[Rose in RoseBear]

I, too, was struck by the phrase in Bush's Inargural Address. I had never heard it before then. It is wonderfully evocative of a powerful image.

I have, over the years, marvelled at our country's ability to have the right people at hand just when their skills become absolutely necessary to the survival of our country. The Founding Fathers, Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, General Eisenhower, Patton, Truman, Martin Luther King ...

An angel in the whirlwind, directing these events, is a valid explanation.

[Ben Hecks]

I had read the book by Benson Bobrick several months before President Bush used the phrase in his inaugural address; as a result, the speech made an even greater impact on me.