No different than Reagan with the "evil empire" --- everything that could be said for Bush's faith could be said for Reagan's. And the liberals hate both of them for their genuine and very real faith --- yet love the Clinton's for their very obviously fake faith --- how quick they were to show Clinton with his carefully measured Bible coming out of services at some carefully selected church.
The liberals might be accusing Bush --- I don't know if Ron Jr was --- I just took his speech to be pointing out that his father's faith was genuine --- not the typical faith used by a typical politician.
I felt the same way. But evidently it's taken others on this board less than one day to go from celebrating the life of a man who didn't let politics get personal to taking just the opposite approach with the man's own son. It's as sickening as anything I've seen in quite a while.
Absolutely. I have said the same well before this week.
--- I don't know if Ron Jr was --- I just took his speech to be pointing out that his father's faith was genuine --- not the typical faith used by a typical politician.
I think he definitely was saying "GWB is not my father". I also expect you'll hear him explicitly state this again in the future, as he has in the past.
There was a big tug this week in pundit-land of "is GWB Reaganesque" and the left was trying mightily to honor Reagan while distancing GWB from being like him, and there was the Republican group pointing out that President Bush 43 is the heir to Reagan's presidency more than his own father's. So, in that spirit, Ron threw his comments into the mix.