[Timm]

The article has its good points. But you knew that an article about Bush's "lack of doubt" in the NYTimes was going to paint Bush as a fanatic. There wouldn't be many more lines before we heard that Bush sees the world as a "biblical struggle of good and evil". See, Bush's certainty is an implication of the fact that Bush is a religious fanatic, of course, who wouldn't know a reasonable doubt if it hopped out of his King James Bible and bit him, the Times is telling us.

[rwfromkansas]

The Times article focuses on Bush's calm and meditation on his decisions, combined with his firm faith. I do not get the sense that this is intended to scare folks into thinking he is some religious fanatic; indeed, it seems intended to do the opposite or it would not focus on the amount of time he thinks about these matters.

[Wolfstar]

Yeah, and how about that line where the president's aides supposedly have cleared blocs of his time so he can "think," LOL!!! Translating NYT-speak, it means he's being stood in the corner like a bad little boy until he get's his mind "straight" on Iraq. But wasn't it just last week that the president gave a well-received speech to the American Medical Association about medicare? Maybe the NYT wasn't paying attention, because somebody cleared too many blocs of their time!