[lbo-talk] Such times as this....

[Carl Remick]

>From: snit snat <snitilicious at tampabay.rr.com>
>
>God Save the Queen
>07 November 2004
>
>Evangelicals and the Sentimental Affinities of George W. Bush
>
>By Omri Elisha
>
>President / Queen
>
>... In Ohio, I visited with a woman who summed up our success this way. She 
>said, "President Bush was born for such a time as this. He never wavers 
>when it comes to doing the right thing. It makes me feel so secure to know 
>that our leader has such a love for our country."
>
>I don't know which part of that statement jumps out at you, but I do know 
>which part resonated the most with popular evangelical sensibilities. Six 
>words: "for such a time as this."
>
>This is not empty rhetoric. It is a straightforward reference to the Bible 
>-- the Book of Esther, chapter 4, verse 14, to be precise -- and it is 
>among the most evocative and meaningful catchphrases in the language of 
>evangelicalism. ...

This is the zaniest news from Bible Land yet.  George Bush is supposed to be 
Queen Esther?  Looking on the bright side, I hope this will mean greater 
availability of yummy hamentashen -- the pastry shaped like the hat of 
Haman, Esther's nemesis.  Hamentashen filled with prune lekvar are 
particularly good.

Carl