Y’know, I’ve been pretty critical of Judge Roy Moore in the past. Yeah, he’s a religious zealot who wiped his ass with the constitution in order to force his religious views into a secular arena, but here’s one thing his supporters and I agree on : Bush is an awful president :
Readers have asked, why are you supporting Roy Moore for President? Isn’t George W. Bush a conservative? Isn’t he a Christian? Why can’t you support George W. Bush’s re-election campaign?It is true that when he first came into office, George W. Bush offered hope for many traditional Christians that he would enact policies that would support the effort to make America a God-centered nation once more.
To put it simply: Bush let us down. He broke his promises.
It’s hard for us to turn our back on the man who had given us so much hope, but the fact is that George W. Bush has already turned his back on us.
The following are just a few of the ways that George W. Bush has betrayed America’s traditional conservatives.
George W. Bush betrayed Roy Moore. When Justice Roy Moore and his supporters declared that the Ten Commandments have a place in the America’s courts of law, George W. Bush cut and run. Bush pretended that he didn’t even know us, like Peter denying Jesus. George W. Bush betrayed Lieutenant General William Boykin. When Boykin told the truth about America’s war against terror, saying that it is really a war against Satan, Bush denied knowing anything about it. We know very well that Bush and Boykin have talked about this very thing in the White House together, but again Bush pretended that he didn’t even know about it. After September 11, 2001, George W. Bush has engaged in a silly ecumenical project to try to pretend that all religions are really the same and equally valid. General Boykin is courageous enough to say that “America is a Christian nation”. Bush tries to pretend that he does not think so. We need a President who will be honest about these things, and not try to cover up the real differences between Christianity and Islam. George W. Bush campaigned as a responsible fiscal conservative, but he has created the largest budget deficits in history. As Pastor William Baldwin points out, under Bush’s leadership, the Republican Congress has outspent their senate predecessors. Bush’s policies raise our local taxes, and George W. Bush has yet to veto a single spending bill. Under George W. Bush, the Republican Party has become the party of big government. The government has grown bigger and bigger, with more agencies and bureaucracies and enforcement programs. George W. Bush seems to have a problem being honest. Bush has been caught in many lies. He’s lied about September 11. He’s lied about Iraq. He’s lied about his budget. The sad fact is that George W. Bush has lost all the moral authority that a President of the United States must have. Bush is a poor example for our children, who we try to teach to be honest.
. . .Bush has taken part in Shinto ceremonies, bowing down to idols at a Shinto temple in Japan. Blasphemy and idolatry is not Christian behavior. Judge Roy Moore would never do such a thing. George W. Bush has actually increased the funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, which funds blasphemy!
Hey guys, don’t forget that he’s always wearing his religion on his sleeve while ignoring Jesus’s teachings. Man, if Roy Moore ran for President against Bush, this election would be in the bag for the Dems.
“When Boykin told the truth about America’s war against terror, saying that it is really a war against Satan, Bush denied knowing anything about it” Satan? A war against Satan? Christians never cease to amaze.
Hey now, it’s only the IDIOT Christians (i.e. conservative evangelicals and fundamentalists) who say things like that.
–Kynn
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hey, he’s all over the Bush tax!
Bush/Cheney ’04 — So hypocritical, even our idealogical allies can’t stand us!
For the reasons you mentioned, my moral compass will not allow me to vote for Bush. I would vote for Judge Roy Moore.
You know, if Ralph Nader really cared about all the things he claims to care about (the environment, education, public safety, tax reform, etc) he would immediately end his own campaign for the presidency and devote his full energy to getting Roy Moore on the ballot in all fifty states.
here, here! there are too few who speak the truth on this damned internet. roy moore for president. roy moore for life!!
If a real follower of Jesus ran for President I would vote for him/her in a second. Because Jesus said “He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone,” the candidate would be against capital punishment. Because Jesus said “If he smites you on the right cheek, turn to him the left,” the candidate would be against all wars, especially “pre-emptive” ones. You might have to look a long time to find a true follower of Jesus, but I bet there are a couple out there!
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I’m not sure which is scarier – George Bush and his belief that he has been chosen by God or the fact that there are folks out there who won’t support him because he isn’t zealous enough in his quest to turn this country into a theocracy.
Does Moore = a GOP Nader?
I doubt it. It’s more likely that Moore would draw votes in GOP “safe” states in the South and SouthEast, with no impact on the electoral college. These are states where Bush’s margin of victory was about (+/- some) the same as Nader’s vote %.
If the incumbent wins a state “53-47%” as opposed to “56-44%”, its irrelevant. But if he wins a state he would have lost (or loses in a state where he would have won) due to the presence of a 3rd party candidate, that’s significant.
Is there a link to send Moore campaign contributions?
RUN ROY RUN!!!
(If the GOP can give Nader $200K for a television blitz in the last weeks of the 2000 election, then we can surely do the same for Roy Moore in Florida, NC, and Iowa.)
Last time around, Nader’s basic argument, which has subsequently been shown to be absolutely wrong, was that there essentially there were no philosophical differences between the parties. As a result, many on the left were persuaded to vote for him. This time around, Moore is making a similar argument that is similarly wrong: In terms of implementing a fundamentalist Christian platform, there essentially is no difference between Bush and Kerry. The key difference, however, is that Nader’s argument was accepted by elements on the left fringe who are generally sympathetic to Democratic candidates, and Moore’s argument is pitched to elements of the right fringe who constitute the core of Bush’s support. I doubt that a Moore candidacy would draw as much support as Nader’s, but whatever support it draws is from Bush’s staunchest backers, and it could persuade other fundamentalist extremists to sit this one out, or, more likely, support Bush tepidly, voting for him but not doing the grassroots campaign scut work for which the Republicans have become reliant on Christian fundamentalists. If that were to be the case, a Moore candidacy could be far more damaging to Bush and the entire Republican Party than Nader’s was to Gore.
To the author, God will strike you down my friend. To say that Islam is the religion of Satan is dead wrong and no I am Christian, not Muslim. All that matters in life is that you follow the basic teachings of Christ.Those that follow Jesus’s sermon on the mount, as the way, are the ones that will go to heaven. The Lord God does not concern himself with what religion you follow. He loves all of his children the same. You are the blasmephous one, and because of your ignorance God will sentence you, and all like you to eternal damnation.
Kynn says: Hey now, it’s only the IDIOT Christians (i.e. conservative evangelicals and fundamentalists) who say things like that.
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Those fundies are the basis of Bush’s polling floor beneath which he never can seem to fall even when the sky is falling on him. The loss of any meaningful slice of this group would be devastating to Bush. Wanna see the numbers? Here’s a Gallup poll result: 46% of Americans identify themselves as either fundamentalist or evangelical Christians. Ever notice that the mid-40s seems to be the floor for Bush’s polling numbers? There it is. Viva Judge Roy Moore!
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Barry–don’t you think Moore could draw support from the Florida Panhandle? Reason enough for a “draft Moore” movement, I think.
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This country is NOT a Christian nation any longer. Yes we were founded on Christian principles however we have not been a Christian nation for quite some time now. Who are we kidding!!! when believers can’t up lift fellow believers, desiring God’s best and highest for them, instead being critical and maligning. See 1 Tim. 2:1-6; also 2Tim 3:1-7; If we don’t quit the bickering, backbiting and start praying for the family of God…who will???? Wake up people!