I need more Bush God Freak ammunition!

[4_Legs_Good]

I have friends in swing states who are atheists and really freaked out by Bush's Christian conservative tendencies - e.g. things that he says that are overtly religious and how some policies are religiously motivated. I think I can help erode support for George Jr. if I keep dropping wacky religous things that Bush has said/done into our conversations.

Any good ammunition out there? Only verifiable stuff, please.

david

[belladonna]

1. Frontline did a special about that a couple of weeks ago

Go see if there's a transcript or any video of it up. I wish I could remember the name for you, and I'd go look if I had time. Perhaps someone else can remember it. If not, you should be able to find something at PBS. Good luck :)

[4_Legs_Good]

5. Thanks!!

I'll look into it...

david

[starroute]

2. Have you seen this article?

http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0420/perlstein.php

While the language of apocalyptic Christianity is absent from George W. Bush's speeches, he has proven eager to work with apocalyptics—a point of pride for Upton. "We're in constant contact with the White House," he boasts. "I'm briefed at least once a week via telephone briefings. . . . I was there about two weeks ago . . . At that time we met with the president."

[librechik]

3. New Perlstein article in the Village Voice: The Jesus Landing Pad

http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0420/perlstein.php

WH staff pander to Rapture fans

[4_Legs_Good]

4. Wacky stuff....

I'm already using it. :)

david

[OneBlueSky]

6. The Despoiling of America

The Despoiling of America: How George W. Bush became the head of the new American Dominionist Church/State
By Katherine Yurica
February 11, 2004

http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/TheDespoilingOfAmerica.htm

There is an infection, a religious and political pathology that has corrupted our churches. Those we trusted the most have embraced evil. That knowledge is almost more than we can bear. Who among us will stand in the gap and make up the hedge to save our nation?

When we look for help—for the wealthy leaders with the means to help rescue America, we find they have all defected to the Dominionists. They do not realize that if the middle class of America is wiped out—there will be no one to buy their cars, their computers or their products. Only one or two brave souls like George Soros have made massive contributions to combat the think tanks and the organized political machine of the Dominionists. The corporate press lies sleeping, not realizing they will be allowed to report only what they are instructed to report.

Freedom is under siege. There is only one free major political party still left in America. I know the Democrats look chaotic, unfocused and generally unsmooth and thank God, unprogramed. Make no mistake, these plain ordinary citizens are holding the candles that together form the great torch of liberty. For all their faults, they love America and they love freedom and they love the Bill of Rights. America’s independents, its true Conservatives, its sensible Republicans, and its Libertarians must join hands together with the homely Democrats and take back America for all Americans.

The livelihood of the working people of America is at stake. The Dominionists have lost more American jobs in the last three years than since the days of Herbert Hoover. And now they want to eliminate the minimum wage laws too. America’s unions have helped to create a better life for millions of workers. The Dominionists want to break all unions apart (especially the teacher’s union). As Americans, we love our schools and are proud of our educational system. The Dominionists want to destroy all public education in America and force Americans to be educated in their religious schools. Americans love our culture and the arts. The Dominionists want to destroy that culture.

The election of 2004 is not just another election. It is the battle of the century. It is the gravest political war since the Civil War, which if lost, spells the end of Independence Day and every right in the Bill of Rights that we have fought so hard to preserve. Is there an American, regardless of his or her party, who would not fight for our Democracy? It’s in jeopardy now. Our friends and cousins in Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand and scores of other nations have seen our jeopardy and have been crying out for months and days and years to wake up America!

- much more . . .

http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/TheDespoilingOfAmerica.htm