Former President George W. Bush turned to his faith amid the tough times during his eight years in office, he said Saturday at a religious school’s banquet.
“I don’t see how I could be president without prayer,” he told the crowd of more than 1,100 at the Fort Worth Christian School event at a downtown hotel. “The prayers of the people … sustained me, comforted me and strengthened me in a way I could have never predicted before becoming president, and for that I am extremely grateful.”
Bush, who has had many speaking engagements since moving to Dallas after his presidency, said he doesn’t plan on staying in the public eye.
“You won’t see me out there opining … or criticizing my successor,” Bush said, later adding that he is writing a book about his decisions in office so that “you can draw your own conclusions.”
It is nice to see him discuss his faith openly but he will still go down in history as the worst US President ever.
The book he is writing should be a real treat. I actually miss his “Bushisms,” such as “Human being and fish can peacefully coexist.” I hope his editor leaves all his Colloquialisms in. 🙂
#1 Revdons, what an original thought. With deep thinkers like you and the mighty host of knee-jerk sound bite followers in this country, it’s a small wonder decent people are slow to head for DC.
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I kind of miss those Bushisms too.
[blockquote] “The economy is growing, productivity is high, trade is up, people are working. It’s not as good as we’d like, but — and to the extent that we find weakness, we’ll move.” –George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., July 15, 2008
I’ve abandoned free market principles to save the free market system.” –George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Dec. 16, 2008[/blockquote]
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Head on over to Hot Air and check out their “Obamateurisms” of the day/week/month. Some of these are quite petty, as were many of the “Bushisms” people laughed at. Some of them, like Bush’s occasional mangled language, are pretty funny. If this is all we’ve got, neither side has very much.
elf,
So my reflections and John316’s comments about GWB are inappropriate and Sebastian’s personal attacks are not?
Please explain?
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Please go ahead and close it regardless. With this type of censorship, it already is closed. 🙂
I still wonder why “Thou shalt not lie” doesn’t apply when it comes to nonexistent weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.