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Wednesday, October 20, 2004

The Cult of the Codpiece
Posted by Jill | 11:23 AM
I've long felt, from my dealings with Bush supporters and their maniacal, unwavering support for whatever their chosen lunatic messiah does, that Bushmania was more of a cult than part of a political party or even an ideology.

Digby would seem to concur:

Bush isn't a bible-based, messianic fundamentalist. His "crusade fer freedom" is really much more in the mode of a New Agey Kumbaaya cult leader than an Armageddonist.

[snip]

He doesn't know the bible except in the most rudimentary way. He doesn't attend church. He doesn't follow any of the most basic tenets of Christianity. He is simply the leader of the republican cult whose members believe that anything he says is the word of God --- hence the bizarre screams of orgasmic fervor when he say words that one would not usually associate with deep emotional beliefs, like "tort reform." It doesn't matter what he says, it's how he says them.

This is why he doesn't have to make any sense and this is why his followers are so blind to reality. As with all cults they are willing to give up their money and their free will and turn it over to the leader. It has nothing to do with any traditional religion.

He's the leader of the Cult of the Codpiece and as far as his followers are concerned, anything he says and does is divine.
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