Quiddity notes Bush’s efforts to undue the “American century” and take America back to the good ol’ 1800s.

I’ve wondered why, from time to time, I’m tempted to sleep in or skip church. Fortunately, we have the all-knowing one available to peer into my subconscious and reveal the reason why:

LIMBAUGH: The left is scared to death of God. They think Bush is a believer, and they got quotes from people that say Bush doesn’t think, he just follows his instincts based on how he feels after he prays. He’s just — “this is horrible.” They’re out there and they’re scared to death because they don’t understand God. They don’t understand a personal relationship with God. They can only think it’s trouble.

This is yet another effort by those on the right to attempt to portray this election as a referendum on God. Whether it be through subtle hints (“George Bush is a good, Christian man”), or ridiculous claims (“liberals want to ban the Bible”), many have been trying to cast this as a race between the good and the heathen. And it’s really a low-grade tactic.

Q: Where are T-shirts which read “Protect Our Civil Liberties” considered to be “obscene”?
A: At Bush/Cheney campaign rallies.
Freedom is on the march around the world.

Four years ago today:

Bush 50%
Gore 40%
Nader 4%

Kerry’s numbers aren’t as bad as Gore was polling en route to winning the popular vote.

Consider the source, but if this is true it’s a disturbing insight into Bush’s mind:

The founder of the U.S. Christian Coalition said Tuesday he told President George W. Bush before the invasion of Iraq that he should prepare Americans for the likelihood of casualties, but the president told him, “We’re not going to have any casualties.”
. . .
“And I warned him about this war. I had deep misgivings about this war, deep misgivings. And I was trying to say, ‘Mr. President, you had better prepare the American people for casualties.’ ”
Robertson said the president then told him, “Oh, no, we’re not going to have any casualties.”

How divorced from reality does a person have to be to make Pat Robertson sound like the reasonable side in a discussion? This would be an example.