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"I was with the author but the former drunk reference at the end was a little unkind but I guess he was trying to make a point"

But the author knows that this is not an unkind comment to a Christian who knows he has been saved by God's grace. Regardless of the author's personal beliefs, he understands that Christians believe that God sometimes calls the most unlikeliest of people--Paul, of course, being the prime example.

Who would have thought, when Dubya was drinking heavily, that he would go on to become president of the United States?

But the author knows that this is not an unkind comment to a Christian who knows he has been saved by God's grace.

While I can grant the author that, if the veiled accusations about GWB's drinking aren't verified he shouldn't have mentioned it the way that he did. Perhaps it was not meant unkindly, and the author felt he needed to make the conversion story more dramatic so he played the drinking angle up in order to add to the drama. IMO, it was not an ethical way to do so and was entirely unnecessary.

Is there any real proof to the seemingly widely-accepted idea that GW was a heavy drinker prior to his giving up drinking altogether? I mean, beyond that DWI that hit the press in the middle of his campaign.... I don't like assuming that just because people act as though it's true I should just believe it without seeing any evidence myself, but I also don't want to make an idiot of myself by continuing to question it if it's a proven fact.

-penny

I didn't even know anything about Dubya until the primaries were all done. The more I saw of him after that, the more I liked. Seeing him in person is hard to explain. Dubya's not a larger than life figure (his brother Jeb is) but I was impressed by his humility when others were at the podium and it wasn't his turn to speak yet. He accepts standing in the spotlight as part of his job description but his mission has always been to be our unwavering public servant. He says "we" not "I" which is a refreshing change from WJC.

Remember my bumper sticker "Help is on the way." We desperately needed a man who walks with God and enough of us prayed for him even before he became president and still do. Enjoy your Sunday.