A big question many people who’ve been against Bush for a long time must be asking themselves is what to do with the latecomers, the people who once supported President Bush but now see his administration for the ongoing disaster that it is. One reaction is to reject them, but here’s where my religious upbringing helps. At church, when someone rejected sin and sought redemption, you no longer judged them for their past acts. That’s what being “born again” is all about. And I have no problem applying that to people who have recently decided to become fellow travellers in rejecting the Bush administration. I don’t care when people figure out that the Bush administration is bad for America, as long as they do eventually figure it out, preferably before next Tuesday. Go forth and sin no more.
Grace and redemption
A big question many people who’ve been against Bush for a long time must be asking themselves is what to do with the latecomers, the people who once supported President Bush but now see his administration for the ongoing disaster that it is. One reaction is to reject them, but here’s where my religious upbringing helps. At church, when someone rejected sin and sought redemption, you no longer judged them for their past acts. That’s what being “born again” is all about. And I have no problem applying that to people who have recently decided to become fellow travellers in rejecting the Bush administration. I don’t care when people figure out that the Bush administration is bad for America, as long as they do eventually figure it out, preferably before next Tuesday. Go forth and sin no more.
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