Bush: 'May God bless the Christians of China'

[sabra]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/19/china-us.bush/

Bush: 'May God bless the Christians of China'
President attends government-sanctioned church

BEIJING, China (CNN) -- President Bush attended a legally sanctioned church Sunday in Beijing before scheduled talks on religious freedom with President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao.

Bush also planned to discuss trade, intellectual property rights and support for the U.S. push to spread democracy in nations such as Iraq.

During his visit to the Gangwashi Church -- one of five Protestant churches sanctioned by the government -- Bush signed a guest book with the words: "May God bless the Christians of China." With her signature Laura Bush, who's accompanying her husband, added, "with love and respect." (Watch Bush after attending officially recognized church in Beijing -- 1:36)

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"It wasn't all that long ago that people were not allowed to worship openly in this society," Bush said. "My hope is that the government of China will not fear Christians who gather to worship openly. A healthy society is a society that welcomes all faiths."

[Arkana]

1. Hey George!

1. Open mouth.
2. Insert foot.
3. Watch poll numbers sink farther into abyss.

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

73. GOB BLESS AMERIKA---- ---- -----------------------AND NOBODY ELSE!!!---n/t

[DavidDvorkin]

2. "And may the atheists of China

burn in Hell!" he added.

[sabra]

4. that's what I was thinking

remember: uniter not a divider.

[Whoa_Nelly]

54. I'm a Diniter, not a Uvider

Unless it's written all in caps for him by his handlers, this is the way IdiotBoy remembers the Uniter/Divider line. A puppet cannot memorize words. It can only make sense in "speaking" when ROVErian puppeteers give it voice.

Sometimes his puppet echo memory hears itself as saying:

"I'm a room divider, and I do a heckuva good job!"

[goforit]

49. LOL!!

[hatrack]

60. "All you other Confusion Chinese can go f**k yourselves"

You can't help me slap a quick coat of Krazee Glue on my approval ratings back home, so piss off.

[spindrifter]

3. George, baby, you make me laugh...

That last sentence says it all. Where was your visit to the Muslims in China? What about honoring the thousands of years of Buddhist tradition. You are so lame.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

I'm so embarassed to have him representing our country

(doesn't represent me, but you all know what I mean).

[yorkiemommie1]

5. would have been so much more diplomatic

to say ' May God bless all of the Chinese people.'

oh. what am i saying? this is GWB we're talking about. :sarcasm:

[goclark]

10. He never stops being inclusive

HA HA HA.

What a horror story.

[goforit]

50. He has no idea he is not wanted.

[Aimah]

6. Bush seems only concerned about Christians in China

What about the oppressed Buddhists and Muslims?

[IChing]

14. I think, he thinks, all others are not worthy of his blessings

Pathetic,there should be an international outcry about this
by all members of the human race.

[marbuc]

15. With his poll numbers tanking

He is only concerned about the Christians in the US. Solidify that support in the 35 percenters and his poll numbers will stabilize.

[IChing]

18. Great point!!!

we know he doesn't believe in what ever

Buddha,
Confucius,
Socrates,
Jesus
or Mohammed
taught and lived. (or anyone else that you might include)

He always cherry picked the intelligence and power to suit his schemes
and never the wisdom.

[corporatemedia]

27. I think it's possible to get down to 30....

but certainly no lower. You are correct that playing to his christianist* base will stabilize his polls at some point. I'm just hoping that the scandals still to come and the continuing war will get him down a bit further.

But even at 35, if it continues over the next year, we will have the "killer" title for all repug candidates:

A BUSH REPUBLICAN

* christianist(n) - a person who claims to believe in the teachings of Yeshusa, but does not follow those teachings.

[0007]

66. I respectfully disagree. When the Abramoff thingie breaks open

and folks like Ralph Reed are busted and the many senators and congress people are indicted, junior may even go into negative numbers! Seriously though, I think he'll go lower than Nixon's numbers.

[corporatemedia]

68. I sincerely hope you are right, but..

I don't think so.

(Just as a side note: I was VP of the local "Youth for Nixon" campagin in 1968 - the biggest political regret of my life.)

It was a different Republican party back then. The main reason I supported Nixon that year was because he had a "secret plan" to end the war. Had it not been for the war he would not have been elected.

The biggest difference, though is the domination of the party by "religious nut cases." With those people, facts do not make any difference. Similar to Aquinas - "Faith precedes understanding", these people BELIEVE and that is alll they need. Bush could bite the head off a bunny rabbit on national TV and those people would BELIEVE that he must have had a good reason - maybe looking inside the torso for WMD? (Look how many people STILL believe Saddam had WMDs!)

There was also a theory from back in the 70's (can't remember whose) that says a presidential job approval can never fall below 20% for either party.

The 20% is made up of hard core partisans and also the type of people who have the attitude "My country right or wrong" and also "My president right or wrong."

Add to that another 10% (the religious nuts) and I come up with the 30%.

But I do HOPE YOU ARE RIGHT AND I AM WRONG.

I normally don't like to be wrong, but nothing would make me happier to be wrong on this one.

[katinmn]

21. Just like at home!

He only speaks to the chosen.

[cliss]

32. Bush did that

for his Christian base at home. This was all orchestrated for them.

He hasn't forgotten: there are some very important mid-term elections coming up, and he looks like a clown. He knows where his bread is buttered.

[Cha]

57. That's just what I thought when

read this..bush is trying to kiss up to them after blowing his political capital on Katrina.

[SOS]

55. and what about

the tens of thousands of Iraqi Christians who have fled to Syria?
Chinese Christians - God bless!
Iraqi Christians - abandoned, forgotten, fleeing and dying.

[sarcasmo]

59. That fine Christian Taliban thinking.

[Deja Q]

63. I doubt he cares for Chinese Christians either. Don't forget,

*'s actions have shown he gives nary a flying fuck about America's Christians either.

He does care for people who do antichristian acts, however.

[niyad]

7. right, george, and that was why you SPECIFICALLY excluded pagans

from your bizarre, theocratic, "faith-based initiatives", just as one example of your utter hypocricy.

[Jersey Ginny]

8. Is it possible to achieve another blundering.insulting new low?

I guess the wingnuts will be happy.

[marylanddem]

9. Please, Bush, don't come back to the United States!

You disgusting piece of shit.

[az chela]

28. I have been thinking this since he left

Cant we just refuse to let the traitor back in the country

[BikeWriter]

11. * is a self-righteous twit!

[rodeodance]

17. self-rightous--you got it!

[spindrifter]

12. I'd love for someone at the next press conference

to ask when * is going to attend a Wiccan service now that he is pushing the welcoming of all faiths line.

[Liberalboy]

52. * hates Witches

He doesn't beleive that Wicca should be classified as a religion by the IRS....said so during his campaign in 2000

[madrchsod]

13. that`s -legally sanctioned- church

meaning there is no freedom of religion in china. does he really think his base is going to be impressed that the chinese "let" him go to church?....shit i forgot ,they`re so fucking stupid they would. george chinese still can`t openly worship christ -these churches are open for show and the western business people.

[C_U_L8R]

16. Sanctimonious Punk...

I bet he said "may god bless..."
as if he were the one in control
of the god faucet.

Bush = Pure evil slime

[Mr_Spock]

19. Can't anybody stop this asshole from embarrasing our entire nation?

He's a fucking jackass.

[Crunchy Frog]

20. Because it's only the Christians in China who matter.

Chinese who belong to other faiths can all rot in hell. We don't give a damn about Chinese Buddhists, Tibetan Buddhists, Toaists, Muslims, Falun Gong, and any other members of non-Christian faiths who may be being persecuted. As Americans, it's only the Christians that we give a fuck about.

[IChing]

22. marbuc made a good point on post 14

he is playing to his base

[Starbucks Anarchist]

23. And we're the elitists?

:eyes:

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[sakabatou]

24. :; smacks head ::

:banghead:

[barb162]

25. Why doesn't he worry about the Chinese stealing our

technology. Just in the last week or so there was a story of theft of our military tech.
Why doesn't he worry about the trade deficit with China? I swear this man has his head up his you know what

[Eugene]

26. What about the Buddhists, Muslims, Taoists, and others?

Christianity isn't the only religion supressed in China.

[az chela]

29. the only one

To mr born again it is the only religion that matters.Bloody thirsty gods work for him.Confuscious is too gentle as well as the other ones you mention .They dont support murder.

[Booster]

30. God, this man is going to get us all killed.

[EFerrari]

45. That's what I thought at his inaguration. WHO let him offa the

"ranch"?

[jonolover]

31. OMG!

I can't believe he said that. It's like Hitler coming here and saying "May God Bless the Nazis of America".

[Aimah]

33. The only god the Bush administration trusts is on a dollar. nt

[donheld]

34. "May God bless the Christians of Saudi Arabia"

Bet he never will say this in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

[Sleepless In NY]

35. Reminds me of the Chris Rock Movie "Head of State" LOL

when Chris's opponent keeps saying : "God bless America. And no place else". It was funny in the movie..never did I dream someone would come as close to it as bush does. Sad.

[aquart]

36. How impeccably rude.

WTH was Barbara up to all day with her kids?

What kind of mother turns out this kind of son?

[stlsaxman]

38. From what I hear Barbara despised Junior all his life...

and Poppy was never around.

If I grew up in that family everyone would be dead and I'd be in jail for life.

If they weren't so pathetic it'd be sad.

[mitchum]

58. It's how she combats her guilt over his suffering from fetal alcohol...

syndrome.
Of course, "guilt' is a relative term where the bushes are concerned (even the "bushes by insemination" such as that witch)

[anotherdrew]

37. may bush serve as an example of a useless president that goes undepicted

glory of the tradition.

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[mdelaguna2000]

41. Ethnocentric - what an embarrassment to our country.

eth·no·cen·trism
Belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group.

[Miss Chybil]

42. "... and f*ck everybody else." nt

[rucky]

43. awwww.."Whaddaya mean you don't have Fortune cookies in China?"

:i thought that's how you got all that wisdom"

-GWB

[lebkuchen]

44. Bush knows he's sinking, fast

The "whacko" Fundies are his last hope.

[IndianaGreen]

46. May the Almighty protect China from Christianity

before they start pushing for Intelligent Design in Chinese schools.

[cassiepriam]

47. He better bless all of them since they hold the mortgage to the US

[xchrom]

48. another one of those ''uniter not a divider'' moments.

[Olney Blue]

51. If only Confucious was around to comment.....

[mitchum]

53. Well, since christianity is a SLAVE religion, it's a nice fit for them

[VegasWolf]

56. Bush is such an embarrassment to Murikkka. Wait, no he is representing

accurately what this country has fallen to.

:puke:

[kevinbgoode]

61. Well, so much for Bush being all about religious "freedom"

just a message of theocracy for the Chinese people.

[Deja Q]

62. What a frigging hypocritical dork:

The irony is, *'s actions prove he's as much of a Christian as I am a "flaming heterosexual".

screw the non-Christians, is that it?

A healthy society, BTW, has people living with the freedom do enter the profession they want. By offshoring and offpeopling, this makes the concept of freedom hard to do.

[Name removed]

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[bluedog]

65. Lesson #1..........Never talk religion.you never know

who you'll offend.........as bush have just offened the Buddists and man many other religions.........bush treads where he has no knowledge

[Dervill Crow]

67. What little brain he had has left the building.

Unf*ck*ngbelievable.

Please, gods, oh please let the rest of the world know we didn't really elect that idiot.

When my daughters were teens, we had a little nonverbal signal which meant, "Is s/he a bitch/asshole, or is s/he just stupid?" that we would use when someone would say something mean or offensive. Obviously * is both, and it is getting worse and worse as the puppetmasters have snipped his strings.

[truthisfreedom]

69. speaking very slowly as if to teeny-tiny children, bush still managed to

mangle the English language. did anyone actually see this quote? he's a F&*&^^&&*^ing MORON! god, he's such a blithering idiot. JESUS H CHRIST! he's f**($(($*&#^^#ing LOONEY. box him up and send him home. he obviously needs new batteries.

[alphadog]

70. A differing view

He was in a Christian Church and signing a guestbook, making it logical to write "May God Bless All the Christians of China." From some of the responses, you would have thought that this was a toast he made at a state dinner.

He does have a responsibility to point out that Christians are persecuted in China (see the seminarians who have been jailed.) We could discuss all day all the other times he should point out persecution and doesn't, but I'm not going to bash him for this.

[QuettaKid]

71. I know there are muslims in China

and lots of buddhists....anyone know if there are any Jews? Hindus?

[AZBlue]

72. Huh? So FU to everyone else????

Is that FU to everyone else in the world or everyone else just in China??

Oh, never mind, I think I know the answer already.

[Megahurtz]

74. So what is he saying? "The rest of you

go fuck off" or something?:wtf:

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[williesgirl]

76. He's a complete dildo. n/t