[bayourod]

It is a good article, however I think he overstates President Bush's proclivity for alcohol in his earlier days.

Everything I have read indicates that President Bush was not a heavy drinker or an alcoholic. I took him to a party back in those days, and I don't specifically remember him having any alcohol to drink.

[Penny1]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who had this reaction. Just because he stopped drinking altogether doesn't automatically make him a heavy drinker prior to that. He sure didn't speak about that in those terms in his biography, yet this article makes it sound as though GW actually saw himself as a heavy drinker.

I also was uncomfortable with the implication that he wasn't really a believer until that talk with Billy Graham, whereas in his biography he talks about that moment as being a time that he "recommitted" his life to Christ. There is an important difference, IMO.

The final comment in the article again draws a very uncomfortable parallel between GW and "former drunks" that I find rather offensive.

The overall gist of the article I like. I think it's long past time that people began writing articles about the President's strong faith, because it's very obvious in his leadership and IMO it's the only thing that's going to see him and us through this crisis. But it would be nice if there weren't all these backhanded slams against him, particularly when they're unsubstantiated and there is no real evidence presented.

-penny