Thursday, September 30, 2004
George W. Bush the Blasphemer — On DVD, Oct. 5
NYTimes: Frank Rich: Now on DVD: The Passion of the Bush0 comments
A must read.
Rich does a superb job of highlighting just how George W. Bush has tossed away any chance he had of ever seeing the Pearly Gates. Let alone get through them.
If you believe in the concept of One God—however else you may define the divine—that bit of monotheism simply doesn't leave enough room in this town for George and Jesus both. One of them is going to have to go.
On Oct. 5, the Bush camp is making its case with the Christian Taliban treatise, "George W. Bush: Faith in the White House." Following on the course established by Mel Gibson's groundbreaking Christian slasher film, "I Saw What You Did Last Easter," FITWH is reviewed by Rich as a hyperbolic tract meant to diefy ol' 43 and sanction each and every action (and inaction) he has taken.
So, while the smart money may be on Christ, the Divine 43 is lining his troops up to give it a good shot.
Since "the Son of God" slot is already taken, we're shooting for "the Grandson of God" for the Divine 43. Which may come as bad news for Prescott Bush, since that drops him down to Step-Grandfather of the Divine 43.
So, maybe we sold George short with this Fortunate Son crap. He may actually attain Fallen Angel status before this is all over.
For as Rich sums up:
Far more startling is the inability of a president or his acolytes to acknowledge any boundary that might separate Mr. Bush's flawed actions battling "against the forces of evil" from the righteous dictates of God. What that level of hubris might bring in a second term is left to the imagination, and "Faith in the White House" gives the imagination room to run riot about what a 21st-century crusade might look like in the flesh. A documentary conceived as a rebuke to "Fahrenheit 9/11" is nothing if not its unintentional and considerably more nightmarish sequel.
It's clear Bush is probably going to rot in hellfire for what he's done to the people of this world.
Let's just hope (and pray) that he doesn't take the rest of us with him.
posted by Gotham 1:50 PM
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