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[which_chick]

I'm having a considerable amount of difficulty convincing myself that it's okay to vote for someone who claims, in public, that God tells him what to do. I would feel differently if W thought God spoke to him re: running the country and didn't feel bound to SHARE THAT FACT WITH US... he might be mad, if that were the case, but at least he wouldn't be STUPID and mad.

That, it seems, is where I'm having trouble. Stupid and mad are not like chocolate and peanut butter. They are not two great tastes that taste great together. There may, indeed, be some kind of synergistic effect when the two are combined, but it's definitely not a good energy.

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[electroweak.livejournal.com]

My opinion is, and has been for years, that when your dog tells you to do things that makes you crazy. If God tells you to do things, that also makes you crazy.

The fact that a crazy person has been running our country for nearly four years hasn't made me happy. I'm sure it would make me unpopular with my Christian friends if I were louder about the fact that I feel this way, but...y'know, I can't help that very much.

Mad, but maybe not stupid

[not-your-real.livejournal.com]

Mad, certainly. Stupid? Maybe not.

Re: Mad, but maybe not stupid

[not-your-real.livejournal.com]

Doh. Stupid thing won't let me put carriage returns in the text box.

What I meant to say was, that a huge portion of the public actually _likes_ him mad that way. The excellent NYTimes article I read appears to have expired and gone pay-per-view, but people have been heard saying things like "For the first time, I feel like God is in the White House". These are the people that want to vote for him.

Well, them and the equally incomprehensible ones that say "I can't imagine anyone standing in front of the poll machine making their choice based on anything other than who will make them feel more secure".