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President Bush has proclaimed tomorrow “National Sanctity of Human Life Day” in the United States. Please say some extra prayers for all human beings, from conception to natural death, and pray for a conversion of those who do not recognize the sanctity of human life.
Bush wasn’t so bad: After all these efforts, the people who are going to miss him the most are liberals. They will have to finally start owning responsibility for the way the country is being run. They had successfully morphed their “Blame America First” slogan to “Blame Dubya First” and once he is out of the White House, there is only going to be a certain period of time before that goes stale.
In January we will lose, despite his own set of flaws, personaly and politically, the best President of my lifetime. Regardless of how the media will paint him, he was not only a great President but also a great man. History will be kinder.
I remember coming to the West Wing one morning before the daily 7:30 senior staff meeting and seeing Mr. Bush at his desk in the Oval Office, reading a daily devotional. I remember the look of sorrow on his face as he signed letters to the families of the fallen. When he met with recovering addicts whose lives were transformed by a faith-based program, he spoke plainly of his own humiliating journey years ago with alcohol. When a Liberian refugee broke into tears after recounting her escape to freedom in America, the president went over and held and comforted her.
Little acts behind the curtain like these inspired intense loyalty by staff members. They spoke of someone never too busy or burdened to care — like when he took time on Air Force One to call my wife when she was sick. The president’s true character rendered his media image pure caricature.
