Letters to the Editor
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I wonder how the "Bushies" are rectifying his "divine legacy" now?
Certainly when he started out in 1999-2000, many on the right truly did see him as a divine being. Now, with Iraq a train wreck with little hope of a positive outcome, I wonder how they see the divinity they bestowed on him? I have already seen one poster on my local newspaper forum say he isn't a "real" conservative, (didn't Glenn Greenwald warn us they would do that?) I doubt he was saying that in 2004.
We must remember that this assumption of Bush's holiness on their part came about based on the critiria that their pastors and leaders told them due to a very short laundry list of issues they were told were the most important (gay marriage, abortion, ten commandments in public buildings), criteria set down by modern men who cherry picked certain topics they liked best. There is nothing in the bible about trickle down economics or an unregulated market, but good luck convincing many christians today that Jesus never said anything about those issues.
It seems to me that this problem of "political theology" comes about whenever religious leaders start telling their followers that God considers "issue A" the most important thing in the world, and points to an obscure line in the bible to back it up. In the case of Bush, it wasn't just an issue, it was a person. They ASSUMED Bush was going to be a great leader and reformer based on their own criteria, born of a politically convienent reading of the bible. Now that assumption has fallen through and they look a little lost.
Yes, there are still the true believers that hold out hope Jesus will bail Bush out some 20 or 30 years from now but for the most part, whatever original time table the set for him to "save" America and the world, has mostly run out.
No wonder the modern presidential field doesn't look very appealing, how do you follow a guy who was suppossed to be a representative of God and didn't deliver? You can't.