Christian Fundamentalist George W. Bush (let's call a pig a pig)

[OutsourceBush]

I notice on a lot of news programs and in print media when they are talking about OTHER countries they always help the viewer or reader out a little by prefacing a person's name, such as 'Islamic Fundamentalist Osama Bin Ladin'. Isn't it about time that we start helping the readers and viewers out here in our own country for a change?

Maybe if the public saw or read the term 'Christian Fundamentalist George W. Bush' every time there is a news story about this American Taliban nut case, they would start getting a clue, and maybe they would lookup the term 'Fundamentalist' and realize they are dealing with a nuts.

I propose that whenever we post an article about Bush or any of his Cronies that we take an extra minute or two and insert the phrase 'Christian Fundamentalist' in front of their name.

What do you think? Comments?

[Hatalles]

1. If there's one thing I've learned over the past four years

It's keep repeating something over and over and over again, and people will begin to believe it.

[cheezus]

7. it worked for christian fundamentalist george bush

[izzie]

8. They do add it in over seas papers.

Maybe not every time but it often comes out in what you are reading. It seems to be a big deal in Europe. I really do not understand why this country seems to want to go back to that style of govt. I used to know people from Swiz. and they said if you say you belong to a church that the govt. takes 10% from your income to give to the churches so most people say they do not belong to a church even if they go.This will happen here I am willing to bet. We already have a church school program that Bush is giving tons of tax payers money to. But just wait to it gets on the books as a real program.

[chicagojoe]

2. Radical Right Operative could work as well.

[MatrixEscape]

3. Good for the general population but ...

it may be missing the mark:

But the Dominionists needed the aberrant extension of Calvinism; they believe as did Calvin and John Knox that before the creation of the universe, all men were indeed predestined to be either among God’s elect or were unregenerate outcasts. And it is at this point Dominionists introduced a perversion to Calvinism—the same one James Hogg utilizes in his The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner—its technical name is “supralapsarianism.” It means essentially that the man called from before the foundation of the world to be one of the elect of God’s people, can do no wrong. No wonder then observers noted a definite religious swing in George W. Bush from Wesleyan theology to Calvinism early in his administration. The Despoiling of America - By Katherine Yurica
http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/TheDespoilingOfAmerica.htm

I think Calvinist Dominionist, though more esoteric, is more precise.

[aquart]

4. Nobody would understand you.

And accuracy, under Bush, is irrelevant.

[necso]

5. If President Bush

really thinks that he is God's chosen, destined to lead us (to all these catastrophes -- and which I have an extremely hard time believing that he does), then he is "nuts".

"Nuts" think stuff like this. Normal people know better than to attach that much importance to themselves -- to say nothing of such notions as humility, pride and shame. (And when his purposes go wrong, the thoughtful believer might not pass the rap off onto God.)

Now, I suppose that a case might be made that President Bush is the "Pope" of America, leading us on some great Christian Crusade, and that on these grounds he might be entitled to some such notion.

But I call it madness. Something neurological perchance... but madness in any event. Hey, if there is a God, wouldn't He be a little more effective? -- Mysterious perhaps -- but effective.

And if President Bush is just posing, then "pretend fundamentalist" would be more suitable -- especially if he is saying things like that he is God's chosen. Of course that would be so cynical as to be scarcely imaginable -- and I can appreciate that.

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. How about Illiterate Insane Christian Fundamentalist

That describes him pretty well, doesn't it?

[gulliver]

9. Christian fundies aren't pigs. Bush is, but they aren't.

I have to object to calling fundies pigs. They are mostly desperate people longing for some sort of control. To get it, they will listen to any distortion of Christ's teaching that creates an us vs. them situation.

Bush wears Christianity like he wears that little flag on his lapel. If it sells, he wears it.