Hi Jane,
No responses from the LW here. And I came ready to debate. I didn't realize these political threads gets so heated. I thought ASK GOD was bad!
I'm thinking that my profound and voluminous research has them scratching their heads realizing GW behaved in tradition with their own presidents Upon realization that GW did nothing "zealous" or religiously fanatical, they will find the next "fault" to dwell upon. We did watch the Republicans do this to Clinton for the last 8 years. Then again - he gave us plenty to react to. The irony is that GW gets blasted by them for trying to be pious, while the RW demonized Clinton for actually doing bad things(Explaining away the cigar in a women's genitals to my children was not presidential role-model material by anyone's standard).
I found this in Jefferson's 1801 inauguration speech.
Jefferson - 1801
enlightened by a benign religion, professed, indeed, and practiced in various forms, yet all of them inculcating honesty, truth,
temperance, gratitude, and the love of man; acknowledging and adoring an overruling Providence, which by all its dispensations proves
that it delights in the happiness of man here and his greater happiness hereafter -- with all these blessings, what more is necessary to
make us a happy and a prosperous people? Still one thing more, fellow-citizens -- a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men
from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take
from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our
felicities.
I think it is cool how it actually integrates the fabric of these political discussions with the reality of economic growth and free markets. Who says religion and politics don't mix.
If the LW could only think of GW as benign, we could all work together towards a single goal of happiness and prosperity.
That is all. |
