What will the final straw be for Bush 'defenderers?'

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<p>Bush is very vocal about his relationship with God.</p>

<p>This is all well and good, but please leave that relationship out of policy decisions that affect me and my family. Thank you.</p>

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<p>Mr Bush also seems to believe there is some sort of divine plan for the world. In his speech to Congress nine days after the September 11th attacks, the president said that “freedom and fear, justice and cruelty have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them.” In other words, God is involved in the affairs of men, and to be against freedom and justice is to go against the will of God.</p>

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<p>And why does God tell me the opposite of what he tells Bush?</p>

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<p>God may have spoken to George; that doesn’t mean that he heard Her correctly.</p>

<p>Actually, there may be a Biblical passage that applies:</p>

<p>"Micaiah went on,“Listen now to the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord seated on His throne, with all the host of heaven in attendance on His right and on His left. The Lord said, “Who will entice Ahab to attack and fall on Ramoth-gilead?” One said one thing and one said another; then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord and said, “I will entice him” “How?” said the Lord. “I will go out”, he said, “and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all of his prophets.” “You shall entice him,” said the Lord, “and you shall succeed; go and do it.” You see, then, how the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these prophets of yours, because He has decreed disaster for you.”</p>

<pre><code> 1 Kings 19-23
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<p>Message to Funding Father–so sayeth God: And it was revealed from the heavens that the world was not flat but rather round; that not all policies or laws that could remotely be labeled socialist are inherently evil; and that those who manipulate facts to suit their needs will nine-times-out-of-ten be struck down by the next poster. Amen.</p>

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<p>It would not surprise me if Bush did make the comment about God speaking to him. After all, Woodward said - and Bush has never denied saying it - that when it came to advice regarding the Iraq war he did not rely on his father but instead appealed to a “higher father”.</p>

<p>With regard to Bush and the erosion of his credibility with the American people, I am reminded of the statement attributed to Bryce Harlow - a Republican sage and an advisor to Ike and Nixon - when he said “Trust is the coin of the realm” and once that trust is lost, people just do not believe their leaders. This is what has happened to Bush, IMO.</p>

<p>As another commentator put it, a lot of people - with the exception of Bush’s hard core supporters - have reached the point that when Bush talks, people just choose to press the “mute” button.</p>