President Bush with a group of nuns during a visit to the Church of the Beatification on the Mount of the Beatitudes in Israel, on Friday January 11. Photo by: David Furst, AP
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President Bush with a group of nuns during a visit to the Church of the Beatification on the Mount of the Beatitudes in Israel, on Friday January 11. Photo by: David Furst, AP
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While I honor and appreciate this man's public professions and demonstrations of faith, I find him to be an enigma. On the one hand he openly and publicly supports the right to life anti-abortion component of the Catholic "Culture of life," he also openly supports the death penalty and, of course, the attack of Iraq, which in no way meets Saint Thomas Aquinas' definition of a just war.
As a veteran of Vietnam and Central America, I am probably somewhat "jaded," but I do recognize the truth in Senator McCain's cautions about simply abandoning the region to the terrorists. I find the president confusing, however, in his eagerness to use military force more readily than seems necessary.
His saber-rattling against Iran now only worsens my unease. From where does he truly get his guidance? Sirach 1:1 says, "All wisdom comes from the Lord and is with him for ever." In my opinion this does not sound like the Lord's wisdom...it sounds like man's wisdom.
Dear Jeff,
A man being put to death, by the means of a judicial decree is not murder. A country who defends the innocent outside its borders is not murderous. In the light of thermo-nuclear weapons coming into the hands those who wish to recreate the califate or to bring about the return of the Mahdi. I think we are fortunate to have President with a level head and a mind for Christ. In the world of big rights and big wrongs. The means of big justice can seem a bit out of porportion.
I dunno I still say he might convert when he leaves office.
I think we are fortunate to have President with a level head and a mind for Christ.
If you really believe that, you haven't been paying attention for the last seven years.
This man/president is a politician first. If the picture is politically expedient and furthers his own selfish interests (and those of his political party) all else (individual rights, religion, truthfulness, etc) are secondary. History will judge him as the worst U.S. president in our lifetime.
Why is their a knee jerk antagonism to the President of the United States? In the worst of the Clinton scandels. The right never lowered itself to this kind overall verbal assult. I heard "He is the worst President ever" since the second day of his first term. So I think it something else, a sort of political envy gone wrong. What the left doesn't see is the huge shift in its party further to the left. Rudi Gulliani twenty years ago would have been a Democrat. John F Kennedy and George "W" Bush basically ran on the same platform.
"Lower Taxes", "Pro-Military" think cold war and "Family Values issues" Just remember, "I hate George Bush" is not a political platform, and quite frankly, is not very Christian.
I believe any errors in President Bush's presidency stem from the fact that he is not a devout Catholic. However, methinks he walks with the Lord to the best of his ability and we are blessed to have him, considering the alternatives.It is always interesting to note people's perspectives on him when they have a chance to come to know him personally, even his enemies. His sincerity, his goodness and his intelligence are frequently remarked upon in disparate sources. I hope a look back in history in years to come will bring some vindication. Carol Lynn
Leaving politics aside, I just love that neither GWB nor the nuns are afraid of a big belly laugh at a photo-op.
Agreed, occasus. Aside from all the political debate, it's a nice picture.
Also, I give GWB props for going to Israel. It brings him at least a little back into the public discourse.
In the worst of the Clinton scandels. The right never lowered itself to this kind overall verbal assult.
Wow. You really don't know anything at all, do you? The right was vicious, cowardly, self-centered, and immoral in its attacks on President Clinton. If you don't think so, you were either asleep during the Clinton administration, or you were one of the evil ones who participated in the treasonous poison that has defined the Republican Party since at least 1994.
Do I hate George Bush? No, but I hate what he's done to this country.
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