"You can trust me. I'm a Christian." The words make me sick. When I hear Bush talk about his relationship with God and his use of prayer, I'm reminded of my Pharisaic 'handyman.' Because I know that a true Christian doesn't have to speak his faith. All that's required is living it, setting an example by actions. George Bush exploits Christianity just as my 'handyman' did.
I wonder if God told my 'handyman' to buy the cheapest bay window he could find. After all, according to George Bush, God told him to invade Iraq and spread democracy.
The president is whitewashing his lies just like my 'handyman' whitewashed my house.
A real Christian doesn't mislead and would never create a reason to justify an illegal war. A true Christian wouldn't send our soldiers to be slaughtered and to slaughter others. War is hell to a real Christian. To George W. Bush, it must be heaven. In fact, the Project for the New American Century is Bush's Bible.
The president is cheating me exactly as my 'handyman' did--lying, lying, and more lying. In a New York Times article, Elizabeth Bumiller writes that during one of George Bush's speeches to sell his 'American competitiveness initiative' the same week as his State of the Union address, the president said his 'foreign policy was in part based on an Almighty.' I'm sure my 'handyman' would have said his home improvement business was based in part on an Almighty.
George W. Bush is using some of my money to pay what may amount to trillions of dollars by the time he, finally, decides we should not 'stay the course.' I want my money spent on peace and on programs for education, healthcare, the elderly, the poor, efforts to curb global warming, and on humanitarian aid.
I fired my 'handyman.' Actually, I threatened to sue him. I'm wondering if I can sue George Bush for the wrongful death of my nephew in Iraq, the killing of almost 2,300 other troops, and the more than 100,000 Iraqis who have died.
And can I fire him?
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