Oh, please. Won’t someone send this imitation Elmer Gantry back to the Texas revival circuit?
Cruz on God’s role in the shutdown: ‘His will be done as it will be’ (via Raw Story )
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said over the weekend that he had prayed to God to guide him in the shutdown fight and was sure that “his will be done as I know it will be.” Televangelist Pat Robertson opened Monday’s edition of The 700 Club by describing…
The ability to say, with a straight face, that you are doing God’s work on Earth, is a tremendous asset to politicians like Cruz – and for that matter George W. Bush.
http://www.theocracywatch.org/bush2.htm
That way, you and your political allies get to say and do nifty things like:
“…What Hayford and Evans had in common, other preachers said, was a shared adherence to ‘Kingdom Now’ or Dominionist theology. Loosely put, it called for seizure of eathly power by ‘the people of God’ as the only way by which the world could be rescued. Prayer and evangelism were not enough: a Christian-led social reformation was necessary because Christ would not return to earth until a revised Church has set the scene. A president convinced that God was speaking to him … might through Dominionism start to view himself as an agent called by the Almighty to restore the earth to Godly control…”
“…the University of Chicago’s Bruce Lincoln says … It’s expansionist-it’s religious imperialism, if you will. And I think that remains his primary orientation.” What’s more, Lincoln adds, his primary orientation also holds that “the U.S. is the new Israel as God’s most favored nation, and those responsible for the state of America in the world also enjoy special favor…”
And of course, the photo ops
“…Charles Dharapak, photographer for the AP, insists on “deifying” Bush in his photos. The photograph on the left captures the President speaking under a halo at the dedication of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship’s Youth Education Center in Dallas, Texas, 10/29/03…”
“…From the Observer, November 2, 2003: “President George W. Bush stood before a cheering crowd at a Dallas Christian youth center last week, and told them about being ‘born again’ as a Christian. Behind Bush were two banners. ‘King of Kings’, proclaimed one. ‘Lord of Lords’, said the other. The symbolism of how fervent Christianity has become deeply entwined with the most powerful man on the planet could not have been stronger.” The photograph on the right shows Bush speaking on Columbus Day, 10/13/03…”
Convince the Christian Right that they have ‘one of their own’ in power, and that you are doing ‘God’s work’ on their behalf, and you got it made in the shade.
Unfortunately for the rest of us, Cruz isn’t going back to the Texas revival circuit anytime soon.
Fortunately for all of us the Republicans (Libertarians and T-baggers) are even more stupid than they sound. It appears that the Republicans will agree to postpone the fight over the debt ceiling and funding the government until after the Christmas/New Year holidays. Obviously the Republicans have enjoyed getting their brains beaten in so much in the past 2 weeks that they want to do it all over again in 3 months. You really can’t make this shit up folks.