From a Christian viewpoint, Bush’s failures were legion, and mostly focused on the greatest commandment: Love others. War, from the Christian perspective, is never justifiable. Strangers in our land are to be treated well, but the government has created a climate in which immigrants, legal or not, are underpaid, overworked and often treated as slaves. By focusing on business over the citizen, our goverment has created a system of near feudal drudgery for millions. By officially focusing on consumerism, we have a materialistic society that is narcissistic in the extreme, unable to think of anything but it’s own wants and desires.

Should Christians attempt to force a biblical world view on America? No. Backing a particular candidate simply because they appear to agree to a series of “talking points” that Christians put forth leads to a burning Bush. Moses tried that and failed. The fate of the nations is in God’s hands, not ours. Our task is to live lives of grace, humility and peace with all men. “Grieving” because our choice was not elected is self-centered and childish.