Reply #24: Makes Bush* look like the simple doofus he is [View All]

[LizW]

This sounds very familiar. The way the article describes Bush's assessment of people sounds like many fundamentalists I have come into contact with. "Good person" or "bad person" status is assigned according to a person's religious affiliation and beliefs, or alternatively, whether being friends with that person offers any advantage.

This is why the Christian fundamentalists "click" with Bush. Their worldview is the same. Black and white. Good and evil. With us or against us. Nothing that requires deep thinking.

I wish I had a nickel for every time I've heard members of my family refer to someone as "a good Christian man/woman". To fundamentalists, if someone goes to the right church often enough, and mouths the right words, he or she is "good". Little deeper examination is necessary.

I think this can be informative for us. According the the article, being a "good" person is only the first step in gaining Bush's acceptance. More important (as evidenced by the section about Bush's failing relationship with Mexico's Fox) is that the fundy mind has to see something to be gained from the relationship. (Bush loved Fox until Fox didn't come through with support for the Iraq war.) If the fundies ever turn on Bush, it will be because they finally realize that Bush is not coming through with the payola he's promising them.