Even some Republicans are now horrified by the influence Bush has given to the evangelical right
Sidney Blumenthal, Thursday March 23, 2006, The Guardian
In
his latest PR offensive President Bush came to Cleveland, Ohio, on
Monday to answer the paramount question on Iraq that he said was on
people’s minds: “They wonder what I see that they don’t.” After
mentioning “terror” 54 times and “victory” five, dismissing “civil war”
twice and asserting that he is “optimistic”, he called on a citizen in
the audience, who homed in on the invisible meaning of recent events in
the light of two books, American Theocracy, by Kevin Phillips, and the
book of Revelation. Phillips, the questioner explained, “makes the
point that members of your administration have reached out to prophetic
Christians who see the war in Iraq and the rise of terrorism as signs
of the apocalypse. Do you believe this? And if not, why not?” [read more]
