Bush Blows It With Ad-Lib Tongue Slip: Stick to the Script Mr. President
Finally, a little coverage of what I considered to be the two most offensive moments of President Bush's "news conference" from last week. I have been babbling to just about anyone who would listen about the "scripted" moment and the "faith" question for about a week, but waited in vain to see it in print.
Well, thanks to this New York Press story sent by friend and colleague Paul Demko, I have to wait no more.
The most disturbing thing about Bush's ramblings on how prayer gets him through the day was that it was the only time during the press conference that he seemed even remotely human--clearly Bush's blind faith stirs his passions far more than foreign policy issues. No surprise, I guess, but just another insight into why he keeps pressing impatiently for a war that even he claims he doesn't want. At least that's what he says.
(Just two weeks ago there was quite a piece in Newsweek about W.'s big committment to some new agey book of sermons that he reads, alone, every morning at five o'clock. Sure, George, be a man of faith, and even place your belief in the highest of Christian values--but just book of sermons? Fer crissakes, pick up the Bible once in a while.
And, the more I think about it, the real reason I can't stomach this "faith" thing from Bush and could take it from just about every other president, including Bubba, is that they were secularists. Even Reagan. Shrubbie is not. And that's the big difference between the two.)
At any rate, glad to see the "scripted" press conference is finally out there, and now we know why--as if there were any question--Bush "performed" so well.
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