Democrats moral relativism
Bush’s Faith Worries Madeline Albright
LONDON, England (Reuters) — U.S. President George W. Bush has alienated Muslims around the world by using absolutist Christian rhetoric to discuss foreign policy issues, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says.
“I worked for two presidents who were men of faith, and they did not make their religious views part of American policy,” she said, referring to Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, both Democrats and Christians.
“President Bush’s certitude about what he believes in, and the division between good and evil, is, I think, different,” said Albright, who has just published a book on religion and world affairs. “The absolute truth is what makes Bush so worrying to some of us.”
Thank you Madam Secretary for an unintentional glimpse into why Democrats cannot be trusted with national security. They cannot even bring themselves to call the throat cutting, hijacking, barabrians evil. Too many variables for a liberal to come to that conclusion. Maybe the jihadists had mean daddies, or grew up poor or blah, blah, blah. If they can’t recognize evil, how can they stop it?
And one more thing Madeline, being a “man of faith” is about how you live your life, your actions, not your empty rhetoric. Bill Clinton is a man of faith as much as George Bush is a man of MENSA.
For more on why Democrats are unable to manage a war on terror, click here.
UPDATE I: Jonah Goldberg and Matt Yglesias have more on the subject of moral relativism.
UPDATE II: Gregg takes his cuts,
Madge says: “The absolute truth is what makes Bush so worrying to some of us.”
That last sentence speaks volumes about the modern day secular humanist anti-theist left. This is the thing they abhor most about conservatives and Bush specifically.(One could include Ashcroft, Rice, Gonzalez, Cheney, Rumsfeld, etc…all evangelical Christians whose words and actions are largely dictated by their faith in the Almighty.) They hate the fact that he views the world in terms of moral absolutes via a Judeo-Christian paradigm. This is why the left mocks him when he talks about the axis of “evil.” The left’s contempt for such a parochial and “unenlightened” view of the world is why they are so closely aligned with the ACLU and other anti-theistic organizations who are attempting to snap every cross and star of David from every church and synagogue in our country. What makes those such as Albright so “worrisome” to most of us right of center Americans is the left’s inability to recognize the existence of pure evil and the fact that pure evil cannot be reasoned with but must be annihilated from the face of the earth in order for Western Civilization and its liberal Democracies to live on.
So I guess in addition to supporting big intrusive Govt, higher taxes, abortion on demand, same sex marriage, open borders, cutting and running in Iraq, lefties like Albright now think that political leaders of the Christian faith and their belief in moral absolutes poses a grave threat to the world. Just when you thought the lefties couldn’t move any further left. I wouldn’t recommend advocating this belief if they plan on “reconnecting” to those red state values voters who happen to believe in silly anti-delluvian notions such as “good” and “evil.”
Notice how she had not one word to say about how the mullahs in Iran were making Jews and Christians wear colored headbands. Nothing about how many Muslims such as Abumenijad deny the Holocaust or how the throat cutters cut off womenâ??s’ heads for wearing nail polish, or be-head homosexuals. Lefties like Madge are so quick to condemn Christians and America in general, yet not a word of condemnation about radical Islam in the CNN piece. So people wonder when we discuss the domestic insurgents on our show who we are speaking of. We are talking about people like Albright who continue to assert, in essence, that it is fundamentally America and our Christian president who are the real reasons for all the evil in the world. Trust me this article and her words will be used as propaganda to aid and abet the enemy just like Durbin’s, Dean’s, Kennedy’s, Pelosi’s, Murtha’s, et al. These people will stop at nothing to take this president and the GOP down just to regain political power. It is sickening to witness. Madge should stick to making brisket. She did enough damage as the worse sec of state in our nation’s history. The thought of her clinking champagne glasses with Kim Jong Il disturbs me to this day.
May 22nd, 2006 at 3:10 pm
Your last point struck me more than your main point of the posting. For my part, I want a big buffer between religion and politics. But Albrite cannot really tell me that Bush’s policies are driven by his religion. Just more posturing.
Sadly, at one time the democrats were the ones you wanted to have in charge of the US during war time. I doubt anyone could have done anywhere near as well or made the tough decisions that FDR and Truman made. It is just very sad that the democratic party has proven itself completely incapable of real leadership during the past 6 years (and you do not have to have a majority to show leadership.)
May 22nd, 2006 at 3:52 pm
I’m not a practicing Christian, but please allow me to suggest that torture, war and imprisonment without trial strike me as incompatible with the tenets of Christianity.
May 22nd, 2006 at 7:38 pm
John, that comment is so rediculous that it does not deserve a response. As always you are welcome to add feedback and analysis that enhances debate on the issues. One thing I will say however is that you are incorrect in your “suggestion” that there is no Judeo-Christian basis for military force or any other kind of physical force. You may want to refrain from attempting to discuss the “tentets” of Christiantiy while simultaneously admitting you know nothing about it. Doesn’t aid your credibility. And please, no more “jewish conspiracy theories.” They are getting old.
May 22nd, 2006 at 9:45 pm
Zionism, Gregg. Zionism is the problem, not Judaism.
May 23rd, 2006 at 8:27 am
We must be willing to look critically at ourselves and the administration in order to put in perspective the serious crimes being committed in our name. Gregg, we can continue to rationalize and excuse the unlawful imprisonment and torture of Muslims, the killing of thousands upon thousands of innocent Iraqis in a seemingly aimless and endless war and the administration’s penchant for lying and secrecy, or we can finally wake up from our comatose state and demand an end to this administration’s reign of terror. Have you ever challenged anything fed to you by this government and the media it controls regarding the “War on Terror”? I suggest you do so immediately so that the truth to come doesn’t shock you. The “War on Terror” is a horrible lie, and you will learn this.
May 23rd, 2006 at 12:23 pm
John, Nice iteration of all the most common leftist canards (i.e. Bush Lied, War for Oil, We created the terrorists, that Bush knew about 9-11, Zionist conspiracy, Innocent Iraqis,torture, lies etc…)But you forgot to mention Halliburton and how this was just a “war for oil.” Come on man,you’re losing your touch John.
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:39 pm
Gregg, this will sound harsh, but I don’t mean it to be. You have been brainwashed by the very mainstream media that you strive to discredit. You are unwilling to challenge the mainstream media on any points that support your conservative ideology while you are ready at a minute’s notice to tear apart any mainstream media mention of views opposed to your ideology. There are very rational reasons to question this government’s involvement in many of the events that have transpired. The mainstream media never will, but I figured a site like this just might. Sadly, I realize you are more beholden to your ideology than any meaningful quest for truth.
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:44 pm
We have a TV show? Cool.
Kevin
May 24th, 2006 at 8:32 am
Okay, now I have to know. What does Proverbs 18:2 say? Sorry, I am one of those lapsed catholics that believes in my own way but never really paid close attention to Bible studies.
May 24th, 2006 at 9:52 am
Optimist,
Not exactly my area of expertise, but here goes (thanks Google.:)
Proverbs 18:2
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
http://www.letgodbetrue.com/proverbs/18_02.htm
Kevin
May 24th, 2006 at 11:23 am
This administration will crumble in full public view. Indictments are coming. It is only a matter of time. This is part of the earth’s cleansing itself of negativity upon Ascension. Embrace it.
May 25th, 2006 at 11:12 am
John, it would be nice if you felt this emphatically about the insurgency in Iraq “crumbling.” Seems as though you believe that the Bush administration poses more of a threat to our country and the free world than the threat of Islamo Facism (which you have said has been contrived by the Bush admin to scare Americans. OK john, you let us know when those “indictmnets” start rolling in. While you are waiting on that, we will be busy encouraging our military in their quest to “cleanse” the world of 9th century decapitators bent on the annhiahlation of our nation and Western civilization in general.
Gregg J
May 25th, 2006 at 6:10 pm
Mad should be worried, she is projecting absolutism upon Bush because Democrats like her are the ones that believe in absolutism, either pacifism, totalitarianism, PCness or any number of fanatical and wrong ideologies.
Projection is what occurs when a person refuses to acknowledge something he or she has or a does, and says that SOMEONE else is doing it. Sally doesn’t like Bush, so Sally says it is a problem that Bush doesn’t like her.
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