Well, I looked a little farther, and found a columnist that says the White House denies that Bush said it. That may be true. But they would say that anyway, wouldn't they?

On the other hand, pro-Bush people say that he believes God wants him as president, which amounts to the same thing. If he thinks God is guiding him, he must think God guides his speech as wel.


Published on Wednesday, September 1, 2004 by the Free Press (Columbus, Ohio) President Bush told Texas evangelist James Robinson that "I feel like God wants me to run for President. I can't explain it, but I sense my country is going to need me. Something is going to happen . . . I know it won't be easy on me or my family, but God wants me to do it."
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0901-03.htm

Michael Gerson, Bush's chief speechwriter, tells colleagues that on September 20 2001, after Bush delivered his speech to the Congress declaring a war on terror, he called Gerson to thank him for writing it. "God wants you here," Gerson says he told the president. And he says that Bush replied: "God wants us here."

There's lots of quotes about these statements.

The Divine Right of GW Bush. Arrogance. "God wants me to do all this. If you're against me you're against God's will."

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