Comments by wlrogers

Comment #95617 by wlrogers on December 8, 2007 at 7:25 pm

jshuey

You are speaking from ignorance. When Hitchens was playing word association with members of the Rational Response Squad, his association with the prompt "George Bush" was "Mr. President." You can watch the video on line, and I will leave it to you to judge with what amount of deference the title was spoken. Further, when Hitchens was on Bill Maher's show, he pointed out that many Muslim leaders have fanatical religious beliefs concerning the approaching End Times. Maher pointed out, correctly, that so did Bush and his ilk. When the audience responded positively to Maher's comment, Hitchens literally shot the audience the Bird in a broad, sweeping gesture. Hardly the behavior of a man who agrees with Bush on "one policy."

2. Holy Nonsense

Comment #95252 by wlrogers on December 7, 2007 at 6:11 pm

The Hitch is right, of course. And yet this article throws even further into sharp relief his blind spot about his beloved W. This simple truth is this: If W were pressed about his religious beliefs – the same way Hitchens presses Romney – he would admit some pretty remarkable things. He would admit that he believes the world is going to end soon and that Jesus will reign over the event. He would admit that this event will be preceded by a war in the Holy Land. He would admit that he has a personal savoir in the Lord Christ. He would say that environmental concerns are irrelevant because their isn't going to be an environment for very much longer.

How do I know? Because I come from a family of born again Christians and used to be one myself. They are every bit as crazy as Romney and not one of them should be in charge of 20,000 nuclear weapons. Why does Hitchens refuse to see that W is fundamentally no different than Romney?

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