Originally posted by VonDondu
Does that include Presidents who believe that they receive Divine guidance and who believe that they never change their minds (even when the facts show otherwise) and who cannot think of anything that they have ever done wrong?
There is no evidence that Dubya's very religious. It's been repeatedly reported (and forgotten) that he seldom attends his "official church," and he was never noted for having been "saved." Like everything he has ever done since coming to the presidential office, his evangelical zeal seems to be directed at one or another part of his and his party's apparent core constituency. Personally, I think it's way off base to do so, since anyone in that designated core group is going to vote for the most perceived "conservative" candidate on a ticket, anyway. Dubya needs to worry about the broad range of undecided moderates, whom he hasn't addressed at all during his administration. Remember, he got into office by insisting that he was a moderate who gets along with everybody, and intended to lead by consensus. (This was right after he got into a major squabble during the party nominations, arguing with his main opponent over who he was the most conservative, hence, best to lead the party. The American public has been educated to a memory rendition of 2 minutes, so of course this, and all salient facts about Dubya's previous gubernatorial style were dismissed by the so-called news media during the election campaign.)
As for believing he's made no mistakes, I'm sure he knows he has. But he'll never admit to it, just like a mentally indigent office position candidate refuses to acknowledge they have any faults when asked during a job interview. Bush can't appear human, because he's afraid it will lose him the next election. I used to think Clinton was bad in that respect, but Bush goes much, much further. He's so craven because of his ambition that he's contemptible.
I think I better go douse myself with water before I spontaneously combust.
