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According to psychiatrist Dr. Justin Frank, writing in his book, "Bush on the Couch: Inside the mind of the President," Dubya not only suffers from a "sadistic streak," and "megalomania" and "grandiosity," but while "his alcoholism [may have] been arrested," it nevertheless remains "untreated." You have to wonder, don't you, if old Dubya hasn't merely swapped one addiction for another - one opiate for the enthralling enamor of God? Professionals working in the field of recovery have often observed the addicted personality turn towards God as their savior. Typically, though, they, like Dubya, are merely substituting one addiction for another....

It is becoming an article of faith that President Bush not only is himself an evangelical conservative, but owes his election victory to evangelical conservatives. I’d guess that the psephologists have not done their homework on this latter point, and I doubt that they have materials at hand that would permit them to announce, say, that it was evangelical conservatives who gave the state of Ohio to Bush. How would you establish that Bush’s appeal to evangelicals was critical? And how are you going to define evangelicals? A sophisticated author at work on a book on the subject of the...

The influence of evangelicals is almost everywhere -- from places of political power like Congress and the Supreme Court to cultural status markers like the New York Times' best-seller list, where titles such as "The Purpose Driven Life" reside. But the person many evangelicals consider the most prominent member of their fold -- President Bush -- doesn't use that term to describe himself publicly and neither does the White House. He has had a "transformation." Evangelicals believe in "personal transformation," a spirit-driven change in behavior. The National Association of Evangelicals' statement of faith says, "For the salvation of lost and...

President Bush talked to the seven reporters traveling with him on Air Force One about Jesus after attending the pope's funeral in Rome last week. For 47 minutes, Bush and the journalists had an intimate, friendly chat largely about the pope, his legacy and Bush's own "walk with Christ," "The Washington Post" reported this week in an article with the headline, "Preacher Bush." "There is no doubt in my mind there is a living God. And no doubt in my mind that Lord, Christ, was sent by the Almighty. No doubt in my mind about that," he said. Bush said...

FIRST MOURNERS: President and Mrs. Bush, at yesterday's moving, momentous service, represented the millions of Americans who spent the day in prayer and grief at the passing of the Holy Father.Photo: AP WASHINGTON — As he flew home from the pope's funeral, President Bush yesterday said the pontiff leaves a "clear and excellent legacy" — and disagreed with former President Bill Clinton's assessment that it's "a mixed legacy." "I think Pope John Paul II will have a clear legacy of peace, compassion and a strong legacy of setting a clear moral tone," Bush said when reporters asked him about...

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ______________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release April 8, 2005 INTERVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT BY THE TRAVEL POOL Aboard Air Force One En route Waco, Texas 8:29 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Listen, were you there in person? THE PRESS: Yes. THE PRESIDENT: One, I'm really glad I came. There was never any question I would come. Last night we hosted a reception at the embassy for many of the leaders of the Catholic Church at home, and they were very grateful that I came, and Laura came, and Dad came, and President Clinton came, and...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 - As George W. Bush was first moving onto the national political stage, he often turned for advice to an old friend who secretly taped some of their private conversations, creating a rare record of the future president as a politician and a personality. In the last several weeks, that friend, Doug Wead, an author and former aide to Mr. Bush's father, disclosed the tapes' existence to a reporter and played about a dozen of them. Variously earnest, confident or prickly in those conversations, Mr. Bush weighs the political risks and benefits of his religious faith, discusses...

THE BATTLE FOR THE FUTURE WILL BE FOUGHT FROM HERE FORWARD! YOU THINK YOU KNOW................BUT YOU HAVE NO IDEA..............JUST WHAT BUSH HAS IN STORE FOR.....YOU.....US.....THE WORLD.....OUR FUTURE! Straight up—Bush and his people aren’t just ordinary Republicans. And they’re not ordinary Christians either. They are Christian Fascists—dangerous fanatics who aim to make the U.S. a religious dictatorship and to force this upon the world. If they get their way—and they are very far along the road to getting it—society will be plunged into a high-tech Dark Ages. Those who compare Bush to Hitler are right! But, don’t be waiting for people...

President Bush yesterday said that affirming God's supremacy "is particularly appropriate in the heart of a capital built upon the promise of self-government" and called for "opening ourselves to God's priorities" at the National Prayer Breakfast. "Prayer has always been one of the great equalizers in American life," he told thousands of faithful at the Washington Hilton & Towers. "Through fellowship and prayer, we acknowledge that all power is temporary and must ultimately answer to His purposes." Mr. Bush, who regards Abraham Lincoln as America's greatest president, cited the 16th president's reference to God after he was elected to a...

FLASH: Bush: 'I don't see how you can be president without a relationship with the Lord'... FLASH: Bush: 'No women in combat'... Tue Jan 11 2005 22:37:08 ET President Bush granted THE WASHINGTON TIMES an extensive and exclusive interview late Tuesday, sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT. President Bush said yesterday that he doesn't "see how you can be president without a relationship with the Lord," but that he is always mindful to protect the right of others to worship or not worship. Mr. Bush told editors and reporters of The Washington Times yesterday in an interview in the Oval Office...

Here is a closer look at what a much-misquoted president actually says and how it compares with his predecessors. “I BELIEVE that God wants me to be president.” What? Did George Bush really say that? Does the president imagine he has a divine mission? Well, he was quoted to that effect by Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention. The full quote, however, does not quite sound as if Mr Bush is labouring to scrap the republic and replace it with a theocracy. “But if that doesn't happen, that's okay,” the president continued, “I have seen the presidency up close...

Like many evangelical Christians, President Bush believes that God is at work in his life. But he has avoided claiming that God is behind his presidency or U.S. foreign policy, his chief speechwriter said. "The important theological principle here, I believe, is to avoid identifying the purposes of an individual or a nation with the purposes of God," Michael Gerson said. "That seems a presumption to me, and we've done our best to avoid the temptation."... Bush's references to God have drawn criticism both at home and abroad, particularly in the context of the war in Iraq. Boston Globe columnist...

London --- Conservative Christian values from America have the potential to reshape international relations in significant ways during President Bush's second term. The "moral values" agenda has secular Europe in distress, the Arab world in dismay and staunchly Catholic Latin America watching with disdain. Christian fundamentalists and evangelicals turned out in large numbers last month to help Bush win re-election. Some observers believe Bush owes them a political debt; others think the president will simply feel freer now to convert his own religious convictions into policy. Either way, a new emphasis on values could give comfort to those who support...

2004-11-16 Critics wrong to paint Bush as religious fanatic Rory Leishman, London Free Press Why do so many commentators persist in disparaging U.S. President George W. Bush as a dangerous Christian fanatic, while lauding the likes of John Kerry as a champion of the separation of church and state? After all, it was not Bush, but Kerry, who professed in a nationally televised presidential leadership debate that, as a Christian, he believes "everything you do in public life has to be guided by your faith, affected by your faith." Few of Kerry's backers were alarmed by this statement, because most...

October 26, 2004THE BUSH RECORDPersonal and Political, Bush's Faith Blurs LinesBy LAURIE GOODSTEIN n Sundays when President Bush goes to church in Washington, he chooses the 8 a.m. service at St. John's Episcopal Church Lafayette Square. A short stroll from the White House, St. John's has been the parish for many presidents, but it is still a surprising choice for Mr. Bush.A president who has been typecast as the champion of Christian conservatives, who has proposed a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, finds fellowship in a church where the priest and many congregants openly support the blessing of same-sex...

What a wild month for me this has been! Earlier I unleashed John Kerry's Bad Rap! and thanks to all of you it is the #1 most requested Flash Movie on www.fronsteps.com! A most gracious thank you to every one of you FReepers that pushed to the top! Then I unleashed When The Man Comes Around (thank you AAP for the mirror site http://www.copperopolisnews.com/whentheman.htm) and the outpouring of wonderful and so sincere comments thanking me for it, made it worth while. And that was going to be it..........so I thought One Freeper named LawGirl FReeped mailed me about a...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A new video documentary offers a peek into President Bush's Christian faith, recounting how it helped turn his life around and has guided his presidency. The 70-minute documentary, "George W. Bush: Faith in the White House," includes interviews with friends and religious leaders and clips from Bush himself. Available in DVD and VHS formats, it is being sold in Christian bookstores, including LifeWay Christian Stores. "He is by all accounts a deeply religious man and one who believes in the power of prayer," author Tom Freiling says in the documentary. "In fact, I have heard several accounts of...

THIS WAS GREAT!!!!!! I don't know if anyone else watched this program on INSP TV Saturday, October 02, 2004 10:00 - 11: PM --- George W. Bush: Faith in the White House --- This was non-political program offers a revealing insider's look at the spiritual life of George W. Bush. Filled with never-before-seen footage this takes viewers behind-the-scenes to experience the challenges he faces, and how his faith has helped him deal with these pressures and shaped his life. Not since the days of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln has a president put so much stock in his Christian faith...

Any discussion of President Bush’s presumed evangelicalism is complicated. Evangelicalism is a style of worship, not a set of beliefs, and to a large extent evangelical Protestants are defined by their personal stories of faith and by whom they choose as their pastor. But core to many evangelicals’ identity is the “born-again” experience described in John 3:3, when a sinner undergoes an intense conversion during a personal interaction with the Holy Spirit, often Jesus Himself. George Bush has not said directly that he was ever born again. He has often said he wwas pointed on the path to God after...

Leaders of more than 50 nations gathered last week at the United Nations to discuss world poverty and the rising gap between rich and poor. President Bush was conspicuously absent. This “born again” president, who talks constantly about his relationship to Jesus Christ, skipped the meetings about helping poor people, but showed up to address the general assembly and brag about the war. When a non-binding agreement was reached to try to help the more than one billion people who live on less than a dollar a day, Bush didn’t sign it. It must have sounded like a bad deal...