At 04:18 PM 9/21/01 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>While he may not be the most eloquent President we've ever had, (his father
>was the same way) at the moment, he's definitely speaking for a majority of
>Americans right now. Bush is from Texas. Quoting scripture is one of the
>ways, historically, that Texan politicians get elected and stay elected.
The
>others are a) being pro-big business concerns, and b) being tough on crime.
>
>In addition, a large majority of our country is made up of religious
>Christians who like to know that their elected leaders are also, in the
>thought that they will therefore conform to a certain moral and ethical
code.
> Most American politicans who are not from either coast can quote scripture
>passages to fit any situation.
Oh please do not try and blame this on Texans, Christians, and rural
Americans from the Heartland. To do so smacks of exactly the sort of
contempt for "otherness" that so marks the very extremists that we are
fighting.
After all, name for me the last US President that did not use the phrase
"God Bless xxxxxx" in public discourse?
Also, why is it that all 535 Members of Congress joined together to sing
"God Bless America" on the steps of the Capitol Building?
Also, why is that "God Bless America" has practically been our alternate
National Anthem for some time now?
Indeed, why is that Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA" is appearing on
radio stations again, all across the country?
I could go on - but the religious character of *America*, not just some
isolated portion of it, is realy readily obvious to all.
JDG
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John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ #3527685
"Freedom itself was attacked today, and Freedom will be Defended."
-U.S. President George W. Bush, 09/11/01
