The most amazing thing about George Bush - Part 2

Yes, he can still amaze me. Even though my expectations are really, really low, he can sink below even those. Choosing to spy illegally on USA citizens when he could just as easily spy legally on the same USA citizens is mind boggling - there's no sense in it. It just goes to show a absolute contempt for the electorate and all the things that he claims the USA can export - democracy, the rule of law, open debate. And yet still people stand up for him, some simply because he claims to be a Christian. While I'm not a Christian now, I was raised as one and it's hard to reconcile what I know and respect about Christianity - love, forgiveness, turning the other cheek, "the meek shall inherit the earth" - with how the Bush government has operated. A pre-emptive, baseless, illegal war that has killed perhaps 100,000 Iraqi people? The complete indifference to suffering seen in the aftermath of Katrina? The unending tax breaks for the rich? The fear-mongering and constant lies? Surely none of this can be counted as Christian?

I guess my only hope is that people will wake up one day and be embarrassed to have supported him. I'm not holding my breath.

Tim