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"It's not that George W. Bush should be hated... rather, he's a man who is not trustworthy and competent, especially with the highest office in the land.

The only reason he got this far is because of his family connections, and because he happened to be affiliated with a powerful political party. There was nothing about his personal character that merited being given this kind of responsibility. He was practically *picked* by the party bosses to be their nominee, set against whoever the Democrats picked. None of them were all that really attractive so far as leadership qualities go.

But like good little sheep, enough American people did not think for themselves about who they were electing, they had become so used to a political party thinking for them. They elected who they were expected to elect, nothing more. That's what our political system has become. Gone are the days when any kid could grow up believing he (or she) could be President of the United States. Sorry kid, but unless you have the right family connections and are willing to be a tool of the party, you won't be allowed to go that far.

George W. Bush just happened to have been a kid born with all the right assets already in place: he didn't bring anything of his own to the table, except a lot of character flaws: he's a compulsive liar. He's a liar who has no desire to repent of his lying. Why should I believe he's really a fellow Christian then? Why at all? He used falsehoods to get us into the war with Iraq and now he cannot decide what the reason was that we went in to begin with (in case nobody got the memo, he's now saying it was to secure Iraqi oil fields). He uses people: he literally made sure he was facing the cameras with those kids in Mississippi yesterday. A lot of people I know saw that, thought it was pretty obvious he was posing for the cameras. He tries to destroy people who disagree with him. He doesn't apologize, has even said he never has to apologize... well then, has he ever apologized to God for anything? If he can't apologize to his fellow man, why should we believe he can apologize to God? He's made out to be the paragon of Christian virtue... but he doesn't worship with his fellow Christians, something the apostle Paul told us not to forsake. Why, are we beneath his dignity to worship God alongside of? He associated himself with people who could only be described as wicked and iniquitous: Karl Rove, for one. Why would any good Christian actively have anything to do with someone who's entire life has been spent destroying others for something so meaningless as political power? Karl Rove may be the most evil "political consultant" in history... what is Christian about having hired him? Bush is a scoundrel when it comes to the public treasury that's been entrusted to him: he doesn't see the money we give government as a sacred trust, but rather his personal hoard to be raided for whatever crosses his mind. He does not admit his mistakes, and he does not show sympathy for those who have suffered and even died for his mistakes. Not *once* has he visited the graveside of one who has died in Iraq. He asks the young people of America to sacrifice their time for a "noble cause" but does not ask the same of his own children. He has been shown to use some of the worst language and obscene hand gestures without shame. He is a narcissist who believes that everything in the universe exists for sake of himself...

...and yet for all of this he is supposed to be a great Christian leader.

Why should I believe that he is a great Christian man? What virtues does he have that anyone could point to and convince me that he's worth believing this of? Why should I give him any special consideration in my prayers, when I cannot but believe that he is not even really President at all, but was put there by the schemes of others? Why, indeed?

I am expecting the only answers that will be given to this are "What would you have expected of Kerry?" or "At least he's not Clinton" or somesuch. We aren't talking about Clinton, or Kerry. We are discussing the man who is in the Oval Office now, and whether or not he is indeed a great man.

Twenty years from now, Bush will be regarded as the worst President in American history. Those who supported him, will be seen as fools. Why should I not beleive this to be true?"
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I want to get comments on this quote before I reveal it's source.

He doesn't apologize, has even said he never has to apologize... well then, has he ever apologized to God for anything? If he can't apologize to his fellow man, why should we believe he can apologize to God?
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"I did not have sex with that woman..."

Jimmah Carter?

Are you sure my coworker didn't write it? This sounds almost exactly like what he was saying earlier this week.

"I want to get comments on this quote before I reveal it's source."

I keep coming back to FR to see who on earth is responsible for this garbage....Please out with it so I can get some work done! My husband is unhappy that I didn't go to the gun range with him as I hadn't had a chance to check in here and didn't want to leave until I get the name of this slug! P L E A S E!