politics. He makes the point that members of your administration have reached out to prophetic Christians who see the war in Iraq and the rise of terrorism as signs of the Apocalypse. Do you believe this, that the war in Iraq and the rise of terrorism are signs of the Apocalypse?
He didn’t answer the question, but rather went into a long rant about 9/11 and his most important talking point.
I’m not trying to boast, really. I, more than anyone, know that a broken clock is right twice a day.
Still, I get to be a little bit smug.
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