The New York Review of Books: Welcome to Doomsday
Al-Qa'ida means "the base". Well George W. Bush has a base too and it is evangelical Christian community. This lucid essay by Bill Moyers reveals the doctrinal roots of the evangelical right wing for whom Bush is the "divinely chosen" president (to quote one ardent Bush supporter's comment to me in the fall). Moyers writes: "No wonder Karl Rove wandered the White House whistling "Onward Christian Soldiers" as he prepared for the 2004 elections."
Bruce Lincoln does a fine job showing how Bush often speaks subtly and in evangelical code to his base.
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