IN GOD’S HANDS

From day one of his presidency, Bush positioned himself as a savior of U.S. morals while trying to export this piety to the rest of the world. In reality, he is more akin to the charlatan preachers of old who traveled the nation selling snake oil remedies from the back of their wagons.

Malcom Lagauche
The Republican Party in the U.S. unleashed the powerful tool of religion in the 1990s and has obtained a fanatic base of voters ever since. After Bush’s appointment as president in 2000, the world had to put up with his religious statements, especially the one in which he said God told him to run for president. At first, the Democrats tried to downplay the role of religion in U.S. politics and criticized Bush for being so pious in public. That ploy did not last long. The leadership of the Democratic Party came up with a strategy that Democrats should challenge Republicans as to who is more religious. They even came up with standard terms for candidates. Environmentalist Democrats were told to use the term "God’s green Earth" in speaking about environmental issues. Instead of taking the religiosity of the Republican Party and trying to make it a liability, the Democrats decided to attack the Republicans right at their strongest point...

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