Bush rebuked by Coalition for Traditional Values for daughters' clothes

[Rose Siding]

*Edit- The discussion reveals that this is satire. Good fun, though.

I can't tell if this is satire! Tbogg and swiftreport usually just riff on actual events, so it may be on the level

http://tbogg.blogspot.com/2005/01/jenna-notjenna-bimbos-of-babylon.html

http://swiftreport.blogs.com/news/coalition_letter.pdf

President George W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

Dear Mr. President:

We celebrate with you this week because Christ has allowed you to be His servant in this nation for another presidential term. But already there is a challenge to the biblical norms that you stand for, and it comes from within your very own family. This Thursday, your two daughters, Jenna and Barbara, will appear before the earthly world in attire that cannot be described in any sense as modest.

As you know, dress and appearance are an important reflection of our Christian values. "We are what we wear," as the saying goes, and according to this edict, your own daughters, bejeweled and bedecked in garments that plunge of neckline and cling of fabric, cannot be said to reflect the deeply-held believes (sic) of the tens of millions of "values voters" who sent you back to that highest office in the land.

As you prepare to lead this country for another four years, remember your role as leader of your own family. "For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior." (Ephesians 5:23)

When you advise your daughters as to the essential importance of dressing to glorify God, remind them of these words from Timothy: "I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes."

You have four years -a brief time only - to leave an imprint for righteousness upon this nation that brings with it the blessings of Almighty God. Do not risk offending Him in these early days of your second term by presenting forth your own daughters as Oholah and Oholibah, who, like Jezebel, painted their eyes and decked themselves with ornaments to entice men to commit adultery with them (Ezek 23.)

Lewis Sheldrick
Coalition for Traditional Values

Beverley Hayden
Concerned Women of America

Robert Wilder
American Family Organization

Randy Thomas
Campaign for Families

Dennis Patton
Silver Ring Thing

Sandy Slokum
Defend Our Marriages

Roy deLong
Baptist Leadership Council

What do you think? Just crazy enough to be real?

[Jo March]

1. Sounds pretty real to me

I heard this a lot growing up.

[jackster]

2. it constantly amazes

me that this idiots think that georgie is really a christian

don't they see it just "plays one on tv"???????

and to even consider that the twins are anything near christian is just plain laughable

[Ilsa]

3. They should have sent three burquas with the letter. n/t

[gollygee]

4. Last I checked, his daughters were adults

and therefore get to choose what they wear themselves.

I am amazed by the gall they have to think that Bush should have some say over his daughters' attire.

[Ilsa]

5. I didn't like the twin's dresses from last night, but I didn't think they

were slutty. Just unbecoming. They are beautiful young women (okay, that's debatable amongst Dems), and they didn't have their boobies hanging out. Yes, the dresses were low cut, but i think they have a right to some style. (Too bad they skimped on style.)

[barbaraann]

6. Here's a story about Christian modesty.

I knew a Christian girl in college who had put on some makeup once in high school. Her boyfriend was so upset at her lack of modesty that he put her face in the toilet and flushed it.

It's a true story.

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. That is so sick. Conservative believers are so dysfunctional!

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[wtbymark]

11. i cant wait untill

they appear in their first porno

[trixie]

12. Make up worse than assault??????/

[imenja]

7. all they need to include

is some photos from Little House on the Prairie as an example of how Godly women should dress.

[LisaL]

8. Well, they didn't complain about Laura's dress.

So, I guess she is godly.

[grumpy old fart]

10. hmmm, I googled "american family organization"....no such group

there is the AFA-American Family Associaton.....it's Donald Wildmon's group...

[Rose Siding]

14. Yeah, I think they changed the names slightly

I found this too...
Beverley Hayden = Beverly LaHaye
Randy Thomas = Randy Thomasson
Robert Wilder = Donald Wildmon
Dennis Patton = Dennis Pattyn

[freestyle]

13. Totally bogus, but unfortunately believable

Even for the organizations that do exist, the names of the heads are wrong. This is satire, not reality. Louis Sheldon heads the Traditional Values Coalition, Beverly LaHaye heads Concerned Women for America and Donald Wildmon heads the American Family Association. These are essentially hate groups and very much to be worried about. I think the rest are completely made up.

[Rose Siding]

16. Reality aligns with absurdity too much lately.

Everything will be over my head from now on!

[grumpy old fart]

15. And there's a Traditional Values Coalition, but not....

a "Coalition for Traditional Values".....I smell a fake...fun, but fake...

[Az_lefty]

17. Dress modestly?

"I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes."

He had better send his letter to all the televangelists. The way their wives make themselves up is just horrid.

[ArkDem]

18. Satire

[barbaraann]

19. How about this?

(I posted this on another thread.)

Can't the rightwing Christians see that Bush's religion is a total SHAM?

[ArkDem]

20. This is what bush has done to America.

[barbaraann]

21. It reminds me of "The Handmaid's Tale."

Everyone should read the book or watch the movie.

[rkc3]

22. That's a good list of nutters to send letter to.

Remind them of how far bush has strayed from Jesus' message.