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Bush The Insurgent (Fred Barnes On Why Bush Is Turning D.C Upside Down Alert)
Opinionjournal.com ^ | 11/23/04 | Fred Barnes

Posted on 11/22/2004 9:28:44 PM PST by goldstategop

By Washington standards, Mr. Bush is a misfit. He's different. He barely socializes at all and on weekends and holidays makes a beeline for Camp David or his ranch in Crawford, Texas. He'd rather invite Christian musician Michael W. Smith and his wife to the White House for dinner than eat out. If Mr. Bush really wanted to soothe establishment types, he'd invite them to state dinners at the White House, after which their names would be in the paper. But he's held fewer state dinners than any president in memory.

Mr. Bush is also a seriously religious man in a largely secular town. This has brought him no end of criticism. He also refuses to hide his loathing of the press, probably the most dominant force in Washington. In short, Mr. Bush hasn't tried to fit in.

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KEYWORDS: dc; establishment; faith; fredbarnes; insurgent; presidentbush; principledleadership; secondterm; texascowboy
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VIVA LA REVOLUCION BUSHO! There's an insurgent in town and like the protypical Texas Cowboy of the frontier, he refuses to fit in or be tamed by Washington. Great Fred Barnes piece. Enjoy!
1 posted on 11/22/2004 9:28:45 PM PST by goldstategop
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To: goldstategop

D.C. needs a thorough full power pressure wash and GW is just the man to get 'er done.


2 posted on 11/22/2004 9:30:56 PM PST by TADSLOS (Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
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But he's held fewer state dinners than any president in memory.

Past presidents have had way to many state dinners.

3 posted on 11/22/2004 9:32:43 PM PST by eagle11
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To: goldstategop

What Church does President Bush attend?


4 posted on 11/22/2004 9:32:45 PM PST by narses (Free Republic is pro-God, pro-life, pro-family + Vivo Christo Rey!)
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To: narses

United Methodist.


5 posted on 11/22/2004 9:33:58 PM PST by sinkspur ("It is a great day to be alive. I appreciate your gratitude." God Himself.)
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To: TADSLOS
Most Memorable Quote Of The Year Award: "'One tux a term,' a White House official said. "That's our idea of outreach to the Washington community." One tux a term. They'll love it in Flyover Country. The stuffy elites can go to their Tina Brown dinners in New York. The masses know President Bush prefers to keep the frip and frappery at arms' length as much as possible.
6 posted on 11/22/2004 9:34:43 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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He loathes the press........I really love that about him. He can't be bought.....I really really love that about him. He bends his knee before God.......God and I really love that about him.


7 posted on 11/22/2004 9:35:24 PM PST by marmar (Faith is a beautiful thing.....)
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To: goldstategop

Everytime I read articles like this, I'm reminded of how pleased I am that there are grown ups in the White House again!


8 posted on 11/22/2004 9:37:41 PM PST by NordP (Proud Member of God's GOTV)
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And it drives the libs to hate him. I love someone whom the libs hate so much. Americans concluded on November 2nd, if Bush is so bad, he must have some redeeming virtues. Indeed.


9 posted on 11/22/2004 9:37:56 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop

Just one more thing to admire about Bush.


10 posted on 11/22/2004 9:38:52 PM PST by unfortunately a bluestater
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To: sinkspur

That, deacon, is a denomination, not a church. Where does the President attend services on Sunday?


11 posted on 11/22/2004 9:39:05 PM PST by narses (Free Republic is pro-God, pro-life, pro-family + Vivo Christo Rey!)
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Dunno. He doesn't attend every Sunday. When he goes to Camp David, he has a minister come out for prayer.


12 posted on 11/22/2004 9:41:44 PM PST by sinkspur ("It is a great day to be alive. I appreciate your gratitude." God Himself.)
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A big difference from Clinton, who faked religious sincerity and carried a bible prominently with him to and from Sunday worship services.


13 posted on 11/22/2004 9:42:52 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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"He doesn't attend every Sunday."

How often does he attend Sunday services? Isn't Sunday attendance sort of a mandantory part of the Christian faith?


14 posted on 11/22/2004 9:43:53 PM PST by narses (Free Republic is pro-God, pro-life, pro-family + Vivo Christo Rey!)
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Absolutely - if Bush has drawn the wrath of the likes of Rather, Jennings, Krugman and Moore --- he definitely did something right.


15 posted on 11/22/2004 9:44:39 PM PST by wildcatf4f3 (out of the sun)
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To: narses

Posh. Actually, in the Christian Bible, it says to profess your faith quietly and not shout it from the rooftops as the hypocrites do. So Bush is being a committed Christian.


16 posted on 11/22/2004 9:45:27 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop
GW's idea of steppin' out.


17 posted on 11/22/2004 9:46:44 PM PST by TADSLOS (Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
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Aha, so the Catholic doctrine that we have an OBLIGATION to attend services every Sunday is "posh"? (What is 'posh'?)


18 posted on 11/22/2004 9:47:39 PM PST by narses (Free Republic is pro-God, pro-life, pro-family + Vivo Christo Rey!)
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To: narses

A variety of them...in Washington, usually St. John's Episcopal across from the White House. In Crawford, the local Methodist church(Laura is a long-time Methodist); also, they have gone to Easter Sunrise Service at a nearby Baptist church, and have worshipped at the chapel on base at Fort Hood. Also, Bush credits Billy Graham with causing him to change his life's direction, and Franklin Graham has stood in for his elderly father at times when Bush wanted a favored religious speaker at some event. There is also a Methodist minister from Houston, an African-American, with whom he is very close(name escapes me...somebody help).


19 posted on 11/22/2004 9:48:15 PM PST by txrangerette
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To: goldstategop

I am reminded of Andrew Jackson, who never fit in Washington but who dominated the place anyway.


20 posted on 11/22/2004 9:48:27 PM PST by RobbyS (JMJ)
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