Charles Colson argues Bush being maligned by a 'campaign of hate'
Charles Colson has published an article* in which he claims 'a good man' is being maligned -- referring to criticisms of President Bush and the policies of his administration. Mr. Colson refers to these criticisms as a 'campaign of hate' and calls for an end to 'political smears.' Curiously, no one associated with the Bush campaign (Mr. Colson admits that he has 'worked with George Bush for ten years') seems willing to address the criticisms but simply calls upon Kerry and others to offer their solutions. One commentator has likened this to Bush saying "What would you do to clean up the mess I've made of things?"
I find it impossible to agree that Mr. Bush (who has lied his way into the presidency and then into a war where thousands of innocent people have died) is 'a good man.' I do think that Bush is being used as a pawn by an administration that is corrupt and verging on maniacal. That is really the issue in the current campaign, although I would argue that his personal incompetence cannot be ignored either.
As for his faith, I am responding to tactics such as those of Pat Robertson (who said, "Bush is God's pick" for president) and the officially-adopted platform of the Republican Party of Texas affirming that the U.S. is a "Christian nation." The rabid religious right, from which Bush draws support, obviously caters to, and apparently considers himself part of, continues to spin wildly out of control with radical attempts to destroy the separation of church and state, the balance of powers between the three branches of government, and the integrity of the constitution itself.
I do not apologize for sounding an alarm over these flagrant betrayals of the very essence of our form of government, and I am personally afraid that those who are pushing for a so-called theocracy (using the now infamous takeover tactics that have been so diabolically used against the Southern Baptists and others, not to mention the Republican Party) are leading us into no less a disaster than another Civil War.
The best way, in my opinion, to stop them is to do it now in no uncertain terms-- with a resounding and overwhelming defeat of Bush and other radical fundamentalist officials. A total repudiation of their announced agenda (and I believe that theirs is the campaign of hate). I have now become convinced we're at a point which parallels that of Germany in the 1930s when the election ofHitler and his subsequent usurpation of power took that nation down the road to nationalistic disaster and ultimate degradation of human values.
We must do what is necessary to make sure that such madness "never again" triumphs in our world. -- Rick Mitchell
*Colson's article is available at Break Point, "Campaign of Hate" on Colson's Prison Fellowship site.
I find it impossible to agree that Mr. Bush (who has lied his way into the presidency and then into a war where thousands of innocent people have died) is 'a good man.' I do think that Bush is being used as a pawn by an administration that is corrupt and verging on maniacal. That is really the issue in the current campaign, although I would argue that his personal incompetence cannot be ignored either.
As for his faith, I am responding to tactics such as those of Pat Robertson (who said, "Bush is God's pick" for president) and the officially-adopted platform of the Republican Party of Texas affirming that the U.S. is a "Christian nation." The rabid religious right, from which Bush draws support, obviously caters to, and apparently considers himself part of, continues to spin wildly out of control with radical attempts to destroy the separation of church and state, the balance of powers between the three branches of government, and the integrity of the constitution itself.
I do not apologize for sounding an alarm over these flagrant betrayals of the very essence of our form of government, and I am personally afraid that those who are pushing for a so-called theocracy (using the now infamous takeover tactics that have been so diabolically used against the Southern Baptists and others, not to mention the Republican Party) are leading us into no less a disaster than another Civil War.
The best way, in my opinion, to stop them is to do it now in no uncertain terms-- with a resounding and overwhelming defeat of Bush and other radical fundamentalist officials. A total repudiation of their announced agenda (and I believe that theirs is the campaign of hate). I have now become convinced we're at a point which parallels that of Germany in the 1930s when the election ofHitler and his subsequent usurpation of power took that nation down the road to nationalistic disaster and ultimate degradation of human values.
We must do what is necessary to make sure that such madness "never again" triumphs in our world. -- Rick Mitchell
*Colson's article is available at Break Point, "Campaign of Hate" on Colson's Prison Fellowship site.
posted by Rev. Rick Mitchell, PhD at 11:07 AM
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