Well said, Hostage. I agree with you. I believe the President would agree with you, too.
The WP and the NY Times pushed for CFR every 5 1/2 days for 5 years...that's an astounding propaganda campaign. The press and the Senate, in their ongoing effort to destroy the right, continue to weaken and divide our country and in the process to comfort and strengthen our very real enemies. The bully pulpit is owned by the left.
Our country, what our forefathers (and the 1/3rd of the nation) fought for was changed on 9-11. President Bush is attempting to take the high road. He's walking it alone, under an international microscope and under constant attack. He sees his fellow Americans as valuable, even when he disagrees with their views. He is working to unify this country, in a world that sees our country through Hollywood's eyes. He is working to undo years of misrepresentation by the left.
The US our founders envisioned was not a secular nation. When they wrote the Constitution, they understood that our freedom required a moral foundation. The newspapers included scripture - in the news and editorial pages - and the church was consulted, involved and respected for their humanitarian work...with thanks from a public that cared about their neighbor's spiritual welfare. The churches helped build, teach and run the schools, as well as hospitals and Universities. Children were taught to respect their imperfect parents and marriage was a sacred trust. The essential concept of equality -in spite of race, background or status- was also a Christian concept. Those "self-sufficient" early Americans were humble before God.
If President Bush succeeds in motivating numbers of our self-centered generations to grow up, to say out loud and believe that there is a difference between right and wrong, to bring back the notion of humility and respect...the little Hitlers on the left will be scoffed off the stage by an America who will not bow down to any living soul.