Address by George W. Bush

Today's Service at the National Cathedral | 9/14/01 | George W. Bush

[Paleo-Con]

Did I hear correctly? Did George W. say today in the National Cathedral, "We must rid the world of evil" ???

I can't believe he meant that, that could be a real long war! Even Wilson only tried to make the worlld safe for democracy!!! Am I wrong or did he mispeak?

[go star go]

it's this nit picking?

[Elicyn]

Yeah, He said it.

[GlesenerL]

Let's start by interogating Dan Rather regarding his ability to locate and interview bin Ladin a few years ago!

[Paleo-Con]

If our mission is to rid the world of evil, I'm not signing up! Only Jesus Christ will accomplish that and it will come with Final Judgement!

[america76]

Let's just capitulate... bring Clinton back. (SARCASM)

[Cicero]

So? Read your Tolkien. When one evil is killed, another takes its place. But that doesn't mean you lay back and let evil triumph. Moreover, evil is within us as well as outside us. That doesn't mean you give up doing the best you can and praying for God's help in doing it. Weighed in the balance, the evil involved in taking a planeload of innocent people and flying it into a building full of innocent people is pretty hard to beat. Admittedly--as George Bush said when Steyn asked him his opinion of homosexuals during the New Hampshire primaries--we are all sinners. That doesn't mean we shouldn't do the best we can to fight for the good and against the evil that threatens us.

[go star go]

i figured you wasn't joining up...

[Elicyn]

Admittedly, that statement is one that well, let's just face it, it's a promise that is unfulfillable. But, I think GW means that he plans to get rid of any one who threatens our nation- ie. ultimate evil against American Freedom.

[mdittmar]

F$$% off,Drop dead you whiney piece of SH%$!!

oops haven't had much sleep,don't have time for nitpicking whiners!!!

[Elicyn]

Either go get some sleep or don't post.

[mdittmar]

member since September 14th, 2001

Grabbed a cat nap.Welcome to FR,looking forward to your informative posts!!

[Sungirl]

[txrangerette]

Place his statement in context. Recall when Reagan said the Soviet Union was "the evil empire" and "the focus of evil in the modern world"? He knew of much other evil he couldn't end, but he did end the USSR/Cold-War Era. Bush said of the terrorist attacks that in them, we saw evil. He said this early on. It is the evil he is going after; it is the total context here; it is NOT all world evil.

[Arthur McGowan]

Nit-picking is evil.

[SamAdams76]

Let's start by interogating Dan Rather regarding his ability to locate and interview bin Ladin a few years ago!

Maybe Dan Rather was that "material witness" that was arrested a few hours ago. Anybody seen him on TV recently?

[Kermit]

A truly utopian statement...still that was the best speech, he's ever given. Bush was the best speaker at the service today, by far.

[JudyB1938]

Faith without works is dead.

[Paleo-Con]

I agree with you, but Utopian statements are reckless. I think it was a mistake, we can never call back the troops and say this one is over with that kind of goal.