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Bush's faith worries Albright
CNN ^ | 5/22/06 | staff

Posted on 05/22/2006 8:36:25 AM PDT by pissant

U.S. President George W. Bush has alienated Muslims around the world by using absolutist Christian rhetoric to discuss foreign policy issues, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says.

"I worked for two presidents who were men of faith, and they did not make their religious views part of American policy," she said, referring to Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, both Democrats and Christians.

"President Bush's certitude about what he believes in, and the division between good and evil, is, I think, different," said Albright, who has just published a book on religion and world affairs. "The absolute truth is what makes Bush so worrying to some of us."

Bush, a Republican, has openly acknowledged his Christian faith informs his decisions as president. He says, for example, that he prayed to God for guidance before invading Iraq.

Some Muslims have accused him of waging a crusade against Islam, comparable with those of the Middle Ages. The White House says it has nothing against Islam, but against those who commit terrorist atrocities in its name.

But Albright says Bush's religious absolutism has made U.S. foreign policy "more rigid and more difficult for other countries to accept."

In her book, "The Mighty and the Almighty," Albright recalls how Bush, while he was governor of Texas, told Christians he believed God wanted him to be president.

She quotes from his speech to his party convention of 2004, when he told Republicans: "We have a calling from beyond the stars to stand for freedom."

"Some of his language is really quite over the top," Albright told Reuters on Sunday during a trip to London to promote her book. "When he says 'God is on our side', it's very different from (former U.S. President Abraham) Lincoln saying 'We have to be on God's side.'"

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: bushandgod; christianity; clintonistas; faith; halfbright; madmaddie; religion; religiousleft; religiousright; worrieddems
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What an idiot. May the democratics never again control the executive branch.
1 posted on 05/22/2006 8:36:26 AM PDT by pissant
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"We have a calling from beyond the stars to stand for freedom."

and this is a bad thing? George Washington said pretty much the same thing, did he not?

2 posted on 05/22/2006 8:38:14 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (the Twin Towers were dedicated to "world peace." Islam destroyed them. Meditate.)
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"I worked for two presidents who were men of faith,

Since she worked for Bill Clinton, she loses all credibility with that statement.

4 posted on 05/22/2006 8:38:30 AM PDT by Michael.SF. ("I don't think Pat Kennedy is crazy, he's just a drunk" -- G. Gordon Liddy (5-10-06))
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""I worked for two presidents who were men of faith, and they did not make their religious views part of American policy," she said, referring to Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, both Democrats and Christians. "

Bill Clinton is a man of faith?
What religion is that?
Devil Worship?
5 posted on 05/22/2006 8:38:37 AM PDT by Jameison
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To: pissant
Is this woman capable of any thought that is not simply a cliche?

She's an absolute simpleton. Which is, of course, why she was selected for Clinton's cabinet.

6 posted on 05/22/2006 8:38:49 AM PDT by Steely Tom
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Albright's idiocy worries me. What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?

NOTHING. Which is exactly what Albrights opinion counts for.


7 posted on 05/22/2006 8:38:55 AM PDT by Personal Responsibility (Amnesia is a train of thought.)
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To: pissant

And the Democrats wonder why Christians stay away from them. If you think about it, the threat comes more from the Secular Fundamentalists in this country than from the Christians.


8 posted on 05/22/2006 8:39:14 AM PDT by desherwood7
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Slick Willy?

A "man of faith",

Who is she kidding?


9 posted on 05/22/2006 8:39:17 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: Jameison

Clinton used the Bible to see if it was okay to get BJ's from women other than your wife!


10 posted on 05/22/2006 8:39:49 AM PDT by massgopguy (massgopguy)
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To: the invisib1e hand

If one's faith does not lead to liberal conclusions, then its scares communists like Albright.


11 posted on 05/22/2006 8:39:54 AM PDT by pissant
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"I worked for two presidents who were men of faith, and they did not make their religious views part of American policy," she said, referring to Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, both Democrats and Christians.

How's that for a resume builder. Clinton and Carter as bosses.

12 posted on 05/22/2006 8:40:10 AM PDT by Go Gordon (I don't know what your problem is, but I bet its hard to pronounce)
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Bush's faith worries Albright...

So said the demon to the devil.


13 posted on 05/22/2006 8:40:16 AM PDT by conservativebabe
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To: pissant
"I worked for two presidents who were men of faith, and they did not make their religious views part of American policy,"

Besides big-haired women, what exactly did Clinton have faith in?

14 posted on 05/22/2006 8:40:26 AM PDT by Always Right
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To: EricaNGU

Well, certainly if God did NOT want GW to be Prez, He could have arranged it.


15 posted on 05/22/2006 8:40:38 AM PDT by pissant
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"I worked for two presidents who were men of faith,..... she said, referring to Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, both Democrats and Christians....."

I stopped reading right there.

Clinton? a man of Faith and a Christian? What a travesty and a mockery of true Christianity.

16 posted on 05/22/2006 8:40:40 AM PDT by Victor (If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert." -David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister)
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"I worked for two presidents who were men of faith,flaming idiots and they did not make their religious views idiocy part of American policy," she said, referring to Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, both Democrats and Christians.
17 posted on 05/22/2006 8:40:57 AM PDT by Tokra (I think I'll retire to Bedlam.)
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To: pissant

Memo to the "cleaning lady" -

The MOOOslims aren't going to like us, whatever we do or don't do!


18 posted on 05/22/2006 8:41:06 AM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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Clinton used the Bible....

....as nothing more than a prop.

19 posted on 05/22/2006 8:41:41 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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