Is President Bush Really "One Of Us?" Challenge To All Genuine
Christians
By Chuck Baldwin
October 24, 2003
As Jimmy Carter had done before him, G.W. Bush won the White House, in part,
due to his Christian profession. Christians nationwide regard President Bush
as "one of us." They believe that he shares their Christian principles
and values.
Why, then, does President Bush use the power of his office to publicly condemn
those Christians who courageously champion Christian principles? Time and again,
President Bush has publicly repudiated the statements or actions of principled
Christians as they attempted to stand for their convictions.
Back in 2002, Bush publicly chastised a former president of the Southern Baptist
Convention, Rev. Jerry Vines, for his truthful remarks regarding Islam. Vines
said, "Islam is not just as good as Christianity." He also rightly
said, "Allah is not Jehovah." These remarks brought a swift and stern
rebuke from the White House.
Likewise, when Jerry Falwell suggested that the terrorist attacks in 2001 may
have been God's judgment upon America (they very well could have been), the
White House immediately pronounced its vehement disagreement and displeasure.
Dr. Falwell quickly apologized.
However, the most egregious example of Bush's animosity toward outspoken Christians
is his handling of the Judge Roy Moore case in Alabama. Not only did President
Bush publicly condemn Judge Moore, he either sent or allowed his chief political
consultant Karl Rove to spearhead the attack against him.
While it was the ACLU that initially filed the legal case against Judge Moore,
it was the White House that was willing to feed Judge Moore to the wolves by
the surreptitious, behind-the-scenes maneuverings of Rove. It was Karl Rove
who managed the campaign of Judge Moore's principal opponent in the race for
Supreme Court Chief Justice. Furthermore, it appears that Rove is privately
managing Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor's prosecution of Judge Moore with
the goal of putting Pryor on the federal bench.
And now another outspoken Christian patriot is in the Bush crosshairs. His
name is Lt. Gen. William Boykin. In speeches before Christian gatherings, General
Boykin
committed a cardinal breach of political correctness by affirming that America
is "a Christian nation." He also rightly observed that many Muslim
terrorists hate America because we are a Christian nation. Predictably, these
remarks have brought out the ire and chastisement of President Bush.
After learning of the general's remarks, Bush quickly appeared before a Muslim
audience in Indonesia and soundly rebuked his statements. He said, "He
(General Boykin) didn't reflect my opinion. Look, it (Boykin's remarks) just
doesn't reflect what the (U.S.) government thinks."
By Bush's own words, he doesn't believe America is a Christian nation. Beyond
that, he chose to stand alongside Muslims overseas when rebuking a Christian
Army general who is proudly and faithfully serving his country and his Commander-in-Chief.
It is painfully obvious that President Bush is willing to sacrifice any and
all Christian patriots on the altar of political correctness.
It is one thing for President Bush to constantly distance himself from Christian
convictions and doctrines. He wouldn't be the first President to do so. It is
quite another thing, however, for Christians throughout America to continue
to give him a pass for his many foibles under the charade that he is "one
of us."
© Chuck Baldwin