Another reason I like Bush

“--Churchgoer describes encounter with President Bush at St. John's Church.--

I'm at the 8:00 am service at my church, St. Johns at Lafayette Square, across from the White House. (I wanted to go early because I was going for breakfast at the Cracker Barrel in Manassas.) Much of the service was uneventful nice, but uneventful until it comes to the part of the service when the Minister says, "Greet one another in the name of the Lord." I turn to my right to exchange the peace with my friend, Amy Fox Smythe, who was on the other end of my pew. I then shake hands with the person in front of me, and turn around to say hello to the person behind me.

The person behind me was our 43rd President, George W. Bush. I am not kidding. A small crowd was forming around him, and not wanting to delay the church service or bother him by waiting to shake his hand, I turned back around and sat down and talked to Amy. About 30 seconds later I felt a hand on my left shoulder and turned around to see President Bush with his hand extended. "Peace of the Lord, " he said, and held my hand with both of his. "Peace of the Lord," I replied, and held both his hands and smiled at him.

I turned back around and was remarkably calm about the fact that the most powerful person in the world was sitting two feet behind me. I could hear him flipping through his bulletin as the Minister made the announcements. I loved the idea of him thinking, "Oh, there's a covered dish next Sunday."

We prayed and when I stood up to go to the communion rail, he got up and walked down the aisle behind me. We passed a little old lady who said, "Mr. President, I pray for you every day." To which he said, "That's a very special gift. Thank you so much." We got to the communion rail and there were two spaces, one in front of us and one around the side of the altar . I started off around the corner. He stopped me and whispered, "No, no. I'll go around" and motioned for me to take the closer spot.

The only exception made in the entire service was that the President was allowed to leave first and then the rest of the congregation followed.

With all sincerity, and partisanship aside, I tell you: This is a special man! There is a peace and a Godliness about him. It radiates from him. It is the only reason that I was able to remain calm. It was more than the adrenaline I've felt when I've met other famous people. A goodness flows through this man. He has more than my vote in November. He has my respect, my prayers, and my gratitude. Whatever your political affiliation, and whether or not you agree with his decisions, you should take comfort in the fact that despite recent press attacks this is a man of integrity who makes decisions because he believes that they are RIGHT, not popular. He makes these decisions with a heavy heart and through prayer. I don't mean to go on, and on, but I truly believe this was a blessing from God that should be passed on.”

“BAAAAARRRRRFFFFF!”

“Did I just hear a dog bark? Oh, it's just a Mutt.

:^D”

“Jesus Bush?”

“Sounds like BS. All recent Prez's have gone to that church. Not sure how many regulars (non poli's) go. Mannassas is pretty far away too

Not being partisan, just sounds like spin.”

“Oh crap Buck!!!!
You posted about BOTH church and Bush!!!!!!
The libs will be having fits!”

“Singular fit. They're one in the same.”

“i think thats a beautiful story.

i'm gonna give my vote to the first candidate that shows up at my church.”

“snopes.com considers this a true story, though they don't have much evidence. We all know that Phaedrus and Mutt have to have irrefutible evidence for everything

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/stjohns.asp”

“Church rocks! They give you little cups of wine and cookies.”

“I have no probelm believing that someone saw Bush at church and got religious about the experience.

Sorry dayhiker.”

“I checked it out on Snopes.com, it's "true". Of course if you're not religious this'll make you dislike Bush even more, which is okay.

Here's an article that was on the front page of yesterday's Sacramento Bee.

Bush intensifies public role of faith

I especially like his response to the reporter when asked if he consults with his father:

"You know he is the wrong father to appeal to in terms of strength," Bush told Woodward of the Washington Post. "There is a higher father that I appeal to."”

“If Christianity never existed, and I tried to establish a religion that used ritualistic cannabalism as a sacrament and an instrument of torture as a holy symbol, I'd be branded a Satanist or worse.”

“my father got 6 months in county jail for getting high.”

“Ooops, someone already talked about the Snopes verification. I'm getting slow in my age.”

“Since it's true does that mean it's not spin?”

“Personally, I'd like to have a leader who doesn't lend a lot of creedence to the idea that the apocalypse grows near.”

“Something tells me he was flipping through his bulletin looking for the pictures.”

“I like Bush, but shaved works for me also.”

“For communion, couldn't they do like little fortune cookies instead, each with a psalm inside?

Of course, that whole "in bed" thing would have to be a mortal sin.”

“Wasn't the apacolypse 3-4 yrs ago?”

“Computer programmers fixed the apocalypse, thus subverting the will of God.”

“Come on you guys, quit being Satanic and vote for Bush in November! Your eternity rests on it.”

“i think it's pretty awesome that bush goes to church AND he spoke out today against our troops' mistreatment of the iraqis.

what more could you ask for from a leader?”

“what more could you ask for from a leader?"

I think you just opened up a can of worms.”

“If I find out that ANY of you voted for Kerry, I will introduce whirling disease in your favorite trout streams and release tens of millions of deer ticks at your favorite wilderness areas. Other than that, may the best man win.”

“seriously though, i'm not trying to get into an argument but i just don't see what bush going to church has to do with anything.

don't most candidates go to church, especially on election year?

this person is actually voting for GWB because she saw him in church?”

“LOL Phaed!

Do they have a religion?”

“She saw him in the church every Prez goes to every Sunday! It's a 1 minute walk from the whitehouse or 5 minutes by Presidential copter, which I believe they use for security reasons. In fact the church has an AA gun on top and they lower the Prez down through the bell tower.”

“George Bush meets Helpful Jesus.”

“Just think of all the Buddhist votes that Al Gore scored with his little temple talk.”

“George Bush meets Helpful Jesus.”

“Kerry has way too much hair. I think he's hiding something in there. I don't trust him. He has so much hair it costs him 1,000 freaking dollars to get it cut, for cryin' out loud. My hair is thinning and I want a cure. Bush is more likely to be sympathetic to hair-loss treatment and provide the proper funding it needs. Together, with Bush, we can cure this disease. Kerry will be too occupied trying to convince his own family they need to get rid of those muthuh-@#$%@# SUVs, much less have time to look for a hair-loss cure.”

“Job Description:

Little David was in his 5th grade class when the teacher asked the children
what their fathers did for a living. All the typical answers came up ---
Fireman, policeman, salesman, etc...

David was being uncharacteristically quiet and so the teacher asked him
about his father.

"My father's an exotic dancer in a gay cabaret and takes off all his clothes
in front of other men. Sometimes, if the offer's really good, he'll go out
to the alley with some guy and make love with him for money."

The teacher, obviously shaken by this statement, hurriedly set the other
children to work on some coloring, and took Little David aside to ask him,
"Is that really true about your father?"

"No," said David, "He works for the Bush administration, but I was too
embarrassed to say that in front of the other kids."”

“LOL!”

“Pretty funny, Violin.”

“Hey you guys! Make fun of Jesus all ya want but leave my presidant alone!”

“think it's pretty awesome that bush goes to church AND he spoke out today against our troops' mistreatment of the iraqis.

what more could you ask for from a leader?"


A real leader would have apologized to the Arab world.

Bush did not apologize.”

“This story, true or spun or whatever, didn't happen in an election year. It was at least a year ago, probably at least two years before he was up for re-election.”

“Bush comforts teen
Somehow, I believe this is real emotion.
I just can't see the aristocratic Kerry showing real emotion toward the commoners.”

“A good politician never looks like they are posing. Bush is a good politician.”

“wow, i'm totally convinced now to vote for bush in november.

1 - he goes to church
2 - he hugged a girl who's mom died on 911.

say no more.
kerry's just a pile of puke next to a guy with those credentials.”

“I smell electric sarcasm....”

“Tilt - I like this quote from what you posted, "One of the jokes that evangelicals like to tell is that you know you're an evangelical if liberals think you're a fundamentalist and if fundamentalists think you're a liberal. There is something of that middle ground character to evangelicalism."”

“"Hey you guys! Make fun of Jesus all ya want but leave my presidant alone"

Screw that, he works for US.......though he may not realize it.”

“Aristocratic Kerry?

Maybe, but where the hell did Bush come from?

He came from one of the most influencial families of the 20th century.
One that has been involved in chasing oil money in the middle east for the better part of 100 years.”

“Mark - leave bush alone, ya jerk.

scroll back to the top.
the man goes to church for god's sake. he deserves our loyalty.”

“The problem with religious conviction is the problem with overt patriotism.

These things are too easy to fake.”