RELIGION AND GEORGE W. BUSH

Religion and George W. Bush

Religion and George W. Bush

Summary

George W. Bush may not hold himself out as a genius, but as the history closed on the 2002 midterm elections; it became abundantly clear that he is against Islam and Judaism. From the 2001 attacks through terrorist and geopolitical crises, Bush's mandates have carried the day since the anti religious moment he started. It is therefore unfortunate that in modern politics no president has suffered as many jabs about his religious activities as George W. Bush. Although religious leaders are regular targets for Bush administration, religious talk show hosts, and cartoonists, have been especially vicious. During the days of his administration, Bush introduced new campaign slogan against American religious parties. (Wallis, 2003)

Explanation

Bush rose to lead the American people through one of the most horrific events in modern history. The American people responded with approval ratings of 90 percent. Months after his courageous response to 9/11, Bush's approval ratings remained remarkably strong. In fact, through the summer of 2002, he stood as one of the most popular presidents ever, rivaling the Great Communicator himself, Ronald Reagan. In the fall of 2002, just as the media wondered if those high ratings could hold, and conducted new polls that presumably would show that the American people were beginning to question their leader, Bush delivered a brilliant speech to the United Nations.

Discussions

Bush's faith makes his sense of religion very hard for secular intellectuals to understand. Given the care with which his associates discuss his religious beliefs, there must be a lot of secular intellectuals in the Bush Administration. The great mystery in his decision-making is the role of religion. When Bush says, he'll pray on this; it's not a figure of speech. Many Americans believe that faith gives Bush a certain serenity, ...