Michael Newdow, the California atheist who famously failed to get the words "under God" out of the Pledge of Allegiance, is now attempting to get a D.C. District Court to prevent clergy from participating in Mr. Bush's inauguration. This guy is only after money. He doesn't care about his athiest brothers. I am pretty sure that he just wants some fame and fortune. And based on his underlying philosophy which states that there is no God and that everything came from nothing then none of this matters except him. Bush responds to this by saying, "I will have my hand on the Bible," expressing a tone of amusement and exasperation that one day, even the 216-year-old centerpiece of the inaugural ceremony might be challenged.
"I fully understand that the job of the president is and must always be protecting the great right of people to worship or not worship as they see fit," Mr. Bush said. "That's what distinguishes us from the Taliban. The greatest freedom we have or one of the greatest freedoms is the right to worship the way you see fit. "On the other hand, I don't see how you can be president at least from my perspective, how you can be president, without a relationship with the Lord," he said.
Mr. Bush said he has "still got a rigorous agenda" for his faith-based initiative. The federal government has funneled "about $1.2 billion" to religious groups so far, the president said, and he hopes to improve on that in the next four years.
Liberals have challenged his faith-based initiative, which allows religious organizations to apply for government funds to administer social services such as drug rehabilitation and food banks. The president said there is no reason to fear his conspicuous practice of his Methodist faith or his approval of religious expression in the public square. Mr. Bush said he leans heavily on his religion every day that he is in the Oval Office and cannot imagine any man handling the pressures of the job without leaning on God.
I believe that he spoke of God and religion in a "watered" down way so that he could some things done. I believe that now more of his true colors are going to start coming out. It was the same thing with Reagan. He became more "religious" in his second term. The way the media works and the amount of power that liberals and democrats can exact on this country is startling.
Of course, it was okay when Hillary Clinton was channeling Eleanor Roosevelt. You know, that was fine. When Hillary in the White House said, (paraphrasing) "Yeah, I see her ghost in the Oval Office." Oh, that was wonderful to know that Eleanor Roosevelt is still prowling the grounds of the White House! When it becomes God -- and maybe that was the problem. Eleanor Roosevelt is a god or her husband is a god to some of these people, and they just don't like Bush's God.
--Rush
Lets hope that Bush takes this attitude through the next 4 years when it comes to more tax cuts and social security reform. It seems that he has a good chance to get this moving.
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