God and W.
I’ve been reading an excellent book (Bush Country by John Podhoretz) that thoughtfully analyzes Bush’s first three-plus years in office and debunks several “crazy liberal ideas” perpetuated by Bush-haters. Podhoretz, quoting a “close student of Bush,” sheds more light on how W.’s faith interplays with his Presidential direction and instinct:
“The president believes that we are called of God to do the best we can, to act responsibly and ethically and with good judgment. And then you rest in the comfort that God is in control, that history is not random, that He sustains the world that He has created. You do all you can–but you understand the results are not, in the deepest sense, yours to control.
[This] does not mean that you simply act and forget about things; there is a duty to persist in, and fight for, what is right. Justice is not self-executing; it needs advocates here on earth.” But ultimately, “the president’s faith allows him . . . a freedom to act and an inner comfort that others may not possess.”
Sullivan is still miffed (see Bush and the Lord) about W’s statement in the Washington Times regarding the Lord and the Presidency. It’s typical of the Libs’ (and Sullivan is a Lib) to grovel about the separation of church and state and use it as a straw man to bash any connection between government and religion (translate: Christianity). The myth of the separation of church and state is the anti-religionists biggest victory over the past 60 years. I challenge anyone to find that language in the First Amendment . . . Hey Sullivan, get back to me when you’ve found it.