Bush as God's right-hand avenger

Mikaela says:

How does a movie about good & evil, figuring an androgynous archeangel Gabriel, turn into a contemporary political commentary on Bush's righteousness as justification of all policy? Here's Tilda Swenson's take from today's interview in the New York Times (heavily abridged by yours truly) about her role in the upcoming Constantine with Keanu Reeves:

Gabriel becomes insane because he starts to think that if you wrap yourself in God's clothes you can do anything you want, and it ain't true. There is something insane about a lack of doubt. Doubt, to me anyway, is what makes you human, and without doubt even the righteous lose their grip not only on reality but also on their humanity. ...

[T]he attitude of righteousness is a reason for pretty much anything now. What's shocking is how easily that's peddled today. ... Gabriel's rationale is essentially, "My job is to get as many souls as possible to heaven, and I have noticed that you are at your most spiritually open when the place is in flames, so I'm going to torch the joint."

There is all sorts of religious extremism all over the place, but the reason for this partly has to do with the fascist attitudes and language of absolutism coming from Washington. It's challenging for people outside of America that Bush was re-elected. It means we're all going to have to work a lot harder to understand what so many more Americans than we thought really want. It's an identity shift in our minds about America and maybe for many Americans as well.

We're not only preaching to the converted, but we also want to speak to those people who think they know what righteousness is.