I've been asked why I'm so dismayed by President Bush's re-election. I don't consider him Evil, like some of my friends and acquaintances, even if I despise his most prominent policies. The answer is because he and especially his entourage seem to think they have a Divine Right to rule. This collective Messiah Complex is far more dangerous than political expediency, since Divine Certainty knows no quarter, offers no compromise. We're fighting religious extremism abroad, yet some would argue we just gave it a popular mandate at home.
Dennis over at The Moderate Republican (something there are too few of) noted this congratulatory letter from Bob Jones III, president of Bob Jones University, to President Bush.
Conservative Americans would love to see one president who doesn't care whether he is liked, but cares infinitely that he does right.
Liberal and progressive Americans would welcome this radical change too.
But on to the more telling part, Jones told the president:
In your re-election, God has graciously granted America—though she doesn't deserve it—a reprieve from the agenda of paganism. You have been given a mandate. We the people expect your voice to be like the clear and certain sound of a trumpet. Because you seek the Lord daily, we who know the Lord will follow that kind of voice eagerly.
Don't equivocate. Put your agenda on the front burner and let it boil. You owe the liberals nothing. They despise you because they despise your Christ. Honor the Lord, and He will honor you.
And some Evangelicals honestly have no idea why some of their comrades inspire fear and loathing in other Americans.
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