LET'S ROLL!
"America Will Not Be Intimidated"
"We Will Not Falter, We Will Not Fail"
Posted on 11/08/2001 4:35:31 PM PST by TheAngryClam
Three times in his address on 11/08/01 Bush used the words of Todd Beamer- "Let's Roll!" including to close it. Think it's possible to bump him?
Since when is a Methodist not a Christian? Bush IS "born-again," if that's what you meant.
TG
What exactly does that mean? Surely you are not under the assumption that a Methodist is not a Christian? You also need to know that Islam was based on Christianity. I am not in any way supportive of the kind of interpretation that the terrorists and the anti-zionist crazies preach, but it might help all of us to go back and study the origins and intentions of religious ideology.
By the way, I am also a Methodist and I am a bit bewildered. Did they change the Gospel and not send me the memo?
Let's roll, Mr. President!
God Bless America !
President Bush
The following was received in an e-mail:
This was the same man who came within a hair's breadth of losing an election in November, who withstood the political chicanery of the Florida Democratic machine to fix the vote count. This was the same man who admitted to having a drinking problem in younger years, and whose happy-go-lucky lifestyle led him to mediocre grades in college and an ill-fated oil venture.This was the same man who mangled syntax even more than his father, and whose speaking missteps became known as "Bushisms." And on Friday, this was the man who bore the weight of the world and the responsibilities of a generation with dignity, class, confidence, appropriate solemnity, and even much-needed wit.
One thing struck me during the campaign, that difficult, roller-coaster campaign that now seems years ago. It was that George W. Bush never seemed to get ruffled. Whether the theft of a campaign debate video or the sudden (some would say, vicious) release of a DUI arrest two decades ago at a key moment, "W" did not lose his cool. At times, his staff seemed overconfident, as did many of us. A 350-electoral-vote win, they quietly implied. . . and we optimistically believed.
Then they counted the votes, miscounted others, and re-counted still others. At the end, he was still there. Whereas Al Gore almost frantically huffed and puffed, trying to gin up something out of nothing, Bush quietly but confidently waited at his ranch. He didn't do nothing: that is the mistake people have constantly made with this man, confusing lack of bluster for absence of action. No, his team of attorneys and the iron-willed James Baker were carrying out his orders, but W stayed in the background, confident and faithful.
You see, it is this faith business that confounded everyone. We have had such actors and liars in public office that we have looked skeptically whenever anyone used the term faith. But this was the same man who was the first politician ever in recent memory to name Jesus Christ as the Lord of his life on public TV. Not an oblique reference to being "born-again" or having a "life change." He said the un-PC-like phrase, "Jesus Christ," to which his handlers and advisors, no doubt, off stage, were also saying, "Jesus Christ" in a much different tone.
God has a way of honoring those who honor Him. David learned that while he was on the run from Saul's armies. Job learned that after his time of horrible tribulation. The Messiah said so Himself, many times. So this was the man who actually put faith into practice. He actually loves those who hate him. It is a staggering concept, so foreign in daily occurrence that few thought it anything but grandstanding. Even one of W 's biggest supporters chided the President for adhering to his "new tone."
Yet there he was, again and again, thanking the Democrats. Appointing his enemies to high places in his government. Inviting his former foes and their wives to private movie screenings, and (I know, this is hard to stomach) even treating them with dignity. See, this was the man who learned early on how faith worked: by praying for his enemies, you "heap burning coals upon their heads." This was the man who named the absolute top people in national security and defense, then caught barbs from the politically righteous that this one didn't have the right views on abortion or that one didn't have the right position on guns.
And on September 11 , at mid-morning, this was the man thrust into a position only known by Roosevelt, Churchill, Lincoln, and Washington. The weight of the world was on his shoulders, and the responsibility of a generation was on his soul. So this same man---the one that the media repeatedly attempted to tarnish with charges of "illegitimacy," and the one whose political opponents desperately sought to stonewall until mid-term elections---walked to his seat at the front of the National Cathedral just three days after the two most impressive symbols of American capitalism and prosperity virtually evaporated, along with, perhaps, thousands of Americans. As he sat down next to his wife, immediately I knew that even if his faith ever faltered, hers didn't. I have never seen a more peaceful face than Laura Bush, whose eyes seemed as though they were already gazing at the final outcome . . . not just of this conflict, but of her ! reward in Heaven itself. In this marriage, you indeed got two for the price of one.
Then came the defining moment of our generation. Some people fondly recall their Woodstock days. Others mark with grim sadness November 22, 1963, as the day America lost her innocence. But I firmly believe when the history of this time is written, it will be acknowledged by friend and foe alike that President George W. Bush came of age in that cathedral and lifted a nation off its knees. It wasn't so much his words, though read a decade later, they will indeed be as stirring ! as any. This conflict would end, he noted, ". . . at a time of our choosing."
It certainly wasn't his emotion. What had to have been one of the most stunning exhibitions of self-control in presidential history, W was able to deliver his remarks without losing either his resolve or his focus, or, more important, his confidence. It was as if God's hand, which had guided him through that sliver-thin election, now rested fully on him. His quiet confidence let our enemies know . . . and believe me, they know. . .that they made a grave miscalculation.
Now, this same man who practiced his faith through a tough election, who steeled his convictions even more in a drawn-out Florida battle, and who never once gave in to the temptation to get in the gutter with his foes (well, ok, maybe the "Clymer" comment is an exception), this same man now lifted the weight of the world and the responsibility of a generation and put it on his modest shoulders as though it were another unpleasant duty.
As he walked back to his seat, the camera angle was appropriate. He was virtually alone in the scene, alone in that massive place of God, just him and the Lord. But that's the way it's always been in his life recently. In that brief time it took him to return to his seat, I believe he heard words to the effect of, "You can do this, George. I am with you always. And youcan do this well, because I am going before you. And don't worry about the weight. I've got it." And I saw in his eyes a quiet acknowledgement. "I know. Thank you, Lord."
Back at his seat, when W sat down, George H. W. Bush reached over and took his son's hand. The elder Bush always struck me as a religious man, but not someone who shared his life on a daily basis with the Lord. George H. W. treats the Father like a respected uncle, visiting Him on appropriate holidays and knowing the relationship is real, but not constant. Anyway, I believe that in that fatherly squeeze George H. W. said, "I wish I could do this for you, son, but I can't. You have to do this on your own." W squeezed back and gave him that look of peace that Laura had kept throughout. It said, "I don't have to do it alone, dad. I've got help." What a blessing to have a professing Christian as President - one who is not ashamed to admit it!
Rev. Billy Graham was influential in introducing President Bush (43) to Jesus Christ. There is a Congressperson from TX (cannot recall the name) who is GW's spiritual mentor. Check out the book by G.W. A Charge to Keep
Defense of Muslims does not mean GW is not a Christian. Maybe he is giving them the benefit of the doubt for now.
He just said, LET's ROLL. I think his patience is wearing thin. If you do not want a daisy cutter on your house, be careful, very careful when you post Breaking news ;-)
He would not give out his FR screenname though.
I would be surprised if President Bush did not occassionally read Free Republic. He has to know about us by now and this is a good place to keep a finger on normal conservative Americans without the filters imposed by information gate-keepers.
But I do hope some of what goes on here at FR is reported to him. (Fantasy: Job with his administration - reading Free Republic and reporting to the President and First Lady the BEST of what is here).......
Anyway - I do thank whoever may be hearing what we have been saying - several of us:
I have said over and over - PUT US IN COACH - WE ARE READY TO GET TO WORK FOR OUR COUNTRY!
(More specifically - I was talking about the Bush administration putting us to work in his agencies to see that the leftover Clintonistas behave and do what they are supposed to be doing - instead of working to sabotage all he is leading our government to do and to accomplish).
But I was also speaking several times about reviving the old Civil Defense plans / efforts that I lived throuh in the in the 1960's.
He has heard these pleas - (from many, I am sure) - and has a task force at work to find and implement ways for all Americans to help in "homeland defense". Let's roll - can also be used to command all of us - our businesses and industry - also to get to work for America - for the war effort, for the efforts against the terrorists - things that this administration has been working on behind the scenes.
Just as marvelous diplomacy has brought in the nations of Italy, France, Germany, Turkey, Japan, and others to come to our side and fight the terrorists.....so I hope and pray President Bush's words will be heeded and even exceeded by every American as we work together ACTIVELY on behalf of our great nation.
Since the President introduced the wife when he spoke before Congress, I'm confident the President knew of Todd's statement of "Let's roll".
The President may be a lurker, but he would not be allowed to post because the law requires that all of his internet communications are considered "public". I read a story which said the President had to quit e-mailing his friends because of the laws regarding his communications. And ... the President was not too happy about it either.
You heathen, you... ; )
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