Is Somebody Up There Tampering With This Election?

I highly recommend "Without A Doubt," Ron Suskind's (co-author, with Paul O'Neill, of The Price of Loyalty) piece on Bush that appeared in last week's New York Times Magazine. I usually avoid the magazine section, but I was drawn to read Suskind's article by an excellent analysis that appears on the current www.consortiumnews.com entitled "Bush Beyond Reason." The article analyzes the pervasiveness of messianic thinking that goes on in the Bush White House. While they don't really come out and say so, it is pretty clear that Bush and his bunch believe that God has chosen Bush to be President.

This got me to thinking. Suppose they're right? Suppose that we really live in a Universe in which an all-powerful God sits up in heaven saying, "Yup, George W. Bush -- that's the guy I want to be President." God, being God, could pick anybody to be President. God wouldn't have to be concerned with things like electability or name recognition or stuff like that; God wouldn't even be constrained by the Constitution, since He could amend it at will, and He could pick a President who is under 35 or who is not a native-born American. He could pick Stephen Hawking or Larry David or Bruce Springsteen or Dr. Ruth or David Ortiz, or even some 15-year old kid living in Central Africa who is an undiscovered genius. Yet, in spite of these limitless choices, according to the Bush folks, God has decided that George W. Bush is the one man for the job.

If this is so, then it's apparent that this God guy is a pretty unstable fellow. Fortunately, I have checked, and it turns out that God is not registered to vote in this election. It looks like the election is just going to be decided by ordinary people, and not by supernatural beings.