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Oct. 26, 2004 Well, first off I don't know who God wants to be president. Anyone who says they "know" who God favors in a political race either also wears a hat with tinfoil carefully glued to the inside or needs to fully understand what the phrase "Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain" actually means. But what would seem to be apparent now, is just who He doesn't want sitting in the Oval Office. It might be the current occupant who has been so bold as to say he thinks He does. For those who seek to discover what the Divine will is on these matters should consider recent events, but be warned what they portend isn't what you probably assume. In recent chronological order, lets start with mother nature. If God is speaking to us through weather forecasts, what are we to make of the fact that not one or two but FOUR hurricanes battered the epicenter of the 2000 election that put Bush in office. The first, Charley on August 13 came just a month after Gov. Jeb Bush attempted to purge voter rolls disqualified voters while hiding the names so they couldn't be contested (in other words, without due process). Then, only days after Bush accepted his nomination to be the 2004 GOP candidate for the White House, Frances roared in on September 5th. Next came Ivan on September 16th, when Bush reached the highest point he has held in the polls. Ivan also made sure that the panhandle was not spared it's share of hurricane woe. Then as Bush made another rise in the polls, Jeanne brought in more trouble for a battered Florida. For sports fans who support a Bush re-election there came two harbingers of possible pious leanings, albeit one that was very tragic. If ever a playoff series could augur the choices between two candidates, the Red Sox versus Yankees would seem to be it. The Democratic Convention was held in Boston, home of the Sox. The RNC was held in New York City, home of the Yanks. Much like Kerry in the polls, the Sox pulled an unprecedented come from behind victory after losing the first 3 games. Just a year before, they had lost the same series to New York. The very next day, the Houston Astros lost to the Cardinals - in a stadium named Busch. Houston Texas is home to an airport named after Bush's father. Boston won their final game in Yankee stadium and any Southerner will tell you, Kerry is about as Yankee as they get. To top things off, Boston is Kerry's hometown and some feel that New York "stole" Babe Ruth from them (Bush's father actually met Ruth while on the Yale baseball team). Next one I mention with all due respect to the families involved and do not wish to make light of their loss. Bush is time and time again referred to as the choice of NASCAR dads. Just after the Subway 500, race officials announced that during the race they had received word that a plane carrying people connected to Hendrick Motorsports had crashed with no survivors. This is the same day the Vatican decided to respond to repeated GOP efforts to get US bishops to refuse communion service to Kerry. Then today came news that could very well be a final telegram from the Almighty for those who missed the first of His missives: Chief Justice William Rehnquist was diagnosed with a particularly aggressive form of thyroid cancer. This is rather ironic, because Rehnquist will have to undergo a tracheotomy and be unable to speak for awhile. It was Rehnquist who, after years of proclaiming that states should have the right to determine most matters within their borders including elections, led the Supreme Court to intervene in the 2000 Florida election mess and wrest control of the matter away from a state court. In the end, I will confess I don't buy it. Everything in the Bible points to the fact that when it comes to mundane political matters, God's got bigger fish to fry ("Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's" isn't just about taxes or money). As I suggested at the beginning, I wrote this not as what I believe to be the Lord's wishes but as a counter-argument to all those folks hell-bent (or is that Hell-bound) to convince everyone that Bush is the choice of deities everywhere. For those so enraged by this they feel the need to drop their Christian facades to reveal something far less charitable I will shamelessly quote Bill Hicks: "Then forgive me." ------------ About the author: Mr. Coppock is author of numerous irritating emails to friends, family and hapless strangers. He is a technically published writer for newspapers, websites and according to some accounts, several flyers relating to animal husbandry. Most are understandably astounded to learn that he holds a a bona fide college degree from one of those big deal, fancy-pants Eastern Universities. A Southerner of mixed parents (Yankee mom, Bubba pa), he currently resides in Los Angeles. Email: TruP8triot66@aol.com Tell a friend about this site! ------------ |
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