George Bush and God

[Madspirit]

Poll question: George Bush and God

George Bush claims God speaks directly to him. The options are:

[PDJane]

1. GWB has completely lost

Whatever mind and sanity he had. I think he needs to have a straightjacket, frankly.

[Meshuga]

2. Bush is full of shit n/t

[Jack Rabbit]

3. Other:

Gee Dubya tells God what to do and threatens to have Him declared an enemy combatant if He doesn't listen.

[jakem]

4. Damnit!

those are cheney's feet under the curtains!

[DaveJ]

5. He was told to say that to get the fundamentalist vote n/t

[Madspirit]

7. I agree

...but it was a gamble because if you say that and the fundies don't believe you, you lose them completely.
Lee

[sam sarrha]

6. Insane is the operative word here.. liar is a sub-set

[FtWayneBlue]

8. There is a good satire of this from Bright Eyes,

"When the President Talks to God"

as seen (and heard) on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno:

When the president talks to God
Are the conversations brief or long?
Does he ask to rape our women’s' rights
And send poor farm kids off to die?
Does God suggest an oil hike
When the president talks to God?

When the president talks to God
Are the consonants all hard or soft?
Is he resolute all down the line?
Is every issue black or white?
Does what God say ever change his mind
When the president talks to God?

When the president talks to God
Does he fake that drawl or merely nod?
Agree which convicts should be killed?
Where prisons should be built and filled?
Which voter fraud must be concealed
When the president talks to God?

When the president talks to God
I wonder which one plays the better cop
We should find some jobs. the ghetto's broke
No, they're lazy, George, I say we don't
Just give 'em more liquor stores and dirty coke
That's what God recommends

When the president talks to God
Do they drink near beer and go play golf
While they pick which countries to invade
Which Muslim souls still can be saved?
I guess god just calls a spade a spade
When the president talks to God

When the president talks to God
Does he ever think that maybe he's not?
That that voice is just inside his head
When he kneels next to the presidential bed
Does he ever smell his own bullshit
When the president talks to God?

I doubt it

I doubt it

[Warren DeMontague]

9. None of those answers are mutually exclusive.

Hell, if we pay attn. to our good friend the semanticist Korzybski, we could even say that

There is no God 1

is not mutually exclusive with

God 2 does speak to George Bush, GB just doesn't listen.

[Madspirit]

10. Polls are difficult to do

I used to do polling for a company that did polls for Democratic candidates. Polls are hard to construct in a logical manner, in a way where the answers are exclusive of each other, etc. Some the politicians sent us were just worded terribly and legally we could change nothing. It was odd.
Lee

[Warren DeMontague]

11. There are some good choices up there.

I would lean towards "he's insane AND a liar", but that's just me. Anyway, wasn't trying to be critical.