Why is this man in the White House?

Read the following quote:

Ask yourself this: why is this man in the White House? The majority of Americans did not vote for him. Why is he there?

This sounds like standard left-wing boiler plate. However, it comes from a U.S. general and Bush supporter in a standard talk made at churches:

I tell you this morning he's in the White House because God put him there for such a time as this. God put him there to lead not only this nation but to lead the world, in such a time as this.

This is the sort of mentality that could be used to justify a faction seizing power without popular mandate. The source is a Gary Wills article on the Christian right. Read the whole thing.

Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan