no secret that the born-again george bush had a penchant for invoking god (who told him personally and specifically) both to run for office and to invade iraq, as well mixing up religion with real stuff, ya know like evolution, or the fierce fundy battle to keep the so-called "morning after pill" off the market.
also no secret my personal impatience with ALL the superstitious nonsense that the world calls religion. reading baboon entrails or telling me that man has only been on the planet 6000 years cuz that's the bible math is all the same mumbo-jumbo to me.
rest assured the face-palm moments will continue even though he's out of office, because some of bush's crankier and disgruntled former staff are putting out books.
here's a snip from a speech writer's forthcoming tome, on why j.k. rowling did not receive the presidential medal of freedom:
This was the same sort of narrow thinking that led people in the White House to actually object to giving the author J.K. Rowling a presidential medal because the Harry Potter books encouraged witchcraft.
just so we're clear: guys like paul bremer and george tenet, who were instrumental in invading iraq and afghanistan, oh yeah, and endorsing torture, got the snazzy medallions but a woman who encouraged a generation of geeky kids to read books and enjoy imagination was too subversive. all that backyard pretend quidditch was a step away from the glamor that is devil-worship fer sure.
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